Notices. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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BILLING CODE 4160-01-S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources and Services Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA)publishes abstracts of information collection requests under review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 *et seq.* ). To request a copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Office at
(301)443-1129. The following request has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995: Proposed Project: Data Collection Tool for Rural Health Community-Based Grant Programs:
(New)The mission of the Office of Rural Health Policy
(ORHP)is to sustain and improve access to quality care services for rural communities. In its authorizing language (SEC. 711 of the Social Security Act. *[42 U.S.C. 912]* ), Congress charged ORHP to “administer grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to provide technical assistance and other activities as necessary to support activities related to improving health care in rural areas.” In 1991, the Health Service Outreach Grants were first appropriated, under the authority of Section 301 of the Public Health Service
(PHS)Act. In 1996, the Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996 added the Section 330A Rural Health Outreach Grant Program to the PHS Act. In 2002, this was amended and authorized again in the PHS Act, Section 330A, as the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development, and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Grant Programs. Five rural health grant programs are currently operating under this authority:
(1)The Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program (Outreach),
(2)the Rural Health Network Development Program (Network Development),
(3)the Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Grant Program (Quality),
(4)the Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program (Delta), and
(5)the Network Development Planning Grant Program (Network Planning). These grants are to provide expanded delivery of health care services in rural areas, for the planning and implementation of integrated health care networks in rural areas, and for the planning and implementation of small health care provider quality improvement activities. In general, the grants may be used to expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of essential health care services, and enhance the delivery of health care, in rural areas. For these programs, program performance measures were drafted to provide data useful to the program and to enable HRSA to provide aggregate program data required by Congress under the Government Performance and Results Act
(GPRA)of 1993. These measures cover the principle topic areas of interest to ORHP, including:
(a)Access to care;
(b)the underinsured and uninsured;
(c)workforce recruitment and retention;
(d)sustainability;
(e)health information technology;
(f)network development; and
(g)health-related clinical measures. Several measures will be used for all five programs. All measures will speak to the Office's progress toward meeting the goals set forth in its strategic plan. The annual burden estimate for this proposed collection is as follows: Grant program Number of respondents Frequency of responses Total responses Hours per response Total hour burden Rural Health Outreach Grant Program 121 1 121 1.25 151.25 Rural Health Network Development 33 2 66 4 264 Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program 12 1 12 1.25 15 Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Grant Program 15 1 15 1 15 Network Development Planning Grant Program 10 1 10 4 40 Total 191 234 525.25 Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to the desk officer for HRSA, either by e-mail to *OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov* or by fax to 202-395-6974. Please direct all correspondence to the “attention of the desk officer for HRSA.” Dated: February 12, 2008. Alexandra Huttinger, Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination. [FR Doc. E8-3064 Filed 2-19-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165-15-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health National Institute of Mental Health; Notice of Meeting Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee. The meeting will be open to the public, with attendance limited to space available. Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should inform the Contact Person listed below in advance of the meeting. *Name of Committee:* Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC). *Date:* March 14, 2008. *Time:* 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. *Agenda:* Discussion of IACC Strategic Plan for Autism Spectrum Disorder Research and responsibilities of the IACC under the Combating Autism Act. *Place:* Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Rotunda, North Tower, 8th Floor, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004, Phone: 202-312-1300. *Contact Person:* Tanya Pryor, Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 6187, MSC 9669, Bethesda, MD 20892-9669,
(301)443-7153, *pryort@mail.nih.gov.* Any member of the public interested in presenting oral comments to the committee may notify the Contact Person listed on this notice at least 10 days in advance of the meeting. Interested individuals and representatives of organizations may submit a letter of intent, a brief description of the organization represented, and a short description of the oral presentation. Only one representative of an organization may be allowed to present oral comments and if accepted by the committee, presentations may be limited to five minutes. Both printed and electronic copies are requested for the record. In addition, any interested person may file written comments with the committee by forwarding their statement to the Contact Person listed on this notice. The statement should include the name, address, telephone number and when applicable, the business or professional affiliation of the interested person. In the interest of security, all guests and vehicles are screened upon entry into the underground parking garage at the Ronald Reagan Building. Please allow extra time for this process. A registration form and information about the meeting is available on the IAC Web site: *https://www.infinityconferences.com/InfiniBase/Reg/NIMH2-37/MarchPublic.* (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.242, Mental Health Research Grants; 93.281, Scientist Development Award, Scientist Development Award for Clinicians, and Research Scientist Award; 93.282, Mental Health National Research Service Awards for Research Training, National Institutes of Health, HHS) Dated: February 12, 2008. Jennifer Spaeth, Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. [FR Doc. 08-748 Filed 2-19-08; 8:45 am]
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