[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 154 (Friday, August 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48679-48680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19250]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-19606-30D]


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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) 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 renewal of the approved 
information collection assigned OMB control number 0990-0221, scheduled 
to expire on January 31, 2014. 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.

DATES: Deadline: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before 
September 9, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or via 
facsimile to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance 
Staff, [email protected] or (202) 690-6162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the OMB control number 0990-0221 and 
document identifier HHS-OS-19606-30D for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Family Planning Annual 
Report: Forms and Instructions.
    OMB No.: 0990-0221.
    Abstract: The Office of Population Affairs (OPA), Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), U.S. Department of Health and 
Human Services (HHS) administers and oversees the Title X Family 
Planning Program. The Family Planning Annual Report (FPAR) is an annual 
reporting requirement for family planning services delivery projects 
(``Title X service grantees'') authorized and funded by the Title X 
Family Planning Program [``Population Research and Voluntary Family 
Planning Programs'' (Pub. L. 91-572)], which was enacted in 1970 as 
Title X of the Public Health Service Act (Section 1001 of Title X of 
the Public Health Service Act, 42 United States Code 300). The Title X 
Family Planning Program is the only Federal grant program dedicated 
solely to providing individuals with comprehensive family planning and 
related preventive health services.
    The FPAR, the only source of annual, uniform reporting by all Title 
X service grantees, provides consistent, national-, regional-, state-, 
and grantee-level data on the services provided and the characteristics 
of the individuals served. OPA uses FPAR data to monitor compliance 
with statutory requirements and accountability and federal performance 
requirements for Title X family planning funds as required by the 1993 
Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) and HHS, to guide 
financial and program planning and evaluation, and to respond to 
inquiries about the program from policymakers and Congress. Note that 
there are no changes to the FPAR except minor corrections or 
clarifications to submission and reporting instructions or definitions. 
The estimated average hour burden has been reduced to 36 hours, which 
is 4 hours lower than the 40-hour estimate of the previous OMB 
submission.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The program's purpose is 
to assist individuals in determining the number and spacing of their 
children. It is designed to provide access to contraceptive services, 
supplies, and information to all who want and need them. By law, 
priority is given to persons from low-income families

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(Section 1006[c] of Title X of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 
300).
    Likely Respondents: Title X service grantees.
    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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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                    Form name                        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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Family Planning Annual Report: Forms and                      93               1              36           3,348
 Instructions...................................
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    Total.......................................              93               1              36           3,348
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Keith A. Tucker,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Department of Health and 
Human Services.
[FR Doc. 2013-19250 Filed 8-8-13; 8:45 am]
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