[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 57 (Thursday, March 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15732-15733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06592]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-0990-0406 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 renewal of the approved 
information collection assigned OMB control number 0990-0406, scheduled 
to expire on April 30, 2016. 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 April 25, 
2016.

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 OMB control number 0990-0406 for 
reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Evaluation of the National 
Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities
    Abstract: Office of Minority Health (OMH) in the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), Office of the Secretary (OS) is 
requesting approval for an extension from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for a previously approved data collection activity for the 
Evaluation of the National Partnership for Action to End Health 
Disparities (NPA). The NPA was officially launched in April 2011 to 
mobilize a nationwide, comprehensive, community-driven, and sustained 
approach to combating health disparities and to move the nation toward 
achieving health equity. Using an approach that vests those at the 
front line with the responsibility of identifying and helping to shape 
core actions, new approaches and new partnerships are being established 
to help close the health gap in the United States.
    OMH proposes to continue to conduct the evaluation of the NPA. The 
evaluation's goal is to determine the extent to which the NPA has 
contributed to the elimination of health disparities and attainment of 
health

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equity in our nation. The evaluation will accomplish this goal by 
addressing the following questions: (1) To what extent has a multi-
level structure been established to support actions that will 
contribute to the elimination of health disparities? (2) How are 
leaders in the public, private, nonprofit, and community sectors 
engaged in collaborative, efficient, and equitable working partnerships 
to eliminate health disparities? (3) How many and what types of 
identifiable actions are being implemented at the community, state, 
tribal, regional, and national levels that relate directly to the five 
goals and 20 strategies in the National Stakeholder Strategy (NSS); (4) 
How much is the work to end health disparities integrated into 
stakeholder strategies and mainstream systems (e.g., health care 
quality improvement, public and community health improvement, economic 
and community planning and development) in and beyond the health 
sector? (5) What are the promising practices for implementing actions 
that contribute to ending health disparities?

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                         Average
                                                           Number of      Number of     burden per  Total burden
        Type of respondent                  Form          respondents   responses per    response       hours
                                                                         respondent     (minutes)
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RHEC co-chairs....................  RHEC co-chairs                 20               1           85            28
                                     interview.
RHEC Subcommittee chairs..........  RHEC Subcommittee              50               1           90            75
                                     chairs group
                                     interviews.
RHEC members......................  Survey of all RHEC            350               1           20           117
                                     members.
Key NPA partner organizations.....  Survey of Key NPA              15               1           25             6
                                     partner
                                     organizations.
State Minority Health Office        Survey of State               110               1           20            37
 Directors or Coordinators and       Minority Health
 State Department of Health          Office Directors or
 Representatives.                    Coordinators and
                                     officials from
                                     State Departments
                                     of Health.
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    Total.........................  ....................          545  ..............  ...........           263
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Terry S. Clark,
Asst Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-06592 Filed 3-23-16; 8:45 am]
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