[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 238 (Monday, December 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 72204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-27199]


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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) 443-1129.
    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: State-by-State Self Assessment of Trauma Care 
Systems--Reinstatement (OMB No. 0915-0259)

    HRSA proposes to collect data from the 56 States and Territories on 
their current trauma care systems to assess progress since the initial 
survey in fiscal year 2002. This information will be used to establish 
a national strategy to assist in future grant opportunities to the 
States to improve or enhance their basic systems infrastructure in 
trauma care delivery, as well as their collection and usage of quality 
trauma data.
    HRSA will be collaborating with partners from within HRSA's 
Healthcare Systems Bureau, Division of Healthcare Preparedness (DHP), 
Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program; HRSA's Office of Rural 
Health Policy; and HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau. In 
addition, HRSA will collaborate with the Office of Public Health 
Emergency Preparedness; the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Center for Injury 
Prevention and Control; the National Highway Traffic and Safety 
Administration's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Division; and 
affiliated professional organizations through the DHP Trauma Program's 
National Trauma-EMS Stakeholder Group. HRSA has included national 
performance measures for Trauma/EMS for this project in accordance with 
the requirements of the ``Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) 
of 1993'' (Public Law 103-62). This Act requires the establishment of 
measurable goals for Federal programs that can be reported as part of 
the budgetary process, thus linking funding decisions with performance.
    The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                                     Number of     Responses per   Burden hours    Total burden
                  Type of form                      respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Self Assessment questionnaire...................              56               1              10             560
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    Total.......................................              56  ..............  ..............             560
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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: November 29, 2004.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 04-27199 Filed 12-10-04; 8:45 am]
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