[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]
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