[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 89 (Friday, May 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26571-26572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11204]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-0990-New-60D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit a new Information 
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, OS seeks comments 
from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other 
aspect of the ICR.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before July 7, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 
[email protected] or by calling (202) 690-6162.

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 document identifier HHS-OS-0990-New-60D 
for reference. Information Collection Request Title: State and 
Territorial Health Disparities Survey Abstract: The Office of Minority 
Health (OMH), Office of the Secretary (OS) is requesting approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a new data collection 
activity for the State and Territorial Health Disparities Survey (STHD 
Survey).
    OMH has a long history of collaborating with states to improve 
minority health outcomes and reduce health and health care disparities. 
A strong partnership with state and territorial offices is a key to 
continue progress toward eliminating health disparities. To best 
facilitate continued partnerships, OMH needs information about the 
current activities, challenges, and resources within state and 
territorial offices of minority health. The State and Territorial 
Health Disparities Survey is intended to support OMH informational 
needs by collecting, organizing, and presenting a variety of 
information about states and U.S. territories, including the current 
status of minority health and health disparities, the organization and 
operation of state and territorial offices of minority health, and 
state/territorial implementation of federal standards and evidence-
based practices designed to address disparities and improve minority 
health. The STHD Survey, which will focus on the activities, staffing, 
and funding of State Minority Health Entities, is part of a larger 
project to catalog the extent of health disparities and the activities 
underway to reduce them in each state and U.S. territory. The STHD 
Survey supports OMH's goals of working with states and territories to 
improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations and 
eliminate health disparities. While existing, state/territorial-
specific information sources (e.g., quantitative data points available 
from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National 
Healthcare Disparities Report State Snapshots) offer important facts 
about the status of health disparities, they do not provide context 
around the efforts underway to reduce them.

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    Likely Respondents--Data will be collected using semi-structured 
telephone interviews with state/territorial minority health entity 
directors (or their designees) in approximately 54 states and 
territories (50 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. 
territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). The 
purpose of this interview is to collect qualitative information about 
state/territory program goals and activities, partnerships, and 
organizational structure, as well as quantitative data elements on 
staffing and funding.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                  Number of
                  Form name                      Number of      responses per    Average hours     Total burden
                                                respondents      respondents      per response        hours
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State and Territorial Survey................              54                1              1.5               81
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    Total...................................              54   ...............  ...............              81
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    OS 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.

Terry S. Clark,
Asst Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-11204 Filed 5-7-15; 8:45 am]
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