[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 79 (Thursday, April 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20159-20160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10075]


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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

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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: 340B Drug Pricing Program Survey--NEW

    Section 340B of the Public Health Act provides that a manufacturer 
that sells outpatient drugs to covered entities must agree to charge a 
price that will not exceed the amount determined under a statutory 
formula. The entities eligible to access such drug pricing (i.e., 
certain HHS grantees, certain disproportionate share hospitals, and 
other specified categories of entities) total approximately 10,000 
sites. Most of these safety net providers serve the economically 
disadvantaged or medically uninsured.
    A customer survey is being developed to collect information by mail 
on various aspects of the 340B Drug Pricing Program, including whether 
information on the program is reaching the covered entities, reasons 
some entities are not participating, satisfaction with the savings 
realized, and interest in possible modifications to the program. Both 
participating and nonparticipating entities will be included in the 
survey. The results will be used to improve the design and management 
of the program.
    The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                                                        Number of      Responses per                      Minutes per      Total burden
                            Respondents                                respondents       respondent    Total responses      response          hours
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Covered Entities...................................................           1,000                1            1,000              .65              650
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-45, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: April 16, 2003.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-10075 Filed 4-23-03; 8:45 am]
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