[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 147 (Thursday, July 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44957-44958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19447]


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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.

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

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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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Non-participation.............................................               283                 1               283               0.2                57
Participation.................................................               567                 1               567                 1               567
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    Total.....................................................               850  ................               850  ................               624
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Allison Eydt, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Fax Number, 202-395-6974.

    Dated: July 24, 2003.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-19447 Filed 7-30-03; 8:45 am]
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