[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61404-61405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24729]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-16703-30D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of 30-day.

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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, will submit an Information Collection 
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for a new collection. 
Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be 
provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public on 
this ICR during the review and approval period.
    Deadline: Comments on the ICR must be received within 30 days of 
the issuance of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the Information Collection 
Request Title and document identifier HHS-OS-16703-30D, to [email protected] or via facsimile to (202) 395-5806. Copies of 
the supporting statement and any related forms may be requested via 
email to [email protected] or by calling (202) 
690-6162.
    Information Collection Request Title: OS Think Cultural Health.
    Abstract: The Office of Minority Health (OMH), Office of the 
Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is 
requesting approval from OMB for the Think Cultural Health (TCH) Web 
site. The Web site is used to post information such as cultural 
competency, language access and health disparities articles, and 
notices of health disparities conferences for visitors to the site. The 
TCH Web site is unlike other government sites, in that it offers users 
the ability to gain cultural health competency credits through on-line 
training and resources in addition to offering users the option of 
receiving a newsletter.
    It supports the Office of Minority Health within the Office of the 
Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS/OS/OMH) 
in complying with the cultural competency requirements of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) (Pub. L.111-148), as 
well as the Secretary's Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health 
Disparities, the National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health 
Equity, Healthy People 2020, the Secretary's Strategic Plan priorities, 
and the Assistant Secretary for Health's Public Health Quality agenda.

Estimated Annualized Burden Table

    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
                                                                                             Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
                   Form name                                Type of respondent              respondents    responses per     response         (hours)
                                                                                                            respondent        (hours)
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Think Cultural Health Registration Form........  Physician..............................          27,477               1            3/60        1,373.85
                                                 Nurse..................................          44,723               1            3/60        2,236.15
                                                 Physician Assistant....................           1,882               1            3/60           94.10
                                                 Dentist................................             377               1            3/60           18.85
                                                 Dental Professional....................              39               1            3/60            1.95
                                                 Social Worker..........................           1,733               1            3/60           86.65
                                                 Public Health..........................             186               1            3/60            9.30
                                                 General Healthcare Worker..............          12,635               1            3/60          631.75
                                                 Psychologist/Psychiatrist..............             189               1            3/60            9.45
                                                 Mental Health Professional.............             180               1            3/60            9.00
                                                 Pharmacist, RPH........................             750               1            3/60           37.50
                                                 Emergency Medical Technician...........             492               1            3/60           24.60
                                                 Administrator or Hospital Executive....             151               1            3/60            7.55
                                                 Policymaker or Public Official.........              17               1            3/60            0.85

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                                                 Teacher................................             424               1            3/60           21.20
                                                 Lawyer.................................             107               1            3/60            5.35
                                                 Bachelors..............................           3,753               1            3/60          187.65
                                                 Masters................................           4,063               1            3/60          203.15
                                                 Doctorate..............................           1,130               1            3/60           56.50
                                                 Student................................           7,504               1            3/60          375.20
                                                 Other..................................          10,880               1            3/60          544.00
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                                                  Total.................................         118,692               1            3/60        5,934.60
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Keith A. Tucker,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Department of Health and 
Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2012-24729 Filed 10-5-12; 8:45 am]
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