[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2417-2418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-888]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Notice; Proposed Collection: 
Evaluation of Indian Health Service/Bureau of Indian Affairs Training 
Practitioners Project

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, to provide a 60-day advance opportunity for 
public comment on proposed information collection projects, the Indian 
Health Service is publishing for comment a summary of a proposed 
information collection to be submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: ``Evaluation of Indian Health Service/
Bureau of Indian Affairs Training Practitioners Project.'' Type of 
Information Collection Request: New collection. Form Number: None. Need 
and Use of Information Collection: The purpose of the proposed data 
collection is to evaluate and assess the overall effectiveness of the 
Indian Health Service (IHS) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) inter-
agency sponsored national training project titled, ``IHS/BIA Training 
Practitioners in the Assessment and Treatment of Adolescent Sexual 
Perpetrators,'' conducted from 1993-1996 in 18 American Indian/Alaska 
Native (AI/AN) communities. The training project was established to 
provide mental health practitioners in AI/AN communities specialized 
training for the provision of mental health assessment and treatment 
services to juvenile sex offenders. The data collected is needed to 
assess respondent satisfaction/dissatisfaction with the training 
project, the clinical success/failure of the training on the juvenile 
sex offenders, the impact of using traditional healing treatment 
services with juvenile sex offenders, and to obtain recommendations for 
future clinical program planning. Affected Public: Individuals and 
households, State, Local or Tribal Government. Type of Respondents: 
Health care providers, juveniles, parent/caretakers, and various 
community members. Please see Table 1 for a listing of data collection 
instruments, estimated number of respondents, number of responses per 
respondent, annual number of responses, average burden hour per 
response, and total annual burden hour.

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                                                     Table 1
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                                                                                 Average burden
 Data collection instruments    Estimated no.   Responses per   Annual number       hour per       Total annual
                               of respondents    respondent     of  responses      response*       burden hours
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Practitioner Trainee                      159               1             159  0.50 (30 mins)...            79.5
 Questionnaire.
Practitioner Trainee                       16               4              64  0.17 (10 mins)...            10.9
 Assessment.
Practitioner Trainee                        8               1               8  1.00 (60 mins)...             8.0
 Interview.
Juvenile/Adult...............              61               1              61  0.50 (30 mins)...            30.5
J/A Re-Offense...............              61               1              61  0.17 (10 mins)...            10.4
Parent/Caretaker.............             122               1             122  0.50 (30 mins)...            61.0
Community Key Informant                    24               1              24  1.50 (90 mins)...            36.0
 Questionnaire.
Community Key Informant                    24               1              24  1.0 (60 mins)....            24.0
 Interview.
Medical (Treatment and Health              61               1              61  0.75 (45 mins)...            45.7
 Review).
Agency Record Review.........              61               1              61  1.00 (60 mins)...            61.0
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      Total..................             597  ..............  ..............  .................           367.0
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*For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.

    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.

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; (b) whether the 
agency processes the information collected in a useful and timely 
fashion; (c) the accuracy of public burden estimate (the estimated 
amount of time needed for individual respondents to provide the 
requested information); (d) whether the methodology and assumptions 
used to determine the estimate are logical; (e) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information being collected; and 
(f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use of automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Send Comments and Requests For Further Information: Send your 
written comments or requests for more information on the proposed 
collection or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection 
instrument(s) and instructions to: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen, Sr., M.P.H., 
IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450, 
Rockville, MD 20852-1601: call non-toll free (301) 443-5938, send via 
facsimile to (301) 443-2316, or send your e-mail requests, comments, 
and return address to: [email protected].
    Comment Due Date: Your comments regarding this information 
collection are best assured of having their full effect if received on 
or before March 14, 2000.

    Dated: January 7, 2000.
Michael H. Trujillo,
Assistant Surgeon General Director, Indian Health Service.
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