[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 157 (Thursday, August 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47656-47657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19198]


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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 
no later than October 14, 2014.

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: Be The Match[supreg] Patient 
Services Survey OMB No. 0915-0212--Revision.
    Abstract: National Marrow Donor Program[supreg]/Be The 
Match[supreg] is dedicated to helping patients and families get the 
support and information they need to learn about their disease and 
treatment options, prepare for transplant, and thrive after transplant. 
The information and resources provided are intended to help navigate 
the bone marrow or cord blood transplant (transplant) process. 
Participant feedback is essential to understand the needs for 
transplant support services and educational information across a 
diverse population. This information will be used to determine 
helpfulness of existing services and resources. Feedback is also used 
to identify areas for improvement and develop future programs.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Barriers to access to 
bone marrow or cord blood transplant (transplant) related care and 
educational information are multi-factorial. Feedback from participants 
is essential to better understand the changing needs for services and 
information as well as to demonstrate the effectiveness of existing 
services. The primary use for information gathered through the survey 
is to determine helpfulness of participants' initial contact with Be 
The Match[supreg] Patient Services Coordinators (PSC) and to identify 
areas for improvement in the delivery of services.
    The survey will include items to measure: (1) Reason for contacting 
Be The Match[supreg]; (2) if the PSC was able to answer questions and 
were easy to understand; (3) if the contact helped the participant to 
feel better prepared to discuss transplant with their care team; (4) 
increase in awareness of available resources; (5) timeliness of 
response; and (6) overall satisfaction. Stakeholders utilize this 
evaluation data to make program and resource allocation decisions.
    Likely Respondents: Respondents will include all patients, 
caregivers and family members who have contact with Be The 
Match[supreg] Patient Services Coordinators via phone or email for 
transplant navigation services and support (advocacy). The decision to 
survey all participants was made based

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on historic evidence of patients' unavailability due to frequent 
transitions in health status, as well as between home and the hospital 
for initial treatment and care for complications.
    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.
    The total respondent burden for the satisfaction survey is 
estimated to be 105 hours. We expect a total of 420 respondents (33% 
response rate) to complete the Be The Match[supreg] Patient Services 
Survey.
    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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Be The Match[supreg] Patient                 420               1             420            0.25             105
 Services Survey................
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    Total.......................             420               1             420            0.25             105
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    HRSA specifically 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.

    Dated: August 8, 2014.
Jackie Painter,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2014-19198 Filed 8-13-14; 8:45 am]
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