[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 2020)] [Notices] [Pages 324-325] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2019-28370] [[Page 324]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources and Services Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Data System for Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, OMB No. 0915- 0157--Extension AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for an opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects 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 should be received no later than March 3, 2020. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 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 Lisa Wright- Solomon, 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: Data System for Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network OMB No. 0915-0157-Extension. Abstract: Section 372 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 274) requires that the Secretary, by contract, provide for the establishment and operation of an Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). This is a request for an extension of the current OPTN data collection forms associated with an individual's clinical characteristics at the time of registration, transplant, and follow-up after the transplant. Data are collected from transplant hospitals, organ procurement organizations, and histocompatibility laboratories. The information is used to indicate the disease severity of transplant candidates, to monitor compliance of member organizations with OPTN rules and requirements, and to report periodically on the clinical and scientific status of organ donation and transplantation in this country. Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Data are used to develop transplant, donation, and allocation policies, to determine whether institutional members are complying with policy, to determine member- specific performance, to ensure patient safety, and to fulfill the requirements of the OPTN Final Rule. The practical utility of the data collection is further enhanced by requirements that the OPTN data must be made available, consistent with applicable laws, for use by OPTN members, the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, the Department of Health and Human Services, and members of the public for evaluation, research, patient information, and other important purposes. Burden hours have increased since the last reporting period due to an increase in the number of transplant programs for some organs and the overall increase in transplant surgeries at existing programs as well. An increased number of transplants results in an increasing number of forms that require completion while the amount of time it takes to complete the forms remains the same. Likely Respondents: Transplant programs, organ procurement organizations, and histocompatibility laboratories. 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 ICR are summarized in the table below. Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden Form name respondents responses per responses response (in hours respondent * hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deceased Donor Registration..... 58 185.0 10,731 1.1 11,804.1 Living Donor Registration....... 300 22.9 6,855 1.8 12,339.0 Living Donor Follow Up.......... 300 62.2 18,669 1.3 24,269.7 Donor Histocompatibility........ 147 124.0 18,226 0.2 3,645.2 Recipient Histocompatibility.... 147 225.1 33,090 0.4 13,236.0 Heart Candidate Registration.... 140 33.7 4,717 0.9 4,245.3 Heart Recipient Registration.... 140 24.3 3,406 1.2 4,087.2 Heart Follow Up (6 Month)....... 140 22.0 3,082 0.4 1,232.8 Heart Follow Up (1-5 Year)...... 140 90.6 12,686 0.9 11,417.4 Heart Follow Up (Post 5 Year)... 140 154.0 21,556 0.5 10,778.0 Heart Post-Transplant Malignancy 140 12.8 1,788 0.9 1,609.2 Form........................... Lung Candidate Registration..... 71 45.2 3,210 0.9 2,889.0 Lung Recipient Registration..... 71 35.7 2,532 1.2 3,038.4 Lung Follow Up (6 Month)........ 71 32.4 2,297 0.5 1,148.5 Lung Follow Up (1-5 Year)....... 71 118.8 8,438 1.1 9,281.8 Lung Follow Up (Post 5 Year).... 71 116.5 8,271 0.6 4,962.6 Lung Post-Transplant Malignancy 71 19.7 1,400 0.4 560.0 Form........................... Heart/Lung Candidate 69 1.0 67 1.1 73.7 Registration................... Heart/Lung Recipient 69 0.5 32 1.3 41.6 Registration................... [[Page 325]] Heart/Lung Follow Up (6 Month).. 69 0.4 31 0.8 24.8 Heart/Lung Follow Up (1-5 Year). 69 1.1 79 1.1 86.9 Heart/Lung Follow Up (Post 5 69 3.3 228 0.6 136.8 Year).......................... Heart/Lung Post-Transplant 69 0.3 21 0.4 8.4 Malignancy Form................ Liver Candidate Registration.... 146 90.3 13,183 0.8 10,546.4 Liver Recipient Registration.... 146 56.5 8,256 1.2 9,907.2 Liver Follow-up (6 Month-5 Year) 146 266.6 38,919 1.0 38,919.0 Liver Follow-up (Post 5 Year)... 146 316.6 46,225 0.5 23,112.5 Liver Recipient Explant 146 10.6 1,544 0.6 926.4 Pathology Form................. Liver Post-Transplant Malignancy 146 16.3 2,387 0.8 1,909.6 Intestine Candidate Registration 20 7.0 139 1.3 180.7 Intestine Recipient Registration 20 5.2 104 1.8 187.2 Intestine Follow Up (6 Month-5 20 26.2 524 1.5 786.0 Year).......................... Intestine Follow Up (Post 5 20 37.2 744 0.4 297.6 Year).......................... Intestine Post-Transplant 20 2.1 42 1.0 42.0 Malignancy Form................ Kidney Candidate Registration... 237 168.8 39,998 0.8 31,998.4 Kidney Recipient Registration... 237 89.4 21,195 1.2 25,434.0 Kidney Follow-Up (6 Month-5 237 431.9 102,350 0.9 92,115.0 Year).......................... Kidney Follow-up (Post 5 Year).. 237 449.4 106,507 0.5 53,253.5 Kidney Post-Transplant 237 22.6 5,365 0.8 4,292.0 Malignancy Form................ Pancreas Candidate Registration. 133 2.8 368 0.6 220.8 Pancreas Recipient Registration. 133 1.5 194 1.2 232.8 Pancreas Follow-up (6 Month-5 133 7.9 1,047 0.5 523.5 Year).......................... Pancreas Follow-up (Post 5 Year) 133 15.9 2,119 0.5 1,059.5 Pancreas Post-Transplant 133 0.7 97 0.6 58.2 Malignancy Form................ Kidney/Pancreas Candidate 133 9.8 1,297 0.6 778.2 Registration................... Kidney/Pancreas Recipient 133 7.7 1,028 1.2 1,233.6 Registration................... Kidney/Pancreas Follow-up (6 133 32.8 4,363 0.5 2,181.5 Month-5 Year).................. Kidney/Pancreas Follow-up (Post 133 57.8 7,688 0.6 4,612.8 5 Year)........................ Kidney/Pancreas Post-Transplant 133 2.2 292 0.4 116.8 Malignancy Form................ VCA Candidate Registration...... 27 0.9 24 0.4 9.6 VCA Recipient Registration...... 27 1.6 43 1.3 55.9 VCA Recipient Follow Up......... 27 0.7 18 1.0 18.0 rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Total....................... 6,204 .............. 567,472 .............. 425,925.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * The Number of Responses per Respondent was calculated by dividing the Total Responses by the Number of Respondents and rounding to the nearest tenth. 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. Maria G. Button, Director, Executive Secretariat. [FR Doc. 2019-28370 Filed 1-2-20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165-15-P