[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 3, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13047-13048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06440]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Document Identifier OS-0990-xxxx]


Agency Information Collection Request; 60-Day Public Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and 
Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed 
collection for public comment.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before June 3, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or by calling 
(202) 795-7714.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the document identifier 0990-OWH State 
Level Paid-60D, and project title for reference, to Sherrette Funn, the 
Reports Clearance Officer, [email protected], or call 202-795-
7714.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested persons are invited to send 
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this 
collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (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.
    Title of the Collection: State-Level Paid Family Leave Policy 
Project.
    Type of Collection: New.
    OMB No.: 0990-XXXX or 0990-NEW- Office within OS--Specific program 
collecting the data (is applicable).
    Abstract: The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office 
on Women's Health (OWH) ``provides national leadership and coordination 
to improve the health of women and girls through policy, education, and 
innovative programs.'' Through the State-Level Paid Family Leave Policy 
Project, OWH will explore the relationship between women's health and 
state-level paid family leave (PFL) programs, which provide partial 
wage replacement to eligible employees to bond with a new child. The 
project aims to increase awareness of women's health effects in 
relation to state-level PFL programs among key stakeholders, including 
advocates, state and federal policymakers, and state program 
administrators. This information will be used to inform the national 
conversation about these programs.
    The State-Level Paid Family Leave Policy Project involves the 
collection of information on new mothers' health, health behaviors, and 
ability to fulfill their roles in the workplace, family and community. 
Data will be collected through 16 one-time focus groups in the four 
states with fully functioning state-level PFL programs (California, New 
Jersey, Rhode Island, and New York) with both women who used and women 
who did not use the program. A questionnaire will be administered prior 
to the focus groups to collect information on participants' demographic 
characteristics and other external factors that may affect health. Data 
collection and analysis will take approximately one year.
    Interested individuals will be screened for eligibility. 
Participants must be mothers with a child under the age of one and be 
eligible for their state's respective PFL program. To participate as a 
state-level PFL user, mothers must have used the entire state-level PFL 
benefit. To participate as a state-level PFL non-user, mothers must 
have a baby older than the ``state-level PFL threshold'' and have not 
taken any state-level PFL. We define the threshold as the time after 
which mothers are typically out of the temporary disability insurance 
(TDI) and state-level PFL window (approximately 12 weeks).

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                                                              Annualized Burden Hour Table
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                                                                                            Number of
           Forms (if necessary)             Respondents (if necessary)      Number of     responses per    Average burden per response     Total burden
                                                                           respondents     respondent                                          hours
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Focus group screener.....................  Interested Individuals......             384               1  15 minutes.....................              96
Demographic questionnaire................  Focus group participants....              96               1  15 minutes.....................              24
Focus group protocol.....................  Focus group participants....              96               1  1 hour and 15 minutes..........             120
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    Total................................  ............................  ..............  ..............  ...............................             240
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Terry Clark,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-06440 Filed 4-2-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4150-33-P