[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44998-44999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11246]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request: National Survey of Organ 
Donation Attitudes and Practices, OMB No. 0915-0290

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA 
submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted 
during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB 
will accept further comments from the public during the review and 
approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day 
comment period for this notice has closed.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than June 21, 
2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance 
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Joella Roland, the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at [email protected] or call 
(301) 443-3983.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Information Collection Request Title: National Survey of Organ 
Donation Attitudes and Practices, OMB No. 0915-0290--Revision.
    Abstract: The overall purpose of this study is to conduct an 
independent multi-mode (web and telephone) survey of public opinion 
regarding various issues related to organ donation. The survey will 
measure public opinion on issues such as willingness to become an organ 
donor, financial incentives for donation, living donation, impediments 
to donation, and level of public knowledge about donation. Previous 
National Survey of Organ Donation Attitudes and Practices were 
conducted during 1993, 2005, 2012, and 2019. Similar to the 2019 
survey, the goal is to complete 10,000 interviews with adults (18 years 
of age or older) nationwide. Specifically, this will include 1,000 
equal-probability of selection method computer-assisted telephone 
interviewing (CATI) interviews, 1,000 ethnic oversamples CATI 
interviews, and a supplemental web panel of 8,000 respondents. The 
final sample will include 1,000 interviews each with Black or African 
Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, and American 
Indian/Alaskan Natives, and a statistically sufficient sample for 
meaningful comparisons across demographic levels of age group, 
education, and income groups. A total sample of 10,000 is necessary to 
achieve sufficiently large subgroups for statistical analysis across 
demographic groups.
    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on January 18, 
2024, vol. 89, No. 12; pp. 3409-3410. There were no public comments.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The Division of 
Transplantation, within the Health Systems Bureau of HRSA at the 
Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary federal entity 
responsible for oversight of the solid organ and blood stem cell 
transplant systems in the United States and for initiatives to increase 
organ donor registration and donation. Sponsorship of a national survey 
on the American public's donation attitudes and practices is one of the 
services that Division of Transplantation provides for the larger 
donation community, consistent with its legal authority to establish a 
public education and awareness program (Section 377A of the Public 
Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 274f-1).
    Patients in need of organ transplantation in the United States face 
a longstanding critical shortage of organs. Approximately 103,000 
Americans were on the waiting list for transplantation by the end of 
2022, but only 42,000 transplants were performed, which only meets two-
fifths of the national need. While this represents an increase from the 
number of transplants performed in 2021, the organ shortage remains in 
the United States. Understanding public attitudes about organ donation 
and how the attitudes change over time is critical to addressing organ 
shortage through public awareness and education efforts.
    The information from this survey will facilitate appropriate 
tailoring and targeting of donation outreach messages and strategies 
and provide an overall assessment of the impact of previous outreach 
messages and strategies. The data will also inform the development of 
policy related to organ donation and transplantation.
    Likely Respondents: A nationally representative sample of adults 
over the age of 18 with a higher number of responses from populations 
of interest such as racial-ethnic minorities, including Black or 
African American, Asian American, American Indian/Alaskan Native, and 
Hispanic/Latino American respondents, as well as respondents of all age 
groups and education levels.
    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.

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                                     Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                           Number of                 Average burden     Total
                Form name                   Number of    responses per     Total      per response      burden
                                           respondents    respondent     responses     (in hours)       hours
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The National Survey of Organ Donation            2,000               1        2,000            0.37          740
 Attitudes and Practices--Telephone
 (English and Spanish versions)..........
The National Survey of Organ Donation            8,000               1        8,000            0.27        2,160
 Attitudes and Practices--Web (English
 and Spanish versions)...................
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    Total................................       10,000  ..............  ...........  ..............        2,900
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Amy P. McNulty,
Deputy Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-11246 Filed 5-21-24; 8:45 am]
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