Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 189 / Thursday, September 30, 2004 / Notices 58451

information on patients served, 

pharmaceuticals prescribed, pricing, 

and other sources of support to provide 

AIDS medication treatment, eligibility 

requirements, cost data, and 

coordination with Medicaid. Each 

quarterly report requests updates from 

programs on number of patients served, 

type of pharmaceuticals prescribed, and 

prices paid to provide medication. The 

first quarterly report of each ADAP 

fiscal year (due in July of each year) also 

requests information that only changes 

annually (e.g., State funding, drug 

formulary, eligibility criteria for 

enrollment, and cost-saving strategies 

including coordinating with Medicaid). 

The quarterly report represents the 

best method for HRSA to determine how 

ADAP grants are being expended and 

how to provide answers to requests from 

Congress and other organizations. This 

new quarterly report will replace two 

current monthly progress reports plus 

information currently submitted 

annually. The new quarterly report 

should reduce burden, avoid 

duplication of information, and provide 

HRSA information in a form that easily 

lends itself to responding to inquiries. 

The estimated annual burden per 

ADAP grantee is as follows:

Type of respondent Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per respondent 

Total responses Hours per response Total burden 

hours 

First quarterly report .................................................................. 57 1 57 3 171 

Second, third, & fourth quarterly reports ................................... 57 3 171 1.5 256.5 

Total .................................................................................... 57 ...................... 228 ........................ 427.5 

Written comments and 

recommendations concerning the 

proposed information collection should 

be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 

John Kraemer, Health Resources and 

Services Administration, Human 

Resources and Housing Branch, Office 

of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: September 23, 2004. 

Tina M. Cheatham, 

Director, Division of Policy Review and 

Coordination.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

‘‘Closing the Health Gap’’—Sudden 

Infant Death Syndrome and Infant 

Mortality Initiative

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Award for 

Single Source Award with the Aberdeen 

Area Tribal Chairman’s Health Board 

Northern Plains Healthy Start Project. 

Recipient: Aberdeen Tribal 

Chairman’s Health Board Northern 

Plains Healthy Start Project. 

Purpose of the Award: The Indian 

Health Service (IHS) announces an 

award for single source award as 

established under the authority of 

Section 301(a) of the Public Health 

Service Act, as amended. The single 

source award is to support the Aberdeen 

Area Indian Health Service tribal 

organization, not the IHS. The Aberdeen 

Area Tribal Chairman’s Health Board 

and its program the Northern Plains 

Healthy Start Project (NPHSP) meet the 

eligibility criteria for CFDA 93.933 as a 

demonstration project for the expressed 

purpose of promoting and improving 

health and health care services in tribal 

communities. The award is part of a 

larger Office of Minority Health 

initiative entitled ‘‘Closing the Health 

Gap’’ with the expressed purpose of 

addressing elevated infant mortality, a 

known health disparity for American 

Indians and Alaska Natives. NPHSP has 

been in existence for twelve years. 

Increased emphasis will be placed on 

case management and community 

measures to address maternal and infant 

health promotion and reduction of risk 

factors associated with sudden Infant 

Death Syndrome and infant mortality 

(SIDS/IM). 

Amount of Award: $450,000 in funds 

will be awarded. 

Project Period: There will be only one 

funding cycle during Fiscal Year (FY) 

2004. The project will be funded in 

annual budget periods for up to three 

years depending on the defined scope of 

work. Continuation of the project will 

be based on the availability of 

appropriations in future years, the 

continuing need the IHS has for the 

projects, and satisfactory project 

performance. The Project period will 

run from October 1, 2004 to September 

30, 2007. 

Justification for the Exception to the 

Competition: The IHS Area with the 

highest IMR and SIDS rates is the 

Aberdeen Area. This Area includes 

Tribes situated in the states of Iowa, 

Nebraska, North Dakota and South 

Dakota. The Aberdeen Area Tribal 

Chairman’s Health Board maintains a 

501(c)3 status and is comprised of 

representatives of eighteen Tribes, 

sixteen of which participate in the 

NPHSP. NPHSP is a program within the 

Aberdeen Tribal Chairman’s Health 

Board and operates in the four states. 

The project consists of home based 

interventions in the form of case 

management to high risk prenatal 

American Indian women. NPHSP has 

served targeted perinatal populations 

and their families and communities for 

twelve years. No other tribal program 

representing such a broad consortia 

exists. General long-term program goals 

of the Northern Plains Health Start 

Project are in alignment with those of 

the Office of Minority Health ‘‘Closing 

the Health Gap—SIDS/IMR Initiative.’’

Agency Contacts: For program 

information, contact: Judith Thierry, 

D.O., Maternal and Child Health 

Coordinator, Office of Public Health, 

IHS, 801 Thompson Avenue, Suite 300, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852; (301) 443–

5070; jthierry@na.ihs.gov; or (301) 594–

6213 (fax). For grant and business 

information, contact Ms. Martha 

Redhouse, Grants Management 

Specialist, Division of Grants Policy, 

IHS, 801 Thompson Avenue, Suite 120, 

Rockville, MD 20852; (301) 443–5204. 

(The telephone numbers for Dr. Thierry 

and Ms. Redhouse are not toll-free).

Dated: September 24, 2004. 

Robert G. McSwain, 

Acting Deputy Director for Management 

Operations, Indian Health Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request; Inventory and Evaluation of 

Clinical Networks

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of