[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 203 (Friday, October 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 53226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26317]


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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: Needs Assessment of the Black Lung Clinics 
Program: NEW

    The Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC), Health Resources and 
Services Administration (HRSA), is planning to conduct a needs 
assessment of the Black Lung Clinics Program. The purpose of this study 
is to obtain data about the Black Lung Clinics Program grantees/sites 
and the services they provide to active and retired coal miners. The 
study consists of two sections: (1) A written and telephone survey of 
the site Program Coordinators about the patients and the services they 
provide, as well as services that patients would like to receive, but 
which are not available; and, (2) a measurement of the costs associated 
with delivering requisite services to this population, for whom data 
will be obtained from secondary sources. The data collected will 
provide policymakers with a better understanding of the resources 
needed to continue to support and expand the program. The assessment 
will provide new information about the organization, financing, and 
delivery of services to active and retired coal miners in Black Lung 
Clinics Programs.
    Data from the survey and costing will provide quantitative 
information about the programs, specifically: (a) The characteristics 
of the patients they serve, (b) the organization components of the 
program, (c) the scope of services provided, (d) the costs and 
resources necessary to implement the program, (e) outreach services 
available, and (f) key unmet needs. This assessment will provide data 
useful to the program and will enable HRSA to provide data required by 
Congress under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993.
    The estimated burden is as follows:

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                                                 Number of      Responses  per     Hours per       Total burden
                  Form name                     respondents       respondent        response          hours
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Survey......................................              52                1                8              416
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-22, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: October 15, 2001.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 01-26317 Filed 10-18-01; 8:45 am]
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