Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 39 (Monday, March 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 10005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4949]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1891.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection 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 on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Project to Assess Ethnicity/Race and Services to 
Bi/Multilingual Populations in Community and Migrant Health 
Centers--NEW

    The Office of Minority and Women's Health (OMWH) in the Bureau of 
Primary Health Care (BPHC), Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA), recognizes that full understanding of the 
ethnicity of clients and providers and the provision of language 
appropriate services are vital to guaranteeing full and effective 
health care. OMWH proposes to conduct a voluntary survey, the purpose 
of which will be two-fold: (1) To obtain detailed data on the ethnic/
racial composition of health center users and providers; and (2) to 
collect information about the composition and provision of bi/
multilingual services. This information will be collected from a sample 
of approximately 150 health centers.
    These data will provide HRSA with information which will be used to 
make resource and staffing decisions related to reducing barriers to 
health care often faced by ethnic/racial minorities and by non- or 
limited-English-speaking populations.
    The burden estimate for this project is as follows:

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                                                                        Number of      Responses per        Total          Hours per        Total hour
                                Form                                   respondents       respondent       responses         response          burden
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Survey.............................................................             150                1              150                2              300
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: February 23, 1999.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 99-4949 Filed 2-26-99; 8:45 am]
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