[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 189 (Friday, September 30, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-24097]


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[Federal Register: September 30, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service

 

Agency Forms Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for 
Clearance

    Each Friday the Public Health Service (PHS) publishes a list of 
information collection requests it has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The following requests 
have been submitted to OMB since the list was last published on Friday, 
September 2, 1994.

(Call PHS Reports Clearance Office on 202-690-7100 for copies of 
request).

    1. 1994 and 1996 Updates of a National Survey of Prescription Drug 
Information Provided to Patients--0910-0279 (Reinstatement)--To provide 
information for HHS and the Food and Drug Administration policy 
initiatives and potential regulations, national surveys of adults will 
assess the nature and extent of prescription drug information received 
by patients from health professionals and other sources. These are a 
continuation of a tracking survey conducted in 1982, 1984, and 1992. 
Respondents: Individuals or households; Number of Respondents: 9,142; 
Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden per Response: .05 
hour; Estimated Annual Burden: 467 hours.
    2. A Study of Caregiving in Aging and Dementia: Honolulu Heart 
Program Cohort--0925-0374 (Revision)--The purpose of the project is to 
describe predictors and outcomes of caregiver burden and quality of 
life in caregivers of elderly men with dementia. Standard 
questionnaires will be used in an interview format to obtain 
information from caregivers and control groups. This revision will 
permit continuation of the project to include additional respondents, 
thereby increasing statistical power for longitudinal analyses and 
theoretical model testing. Respondent: Individuals or households; 
Number of Respondents: 200; Number of Responses per Respondent: 3; 
Average Burden per Response: .75 hour; Estinmated Annual Burden: 450 
hours.
    3. Screener Round, National Nursing Home Expenditure Survey: 
National Medical Expenditure Survey--Pretest--New--This is the pretest 
of the Screener Round of the National Nursing Home Expenditure Survey 
(NNHES) National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES 3). It will test 
procedures for screening and recruiting facilities eligible as nursing 
homes. Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit; Federal agencies or 
employees; Small businesses or organizations; Number of Respondents: 
130; Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.1; Average Burden per 
Response: .084 hour; Estimated Annual Burden: 12 hours.
    4. Cancer Prevention Awareness: The Black college as a Resource; 
Medical and Other Health Professional Schools--0925-0402--(Extension, 
no change)--This data collection will aid the National Cancer 
Institutes efforts to effectively utilize historically black 
institutions in health promotion activities, especially focusing on 
cancer prevention, developing further cancer prevention intervention 
research appropriate to the target population. Respondent: Individuals 
or households; Small businesses or organizations. Number of 
Respondents: 18,885; Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; Average 
Burden per Response: .1765 hour; Estimated Annual Burden: 4661 hours.
    5. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (OPTN) 
Regulations--42 CFR Part 121--NPRM--New--This notice of proposed 
rulemaking provides a basis for establishing final policies governing 
the OPTN. These rules will regulate the operation of the OPTN in four 
major areas: membership requirements, patient listings, organ 
allocation and record maintenance. Respondents: Businesses or other 
for-profit, Non-profit institutions, Small business or organizations.
    Recordkeeping: Consultation with transplant hospitals and OPO's 
established that the recordkeeping specified in these 3 requirements is 
integral to their operation and is not impacted by this regulation. 
Accordingly, no burden is considered to be imposed by this information 
collection language:

Organ refusal documentation--42 CFR 121.7(b)(3)
Documentation to accompany transported organs--42 CFR 121.7(c)(2)
OPO and hospital records on donors, organs retrieved and recipients 
transplanted--42 CFR 121.12(a)(2)

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                                                                                Number of        Average burden 
                         Title                               Number of        responses per           per       
                                                            respondents        respondent        response(hour) 
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Reporting:                                                                                                      
    Final policies, procedures and issuances--42 CFR                                                            
     121.3(a)(6)(ii)...................................                  1                  4                 .5
    Membership application requirements--42 CFR                                                                 
     121.4(d)(1)*......................................              2,774                  1                 .5
    Copies of proposed and proposed final policies--42                                                          
     CFR 121.7(b)(1) & (3).............................                  1                  4                  1
    Report of transplant to prevent wastage--42 CFR                                                             
     121.7(e)..........................................                266                  4                  1
Transplant program application--42 CFR 121.8(b):                                                                
    a. Medicare/Medicaid approved program & eligible VA                                                         
     hos...............................................                308                  1                 .5
    *Burden hours--154                                                                                          
    b. Other transplant programs.......................                350                  1                  2
    *Burden hours--700                                                                                          
    Information on transplant candidates, recipients &                                                          
     donors--42 CFR 121.12(b)(2).......................                721                352                .14
    **Burden hours--35,070                                                                                      
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*This burden is expected to occur almost entirely in the first year; burden for years 2 and 3 is expected to be 
  36 hours per year.                                                                                            
**This burden is separately approved under OMB control number 0915-0157.                                        
Estimated Annual Total Burden: 1 hour at NPRM stage.                                                            

    6. Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study (DATOS)--0925-0393--
(Extension, no change)--DATOS is needed to compile information on 
individuals entering drug abuse treatment programs to investigate 
treatment environments and to study the behavior and characteristics of 
drug abusers prior to, during and following treatment. Researchers, 
policy makers, and service providers will use the findings of DATOS to 
address drug treatment issues and to better understand treatment 
effectiveness and the rehabilitation of the drug abuser into the 
community. Respondents: Individuals or households, Businesses or other 
for-profit, Non-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 5,265; 
Number of Responses per Respondent: 4.64; Average Burden per Response: 
1.04 hours; Estimated Annual Burden: 25,407 hours.
    7. NCHS Laboratory-based Questionnaire Research--0920-0222 
Revision--Questionnaires for use in NCHS, CDC, and other Federal 
surveys developed using laboratory methods which combine the techniques 
of cognitive psychology and survey methodology to reduce measurement 
error. Respondents: Individuals or households; Number of Respondents: 
500; Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden per 
Response: 1 hour; Estimated Annual Burden: 500 hours.
    8. Nurse Education Loan Repayment Program Application--0915-0140 
(Revision)--Nurses with education loans use the application to apply 
for repayment of the loans in return for service accepted into the 
program, their lenders must confirm the purpose and amount of the loans 
to be repaid. Respondents: Individuals or households, Businesses or 
other for-profit, Small businesses or organizations.

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                                                                                Number of        Average burden 
                         Title                               Number of        responses per       per response  
                                                            respondents        respondent           (hour)      
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Nurses Application.....................................               1000                  1                  1
Lender's Confirmation of the Loan......................                400                  1                .25
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Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1100 hours.                                                                      

    9. Reliability and Validity Assessment of the Use of Scales of 
Stressful Life Events in Black Women of Reproductive Age--New--The 
purpose of this study is to evaluate the reliability and validity of 
measurements of stressful life events among reproductive age black 
women, including pregnant black women. The data collected will help 
plan prevention and intervention strategies to reduce the incidence of 
poor pregnancy outcomes among black women. Respondents: Individuals or 
households; Number of Respondents: 600; Number of Responses per 
Respondent: 1; Average Burden per Response: 3.33 hours; Estimated 
Annual Burden: 2028 hours.
    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collections should be sent within 30 days of this notice 
directly to the OMB Desk Officer designated below at the following 
address: Shannah Koss, Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: September 23, 1994.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy; Office of Health Planning and 
Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 94-24097 Filed 9-29-94; 8:45 am]
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