[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 5328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2122]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-0339]


Agency Information Collection Request; 60-Day Public Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of a proposed information collection request for public 
comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this 
burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 
including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility 
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of 
the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology to minimize the information 
collection burden.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your 
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS 
document identifier, to [email protected], or call the 
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be 
directed to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at the above email 
address within 60-days.
    Proposed Project: State Health Information Exchange Cooperative 
Agreement Program--OMB No. 0990-0339--Extension--Office of the National 
Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
    Abstract: The purpose of the State Health Information Exchange 
Cooperative Agreement Program, as authorized by Section 3013 of the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is to provide grants to States 
and Qualified State Designated Entities for planning and implementation 
of interoperable health information technology. As part of that 
project, States and Qualified State Designated Entities are required to 
provide quarterly program reports and also complete a project 
evaluation annually. This request is for those two data gathering 
requirements and is to last four years which is the duration of the 
project.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
     Forms (If necessary)            Type of         Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                   respondent       respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Project Report................  State government              56               4               4             896
                                 or a Qualified
                                 State
                                 Designated
                                 Entity.
Project Evaluation............  State government              56               1             100           5,600
                                 or a Qualified
                                 State
                                 Designated
                                 Entity.
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
Total.........................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           6,496
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Seleda Perryman,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-2122 Filed 2-1-10; 8:45 am]
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