[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52813-52814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24661]


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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)

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publishes 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 and 
draft instruments, e-mail [email protected] or call the HRSA Reports 
Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (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: Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education 
Payment Program (CHGME PP) (OMB No. 0915-0247)--Extension

    The CHGME PP was enacted by Public Law 106-129 and reauthorized by 
Public Law 109-307 to provide Federal support for graduate medical 
education (GME) to freestanding children's hospitals. This legislation 
attempts to provide support for GME comparable to the level of Medicare 
GME support received by other, non-children's hospitals. The 
legislation indicates that eligible children's hospitals will receive 
payments for both direct and indirect medical education. Direct 
payments are designed to offset the expenses associated with operating 
approved graduate medical residency training programs and indirect 
payments are designed to compensate hospitals for expenses associated 
with the treatment of more severely ill patients and the additional 
costs relating to teaching residents in such programs.
    Data are collected on the number of full-time equivalent residents 
in applicant children's hospitals' training programs to determine the 
amount of direct and indirect medical education payments to be 
distributed to participating children's hospitals. Indirect medical 
education payments will also be derived from a formula that requires 
the reporting of discharges, beds, and case mix index information from 
participating children's hospitals. Hospitals will be requested to 
submit such information in an annual application. Hospitals will also 
be requested to submit data on the number of full-time equivalent 
residents a second time during the Federal fiscal year to participate 
in the reconciliation payment process.
    The estimated annual burden is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per   Total number      Hours per     Total burden
              Form                  respondents     respondent     of responses      response          hours
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HRSA 99-1 (Initial Application).              60               1              60              26           1,560
HRSA 99-1 (Reconciliation                     60               1              60               8             480
 Application)...................
HRSA 99-2 (Initial Application).              60               1              60              15             900
HRSA 99-2 (Reconciliation                     60               1              60               5             300
 Application)...................
HRSA 99-3 (Initial Application).              60               1              60             .25              15
HRSA 99-3 (Reconciliation                     60               1              60             .25              15
 Application)...................
HRSA 99-4 (Reconciliation                     60               1              60              14             840
 Application)...................
HRSA 99-5 (Initial Application).              60               1              60             .25              15
HRSA 99-5 (Reconciliation                     60               1              60             .25              15
 Application)...................
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Total...........................              60  ..............              60  ..............           4,140
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    E-mail comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

    Dated: October 6, 2009.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E9-24661 Filed 10-13-09; 8:45 am]
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