98-21722. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects [section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13], the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) will publish periodic summaries of proposed 
projects developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at [phone].
    Comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Implementation of a Reporting Form to Grantees of 
the Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Program--New

    The Maternal and Child Health Bureau of HRSA is planning to 
implement an annual reporting form required of grantees of the 
Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) program. The purpose of 
the form is to provide systematic information and data on the 
activities conducted and the results obtained by EMSC program grantees 
to meet the overall program goal of reducing child and youth mortality 
and morbidity sustained as a result of severe illness or trauma. The 
proposed form will constitute a new reporting requirement for EMSC 
grantees.
    Data from the form will provide quantitative information on the 
different aspects of the EMSC program, specifically: (a) demographic 
data/profile of populations served, (b) state EMSC infrastructure/
system development, (c) local infrastructure/system development, and 
(d) training of EMS staff in pediatric protocols. This form will 
provide data useful to the states and will enable HRSA to provide data 
required by Congress under the Government Performance and Results Act 
of 1993.
    The estimated burden on respondents is as follows:

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                                                                 Total  
             Respondents               Number of    Hours per     hour  
                                      respondents  respondent    burden 
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Grantees............................         50            2        100 
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    Send comments to Susan Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: August 7, 1998.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
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