Notice2022-01250
Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Information Collection: Indian Health Service Purchased/Referred Care Proof of Residency (OMB No. 0917-0040)
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Published
January 24, 2022
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentIndian Health Service
Abstract
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, which requires 60 days for public comment on proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on the information collection Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 0917-0040, titled, Purchased/Referred Care Proof of Residency. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment. A copy of the supporting statement is available at www.regulations.gov (see Docket ID: IHS_FRDOC_0001).
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 15 (Monday, January 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3562-3563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01250]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Information Collection: Indian
Health Service Purchased/Referred Care Proof of Residency (OMB No.
0917-0040)
AGENCY: Indian Health Service.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments; request for extension of
approval.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, which
requires 60 days for public comment on proposed information collection
projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) invites the general public to
take this opportunity to comment on the information collection Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 0917-0040, titled,
Purchased/Referred Care Proof of Residency. The purpose of this notice
is to allow 60 days for public comment. A copy of the supporting
statement is available at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (see Docket ID:
IHS_FRDOC_0001).
DATES: March 25, 2022. Your comments regarding this information
collection are best assured of having full effect if received within 60
days of the date of this publication.
For Comments: Submit comments to (Mr. Robert Jim Lyon) by Email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2b7944494e595f05675244456b424358054c445d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="67350805021513492b1e0809270e0f1449000811">[email protected]</span></a>.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be made
available to the public by publishing them in the 30-day Federal
Register notice for this information collection. For this reason,
please do not include information of a confidential nature, such as
sensitive personal information or proprietary information. If comments
are submitted via email, the email address will be automatically
captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the
public docket and made available on the internet. Please note that
responses to this public comment request containing any routine notice
about the confidentiality of the communication will be treated as
public comments that may be made available to the public
notwithstanding the inclusion of the routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information,
please contact Evonne Bennett, Information
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Collection Clearance Officer at: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c580b3aaababa0eb87a0ababa0b1b185acadb6eba2aab3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3e7b485150505b107c5b50505b4a4a7e57564d10595148">[email protected]</span></a> or 301-443-
4750.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This previously approved information
collection project was last published in the Federal Register on
September 25, 2018, and allowed 30 days for public comment. No public
comment was received in response to the notice. This notice announces
our intent to submit this collection, which expires March 31, 2022, to
OMB for approval of an extension, and to solicit comments on specific
aspects for the proposed information collection. Title: Purchased/
Referred Care Proof of Residency. OMB Control Number: 0917-0040. Need
and Use of Information Collection: The IHS Purchased/Referred Care
Program needs the information requested on the PRC Proof of Residency
form to verify that individuals seeking medical services through a PRC
program meet the residency requirements specific to PRC under 42 CFR
136.23. Agency Form Number: IHS 976. Members of Affected Public:
Individuals/Households. Status of the Proposed Information Collection:
Renewal request. Type of Respondents: Individuals. The table below
provides: Types of data collection instruments, Estimated number of
respondents, Number of responses per respondent, Annual number of
responses, Average burden hour per response, and Total annual burden
hours.
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Estimated Average burden
Data collection instrument(s) number of Responses per Annual number hour per Total annual
respondents respondent of responses response * burden hours
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Individual Patient Count........ 77,185 1 77,185 3/60 3,859.25
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Total....................... 77,185 1 77,185 3/60 3,859.25
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* For ease of understanding, the average burden per response is 3 minutes.
There are no direct costs to respondents to report.
Requests for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are
invited on one or more of the following points:
(a) Whether the information collection activity is necessary to
carry out an agency function;
(b) whether the agency processes the information collected in a
useful and timely fashion;
(c) the accuracy of the public burden estimate (the estimated
amount of time needed for individual respondents to provide the
requested information);
(d) whether the methodology and assumptions used to determine the
estimates are logical;
(e) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information being collected; and
(f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Elizabeth A. Fowler,
Acting Deputy Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-01250 Filed 1-21-22; 8:45 am]
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