[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 71 (Thursday, April 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18961-18962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-9043]


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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: State-by-State Self Assessment of Trauma Care 
Systems--(NEW)

    The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) proposes to 
collect baseline data from the 56 States and Territories on their 
current trauma care systems and self-identified unmet needs to achieve 
minimum standards for a comprehensive statewide trauma care program. 
This information will be used to establish a national strategy to 
assist in future grant opportunities to the States to improve or 
enhance their basic systems infrastructure in trauma care. The HRSA's 
Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) and the Office of Rural Health 
Policy and the Department of Transportation's Emergency Medical 
Services Division are jointly administering this project. HRSA has 
included national performance measures for Trauma/EMS for this project 
in accordance with the requirements of the ``Government Performance and 
Results Act (GPRA) of 1993'' (Pub. L. 103-62). This act requires the 
establishment of measurable goals for Federal programs that can be 
reported as part of the budgetary process, thus linking funding 
decisions with performance.
    The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                                 Number of      Responses per     Burden hours     Total burden
                Type of form                    respondents       respondent      per response        hours
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Self Assessment questionnaire...............              56                1               10              560
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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: April 6, 2001.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 01-9043 Filed 4-11-01; 8:45 am]
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