[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 125 (Tuesday, June 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35604-35605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17323]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 30-day Proposed Collection: Common
Reporting Requirements for Urban Indian Health Programs
SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, which requires opportunity for public comment on
proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service
(IHS) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a
request to review and approve the information collection listed below.
This proposed information collection project was published in the March
10, 1998, Federal Register (63 FR 11688) and allowed 60 days of public
comment. No public comment was received in response to the notice. The
purpose of this notice is to allow 30 days for public comment to be
submitted to OMB.
PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: 09-17-0007, ``Common Reporting Requirements
for Urban Indian Health Programs.'' Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of currently approved information collection, 0917-
0007, ``Common Reporting Requirements for Urban Indian Health
Programs,'' which expires July 31, 1998. Form Number: Reporting forms
contained in IHS instruction manual, ``Urban Indian Health Programs
Common Reporting Requirements.''
Need and Use of Information Collection: The requested information
is provided by American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) urban health
organizations contracting with the IHS to provide health care services
to AI/ANs in urban settings. The information is collected annually and
is used to monitor and evaluate contractor performance, prepare budget
reports, and allocate resources.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit, individuals and
households, not-for-profit institutions; and State, Local, or Tribal
Governments. Type of Respondents: Urban Indian health care
organizations.
The table below provides the following: types of data collection
instruments, estimated number of respondents, number of responses per
respondent, average burden hour per response, and total annual burden
hour.
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Estimated
Data collection instrument number of Responses per Annual number Average burden hour per response* Total annual
respondents respondent of responses burden hours
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Face Sheet..................................... 34 1 34 0.50 (30 mins)......................... 17.0
Table 1........................................ 34 1 34 2.00 (120 mins)........................ 68.0
Table 2........................................ 34 1 34 0.75 (45 mins)......................... 26.0
Table 3........................................ 34 1 34 2.25 (135 mins)........................ 77.0
Table 4........................................ **24 1 23 0.50 (30 mins)......................... 12.0
Table 5........................................ 34 1 34 2.00 (120 mins)........................ 68.0
Table 6........................................ 34 1 34 2.00 (120 mins)........................ 68.0
Table 7........................................ 34 1 34 1.00 (60 mins)......................... 34.0
Table 8........................................ 34 1 34 1.25 (75 mins)......................... 43.0
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Total...................................... 261 .............. 261 ....................................... 413.0
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*For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.
**Excludes urban Indian health projects with no medical components.
There are no capital costs, operating costs, or maintenance costs
to report.
Request for Comments
Your written comments and/or suggestions are invited on one or more
of the following points: (1) Whether the information collection
activity is necessary to carry out an agency function; (b) whether the
IHS processes the information collected in a useful and timely fashion;
(c) the accuracy of the public burden estimate (the estimated amount of
time needed for individual respondents to provide the requested
information); (d) whether the methodology and assumptions used to
determine the estimate are logical; (e) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information being collected; and (f) ways
to minimize the public burden through the use of automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
Direct Comments to OMB: Send your written comments and suggestions
regarding the proposed information collection contained in this notice,
especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated
response time, to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of
Regulatory Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, D.C. 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for IHS.
To request more information on the proposed collection or to obtain
a copy of the data collection instrument(s) and/or instruction(s),
contact: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen, Sr., M.P.H., IHS Reports Clearance
Officer, 12300 Twinbook Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852-1601;
call non-Toll free at (301) 443-1116; send via fax to (301) 443-1522;
or send your e-mail request, comments, and return address to:
Ihodahkw@hqe.ihs.gov.
Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information are best
assured to having their full effect if received on or before July 30,
1998.
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Dated: June 19, 1998.
Michel E. Lincoln,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 98-17323 Filed 6-29-98; 8:45 am]
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