[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 244 (Friday, December 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75811-75812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29740]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier HHS-OS-0990-New-30D]


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

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

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, has submitted 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.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before January 20, 
2015.

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 Information Collection Request Title 
and document identifier HHS-OS-0990-New--30D for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: National Standards for 
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and 
Health Care: Evaluation of Awareness, Adoption, and Implementation
    Abstract: The Office of Minority Health (OMH), Office of the 
Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is 
requesting a new approval from OMB for data collection on an evaluation 
project entitled ``National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically 
Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care: Evaluation of 
Awareness, Adoption, and Implementation.'' The purpose of this 
assessment is to systematically describe and examine the awareness, 
knowledge, adoption, and implementation of the HHS OMH's National 
Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in 
Health and Health Care (hereafter referred to as the National CLAS 
Standards) in a sample of health and health care organizations, and to 
use the resultant data to develop a preliminary, model of 
implementation to guide organizational adoption and implementation of 
the National CLAS Standards. Originally released in 2001, the HHS OMH's 
National CLAS Standards are a set of recommended action steps intended 
to advance health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate health 
care disparities. The National CLAS Standards, revised in 2013, are 
comprised of 15 Standards that provide health and health care 
organizations with a blueprint for successfully implementing and 
maintaining culturally and linguistically appropriate services.
    Despite increased recognition of the National CLAS Standards as a 
fundamental tool for health and health care organizations to use in 
their efforts to become more culturally and linguistically competent, 
neither the original nor the enhanced National CLAS Standards have been 
systematically evaluated in terms of public awareness, organizational

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adoption and implementation, or impact on health services outcomes. 
There is a need, then, to collect information from health and health 
care organizations to understand how and to what extent the National 
CLAS Standards have been utilized by its intended audiences. Likely 
Respondents: The information to be collected as part of this assessment 
will come from five categories of respondents: Training and Development 
Specialists and Managers; Other Management; Health and Health Care 
Organization Executives and Managers; Health and Health Care Providers, 
Managers, and Support Staff; Health Care Practitioners; and Technical 
Staff.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                     Type of         Number of        Number        burden per     Total burden
           Form name               respondent       respondent     responses per     response         (hours)
                                                                    respondent        (hours)
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National CLAS Standards         Training and                  21               1           45/60              16
 Stakeholder Interview.          Development
                                 Specialists and
                                 Managers; Other
                                 Management
                                 Occupations
                                 (that
                                 contributed to
                                 development of
                                 National CLAS
                                 Standards).
CLAS Stakeholder Interview....  Training and                  21               1               1              21
                                 Development
                                 Specialists and
                                 Managers; Other
                                 Management
                                 Occupations
                                 (with subject
                                 matter
                                 expertise in
                                 cultural
                                 competence or
                                 cultural and
                                 linguistic
                                 appropriate
                                 services).
Health and Health Care          Health and                   140               1               1             140
 Organization Leadership         Health Care
 Interview.                      Organization
                                 Executives and
                                 Managers.
Health and Health Care          Health and                 2,500               1           15/60             625
 Organization Staff Survey.      Health Care
                                 Providers,
                                 Managers, and
                                 Support Staff.
Health and Health Care          Health and                50,000               1            5/60           4,167
 Organization Screener Survey.   Health Care
                                 Organization
                                 Executives.
National CLAS Standards         Health Care              240,000               1           10/60          40,000
 Experience Form.                Practitioners
                                 and Technical
                                 Occupations.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............          44,969
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Darius Taylor,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-29740 Filed 12-18-14; 8:45 am]
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