80_FR_15277 80 FR 15222 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

80 FR 15222 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 55 (March 23, 2015)

Page Range15222-15224
FR Document2015-06450

This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project: ``Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture Comparative Database.'' In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521, AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed information collection.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the Agency for 
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection 
project: ``Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture Comparative 
Database.'' In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 
3501-3521, AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed 
information collection.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by May 22, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, 
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at 
[email protected].
    Copies of the proposed collection plans, data collection 
instruments, and specific details on the estimated burden can be 
obtained from the AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports 
Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477, or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project

Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture Comparative Database

    Background on the Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture 
(Medical Office SOPS). In 1999, the Institute of Medicine called for 
health care organizations to develop a ``culture of safety'' such that 
their workforce and processes focus on improving the reliability and 
safety of care for patients (IOM, 1999; To Err is Human: Building a 
Safer Health System). To respond to the need for tools to assess 
patient safety culture in health care, AHRQ developed and pilot tested 
the Medical Office SOPS with OMB approval (OMB NO. 0935-0131; Approved 
July 5, 2007).
    The survey is designed to enable medical offices to assess provider 
and staff opinions about patient safety issues, medical error, and 
error reporting. The survey includes 38 items that measure 10 
composites of patient safety culture. In addition to the composite 
items, 14 items measure how often medical offices have problems 
exchanging information with other settings and other patient safety and 
quality issues. AHRQ made the survey publicly available along with a 
Survey User's Guide and other toolkit materials in December 2008 on the 
AHRQ Web site (located at http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/medical-office/index.html). Since 
its release, the survey has been voluntarily used by hundreds of 
medical offices in the U.S.
    The Medical Office SOPS Comparative Database consists of data from 
the AHRQ Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture. Medical 
offices in the U.S. are asked to voluntarily submit data from the 
survey to AHRQ, through its contractor Westat. The Medical Office SOPS 
Database (OMB NO. 0935-0196, last approved on June 12, 2012) was 
developed by AHRQ in 2011 in response to requests from medical offices 
interested in knowing how their patient safety culture survey results 
compare to those of other medical offices in their efforts to improve 
patient safety.
    Rationale for the information collection. The Medical Office SOPS 
and the Comparative Database support AHRQ's goals of promoting 
improvements in the quality and safety of health care in medical office 
settings. The survey, toolkit materials, and comparative database 
results are all made publicly available on AHRQ's Web site. Technical 
assistance is provided by AHRQ through its contractor at no charge to 
medical offices, to facilitate the use of these materials for medical 
office patient safety and quality improvement.
    The goal of this project is to renew the Medical Office SOPS 
Comparative Database. This Database will:
    (1) Allow medical offices to compare their patient safety culture 
survey results with those of other medical offices,
    (2) Provide data to medical offices to facilitate internal 
assessment and learning in the patient safety improvement process, and
    (3) Provide supplemental information to help medical offices 
identify their strengths and areas with potential for improvement in 
patient safety culture.
    This study is being conducted by AHRQ through its contractor 
Westat, pursuant to AHRQ's statutory authority to conduct and support 
research on health care and on systems for the delivery of such care, 
including activities with respect to: The quality, effectiveness, 
efficiency, appropriateness and value of health care services; quality 
measurement and improvement; and database development. 42 U.S.C. 
299a(a)(1), (2), and (8).

