[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 188 (Thursday, September 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59399-59400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23773]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier HHS-OS-17378-60D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Public Comment Request

ACTION: 60-day Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit a new Information 
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting that ICR to OMB, OS seeks 
comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any 
other aspect of the ICR. OS especially requests comments on (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.
    Deadline: Comments on the ICR must be received within 60 days of 
the issuance of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the document identifier HHS-
OS-17378-60D, to [email protected] or by calling 
(202) 690-6162. Copies of the supporting statement and any related

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forms for the ICR may also be requested through the above email or 
telephone number.
    Information Collection Request Title: Evaluation of the National 
Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities.
    Abstract: OMH in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health 
(OASH), Office of the Secretary (OS) is requesting approval from the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for new data collection 
activities for the Evaluation of the National Partnership for Action to 
End Health Disparities (NPA). The NPA was officially launched in April 
2011 to mobilize a nationwide, comprehensive, community-driven, and 
sustained approach to combating health disparities and to move the 
nation toward achieving health equity. Using an approach that vests 
those at the front line with the responsibility of identifying and 
helping to shape core actions, new approaches and new partnerships are 
being established to help close the health gap in the United States.
    OMH proposes to conduct an evaluation of the NPA. The evaluation's 
goal is to determine the extent to which the NPA has contributed to the 
elimination of health disparities and attainment of health equity in 
our nation. The evaluation will accomplish this goal by (1) Determining 
the degree to which a structure (e.g., partnerships, programmatic 
reach, communications, committees) to implement the NPA goals and 
strategies has been established; (2) The collection, analysis, and 
summarization of baseline data for core indicators of immediate and 
intermediate outcomes (e.g., changes in policy, procedures, and 
practices to diversify workforce, promote cultural competency, affect 
social determinants, build leadership, and increase public support for 
ending health disparities and achieving health equity); (3) Developing 
criteria for promising practices for ending health disparities and 
identifying such practices; (4) Beginning to monitor data on social 
determinants of health and health outcomes using secondary sources.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this ICR are summarized in the table below.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                     Type of         Number of       Number of      burden  (in    Total burden
             Forms                  respondent      respondents    responses per    hours)  per        hours
                                                                    respondent       response
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FIHET agency survey............          Agency               48               1             .52           24.96
FIHET interviews...............          Agency               16               1            1.17           18.72
RHEC co-chairs interview.......      Individual               20               1            1.42           28.4
RHEC sub-chairs group                Individual               50               1            1.5            75
 interviews....................
Survey of all RHEC members.....      Individual              350               1             .67          234.5
Survey of key NPA partner        Organizational               15               1             .44            6.6
 organizations.................
Survey of State Minority Health          Agency              110               1             .48           52.8
 Office Directors or
 Coordinators and officials
 from State Departments of
 Health........................
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    Total......................  ...............             609  ..............  ..............          440.98
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Keith A. Tucker,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Department of Health and 
Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2012-23773 Filed 9-26-12; 8:45 am]
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