[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47820-47821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24118]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Proposed Information Collection; Indian Health Service, Community 
Health Representative Activity Reporting Sample

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed 
information collection projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review and approve the information collection listed below. This 
proposed information collection project was previously published in the 
Federal Register (62 FR 16594, April 7, 1997) and allowed 60 days for 
public comment.
    One public comment was received in response to the notice. The 
comment came from the attendees at the May 1997, Indian Health Service 
Aberdeen Area CHR Coordinator meeting. They commented on each point (a-
f) listed in the ``Request for Comments'', section of the notice. 
Agency response is limited to the comments concerning these points. 
Overall, they support continued use of the CHR Information System 
(CHRIS) reporting form (IHS-826, Report of CHR Activities) and its 
associated manual. However, on point (e), ``Ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information being collected''; 
they recommended that Arthritis, Physical Therapy, ENT, and Accidents 
should be added to the list of Health Area Codes and that ``non-
specific'' should be defined and used on a limited basis. After 
discussion with other CHR managers, the Agency CHR Program Director 
determined that a majority of the managers do not favor adding any 
categories to the current list of Health Area Codes and that most 
believe that the current categories are adequate. The ``non-specific'' 
category was originally defined to be used for all administrative 
activities, Tribal or community functions, and when representing the 
Tribe or the CHR program at meetings with other local or national 
agencies or groups, and it was supposed to be used on a limited basis. 
The CHR Program shall instruct the CHR staff accordingly. Based on the 
above, no changes will be made to the current health area codes and the 
non-specific category will remain as is. The purpose of this notice is 
to allow 30 days for public comment to be submitted to OMB.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: 0917-0010 ``IHS Community Health 
Representative Activity Reporting Sample''. Type of Information 
Collection Request: Three-year Reinstatement of 0917-0010 and 
associated form IHS-826, ``Report of Community Health Representative 
Activities'', which expired 02/28/97. Need and Use of Information 
Collection: Section 107 ``Community Health Representative Program'' of 
Public Law 100-713, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments 
authorizes the IHS to develop a system to review and evaluate the CHR 
program. The information collected is used to revew and evaluate 
contract performance (e.g., the number and types of health servicess 
being provided); to prepare program reports; to develop program 
training plans and performance and accreditation standards; to increase 
the efficiency and effectiveness of the program; and, to meet the 
management and administrative needs of the CHR program. Affected 
Public: Individuals.
    See Table 1 below for Types of Data Collection Instruments, 
Estimated Number of Respondents, Number of Responses per Respondent, 
Average Burden Hour per Response, and Total Annual Burden Hour.

                                                     Table 1                                                    
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   Data collection      Estimated Number of       Responses per       Average burden hour    Total annual burden
      instrument            respondents             respondent           per response *             hours       
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IHS-826..............               1100                      4                   0.10                  6,600   
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* Provided in decimal unit values of an hour and in actual minutes. There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs 
  and/or Maintenance Costs to report for this information collection.                                           

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Your written comments and/or suggestions are 
invited on one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the 
information collection activity is necessary to carry out an agency 
function and whether the IHS processes the information collected in a 
useful and timely fashion; (b) the accuracy of the public burden 
estimate (this is the amount of time needed for individual respondents 
to provide the requested information) and the methodology and 
assumptions used to determine the estimate; (c) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information being collected; and 
(d) ways to minimize the public burden through the use of automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

DIRECT COMMENTS TO OMB: Send your written comments and suggestions 
regarding the proposed information collection contained in this notice, 
especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated 
response time, to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of 
Regulatory Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for IHS.
    To request more information on the proposed collection or to obtain 
a copy of the data collection plan(s) and/or instruction(s), contact: 
Mr. Lance Hodahkwen, Sr., M.P.H., IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 12300 
Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852-1601, or call non-
toll free (301) 443-0461, or send via facsimile to (301) 443-1522, or 
send your E-mail requests, comments, and return address to: 
[email protected].

COMMENT DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are 
best assured of having their full effect if received on or before 
October 14, 1997.


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    Dated: September 5, 1997.
Michael H. Trujillo,
Assistant Surgeon General, Director.
[FR Doc. 97-24118 Filed 9-10-97; 8:45 am]
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