[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45681-45682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21731]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary publishes a list of information collections it has submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance in 
compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35) and 5 CFR 1320.5. The following are those information collections 
recently submitted to OMB.
    1. Assessment of State Laws, Regulations and Practices Affecting 
the Collection and Reporting of Racial and Ethnic Data by Health 
Insurers and Managed Care Plans--NEW--One of the overarching goals of 
Healthy People 2010 is the elimination of health disparities, including 
those associated with race and ethnicity. The lack of data has been 
identified as a barrier to performance measurement for this goal. 
Therefore, the Office of Minority Health is proposing a study which 
will examine States' laws and policies concerning the collection and 
use of racial and ethnic data by health insurers and managed care 
plans. The study involves visits to 13 States for an in-depth look at 
their policies and practices, interviews with State officials and 
representatives of the States' major managed care plans and health 
insurance industry, and focus groups with consumer and civil rights 
organizations. Respondents: State or local governments; businesses or 
other for-profit; non-profit institutions.

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                                                       Number of      Burden per
                    Instrument                        respondents      response      Burden hours
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Administrator Interview guide.....................              78               4             312
Consumer Focus Group..............................             130               2             260
    Total.........................................             208                             572
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    OMB Desk Officer; Allison Herron Eydt.
    Copies of the information collection packages listed above can be 
obtained by calling the OS Reports Clearance Officer on (202) 690-6207. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent directly to the OMB desk officer designated 
above at the following address: Human Resources and Housing Branch, 
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments may also be sent to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue SW, Washington DC, 20201. Written comments should be received 
within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: August 17, 2001.
Kerry Weems,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
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