[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 59259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29441]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Agency Information Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment: 30-day notice; Proposed information 
collection: Indian Health Service Contract Health Service Report.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, 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 information collection listed below. This 
proposed information collection project was previously published in the 
Federal Register (66 FR 17565) on April 2, 2001 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 directly to OMB.

Proposed Collection

    Title: 09-17-0002, ``IHS Contract Health Service Report.'' Type of 
Information Collection Request: Reinstatement, without change, of a 
previously approved information collection. Form Number(s): IHS 843-1A, 
``Purchase-Delivery Order for Health Services.'' Need and Use of 
Information Collection: The Contract Health Service health care 
providers complete form IHS-843-1A to certify that they have performed 
the health services authorized by the IHS. The information is used to 
manage, administer, and plan for the provision of health services to 
eligible American Indian patients, process payments to providers, 
obtain program data, provide program statistics, and, serves as a legal 
document for health care services rendered. Frequency: As needed, per 
health service order. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit, 
Individuals, not-for-profit institutions and State, local or Tribal 
Government. Type of Respondents: Health care providers. Total Annual 
Burden Hours: The table below provides burden hour information:

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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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IHS-843-1A......................           7,399              42         310,758    0.05 (3 min)          15,538
IDS**...........................          16,356               1          16,356    0.05 (3 min)            818
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.
** Inpatient Discharge Summary (IDS).

    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report 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 methodology and assumptions used to determine 
the estimate 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 Indian Health Service.
    To request more information on the proposed collection or to obtain 
a copy of the data collection plan(s) or instruction(s), contact Mr. 
Lance Hodahkwen, Sr., M.P.H., IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 12300 
Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852-1601, at (301) 443-
5938 (non-toll free), or send facsimile to (301) 443-2613 or E-mail 
requests, comments, and return address to: [email protected].

Comment Due Date

    Your comments regarding this information collection are best 
assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days of the 
date of this publication.

    Dated: October 29, 2001.
Michael H. Trujillo,
Assistant Surgeon General, Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 01-29441 Filed 11-26-01; 8:45 am]
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