Notice2024-24392
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Black Lung Clinics Program Performance Measures
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Published
October 22, 2024
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84357-84358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24392]
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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; Black Lung Clinics Program
Performance Measures
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 November
21, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#87f7e6f7e2f5f0e8f5ecc7eff5f4e6a9e0e8f1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ff8f9e8f9a8d88908d94bf978d8c9ed1989089">[email protected]</span></a> or call
(301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Information Collection Request Title: Black Lung Clinics Program
Performance Measures, OMB No. 0915-0292--Revision.
Abstract: The Black Lung Clinics Program (BLCP) is authorized under
Sec. 427(a) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (30
U.S.C. 937(a)) and accompanying regulations (42 CFR part 55a). The
purpose of the BLCP is to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated
with occupationally related coal mine dust lung disease through the
screening, diagnosis, and treatment of active, inactive, retired, and/
or disabled coal miners. HRSA currently collects information about BLCP
awards using an OMB-approved set of performance measures and seeks to
extend the approved collection. There are no proposed changes to the
performance measures; however, there is a 45-hour decrease in estimated
burden hours due to the streamlining of the data collection process,
allowing awardees/respondents to be more efficient in collecting and
submitting the data for this information collection. Collecting this
data provides HRSA with information on how well each awardee is meeting
the needs of these miners in their communities.
A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register on June 21,
2024, vol. 89, No. 120; pp. 52065. There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Data from the annual
report provides quantitative information about the clinics,
specifically: (1) the characteristics of the patients they serve
(gender, age, disability level, occupation type); (2) the
characteristics of services provided (medical encounters, non-medical
encounters, benefits counseling, and outreach); and (3) the number of
patients served. These programmatic performance measures enable HRSA to
provide data required by Congress under the Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993. It also ensures that funds are effectively used to
provide services that meet the target population's needs. HRSA does not
plan to make any changes to the performance measures at this time. The
estimated average burden per response has decreased because the data
collection process has been streamlined and enabled awardees/
respondents to be more efficient in collecting and submitting the data
for this information collection.
Likely Respondents: Respondents will be BLCP award recipients.
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 following table:
Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Total
Form name respondents responses per responses response burden
respondent (in hours) hours
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Black Lung Clinics Program Measures........ 15 1 15 7 105
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Total.................................. 15 ............... 15 ........... 105
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-24392 Filed 10-21-24; 8:45 am]
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