[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 63 (Monday, April 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17095-17096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6603]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Data Collection; Comment Request; Survey of Colorectal 
Cancer Screening Policies, Programs, and Systems in U.S. Health Plans

SUMMARY: In compliance with the provisions of section 3507(1)(D) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comments on 
proposed data collection projects, the National Institutes of Health 
(NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the 
information collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on October 
29, 2004 (Volume 69, No. 209, pages 63159-63160) and allowed 60 days 
for public

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comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this notice 
is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The National 
Institutes of Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is 
not required to respond to, an information collection that has been 
extended, revised or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it 
displays a currently valid OMB number.
    Proposed Collection: Title: Survey of Colorectal Cancer Screening 
Policies, Programs, and Systems in U.S. Health Plans. Type of 
Information Collection Request: New. Need and Use of Information 
Collection: This study will obtain information on policies, programs, 
and practices for colorectal cancer screening among health plans in the 
U.S. The purpose of the study is to assess (1) health plan policies, 
programs, and practices for colorectal cancer screening; (2) health 
plan activities in response to the National Committee on Quality 
Assurance's new Health Employer Data Information Set measure for 
colorectal cancer screening; and (3) characteristics of health plans 
and plan policies and activities that may be associated with higher 
rates of colorectal cancer screening. A questionnaire will be 
administered by mail or Internet using a national sample of health 
plans. Study participants will be health plan medical directors or 
administrators, and they will select their preferred response mode. 
Burden estimates are as follows:

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                                                                  Estimated
                                                 Estimated          number      Average  burden  Estimated total
             Type of respondents                   number       responses per      hours per      annual burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
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Health plan medical directors...............             400                1            0.333              133
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    Request For Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information shall have practical utility; (2) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (4) 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.
    Direct Comments To OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding 
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on 
the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans 
and instruments, contact: Carrie N. Klabunde, Ph.D., Epidemiologist, 
National Cancer Institute, EPN 4005, 6130 Executive Boulevard, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7344. Telephone: (301) 402-3362; e-mail: 
[email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: March 21, 2005.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 05-6603 Filed 4-1-05; 8:45 am]
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