[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 221 (Tuesday, November 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71813-71814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29251]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

[OMB Control Number 0917-0034]


Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Proposed Information 
Collection: Indian Health Service (IHS) Sharing What Works--Best 
Practice, Promising Practice, and Local Effort (BPPPLE) Form

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments. Request for extension of 
approval.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public 
Law (Pub. L.) 104-13 [44 United States Code (U.S.C.) Sec.  
3507(a)(1)(D)], the Indian Health Service (IHS) invites the general 
public to take this opportunity to comment on the information 
collection titled, ``Indian Health Service (IHS) Sharing What Works--
Best Practice, Promising Practice, and Local Effort (BPPPLE) Form,'' 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 0917-0034.
    This previously approved information collection project was last 
published in the Federal Register (80 FR 61215) on October 9, 2015, and 
allowed 60 days for public comment. No public comment was received in 
response to the notice. This notice announces our intent to submit this 
collection, which expires January 31, 2016, to OMB for approval of an 
extension, and to solicit comments on specific aspects for the proposed 
information collection. A copy of the supporting statement is available 
at www.regulations.gov (see Docket ID IHS-2015-0008).
    Proposed Collection: Title: 0917- 0034, Indian Health Service (IHS) 
Sharing What Works--Best Practice, Promising Practice, and Local Effort 
(BPPPLE) Form. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension, 
without revision, of the currently approved information collection, 
0917-0034, IHS Sharing What Works--Best Practice, Promising Practice, 
and Local Effort (BPPPLE) Form. There are no program changes or 
adjustments in burden hours. Form(s): 0917-0034, IHS Sharing What 
Works--Best Practice, Promising Practice, and Local Effort (BPPPLE) 
Form. Need and Use of Information Collection: The IHS goal is to raise 
the health status of the American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) 
people to the highest possible level by providing comprehensive health 
care and preventive health services. To support the IHS mission and 
encourage the creation and utilization of performance driven products/
services by IHS, Tribal, and urban Indian health (I/T/U) programs, the 
Office of Preventive and Clinical Services' program divisions (i.e., 
Behavioral Health, Health Promotion/Disease Prevention, Nursing, and 
Dental) have developed a centralized program database of best 
practices, promising practices and local efforts (BPPPLE) and 
resources. The purpose of this collection is to further the development 
of a database of BPPPLE, resources, and policies which are available to 
the public on the IHS.gov Web site. This database will be a resource 
for program evaluation and for modeling examples of various health care 
projects occurring in AI/AN communities.
    All information submitted is on a voluntary basis; no legal 
requirement exists for collection of this information. The information 
collected will enable the Indian health systems to: (a) Identify 
evidence based approaches to

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prevention programs among the I/T/Us when no system is currently in 
place, and (b) Allow the program managers to review BPPPLEs occurring 
among the I/T/Us when considering program planning for their 
communities.
    Affected Public: Individuals. Type of Respondents: I/T/U health 
programs' staff. The table below provides: Types of data collection 
instruments, Estimated number of respondents, Number of responses per 
respondent, Average burden hour per response, and Total annual burden 
hour(s).

                                             Estimated Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of        Average
          Data collection instrument(s)              Number of     responses per    burden hour    Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response    burden hours
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IHS Sharing What Works--BPPPLE Form (OMB Form                100               1           20/60            33.3
 No. 0917-0034).................................
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    Total.......................................             100  ..............  ..............            33.3
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There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs 
to report.
    Requests for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are 
invited on one or more of the following points:
    (a) Whether the information collection activity is necessary to 
carry out an agency function;
    (b) whether the agency processes the information collected in a 
useful and timely fashion;
    (c) the accuracy of the public burden estimate (the estimated 
amount of time needed for individual respondents to provide the 
requested information);
    (d) whether the methodology and assumptions used to determine the 
estimates are logical;
    (e) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information being collected; and
    (f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use of 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Direct Your Comments to OMB: Send your comments and suggestions 
regarding the proposed information collection contained in this notice, 
especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated 
response time to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for IHS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information, 
please contact Tamara Clay by one of the following methods:
    Prior to November 20, 2015:
     Mail: Tamara Clay, Information Collection Clearance 
Officer, Indian Health Service, 801 Thompson Avenue, TMP, STE 450-30, 
Rockville, MD 20852.
     Phone: 301-443-4750.
     Email: [email protected].
     Fax: 301-443-4750.
    After November 20, 2015:
     Mail: Tamara Clay, Information Collection Clearance 
Officer, Indian Health Service, Office of Management Services, Division 
of Regulatory Affairs, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Mail Stop 09E70, 
MD 20857.
     Email: [email protected].
    Comment Due Date: December 17, 2015. Your comments regarding this 
information collection are best assured of having full effect if 
received within 30 days of the date of this publication.

    Dated: November 5, 2015.
Robert G. McSwain,
Principal Deputy Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-29251 Filed 11-16-15; 8:45 am]
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