[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 68587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23538]



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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: Data System for Organ Procurement and Transplantation 
Network (42 CFR Part 121, OMB No. 0915-0184): Extension

    The operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network 
(OPTN) necessitates certain recordkeeping and reporting requirements in 
order to perform the functions related to organ transplantation under 
contract to HHS. This is a request for an extension of the current 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements associated with the OPTN. 
These data will be used by HRSA in monitoring the contracts for the 
OPTN and the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) and in 
carrying out other statutory responsibilities. Information is needed to 
monitor compliance of member organizations with OPTN rules and 
requirements, to ensure that all qualified entities are accepted for 
membership in the OPTN, and to ensure patient safety.

Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden

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                                                               Responses                                Total
              Section and activity                Number of       per         Total      Hours per      burden
                                                 respondents  respondents   responses     response      hours
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121.3(b)(2): OPTN membership requirements for             40            1           40           45       1, 800
 OPOs, hospitals, and histocompatibility
 laboratories..................................
121.3: Application for Non-Institutional                  20            1           20           10          200
 Members.......................................
121.3(b)(4): Appeal for OPTN membership........            2            1            2            3            6
121.6(c) (Reporting): Submitting criteria for            900            1          900          0.5          450
 organ acceptance..............................
121.6(c) (Disclosure): Sending criteria to OPOs          900            1          900          0.5          450
121.7(b)(4): Reasons for Refusal...............          900           38       34,200          0.5       17,100
121.7(e): Transplant to prevent organ wastage..          260          1.5          390          0.5          195
121.9(b): Designated Transplant Program                   10            1           10          5.0           50
 Requirements..................................
121.3: Personnel Change Application............          324            1          324           10        3,240
121.9(d): Appeal for designation...............            2            1            2            6           12
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    Total......................................          974  ...........       39,704  ...........       23,503
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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: November 29, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E7-23538 Filed 12-4-07; 8:45 am]
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