[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 140 (Monday, July 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47823-47824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18323]


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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, Public Law 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 at (301) 443-1891.
    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

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or other forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Maternal and Child Health Services Title V Block 
Grant Program--Guidance and Forms for the Title V Application/Annual 
Report (OMB No. 0915-0172)--Revision

    The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) proposes to 
revise the Maternal and Child Health Services Title V Block Grant 
Program--Guidance and Forms for the Application/Annual Report. The 
guidance is used annually by the 50 States and 9 jurisdictions in 
making application for Block Grants under Title V of the Social 
Security Act and in preparing the required annual report. The proposed 
revisions follow and build on extensive consultation received from a 
Workgroup convened in 2002 to provide suggestions for improving the 
guidance and forms. The proposed revisions are editorial and technical 
revisions in nature and are based on the experience of the States and 
jurisdictions using previous versions of the guidance. Changes include 
consolidating the narrative to reduce redundancy, and reducing the 
number of Health Status Indicators (HSI) required in the application/
annual report.
    In addition, HRSA proposes changing the format for electronic 
submission to direct web entry. Web based data and text entry will 
provide for automatic calculation of ratios, rates, and percentages, 
carry data over year-to-year and assure that data used in multiple 
tables are entered only once. It will also facilitate the orderly 
printing of tables, text, and required appendices.
    The guidance used annually by the 50 States and 9 jurisdictions had 
a previous estimated burden of 358 hours. Based on the new revisions 
and more efficient electronic submission, the estimated burden has been 
reduced by 5% to 322 hours. 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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Application and Annual Report, with needs
 assessment*:
    States......................................              50               1             428          21,400
    Jurisdictions...............................               9               1             228           2,052
Application and Annual Report, without needs
 assessment*:
    States......................................              50               1             313          15,658
    Jurisdictions...............................               9               1             126          1,134
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* The Application and Annual Report, with needs assessment, will be submitted in FY 2005. The Application and
  Annual Report, without needs assessment, will be submitted in FY 2003 and FY 2004. The average annual total
  burden hours for the next three years is 19,007. The average annual burden per respondent 322 hours.

    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 11A-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of notice.

    Dated: July 16, 2002.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 02-18323 Filed 7-19-02; 8:45 am]
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