[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 140 (Thursday, July 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45092-45093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18289]


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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, Pub. L. 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 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: Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education 
Program (OMB No. 0915-0247)

    Public Law 106-129 amended the Public Health Service Act to provide 
for the support of graduate medical education (GME) in children's 
hospitals. The provision authorizes payments in Fiscal Years 2000 and 
2001 for direct and indirect expenses associated with operating 
approved GME programs. Section 340E(c)(1) of the PHS Act, as amended, 
states that the amount determined under this subsection for payments 
for direct medical expenses for a fiscal year is equal to the product 
of (a) the updated per resident amount as determined, and (b) the 
average number of FTE residents in the hospital's approved graduate 
medical residency training programs as determined under section 
1886(h)(4) of the Social Security Act during the fiscal year. Section 
340E(d)(2) requires the Secretary to determine the appropriate amount 
of indirect medical education for expenses associated with the 
treatment of more severely ill patients and the additional costs 
relating to teaching residents in such programs to a children's 
hospital by considering variations in case mix among children's 
hospitals, and the hospitals' number of FTE residents in approved 
training programs.
    Administration of the Children's Hospital Graduate Medical 
Education Program relies on the reporting of the number of full-time 
equivalent residents in applicant children's hospital training programs 
to determine the amount of direct and indirect expense payments to 
participating children's hospitals. Indirect expense payments will also 
be derived from a formula that requires the reporting of case mix index 
information from participating children's hospitals.
    Hospitals will be requested to submit such information in an annual 
application. The statute also requires reconciliation of the estimated 
numbers of residents with the actual number determined at the end of 
the fiscal year. Participating children's hospitals would be required 
to complete an adjusted report to correct such information on an annual 
basis.

                                                           Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden
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                                                                             Responses
                          Form name                             Number of       per         Total       Hrs. per    Total hour   Wage rate    Total hour
                                                               respondents  respondents   responses     response      burden       ($/hr)      cost ($)
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Form-2001E...................................................           54            1           54           24        1,296          $45      $58,320
Form-2001F...................................................           54            1           54            8          432           45       19,440
IME data.....................................................           54            1           54           14          756           45       34,020
Required GPRA tables.........................................           54            1           54           28        1,512           45       68,040

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    Total....................................................           54                        54                     3,996                  $179,820
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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 on or before September 
18, 2000.

    Dated: July 13, 2000.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 00-18289 Filed 7-19-00; 8:45 am]
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