[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 148 (Thursday, August 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42419-42420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-14928]


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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 (OMB), 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.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

Proposed Project: The Smallpox Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (OMB 
No. 0915-0282)--Extension

    The Smallpox Emergency Personnel Protection Act (SEPPA) authorized 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish The Smallpox 
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, which provides benefits and/or 
compensation to certain persons harmed as a direct result of receiving 
smallpox covered countermeasures, including the smallpox vaccine, or as 
a direct result of contracting vaccinia through certain accidental 
exposures.
    The benefits available under the Program include compensation for 
unreimbursed medical care expenses, lost employment income, and 
survivor death benefits. To be considered for Program benefits, 
requesters (i.e., smallpox vaccine recipients, vaccinia contacts, 
survivors, or the representatives of the estates of deceased smallpox 
vaccine recipients or vaccinia contacts), or persons filing on

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their behalf as their representatives, must file a Request Form and the 
documentation required under SEPPA and its implementing regulations (42 
CFR Part 102) to show that they are eligible.
    Requesters must submit appropriate documentation to allow the 
Secretary to determine if the requesters are eligible for Program 
benefits. This documentation will vary somewhat depending on whether 
the requester is filing as a smallpox vaccine recipient, a vaccinia 
contact, a survivor, or a representative of an estate.
    All requesters must submit medical records sufficient to 
demonstrate that a covered injury was sustained by a smallpox vaccine 
recipient or a vaccinia contact.
    The Estimated Annual Burden is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
              Form                  respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Request Form....................              25               1              25               5             125
Certification...................              25               1              25               1              25
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    Total.......................              25  ..............              25  ..............             150
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to 
the desk officer for HRSA, either by e-mail to [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974. Please direct all 
correspondence to the ``attention of the desk officer for HRSA.''

    Dated: July 25, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
 [FR Doc. E7-14928 Filed 8-1-07; 8:45 am]
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