[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65635-65636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26955]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-NEW; 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: ONC State HIE State Plans--OMB No. 0990--Existing 
collection in use without OMB control number--Office of the National 
Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).
    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 is to facilitate and expand the 
secure, electronic movement and use of health information among 
organizations according to national recognized standards. Section 3013 
requires States and Qualified State Designated Entities to have 
approved State Plans, consisting of strategic and operational 
components, before funding can be used for implementation activities. 
The State Plans must be submitted to the National Coordinator for 
Health Information Technology during the first year of the project 
period in order to receive implementation funding through the 
cooperative agreement. Annual updates to the State plans will be 
required in the three remaining project periods. The data collection 
will last four years, which is the duration of the project, and this 
request is for the data collection for the first three years of that 
project period.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                    Number       Average burden
      Type of respondent          Form name        Number of     responses per    per response     Total burden
                                                  respondents     respondent       (in hours)         hours
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State government or Qualified  State Plans                  56               1          3,341.3        187,112.8
 State Designated Entity.       (Strategic and
                                Operational).
State government or Qualified  Subsequent                   56               1            500           28,000
 State Designated Entity.       updates to the
                                State Plan.
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    Total....................  ...............  ..............  ..............  ...............        215,114.6
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Seleda Perryman,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-26955 Filed 10-25-10; 8:45 am]
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