[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29658-29659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13924]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), 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 and draft 
instruments, 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: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network 
(OPTN) Data System (OMB No. 0915-0157)--Revision

    This is a request for revision of the data system for the Organ 
Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) and the Scientific 
Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) and the following associated 
forms: (1) cadaver donor registration/referral; (2) living donor 
registration; (3) donor histocompatibility; (4) potential recipient 
form; (5) recipient histocompatibility; (6) transplant candidate 
registration; (7) thoracic organ recipient registration; (8) thoracic 
organ recipient follow-up; (9) kidney transplant recipient 
registration; (10) kidney transplant recipient follow-up form; (11) 
liver transplant recipient registration; (12) liver transplant 
recipient follow-up; (13) pancreas transplant recipient registration; 
(14) pancreas transplant recipient follow-up; (15) intestine transplant 
recipient registration; and (16) intestine transplant recipient follow-
up. New forms are related to intestine transplants to collect data 
similar to other types of transplants.
    The estimated respondent burden is as follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per      Total hour
                                                    respondents     respondent       response         burden
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cadaveric Registration or Referral..............              65             277             0.3           5,400
Living Donor Registration.......................             680               7             0.2             920
Living Donor Follow-up..........................             680              14             0.1             952
Donor Histocompatibility........................             159              75             0.1           1,200
Potential Recipient Form........................              65             385             0.3           7,500
Recipient Histocompatibility....................             159             157             0.1           2,500
Transplant Candidate Registration...............             387             114             0.2          15,600
Thoracic Registration...........................             153              27             0.3           1,230
Thoracic Follow-up..............................             153             144             0.2           4,400
Kidney Registration.............................             252              58             0.3           4,380
Kidney Follow-up................................             252             500             0.2          25,200
Liver Registration..............................             125              40             0.4           2,000

[[Page 29659]]

 
Liver Follow-up.................................             125             192             0.3           7,200
Pancreas Registration...........................             125              11             0.3             420
Pancreas Follow-up..............................             125              56             0.2           1,400
Intestine Registration..........................              33               3             0.2              20
Intestine Follow-up.............................              33               6             0.2              40
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Total.......................................             911  ..............  ..............          80,362
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Send comments to: Susan Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of 
this notice.

    Dated: May 26, 1999.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 99-13924 Filed 6-1-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4160-15-U