[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 245 (Friday, December 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77137-77138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30285]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) announces plans to submit an Information 
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks 
comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any 
other aspect of the ICR.

DATES: Comments on this Information Collection Request must be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn 
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
draft instruments, email [email protected] or call the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information request collection title 
for reference.

Information Collection Request Title: Black Lung Clinics Program 
Performance Measures

    OMB No. 0915-xxxx--New.
    Abstract: The Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP), Health 
Resources and Services Administration, conducts an annual data 
collection of user information for the Black Lung Program, which has 
been ongoing with OMB approval since 2004. The program supports 
projects that seek to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated 
with occupationally-related coal mine dust lung disease. Primary 
services provided for active, inactive, disabled, and retired coal 
miners include screening, diagnosis, and treatment. Data collected will 
provide information on patient demographics, provision and quality of 
services, and patient outcomes. This data will help to ensure grantees 
are meeting the overall program goals, which include reducing the 
morbidity of coal mine dust lung disease (CMDLD) and secondary 
conditions; enhancing access to quality services; and increasing 
coordination among service providers.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The various measures on 
number of patients served in medical and nonmedical encounters will 
ensure that clinics are providing screening, diagnosis, and treatment 
services as well as compensation counseling. HRSA will be able to 
determine the number of new patients with an initial diagnosis of lung 
disease as a result of coal mine employment and the number of patients 
initially eligible for benefits. Other measures will account for 
secondary conditions common to miners (e.g., cardiovascular disease) 
and the number of insured (vs. uninsured patients). All of this 
information will assist HRSA in meeting congressional reporting 
requirements under the Government Reporting and Performance Act of 1993 
and in ensuring the needs of the nation's coal miners are met.
    Likely Respondents: Current and prospective Black Lung Clinics 
Program 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 Information Collection Request 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       Total       per response    Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)         hours
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New Black Lung Clinics Program                18               1              18              12             216
 Performance Measures...........
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    Total.......................              18               1              18              12             216
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    HRSA specifically requests comments on (1) the 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.

    Dated: December 12, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-30285 Filed 12-19-13; 8:45 am]
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