[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 78 (Friday, April 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21294-21295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9429]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Document Identifier OS-0990-0344; 30-Day Notice]


Agency Information Collection Request; 30-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 collection 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) 690-5683. Send written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections within 30 days 
of this notice directly to the OS OMB Desk Officer; faxed to OMB at 
202-395-5806.
    Proposed Project: HavBED Assessment to Prepare for Public Health 
Emergencies--OMB No. 0990-0344--Revision--Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), Office of Preparedness 
and Emergency Operations (OPEO).
    Abstract: The Office of the Secretary (OS) is requesting clearance 
by the Office of Management and Budget to extend data collection 
regarding the status of the health care system. ASPR/OPEO received 
expedited clearance for data collection during the 2009--H1N1 pandemic. 
Since September 2009 HHS has collected data on bed availability, health 
care system resource needs such as ventilators and health care system 
stress such as implementation of surge strategies. These data have 
proven useful to ASPR in fulfilling its responsibilities for 
preparedness and response.
    Pursuant to section 2811 of the PHS Act, the ASPR serves as the 
principal advisor to the Secretary on all matters related to Federal 
public health and medical preparedness and response for public health 
emergencies. In addition to other tasks, the ASPR coordinates with 
State, local, and tribal public health officials and healthcare systems 
to ensure effective integration of Federal public health and medical 
assets during an emergency. ASPR's National Hospital Preparedness 
Program (HPP) awards cooperative agreements to each of the 50

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states, the Pacific Islands, and U.S. territories (for a total of 62 
awardees) to improve surge capacity and enhance community and hospital 
preparedness for public health emergencies. These 62 awardees are 
responsible for enhancing the preparedness of the nation's nearly 6000 
hospitals. These awards are authorized under section 391C-2 of the 
Public Health Service (PHS) Act.
    For this data collection the situation will dictate how often the 
data will be collected using the web-based interface known as HAvBED. 
For a large scale emergency data will be collected nationally from all 
62 HPP awardees to include all 6000 hospitals in HAvBED system. For 
smaller scale events data collection will be targeted to individual 
states or regions. Data may also be gathered during exercises. 
Notifications for data collection are sent to the affected states 
through the HPP program staff. The data gathered from the hospitals are 
reported to the HHS Secretary's Operations Center to inform situational 
awareness and national preparedness.

                                          Annual Estimated Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of        Average
               Type of respondent                    Number of      responses/     burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Hospital staff (training).......................           6,000               1               1           6,000
Hospital staff (data collection)................           6,000             102               1         612,000
State/Territory Preparedness staff (training)...              62               1               1              62
State/Territory Preparedness staff (data                      62             102               3          18,972
 collection)....................................
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............          31,154
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Seleda Perryman,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-9429 Filed 4-22-10; 8:45 am]
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