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Send comments to Susan G. Queen, 

Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, 

Room 10–33, Parklawn Building, 5600 

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. 

Written comments should be received 

within 60 days of this notice. 

Dated: March 15, 2007. 

Alexandra Huttinger, 

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review 

and Coordination. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Advisory Committee on Heritable 

Disorders and Genetic Diseases in 

Newborns and Children; Notice of 

Meeting 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), notice is hereby given 

of the following meeting: 

Name: Advisory Committee on Heritable 

Disorders and Genetic Diseases in Newborns 

and Children (ACHDGDNC). 

Dates and Times: May 17, 2007, 9 a.m. to 

5 p.m. May 18, 2007, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

Place: Ronald Reagan Building and 

International Trade Center, Rotunda Room, 

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20004. 

Status: The meeting will be open to the 

public with attendance limited to space 

availability. 

Purpose: The Advisory Committee was 

established to advise and guide the Secretary 

regarding the most appropriate application of 

universal newborn screening tests, 

technologies, policies, guidelines and 

programs for effectively reducing morbidity 

and mortality in newborns and children 

having or at risk for heritable disorders. The 

Committee also provides advice and 

recommendations concerning the grants and 

projects authorized under the Heritable 

Disorders Program. 

Agenda: The first day will be devoted to 

discussion of the Committee’s 

decisionmaking process, including a 

discussion of the evidence review group’s 

nomination/evaluation process for candidate 

conditions on the uniform newborn 

screening panel, and an evaluation of the 

system infrastructure for long-term follow-up 

and proposals for strategies for such followup. The Committee’s subcommittees on 

Laboratory Standards and Procedures, 

Follow-up and Treatment, and Education and 

Training will meet in the afternoon. The 

second day will include a report from the 

Department of Defense on its newborn 

screening program and activities and reports 

to the Committee by its subcommittees on 

Laboratory Standards and Procedures, 

Follow-up and Treatment, and Education and 

Training. 

Proposed agenda items are subject to 

change. 

Time will be provided each day for public 

comment. Individuals who wish to provide 

public comment or who plan to attend the 

meeting and need special assistance, such as 

sign language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should notify 

the ACHDGDNC Staff, Jill F. Shuger, M.S. 

(contact information provided below). 

Contact Person: Anyone interested in 

obtaining a roster of members or other 

relevant information should write or contact 

Jill F. Shuger, M.S., Maternal and Child 

Health Bureau, Health Resources and 

Services Administration, Room 18A–19, 

Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 

Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 

443–1080. Information on the Advisory 

Committee is available at http:// 

mchb.hrsa.gov/programs/genetics/committee. 

Dated: March 15, 2007. 

Alexandra Huttinger, 

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review 

and Coordination. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

National Advisory Council on Nurse 

Education and Practice; Notice of 

Meeting 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), notice is hereby given 

of the following meeting: 

Name: National Advisory Council on 

Nurse Education and Practice (NACNEP). 

Dates and Times: April 19, 2007, 9 a.m.—

5 p.m. April 20, 2007, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. 

Place: Hotel Washington, 515 15th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20004. 

Status: The meeting will be open to the 

public. 

Agenda: Agency and Bureau 

administrative updates will be provided. The 

purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the 

integration of health information technology 

into nursing education and practice. Experts 

will promote the awareness of the latest 

simulated learning, informatics, distance 

learning, and telehealth trends, advances, 

and issues. Data will be presented on use of 

healthcare information systems to enhance 

nursing education and practice, optimize 

patient safety, and drive improvements in 

health care quality. Representatives from the 

Department of Health and Human Services, 

the National Center for Cultural Competence, 

and the National Nursing Centers Consortium 

will be presenting. During this meeting, 

Council workgroups will deliberate on the 

content presented and formulate 

recommendations to the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services and the Congress on the 

integration of technology into nursing 

education and practice. This meeting will 

form the basis for NACNEP’s mandated 

Eighth Annual Report. 

For Further Information Contact: Anyone 

interested in obtaining a roster of members, 

minutes of the meeting, or other relevant 

information should write or contact Dr. Joan 

Weiss, Executive Secretary, National 

Advisory Council on Nurse Education and 

Practice, Parklawn Building, Room 9–35, 

5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 

20857, telephone (301) 443–5688. 

Dated: March 15. 2007. 

Alexandra Huttinger, 

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review 

and Coordination. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Notice of Availability of Final Policy 

Guidance 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), HHS. 

ACTION: Final Agency Guidance and 

Response to Public Comments. 

SUMMARY: HRSA is publishing a final 

Agency Guidance (‘‘Policy Information 

Notice’’ (PIN) 2007–09) to describe and 

clarify HRSA’s current policy and 

process for resolving issues and 

conflicts related to health center service 

area overlap. The PIN, ‘‘Service Area 

Overlap: Policy and Process,’’ and the 

Agency’s ‘‘Response to Public 

Comments’’ are available on the Internet 

at http://bphc.hrsa.gov/chc/sao.htm. 

DATES: The effective date of this final 

Agency guidance is March 12, 2007. 

Background: HRSA manages the 

Health Center Program, which supports 

more than 3,800 health care delivery 

sites, including community health 

centers, migrant health centers, health 

care for the homeless centers, and 

public housing primary care centers. 

Health centers serve clients that are 

primarily low-income and minorities, 

and deliver preventive and primary care 

services to patients regardless of their 

ability to pay. Charges for health care 

services are set according to income. 

