[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47847-47848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22802]
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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
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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic
summaries of proposed projects being 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 on
(301) 443-1891.
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: Guidance and Forms for the Title V Application/
Annual Report, OMB No. 0915-0172: Extension
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) proposes to
revise the Guidance and Forms for the Application and Annual Report for
the Maternal and Child Health Services Title V Block Grant Program. The
guidance is used annually by the 50 States and 9 jurisdictions in
making application for Block Grants under Title V of the Social
Security Act, and in preparing the required annual report. The proposed
revisions follow and build on extensive modifications made to the
guidance and forms in 1997. The proposed revisions are of two types:
(1) editorial and technical revisions based on the experiences of the
States and jurisdictions in using the guidance and forms in 1998 and
1999; and, (2) the addition of a standard set of measures to be used in
conducting the formal needs assessment required by Title V every five
years. This needs assessment will be required of each State and
jurisdiction in FY 2000.
The addition of the core set of measures for use in conducting the
formal needs assessment follows discussions with State Maternal and
Child Health Directors over the last two years. The changes
incorporated in the 1997 revisions have been reflected in major changes
in the Title V program, with much more emphasis on accountability and
performance measurement as part of the performance partnership concept
on which those changes were built. The inclusion now of standard
measures for all States and jurisdictions to use in conducting the
five-year needs assessment is a natural progression in the development
of the Federal-State partnership process.
Following approval of the 1997 revisions, HRSA developed and
instituted an automated electronic data collection and reporting
system, the Title V Electronic Reporting Package (Title V ERP). The ERP
has greatly reduced the burden on the States and jurisdictions, because
it provides for automatic calculations of ratios, rates, and
percentages, carries data over from year-to year, and assures that data
used in multiple tables are entered only once. The ERP also provides
for text entry, and facilitates the orderly printing of tables, text,
and required appendices. As a result, even with the additional data
that were incorporated, the expectation is that there will be a 33%
reduction in the annual burden from previous levels. The estimated
response burden is as follows:
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Number of Responses per Burden hours Total burden
Type of form respondents respondent per response hours
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Application and Annual Report, with needs
assessment*:
States...................................... 50 1 450 22500
Jurisdictions............................... 9 1 240 2160
Application and Annual Report, without needs
assessment*:
States...................................... 50 1 330 16500
Jurisdictions............................... 9 1 133 1197
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* The Application and Annual Report, with needs assessment, will be submitted in FY 2000. The Application and
Annual Report, without needs assessment, will be submitted in FY 2001 and FY 2002. The average burden for the
next three years is 20,018 hours.
The HRSA revision plan calls for draft versions of the new guidance
to be sent to all Maternal and Child Health Directors in September,
1999. Copies will also be available to all other interested parties who
request one from: Peter C. Van Dyck, M.D., M.P.H., Associate
Administrator for Maternal and Child Health, Maternal and Child Health
Bureau, Room 18-05, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD
20857. His phone number is (301) 443-2170.
Send comments to Susan G. 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 26, 1999.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 99-22802 Filed 8-31-99; 8:45 am]
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