[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13005-13006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4787]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) will publish periodic summaries of proposed 
projects being developed for submission to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more 
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-
1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) 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.

Proposed Project: Data Collection Tool for State Offices of Rural 
Health Grant Program: (New)

    The mission of the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) is to 
sustain and improve access to quality care services for rural 
communities. In its authorizing language (Sec. 711 of the Social 
Security Act [42 U.S.C. 912]), Congress charged ORHP with administering 
grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to provide technical 
assistance and other activities as necessary to support activities 
related to improving health care in rural areas.
    In accordance with the Public Health Service Act, section 338J, 42 
U.S.C. 254r, HRSA proposes to revise the State Offices of Rural Health 
Grant Program--Guidance and Forms for the Application. The guidance is 
used annually by 50 States in writing applications for grants under the 
State Offices of Rural Health Grant Program (SORH) and in preparing the 
required report.
    ORHP seeks to expand the information gathered from grantees on 
their efforts to provide technical assistance to clients within their 
State. SORH grantees would be required to submit a Technical Assistance 
Report that includes: (1) The total number of technical assistance 
encounters provided directly by the grantee; and, (2) the total number 
of clients that received direct technical assistance from the grantee. 
Submission of the Technical Assistance Report would be done via e-mail 
to ORHP no later than 30 days after the end of each twelve-month budget 
period.
    The estimated average annual burden is as follows:

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                                                     Number of     Responses per   Burden hours    Total burden
                      Form                          respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Technical Assistance Report.....................              50               1            12.5           562.5
Total...........................................              50  ..............  ..............           562.5
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 10-33 Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of 
this notice.

    Dated: March 4, 2008.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E8-4787 Filed 3-10-08; 8:45 am]
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