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standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than February 16, 

2007. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice 

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198-0001: 

1. First Wyoming Bancorporation of 

Laramie, Wyoming; to become a bank 

holding company through the 

acquisition of 100 percent of the voting 

shares Wyoming State Bank, both in 

Laramie, Wyoming. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 

(W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200 

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201–

2272: 

1. Family Bancorp, Inc. San Antonio, 

Texas; to become a bank holding 

company by acquiring 100 percent of 

The First National Bank of Refugio, 

Refugio, Texas. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, January 17, 2007. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E7–847 Filed 1–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The application also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than February 20, 

2007. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 

(Glenda Wilson, Community Affairs 

Officer) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, 

Missouri 63166-2034: 

1. Heritage Bancorp, Inc. Mason, 

Tennessee; to become a bank holding 

company by acquiring 50 percent of 

Fayette Bancorp, Inc., and thereby 

indirectly acquire Mason Bancorp, Inc., 

and Bank of Mason, all of Mason, 

Tennessee. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, January 18, 2007. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

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BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

The Data Measures, Data Composites, 

and National Standards To Be Used in 

the Child and Family Services 

Reviews; Corrections 

AGENCY: Children’s Bureau, 

Administration on Children, Youth and 

Families, Administration for Children 

and Families, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice; corrections. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) published 

a notice in the Federal Register of June 

7, 2006 (Vol. 71, No. 109), pages 32969–

32987, presenting the data measures, 

data composites, and national standards 

to be used in the Child and Family 

Services Review (CFSR). This notice 

provides corrections to this notice. A 

consolidated version of the June 7 

Federal Register Announcement 

incorporating these corrections is 

provided on the Children’s Bureau’s 

Web site (address). The following are 

the key changes in the document and 

the reasons for the changes: 

• There are new specifications for 

each of the individual measures 

included in each composite. After 

publication of the June 7, Federal 

Register Announcement, ACF 

conducted trainings on the CFSR data 

indicators at each of the 10 ACF 

Regional Offices. The trainings were 

provided to key administrators and staff 

of State child welfare agencies. During 

these trainings, issues were identified 

and questions were raised regarding the 

individual measures included in the 

composite. After reviewing these issues 

and questions, ACF determined that 

more specific information about the 

measures was needed and that some 

measures required revision in order to 

better target the outcome being assessed. 

The increased specification includes 

using the precise terminology that is 

used in the Adoption and Foster Care 

Analysis and Reporting System 

(AFCARS) and describing in greater 

detail the children who are in the 

denominator and numerator of each 

measure. The revisions to some of the 

measures required changes in the syntax 

used to calculate the measures. 

• There is a new definition of foster 

parent used by the National Child 

Abuse and Neglect Data System 

(NCANDS). The change was made in 

this definition because the definition of 

a foster parent used by NCANDS was 

recently revised. 

• There is a new version of the table 

of ranges, percentiles, and national 

standards for the data indicators and 

measures to be used in the second 

round of the Child and Family Services 

Review. This table replaces the Table 1 

provided in the June 7, 2006 Federal 

Register. It was revised to reflect new 

data and new national standards for all 

of the CFSR data indicators. The data in 

the table and the national standards for 

all of the data indicators and measures 

are different than those presented in the 

June 7 Federal Register notice. This 

difference is due to one or both of the 

following reasons: (1) A change in the 

syntax for calculating some of the 

measures, and (2) a change in the 

process for calculating the national 

standards. The reason for the change in 

the procedures for calculating the 

national standards is provided in the 

following bullet. 

• There are revisions and corrections 

to Attachment B: Methodology for 

Developing the Composites. The 

revisions in Attachment B were made to 

(1) correct an error in the original 

attachment B, (2) provide the new 

coefficients (weights) for the composite 

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measures that resulted from the changes 

in the syntax, and (3) explain the new 

procedure for calculating the national 

standards. The error in the original 

attachment B occurred in Step 10 of the 

process of calculating the composite 

scores. The new coefficients (weights) 

for each of the measures included in the 

composites are presented in Table 1 of 

the attachment—Coefficients (Weights) 

for the Measures Included in the 

Permanency Related Data Composites. 

The coefficients/weights changed due to 

changes in the syntax used to calculate 

some of the individual measures. The 

new procedure for calculating the 

national standards involved changes in 

the statistical requirements for fitting 

the data to a normal curve and to 

changes in the parameters used in 

calculating the sampling error. 

Correction 1 

In the Federal Register of June 7, 

2006, the text beginning on page 32974, 

column 1, Section Heading B (CFSR 

Composites and Measures That will be 

Used as Part of the Assessment of a 

State’s Substantial Conformity with 

CFSR Permanency Outcome 1—

Children have permanency and stability 

in their living situations) should be 

replaced with the specifications 

presented below for the individual 

measures included in each composite. 

The new specifications increase the 

precision of the measures and address 

requests for clarification by participants 

of several training sessions focusing on 

the data indicators. In some instances, 

increasing precision involved changes 

to the syntax used to calculate 

performance on the measure. 

Specifications of Individual Measures 

Included in Each Composite 

The following provides specifications 

of the individual measures included in 

each data composite used to evaluate 

State performance for the second round 

of the CFSR. More detailed 

specifications are provided in a ‘‘pseudo 

code’’ as well as the SPSS syntax, both 

of which will be made available on the 

Web site of the National Resource 

Center for Child Welfare Data 

Technology (http://www.nrccwdt.org/). 