Method of Collection

    To achieve the goal of this project the following activities and 
data collections will be implemented:
    (1) Eligibility and Registration Form--The medical office point-of-
contact (POC) completes a number of data submission steps and forms, 
beginning with the completion of an online eligibility and registration 
form. The purpose of this form is to determine the eligibility status 
and initiate the registration process for medical offices seeking to 
voluntarily submit their Medical Office SOPS data to the Medical Office 
SOPS Comparative Database.
    (2) Data Use Agreement--The purpose of the data use agreement, 
completed by the medical office POC, is to state how data submitted by 
medical offices will be used and provides confidentiality assurances.
    (3) Medical Office Site Information Form--The purpose of the site 
information form is to obtain basic information about the 
characteristics of the medical offices submitting their Medical Office 
SOPS data to the Medical Office SOPS Comparative Database (e.g. number 
of providers and staff, ownership, and type of specialty). The medical 
office POC completes the form.
    (4) Data Files Submission--The number of submissions to the 
database is likely to vary each year because medical offices do not 
administer the survey and submit data every year. Data submission is 
typically handled by one POC who is either an office manager, nurse 
manager, or a survey vendor who contracts with a medical office to 
collect their data. POCs submit data on behalf of 10 medical offices, 
on average, because many medical offices are part of a health system 
that includes many medical office sites, or the POC is a vendor that is 
submitting data for multiple medical offices. After registering, if 
registrants are deemed eligible to submit data, an automated email is 
sent to authenticate the account and update the user password. Next the 
POC enters medical office information and uploads the survey 
questionnaire and submits a data use agreement. POCs then upload their 
data file(s), using the medical office data file specifications, to 
ensure that users submit standardized and consistent data in the way 
variables are named, coded, and formatted.
    Survey data from the AHRQ Medical Office SOPS are used to produce 
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types of products: (1) A Medical Office SOPS Comparative Database 
Report that is produced periodically and made publicly available on the 
AHRQ Web site (see http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/medical-office/2014/index.html); (2) 
Individual Medical Office Survey Feedback Reports that are 
confidential, customized reports produced for each medical office that 
submits data to the database (the number of reports produced is based 
on the number of medical offices submitting each year); and (3) 
Research data sets of individual-level and medical office-level de-
identified data to enable researchers to conduct analyses.
    Medical offices are asked to voluntarily submit their Medical 
Office SOPS survey data to the Comparative Database. The data are then 
cleaned and aggregated and used to produce a Comparative Database 
Report that displays averages, standard deviations, and percentile 
scores on the survey's 38 items that measure 10 composites of patient 
safety culture, and 14 items measuring how often medical offices have 
problems exchanging information with other settings and other patient 
safety and quality issues. The report also displays these results by 
medical office characteristics (size of office, specialty, geographic 
region, etc.) and respondent characteristics (staff position).
    Data submitted by medical offices are used to give each medical 
office its own customized survey feedback report that presents the 
medical office's results compared to the latest comparative database 
results.
    Medical offices use the Medical Office SOPS, Comparative Database 
Reports and Individual Medical Office Survey Feedback Reports for a 
number of purposes, to
     Raise staff awareness about patient safety.
     Diagnose and assess the current status of patient safety 
culture in their medical office.
     Identify strengths and areas for improvement in patient 
safety culture.
     Evaluate the cultural impact of patient safety initiatives 
and interventions.
     Compare patient safety culture survey results with other 
medical offices in their efforts to improve patient safety and health 
care quality.

Estimated Annual Respondent Burden

    Exhibit 1 shows the estimated annualized burden hours for the 
respondents' time to participate in the database. An estimated 150 
POCs, each representing an average of 10 individual medical offices 
each, will complete the database submission steps and forms annually. 
Completing the registration form will take about 3 minutes. The Medical 
Office Information Form is completed by all POCs for each of their 
medical offices (150 x 10 = 1,500 forms in total) and is estimated to 
take 5 minutes to complete. Each POC will complete a data use agreement 
which takes 3 minutes to complete and submitting the data will take an 
hour on average. The total burden is estimated to be 291 hours.
    Exhibit 2 shows the estimated annualized cost burden based on the 
respondents' time to submit their data. The cost burden is estimated to 
be $13,968 annually.

                                  Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                     Number of       Number of
                    Form name                      respondents/    responses per     Hours per     Total burden
                                                       POCs             POC          response          hours
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Eligibility/Registration Form...................             150               1            3/60               8
Data Use Agreement..............................             150               1            3/60               8
Medical Office Information Form.................             150              10            5/60             125
Data Files Submission...........................             150               1               1             150
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    Total.......................................             600              NA              NA             291
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                                   Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Cost Burden
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                                                     Number of                        Average
                    Form name                      respondents/    Total burden     hourly wage     Total cost
                                                       POCs            hours          rate *          burden
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Registration Form...............................             150               8          $48.00            $384
Data Use Agreement..............................             150               8           48.00             384
Medical Office Information Form.................             150             125           48.00           6,000
Data Files Submission...........................             150             150           48.00           7,200
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Total.......................................             600             816              NA          13,968
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* Mean hourly wage rate of $48.00 for Medical and Health Services Managers (SOC code 11-9111) was obtained from
  the May 2013 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, NAICS 621100--Offices of
  Physicians located at http://www.bls.gov/oes/2013/may/naics4_621100.htm.

Request for Comments

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ's 
information collection are requested with regard to any of the 
following: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of AHRQ health care research and 
health care information dissemination functions, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of AHRQ's 
estimate of burden (including hours and costs) of the proposed 
collection(s) of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information upon the 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and included in the Agency's subsequent request for OMB approval of the 
proposed information collection. All comments will become a matter of 
public record.


