[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 7 (Friday, January 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1462-1463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-580]
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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 of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) will publish 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, call the HRSA
Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
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
Black Lung Clinic Program Regulatory Requirements (42 CFR 55a) (OMB
No. 0915-0081) Extension/No Change--The purpose of the Black Lung
Clinics Program (BLCP) is to stimulate and encourage local public and
private agencies to improve the health status of coalworkers and to
increase coordination with other programs to assist the coalworkers
population. The goal of the BLCP is to provide services to minimize the
effects of respiratory and pulmonary impairments of coal miners.
Grantees provide specific diagnostic and treatment procedures required
in the management of problems associated with black lung disease which
improve the functional status, i.e., ``quality of life'', of the miner
and reduce economic costs associated with morbidity and mortality
arising from pulmonary diseases.
This request is for approval of the reporting and recordkeeping
requirements in program regulations as follows:
1. 42 CFR 55a.201 and 55a.301--Reporting--Grantees must submit
applications for continued grant support. The regulations outline the
requirements for grant applications for States (55a.201) and for
entities other than States (55a.301).
2. 42 CFR 55a.201 (a) (3)--Recordkeeping--The regulations require
that grantees conduct outreach to active and inactive miners, which
requires maintenance of a register of persons with pulmonary
impairments.
3. 42 CFR 55a.201 (a) (4)--Recordkeeping--The regulations require
that individual patient care plans be provided for all patients. This
includes development and periodic updating of the patient plans.
Estimates of annualized hour burden are as follows:
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Annual hours
Regulatory requirement \1\ Number of per Total
recordkeepers recordkeeper burden
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55a.201(a)(3)--patient
registry..................... 14 357 5,000
55a.201(a)(4)--development of
patient plans................ 14 1,214 17,000
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55a.201(a)(4)--patient plan
update....................... 14 1,429 20,000
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Total................... 14 3,000 42,000
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\1\ The grant application form is cleared under another OMB approval
(OMB No. 0937-0189). The burden for completing the application is not
reflected in the table above because the burden is reported in the
clearance of the application form.
Send comments to Patricia Royston, HRSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 14-36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: January 7, 1997.
J. Henry Montes,
Director, Office of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 97-580 Filed 1-9-97; 8:45 am]
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