[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 80 (Thursday, April 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 20534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10233]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


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

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

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 Clinic 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 
Clinic 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              8.5              442
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
John Morrall, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: April 19, 2002.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 02-10233 Filed 4-24-02; 8:45 am]
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