[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 219 (Monday, November 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79506-79507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27219]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request; National Hospital Organ Donation Campaign 
Activity

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), HRSA announces plans to submit an 
Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA 
seeks comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or 
any other aspect of the ICR.

DATES: Comments on this ICR must be received no later than January 13, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N-39, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
draft instruments, email [email protected] or call the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information request collection title 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: National Hospital Organ 
Donation Campaign Activity Scorecard OMB No. 0915-0373, Revision
    Abstract: HRSA's Hospital Campaign, a special initiative of the 
Workplace Partnership for Life program, enlists the help of hospitals 
nationwide to increase the number of registered organ, eye, and tissue 
donors by hosting education and registry events in their hospitals and 
communities. The Activity Scorecard provides activity ideas to 
participating hospitals and assigns points to each activity. Hospitals 
that earn a certain number of points annually are recognized by HRSA 
and the campaign's national partners.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: There is a substantial 
imbalance in the U.S. between the number of people whose life depends 
on an organ transplant (currently about 120,000) and the annual number 
of organ donors (approximately 14,000 living and deceased donors). In 
response to the need for increased donation, HRSA conducts public 
outreach initiatives to encourage the American public to enroll in 
their state donor registry as future organ donors. As part of this 
initiative, HRSA supports this National Hospital Organ Donation 
Campaign to involve hospitals throughout the nation as partners in the 
national effort to educate their staff and communities about the urgent 
need for donors and encourage donor registry enrollments.
    The activity scorecard serves two key campaign functions: (1) It 
motivates and facilitates hospitals' participation in this campaign, 
and (2) it provides the basis for rewarding hospitals for their 
accomplishments. In providing more than 40 actionable donation 
promotion strategies hospitals can choose to implement, it eases the 
process of planning and participation for hospital teams. In addition, 
by attaching point levels to each activity, HRSA uses the information 
collected to recognize hospital achievements at bronze, silver, gold, 
and platinum point equivalents and provides certificates for all 
hospitals achieving any recognition level.
    A list of recognized hospitals is shared with all campaign 
participants during monthly webinars, in campaign e-newsletters, and in 
communication pieces sent out by the campaign's national partners, 
which include the American Hospital Association and the American 
Society of Transplantation. In addition, local donation organizations 
and participating state hospital associations use the results to pay 
tribute to HRSA-recognized hospitals in their local service areas. The 
information collected also helps HRSA identify best practices that are 
then shared with all hospital partners on the monthly webinars. This 
version of the scorecard contains two new opportunities for hospitals 
to earn points: A point is awarded for each donor registration a 
hospital motivates and points are awarded for reaching the hospital's 
donor registration goal.
    Likely Respondents: Hospital development and public relations staff 
of organ procurement and other donation organizations, hospital staff 
such as nurses or public relations/communications professionals, and 
volunteers that work with the hospitals on organ donation initiatives.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and 
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below.

                                     Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                     Number of                    Average burden
            Form name                Number of     responses per       Total       per response    Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)         hours
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Activity Scorecard (electronic             1,000               1           1,000            .125             125
 PDF)...........................
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    Total.......................           1,000  ..............           1,000  ..............             125
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    HRSA 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.

Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2016-27219 Filed 11-10-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4165-15-P