[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 198 (Wednesday, October 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61824-61825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26058]


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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 November 13, 
2015.

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

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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: 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. 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.

 
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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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Darius Taylor,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-26058 Filed 10-13-15; 8:45 am]
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