[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46638-46639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16368]


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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. 3501 et seq.). 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: Data Collection Tool for the Black Lung Clinics 
Program: (OMB No. 0915-0292) Revision

    The Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP), Health Resources and 
Services Administration, conducts an annual data collection of user 
information for the Black Lung Clinics Program. The purpose of the 
Black Lung Clinics Program is to improve the health status of coal 
workers by providing services to minimize the effects of respiratory 
and pulmonary impairments of coal miners. Grantees provide specific 
diagnostic and treatment procedures required in the management of 
problems associated with black lung disease which improves the quality 
of life of the miner and reduces economic costs associated with 
morbidity and mortality arising from pulmonary diseases. The purpose of 
collecting this data is to provide HRSA with information on how well 
each grantee is meeting the needs of active and retired miners in the 
funded communities.
    Data from the annual report will provide quantitative information 
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the programs, specifically: (a) The characteristics of the patients 
they serve (gender, age, disability level, occupation type); (b) the 
characteristics of services provided (medical, non-medical, or 
counseling); (c) number of patients served and visits conducted 
(encounters); and (d) the improvement in pulmonary function of patients 
(pulmonary rehabilitation). This assessment will provide data useful to 
the program and will enable HRSA to provide data required by Congress 
under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993. It will also 
ensure that the organizations funded have demonstrated a need for 
services in their communities and that funds are being effectively used 
to provide services to meet those needs.
    The estimated burden is as follows:

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                                                                  Number of        Hours per       Total burden
                          Form name                              respondents        response          hours
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Database.....................................................              15               20              300
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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: August 15, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
 [FR Doc. E7-16368 Filed 8-20-07; 8:45 am]
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