[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 21502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08284]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-New]


Proposed Information Collection (Women Veterans Healthcare 
Barriers Survey)

AGENCY: Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Health 
Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the 
collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes 
the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and 
burden; it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 10, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information 
through www.Regulations.gov; or to VA's OMB Desk Officer, OMB Human 
Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395-7316. Please refer to ``OMB 
Control No. 2900-NEW, Women Veterans Healthcare Barriers Survey'' in 
any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Crystal Rennie, Enterprise Records 
Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632-7492, fax (202) 632-7583 or email 
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-NEW, 
Women Veterans Healthcare Barriers Survey.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Women Veterans Healthcare Barriers Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-New (Women Veterans Healthcare Barriers 
Survey).
    Type of Review: New data collection.
    Abstract: Women Veterans comprise one of the fastest growing 
subpopulations of Veterans. Today, there are more than 1.8 million 
living women Veterans, more than 500,000 of whom have enrolled in the 
VA Health Care System. Over the last decade, the number of women 
Veterans using VA health care has nearly doubled. VA is responding by 
improving access and services for women. The study will help us better 
understand barriers women Veterans face accessing VA care, the 
comprehensiveness of care, and improve our understanding of the long-
term consequences of military deployment. The data collected will allow 
VA to plan and provide better health care for women Veterans and to 
support reports to Congress about the status of women Veterans' health 
care.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published on January 23, 2013, at page 4983.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 5,600 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 40 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: One time.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,400.

    Dated: April 4, 2013.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Robert C. McFetridge,
Director, Office of Regulations Policy and Management, Office of the 
General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2013-08284 Filed 4-9-13; 8:45 am]
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