[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70644-70645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24018]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-New (Omnibus)]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Health 
Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the 
collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes 
the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and 
burden; it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 11, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information 
through http://www.Regulations.gov or to VA's OMB Desk Officer, OMB 
Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395-7316. Please refer to ``OMB 
Control No. 2900-New (Omnibus)'' in any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise McLamb, Records Management 
Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-7485, FAX (202) 273-0443 or e-mail 
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-New 
(Omnibus).''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Omnibus Medication Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-New (Omnibus).
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The survey will enable VA Pharmacy Benefits Management 
Strategy Health Care Group (PMB) in gathering patients' perspective in 
the formulary decisions involving the safety and effectiveness of 
medications used in the VA system. PBM will use the data collected to 
determine how medications used in the VA system impact the patient's 
quality of care; frequency of side-effects of specific medication and 
drug combination; and the patient's satisfaction with the overall drug 
therapy benefit package and process within VHA.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published on October 1, 2007, at pages 55857-55858.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 6,667 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 40 minutes.

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    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,000.

    Dated: December 5, 2007.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Denise McLamb,
Program Analyst, Records Management Service.
[FR Doc. E7-24018 Filed 12-11-07; 8:45 am]
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