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    Dated: March 17, 2015.
Sharon B. Arnold,
Deputy Director, AHRQ.
[FR Doc. 2015-06450 Filed 3-20-15; 8:45 am]
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15222 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 55 / Monday, March 23, 2015 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND composite items, 14 items measure how services; quality measurement and HUMAN SERVICES often medical offices have problems improvement; and database exchanging information with other development. 42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(1), (2), Agency for Healthcare Research and settings and other patient safety and and (8). Quality quality issues. AHRQ made the survey Method of Collection publicly available along with a Survey Agency Information Collection User’s Guide and other toolkit materials To achieve the goal of this project the Activities: Proposed Collection; in December 2008 on the AHRQ Web following activities and data collections Comment Request site (located at http://www.ahrq.gov/ will be implemented: professionals/quality-patient-safety/ (1) Eligibility and Registration Form— AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research The medical office point-of-contact and Quality, HHS. patientsafetyculture/medical-office/ index.html). Since its release, the survey (POC) completes a number of data ACTION: Notice. submission steps and forms, beginning has been voluntarily used by hundreds of medical offices in the U.S. with the completion of an online SUMMARY: This notice announces the The Medical Office SOPS eligibility and registration form. The intention of the Agency for Healthcare Comparative Database consists of data purpose of this form is to determine the Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request from the AHRQ Medical Office Survey eligibility status and initiate the that the Office of Management and registration process for medical offices Budget (OMB) approve the proposed on Patient Safety Culture. Medical offices in the U.S. are asked to seeking to voluntarily submit their information collection project: ‘‘Medical Medical Office SOPS data to the Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture voluntarily submit data from the survey to AHRQ, through its contractor Westat. Medical Office SOPS Comparative Comparative Database.’’ In accordance Database. with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 The Medical Office SOPS Database (OMB NO. 0935–0196, last approved on (2) Data Use Agreement—The purpose U.S.C. 3501–3521, AHRQ invites the of the data use agreement, completed by public to comment on this proposed June 12, 2012) was developed by AHRQ in 2011 in response to requests from the medical office POC, is to state how information collection. data submitted by medical offices will medical offices interested in knowing DATES: Comments on this notice must be how their patient safety culture survey be used and provides confidentiality received by May 22, 2015. results compare to those of other assurances. ADDRESSES: Written comments should medical offices in their efforts to (3) Medical Office Site Information be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, improve patient safety. Form—The purpose of the site Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by Rationale for the information information form is to obtain basic email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. collection. The Medical Office SOPS information about the characteristics of Copies of the proposed collection and the Comparative Database support the medical offices submitting their plans, data collection instruments, and AHRQ’s goals of promoting Medical Office SOPS data to the specific details on the estimated burden improvements in the quality and safety Medical Office SOPS Comparative can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports of health care in medical office settings. Database (e.g. number of providers and Clearance Officer. The survey, toolkit materials, and staff, ownership, and type of specialty). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: comparative database results are all The medical office POC completes the Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports made publicly available on AHRQ’s form. Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by Web site. Technical assistance is (4) Data Files Submission—The email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. provided by AHRQ through its number of submissions to the database contractor at no charge to medical is likely to vary each year because SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: offices, to facilitate the use of these medical offices do not administer the Proposed Project materials for medical office patient survey and submit data every year. Data safety and quality improvement. submission is typically handled by one Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety POC who is either an office manager, Culture Comparative Database The goal of this project is to renew the Medical Office SOPS Comparative nurse manager, or a survey vendor who Background on the Medical Office Database. This Database will: contracts with a medical office to collect Survey on Patient Safety Culture (1) Allow medical offices to compare their data. POCs submit data on behalf (Medical Office SOPS). In 1999, the their patient safety culture survey of 10 medical offices, on average, Institute of Medicine called for health results with those of other medical because many medical offices are part of care organizations to develop a ‘‘culture offices, a health system that includes many of safety’’ such that their workforce and (2) Provide data to medical offices to medical office sites, or the POC is a processes focus on improving the facilitate internal assessment and vendor that is submitting data for reliability and safety of care for patients learning in the patient safety multiple medical offices. After (IOM, 1999; To Err is Human: Building improvement process, and registering, if registrants are deemed a Safer Health System). To respond to (3) Provide supplemental information eligible to submit data, an automated the need for tools to assess patient safety to help medical offices identify their email is sent to authenticate the account culture in health care, AHRQ developed strengths and areas with potential for and update the user password. Next the and pilot tested the Medical Office improvement in patient safety culture. POC enters medical office information SOPS with OMB approval (OMB NO. This study is being conducted by and uploads the survey questionnaire mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 0935–0131; Approved July 5, 2007). AHRQ through its contractor Westat, and submits a data use agreement. POCs The survey is designed to enable pursuant to AHRQ’s statutory authority then upload their data file(s), using the medical offices to assess provider and to conduct and support research on medical office data file specifications, to staff opinions about patient safety health care and on systems for the ensure that users submit standardized issues, medical error, and error delivery of such care, including and consistent data in the way variables reporting. The survey includes 38 items activities with respect to: The quality, are named, coded, and formatted. that measure 10 composites of patient effectiveness, efficiency, Survey data from the AHRQ Medical safety culture. In addition to the appropriateness and value of health care Office SOPS are used to produce three VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:51 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\23MRN1.SGM 23MRN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 55 / Monday, March 23, 2015 / Notices 15223 types of products: (1) A Medical Office with other settings and other patient in their efforts to improve patient safety SOPS Comparative Database Report that safety and quality issues. The report and health care quality. is produced periodically and made also displays these results by medical publicly available on the AHRQ Web office characteristics (size of office, Estimated Annual Respondent Burden site (see http://www.ahrq.gov/ specialty, geographic region, etc.) and Exhibit 1 shows the estimated professionals/quality-patient-safety/ respondent characteristics (staff annualized burden hours for the patientsafetyculture/medical-office/ position). respondents’ time to participate in the 2014/index.html); (2) Individual Data submitted by medical offices are database. An estimated 150 POCs, each Medical Office Survey Feedback Reports used to give each medical office its own that are confidential, customized reports representing an average of 10 individual customized survey feedback report that produced for each medical office that presents the medical office’s results medical offices each, will complete the submits data to the database (the compared to the latest comparative database submission steps and forms number of reports produced is based on database results. annually. Completing the registration the number of medical offices Medical offices use the Medical Office form will take about 3 minutes. The submitting each year); and (3) Research SOPS, Comparative Database Reports Medical Office Information Form is data sets of individual-level and and Individual Medical Office Survey completed by all POCs for each of their medical office-level de-identified data to Feedback Reports for a number of medical offices (150 × 10 = 1,500 forms enable researchers to conduct analyses. purposes, to in total) and is estimated to take 5 Medical offices are asked to • Raise staff awareness about patient minutes to complete. Each POC will voluntarily submit their Medical Office safety. complete a data use agreement which SOPS survey data to the Comparative • Diagnose and assess the current takes 3 minutes to complete and Database. The data are then cleaned and status of patient safety culture in their submitting the data will take an hour on aggregated and used to produce a medical office. average. The total burden is estimated to Comparative Database Report that • Identify strengths and areas for be 291 hours. displays averages, standard deviations, improvement in patient safety culture. and percentile scores on the survey’s 38 • Evaluate the cultural impact of Exhibit 2 shows the estimated items that measure 10 composites of patient safety initiatives and annualized cost burden based on the patient safety culture, and 14 items interventions. respondents’ time to submit their data. measuring how often medical offices • Compare patient safety culture The cost burden is estimated to be have problems exchanging information survey results with other medical offices $13,968 annually. EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS Number of Number of Hours per Total burden Form name respondents/ responses response hours POCs per POC Eligibility/Registration Form ............................................................................. 150 1 3/60 8 Data Use Agreement ....................................................................................... 150 1 3/60 8 Medical Office Information Form ..................................................................... 150 10 5/60 125 Data Files Submission ..................................................................................... 150 1 1 150 Total .......................................................................................................... 600 NA NA 291 EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN Number of Average Total burden Total cost Form name respondents/ hourly wage hours burden POCs rate * Registration Form ............................................................................................ 150 8 $48.00 $384 Data Use Agreement ....................................................................................... 150 8 48.00 384 Medical Office Information Form ..................................................................... 150 125 48.00 6,000 Data Files Submission ..................................................................................... 150 150 48.00 7,200 Total .......................................................................................................... 600 816 NA 13,968 * Mean hourly wage rate of $48.00 for Medical and Health Services Managers (SOC code 11–9111) was obtained from the May 2013 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, NAICS 621100—Offices of Physicians located at http://www.bls.gov/oes/2013/ may/naics4_621100.htm. Request for Comments dissemination functions, including respondents, including the use of whether the information will have automated collection techniques or In accordance with the Paperwork mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES practical utility; (b) the accuracy of other forms of information technology. Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including Comments submitted in response to information collection are requested hours and costs) of the proposed this notice will be summarized and with regard to any of the following: (a) collection(s) of information; (c) ways to included in the Agency’s subsequent Whether the proposed collection of enhance the quality, utility, and clarity request for OMB approval of the information is necessary for the proper of the information to be collected; and proposed information collection. 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15224 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 55 / Monday, March 23, 2015 / Notices Dated: March 17, 2015. matching program with the federal The information collection activities Sharon B. Arnold, Office of Child Support Enforcement for the SNAP reports are authorized by: Deputy Director, AHRQ. (OCSE). The outcomes of the (1) Subsection 453 (j)(10) of the Social [FR Doc. 2015–06450 Filed 3–20–15; 8:45 am] computerized comparisons with Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(j)(10)), BILLING CODE 4160–90–P information maintained in the National which allows the Secretary of the U.S. Directory of New Hires (NDNH) provide Department of Health and Human the state SNAP agencies with Services to disclose information DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND information to help administer their maintained in the NDNH to state HUMAN SERVICES programs and in determining an agencies administering SNAP under the individual’s eligibility. State agencies Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended by Administration for Children and must enter into a computer matching the Agriculture Act of 2014; (2) the Families agreement and adhere to its terms and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended by the conditions, including providing OCSE Computer Matching and Privacy Proposed Information Collection with annual performance outcomes Activity; Comment Request Protection Act of 1988 (5 U.S.C. 552a), attributable to the use of NDNH which sets for the terms and conditions Proposed Projects: information. of a computer matching program; and Title: Supplemental Nutrition The Office of Management and Budget requires OCSE to periodically report (3) the Government Performance and Assistance Program (SNAP) Agency Results Modernization Act of 2010 (Pub. Matching Program Performance performance measurements demonstrating how the use of L. 111–352), which requires agencies to Reporting Tool. report program performance outcomes OMB No.: New Collection. information in the NDNH supports Description: State agencies OCSE’s strategic mission, goals, and to the Office of Management and Budget administering a Supplemental Nutrition objectives. OCSE will provide the and for the reports to be available to the Assistance Program (SNAP) are annual SNAP performance outcomes to public. mandated to participate in a computer the Office of Management and Budget. Respondents: State SNAP agencies. ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES Number of Average Number of Total burden Instrument responses per burden hours respondents hours respondent per response SNAP Agency Matching Program Performance Reporting Tool ..................... 54 1 1.625 88 In compliance with the requirements other forms of information technology. by May 15th of a given year to be of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Consideration will be given to considered for appointment to begin in Reduction Act of 1995, the comments and suggestions submitted January of the following year. Administration for Children and within 60 days of this publication. Arrangement for Public Inspection Families is soliciting public comment Robert Sargis, on the specific aspects of the Nominations and applications are information collection described above. Reports Clearance Officer. kept on file at the Center for Evidence Copies of the proposed collection of [FR Doc. 2015–06443 Filed 3–20–15; 8:45 am] and Practice Improvement, AHRQ, and information can be obtained and BILLING CODE 4184–01–P are available for review during business comments may be forwarded by writing hours. AHRQ does not reply to to the Administration for Children and individual nominations, but considers Families, Office of Planning, Research DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND all nominations in selecting members. and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant HUMAN SERVICES Information regarded as private and Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447, personal, such as a nominee’s social Agency for Healthcare Research and Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. security number, home and email Quality Email address: infocollection@ addresses, home telephone and fax acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be Solicitation for Nominations for numbers, or names of family members identified by the title of the information Members of the U.S. Preventive will not be disclosed to the public (in collection. Services Task Force (USPSTF) accord with the Freedom of Information The Department specifically requests Act, 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6); 45 CFR 5.67). comments on: (a) Whether the proposed AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. Nomination Submissions collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the ACTION: Solicits nominations for new Nominations may be submitted in functions of the agency, including members of USPSTF. writing or electronically, but should whether the information shall have include: practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the SUMMARY: The Agency for Healthcare 1. The applicant’s current curriculum Research and Quality (AHRQ) invites vitae and contact information, including mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) nominations of individuals qualified to mailing address, email address, and the quality, utility, and clarity of the serve as members of the U.S. Preventive telephone number, and information to be collected; and (d) Services Task Force (USPSTF). 2. A letter explaining how this ways to minimize the burden of the DATES: All nominations submitted in individual meets the qualification collection of information on writing or electronically will be requirements and how he/she would respondents, including through the use considered for appointment to the contribute to the USPSTF. The letter of automated collection techniques or USPSTF. 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DatesComments on this notice must be received by May 22, 2015.
ContactDoris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477, or by email at [email protected]
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