[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 203 (Thursday, October 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62736-62737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26896]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Notice; Proposed Collection: 
IHS Urban Indian Health Program Common Reporting Requirements

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1996, 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 collection of information listed below. This 
proposed collection of information was published in the Federal 
Register (63 FR 11688) on January 24, 2000 and allowed 60 days for 
public comment. No public comment was received in response to the 
notice. The purpose of this notice is to allow 30 days for public 
comment to be submitted to OMB.

Proposed Collection:
    Title: 09-17-0007, ``IHS Urban Indian Health Program Common 
Reporting Requirements.''
    Type of Information Collection Request: Three year reinstatement, 
without change, of previously approved information collection, 0917-
0007, ``IHS Urban Indian Health Program Common Reporting Requirements'' 
for which approval expired June 30, 2000.
    Form Number: The report formats are contained in IHS instruction 
manual, ``Urban Indian Health Programs Common Reporting Requirements.'' 
The reporting formats have been computerized for electronic data 
submission.
    Need and Use of Information Collection: IHS contracts with urban 
Indian organizations to: Access and identify health services available 
to urban Indians; provide health education and health services to urban 
Indians; identify the unmet health needs of urban Indians; and, make 
recommendations on methods to improve health services provided to urban 
Indians. The information is collected annually and used to: monitor 
contractor performance; prepare budget reports; allocate resources; 
and, access and evaluate the urban Indian health contract programs.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, not-for-profit 
institutions and State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Type of Respondents: Urban Indian health care organizations. The 
table below provides: Types of data collection instruments, estimated 
number of respondents, number of responses per respondent, average 
burden hour per response, and total annual burden hour.

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                                   Estimated                                     Average burden
  Data collection instrument       number of     Responses per   Annual number      hour per       Total annual
                                  respondents     respondent     of responses       response*      burden hours
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Face Sheet....................              34               1              34  0.50 (30 min)...            17.0
Table 1.......................              34               1              34  1.50 (90 min)...            51.0
Table 2.......................              34               1              34  0.57 (34 min)...            19.0
Table 3.......................              34               1              34  1.69 (101 min)..            57.0
Table 4.......................            **23               1              23  0.38 (23 min)...             9.0
Table 5.......................              34               1              34  1.50 (90 min)...            51.0
Table 6.......................              34               1              34  1.50 (90 min)...            51.0
Table 7.......................              34               1              34  0.75 (45 min)...            26.0

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Table 8.......................              34               1              34  0.94 (56 min)...            32.0
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    Total.....................             261               1             261                            313.0
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 For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.
**Excludes urban Indian health projects with no medical component.

    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance 
Costs required for this collection of information.

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 IHS processes the information collected in a 
useful and timely fashion; (c) the accuracy of the 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 estimates 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.
    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 instrument(s) and/or instructions(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) 443-5938 or send via facsimile to (301) 
443-2316, or send your E-mail requests, comments, and return address 
to: [email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received on or before 
November 20, 2000.

    Dated: October 13, 2000.
Michael H. Trujillo,
Assistance Surgeon General Director.
[FR Doc. 00-26896 Filed 10-18-00; 8:45 am]
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