[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56432-56433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21130]


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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) 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) will publish periodic summaries of proposed 
projects being developed for submission to the Office of Management and 
Budget (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, 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 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 of other 
forms of information technology.

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Proposed Project: Reporting Form for the MCHB National Hemophilia 
Program Grantees and Hemophilia Treatment Center (HTC) Affiliates 
Having Factor Replacement Product (FRP) Programs--New

    The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) of the Health Resources 
and Services Administration (HRSA) is planning to implement an annual 
reporting form required of grantees of the MCHB National Hemophilia 
Program and their HTC affiliates having a factor replacement product 
(FRP) program. The purpose of the form is to provide systematic 
information and data comprising a financial overview of the FRP 
programs of the HTCs receiving funding through grantees of the MCHB 
National Hemophilia Program. The proposed form will constitute a new 
reporting requirement for the MCHB National Hemophilia Program grantees 
and their affiliate HTCs having FRP programs.
    Data from the form will provide quantitative information on the 
financial and services provision aspects of each of the HTC FRP 
programs under each of the MCHB National Hemophilia Program grantees, 
specifically: (a) Patient FRP program participation, (b) FRP program 
revenue, (c) FRP program costs, (d) FRP program net income, and (e) use 
of FRP program net income. This form will provide data useful to 
grantees and their affiliate HTCs having FRP programs as well as to the 
MCHB National Hemophilia Program in assessing FRP program performance 
including FRP program operational costs appropriateness, FRP program 
cost efficiency, and FRP program services benefits-information that is 
essential to evaluating HTCs having FRP programs, grantees, and the 
MCHB National Hemophilia Program.
    Each HTC having an FRP program is to submit their report to their 
grantee and each grantee is to submit the individual reports of each of 
their affiliate HTCs having an FRP program to the MCHB National 
Hemophilia Program as a part of their annual grant application.
    The burden estimate for this project is as follows:

 Form HRSA/MCHB Factor Replacement Product (FRP) Data Sheet for Hemophilia Treatment Centers Having FRP Programs
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                                                  Average number
              Number of respondents                of  responses       Total         Hours per     Total burden
                                                  per respondent     responses       response          hours
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68..............................................               1              68              30            2040
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33 Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of 
this notice.

    Dated: September 13, 2004.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 04-21130 Filed 9-20-04; 8:45 am]
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