[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 233 (Monday, December 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68111-68112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31515]


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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 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, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes 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

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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: Hepatitis C Among Health Care for the Homeless 
Program Patients--New

    The Health Care for the Homeless Clinicians'' Network (HCHCN) of 
the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, Inc., through a 
cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health 
Resources and Services Administration, proposes to conduct 
epidemiological research regarding hepatitis C. The study will be of 
adult homeless patients and will be conducted using laboratory tests 
and patient interviews. The study is designed to estimate the 
prevalence of lifetime hepatitis C infection among homeless adults and 
the rate of comorbidity of hepatitis C and hepatitis B infection, 
identify high-risk groups, describe health service utilization specific 
to hepatitis C, and assess patient knowledge and attitudes regarding 
hepatitis C. The participants will be recruited from eight clinics of 
the national Health Care for the Homeless Program.
    The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per      Total  hour
                   Respondent                       respondents     respondent       response         burden
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Patients........................................             400               1               1             400
Total...........................................             400  ..............  ..............             400
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: November 30, 1999.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 99-31515 Filed 12-3-99; 8:45 am]
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