[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 116 (Friday, June 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31730-31731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14784]



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 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    Each Friday the Public Health Service (PHS) publishes a list of 
information collection requests under review, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of 
these requests, call the PHS Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-
7100.
    The following requests have been submitted for review since the 
list was last published on June 9.
    1. Weekly and Annual Morbidity and Mortality Reports--0920-0007--
Revision, consolidation with 0920-0014, no change in reporting forms or 
procedures--The timeliness of reporting of nationally notifiable 
diseases for publication in the MMWR provides information which CDC and 
State epidemiologists use to detect and more effectively interrupt 
outbreaks. Also, reporting provides the timely information needed to 
measure and demonstrate the impact of changed immunization laws or a 
new therapeutic therapy. The data are widely used by public health 
professionals concerned with the trends of diseases in the U.S. 
Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government. Send comments to James 
Scanlon, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Room 737-F, 
Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201.

                                                                        

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                                                                  Avg.  
                                         No. of       No. of     burden/
                                      respondents   responses/  response
                                                   respondents    (hr)  
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Weekly report.......................        178           52         .45
Annual report.......................         57            1       12.32
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Estimated total annual burden--4820 hours.                              


    2. Exploratory Study of Reasons Kidney Transplant Waiting List 
Patients are Unavailable for Organ Offers--New--This is a small-scale 
study of the extent and causes of patient unavailability for 
transplant. Information will be collected from transplant center staff, 
transplant candidates, and transplant recipients on methods used to 
contact candidates and reasons they are unavailable when an organ offer 
is made. Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit. Send comments to Shannah Koss, Human Resources and Housing 
Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503.

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                                                                  Avg.  
                                         No. of       No. of     burden/
                                      respondents   responses/  response
                                                   respondents    (hr)  
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Survey of transplant................         40            1        1.75
Survey of transplant................        100            1         .58
Survey of transplant recipients.....        100            1         .58
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Estimated total annual burden--186 hours.                               

    3. Survey of Health Care Providers Participating in Rural 
Telemedicine Networds--New--This mail survey of all health care 
providers participating in rural telemedicine projects will provide 
baseline data on the systems, a minimum data set for future studies, 
and evaluation methodologies for future evaluations of these systems. 
Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; 
Number of Respondents: 250; Number of Responses per Response: 1; 
Average Burden per Response: 2.12 hours; Estimated Total Annual Burden: 
530 hours. Send comments to Shannah Koss, Human Resources and Housing 
Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503.
    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collections should be sent within 30 days of this notice 
directly to the individual designated.

    Dated: June 9, 1995.
James Scanlon,
Director, Data Policy Staff, Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Health and PHS Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-14784 Filed 6-15-95; 8:45 am]
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