On June 22, 2006, HRSA made the 

draft PIN, ‘‘Service Area Overlap: Policy 

and Process,’’ available for public 

comment on HRSA’s Web site. The 

purpose of the PIN is to describe and 

clarify HRSA’s current policy and 

process for resolving issues and 

conflicts related to health center service 

area overlap. Comments were due to 

HRSA by August 18, 2006. 


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Comments were received from 28 

organizations and/or individuals. After 

review and careful consideration of all 

comments received, HRSA amended the 

PIN to incorporate certain 

recommendations from the public. The 

final PIN reflects these changes. 

In addition to making the final PIN 

available on HRSA’s Web site, HRSA is 

also posting the Agency’s ‘‘Response to 

Public Comments.’’ The purpose of that 

document is to summarize the major 

comments received and describe the 

Agency’s response, including any 

corresponding changes made to the PIN. 

Where comments did not result in a 

revision to the PIN, explanations are 

provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please contact Shannon Dunne Faltens 

at 301–594–4060 for any questions 

regarding this PIN. 

Dated: March 15, 2007. 

Elizabeth M. Duke, 

Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 concerning 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed collections of information, the 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration (SAMHSA) 

will publish periodic summaries of 

proposed projects. To request more 

information on the proposed projects or 

to obtain a copy of the information 

collection plans, call the SAMHSA 

Reports Clearance Office on (240) 276–

1243. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collections of information 

are 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: Substance Abuse 

Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) 

Block Grant Uniform Application 

Guidance and Instructions FY 2008–

2010 and Regulations (OMB No. 0930–

0080)—Revision 

This Federal Register Notice is 

revised to reflect that information 

collection approval requirements for the 

Substance Abuse Prevention and 

Treatment Block Grant regulation and 

Uniform Application Guidance were 

consolidated in August 2004 by a Notice 

of office of Management and Budget 

Action memo and terms of clearance. In 

accordance with that Notice of Action 

and through this amendment to the 

January 25, 2007 FRN, the Substance 

Abuse and Mental Health Services 

Administration communicates its intent 

to maintain these as a single item for 

OMB clearance purposes. Accordingly, 

a consolidated respondent burden table 

is included adding the respondent 

burden for recordkeeping historically 

associated specifically with the 

regulation. 

Sections 1921 through 1935 of the 

Public Health Services Act (U.S.C. 

300x–21 to 300x–35) provide for annual 

allotments to assist States to plan, carry 

out and evaluate activities to prevent 

and treat substance abuse and for 

related activities. Under the provisions 

of the law, States may receive 

allotments only after an application is 

submitted and approved by the 

Secretary, DHHS. For the Federal fiscal 

year 2008–2010 SAPT block Grant 

application cycles, the Substance Abuse 

and Mental Health Services 

Administration (SAMHSA) will provide 

States with revised application guidance 

and instructions to implement changes 

made in accordance with the 

recommendations of the Office of 

Management and Budget’s Program 

Assessment Rating Tool (PART) 

analysis. In addition, SAMHSA has 

incorporated recommendations from the 

National Association of State Alcohol 

and Drug Abuse Directors and their 

member States in the revisions and 

clarification of data reporting 

requirements and instructions. 

During negotiations with the States 

resulting in agreement on the National 

Outcome Measures for substance abuse 

treatment and prevention, SAMHSA 

pledged to the States to: 

1. Reduce respondent burden; 

2. Work with the States to improve 

performance management of the SAPT 

Block Grant; 

3. Improve the availability, timeliness, 

and quality of data available to Federal, 

State, and provider administrators of 

block grant funded programs. 

This revision of the Uniform 

Application and Regulation for the 

SAPT Block Grant takes initial steps 

toward implementing these 

commitments. Individual States may 

reduce their respondent burden by 

selecting the option of using SAMHSA 

pre-populated tables for Section IVa and 

b. The data for these tables would be 

drawn from SAMHSA data sets known 

as DASIS and NSDUH by SAMHSA and 

provided to the States. SAMHSA is 

providing the States with the option of 

reporting on prevention expenditures 

utilizing the six prevention strategies or 

utilizing the IOM classification of 

Universal, Selective or Indicated and is 

seeking comment regarding the most 

useful manner to convey and collect the 

primary prevention expenditure data. 

SAMHSA has designed the State 

Prevention Framework State Incentive 

Grant (SPF SIG) competitive program 

and funded contracts in States without 

a SPF SIG to support data driven 

prevention planning by Substance 

Abuse State Agencies. This application 

has been modified to encourage the 

States to use the State level data 

collected with support from these 

programs in the planning in section III 

of this SAPT Block grant application. 

The addition of on-going provider 

performance monitoring (page 90–7) 

and the narratives describing State 

Performance Management and 

Leadership (p. 93) begin the process of 

aligning the application with the 

performance management criteria 

embodied in the OMB PART program. 

In the coming twelve months, 

SAMHSA will continue to work with 

the States to assess the feasibility and 

usefulness of pre-populating the 

following sections of the application 

with data extracted from SAMHSA data 

sets to further reduce respondent 

burden: 

Form 6—Entity Inventory .................................................................................................................................... NSSATS data set. 

Form 7a & b—Treatment Utilization Matrix ....................................................................................................... DASIS/TEDS/SOMMS. 

Form 8—Treatment Needs Assessment ............................................................................................................... NSDUH, State, and sub-State. 

Forms T1–T7—Treatment Performance Measures ............................................................................................. DASIS/SOMMS. 

Form P1–P15—Prevention Performance Measures ............................................................................................ NSDUH. 


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