All measures included in the 

composites are derived from data 

reported to AFCARS. The AFCARS data 

set used to calculate the measures 

excludes children who are 18 years of 

age or older on the first day of the CFSR 

‘‘12-month target period.’’ The term ‘‘12- 

month target period’’ refers to the 

primary timeframe for which a State is 

assessed under the CFSR. Depending 

upon the time of its CFSR, a State’s 12- 

month target period may include either 

the combination of an AFCARS A file 

(the first 6 months of a fiscal year) and 

B file (the second 6 months of a fiscal 

year), or it may include the combination 

of an AFCARS B file (the second 6 

months of a fiscal year) and A file (the 

first 6 months of the subsequent fiscal 

year). The 12-month target period used 

for establishing the national standards 

was fiscal year (FY) 2004. 

Composite 1: Timeliness and 

Permanency of Reunification 

For the CFSR data measures, 

reunification occurs if the child is 

reported to AFCARS as discharged from 

foster care and the reason for discharge 

is either ‘‘reunification with parents or 

primary caretakers’’ or ‘‘living with 

other relatives.’’ Children who are 

reported to AFCARS as discharged to a 

legal guardianship are not included in 

the count of reunifications, even if the 

legal guardian to whom the child is 

discharged is a relative. If the relative is 

a legal guardian, the discharge reason of 

‘‘guardianship’’ is to be used in the 

AFCARS submission. 

Component A: Timeliness of 

Reunification 

The measures for the Timeliness of 

reunification component include an 

adjustment to account for State policies 

or practices in which children are 

reunified but the State continues to have 

care and supervision responsibilities for 

a period of time before discharging the 

child from foster care. This is referred 

to as the ‘‘Trial Home Visit adjustment.’’

A child is eligible for the trial home 

visit adjustment if all of the following 

criteria are met: 

• The child has a date of discharge 

from foster care that occurs during the 

12-month target period and the reason 

for discharge is either ‘‘reunification 

with parents or caretakers’’ or ‘‘living 

with other relatives;’’

• At the time of discharge from foster 

care, the child is in a ‘‘current 

placement setting’’ of ‘‘Trial Home 

Visit,’’ and 

• At the time of discharge from foster 

care, the child had been in the 

placement setting of trial home visit for 

longer than 30 days. 

If these criteria are met, the child’s 

calculated length of stay in foster care 

prior to reunification or live with 

relative is determined in the following 

way: First, the number of days between 

the child’s latest removal from home 

and the date of placement in the trial 

home visit setting is determined. Then, 

30 days are added to that number of 

days to provide the calculated ‘‘length 

of stay in foster care’’ prior to 

reunification. 

Individual Measure C1.1: Of all 

children who were discharged from 

foster care to reunification in the target 

12-month period, and who had been in 

foster care for 8 days or longer, what 

percent were reunified in less than 12 

months from the date of the latest 

removal from home? 

The denominator for this measure 

includes children who meet all of the 

following criteria: 

• The child is in foster care for 8 days 

or longer; 

• The child’s date of discharge from 

foster care occurs during the 12-month 

target period; and 

• The child has a reason for 

discharge, and the reason is either 

‘‘reunification with parents or primary 

caretakers’’ or ‘‘living with other 

relatives.’’

The numerator for this measure 

includes children who meet all of the 

criteria for inclusion in the denominator 

and also meet one of the following 

criteria: 

• The child’s date of discharge from 

foster care occurs less than 12 months 

from the date of the latest removal from 

home; or 

• Using the Trial Home Visit 

adjustment, the child’s ‘‘length of stay’’

in foster care is less than 12 months 

from the date of the child’s latest 

removal from home. 

Individual Measure C1.2: Of all 

children who were discharged from 

foster care to reunification in the 12- 

month target period, and who had been 

in foster care for 8 days or longer, what 

was the median length of stay in months 

from the date of the latest removal from 

home until the date of discharge to 

reunification? 

This measure includes children who 

meet all of the following criteria: 

• The child is in foster care for 8 days 

or longer; 

• The child’s date of discharge from 

foster care occurs during the 12-month 

target period; and 

• The child has a reason for 

discharge, and the reason is either 

‘‘reunification with parents or primary 

caretakers’’ or ‘‘living with other 

relatives.’’

Median length of stay is calculated 

based on one of the following 

procedures: 

• The difference between the child’s 

date of discharge from foster care and 

the child’s date of latest removal from 

home; or 

• The child’s ‘‘length of stay’’ in 

foster care using the Trial Home Visit 

adjustment calculation. 

Individual Measure C1.3: Of all 

children who entered foster care for the 

first time in the 6-month period just 

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prior to the target 12-month period, and 

who remained in foster care for 8 days 

or longer, what percent were discharged 

from foster care to reunification in less 

than 12 months from the date of latest 

removal from home? 

The denominator for this measure 

includes children who meet all of the 

following criteria: 

• The child’s date of first removal 

from home occurs during the 6-month 

period just prior to the 12-month target 

period, and 

• The child is in foster care for 8 days 

or longer. 

The numerator for this measure 

includes children who meet all of the 

criteria for inclusion in the denominator 

and who also meet at least one of the 

following criteria: 

• The child has a date of discharge 

from foster care that is less than 12 

months from the date of first removal 

from home, and the reason for discharge 

is either ‘‘reunification with parents or 

primary caretakers’’ or ‘‘living with 

other relatives;’’ or 

• Using the Trial Home Visit 

adjustment, the child’s calculated length 

of stay in foster care is less than 12 

months from the date of the child’s first 

removal from home. 

Component B: Permanency of 

Reunification 

Individual Measure C1.4: Of all 

children who were discharged from 

foster care to reunification in the 12- 

month period prior to the target 12- 

month period, what percent re-entered 

foster care in less than 12 months from 

the date of discharge? 

Individual Measure C1.4: Of all 

children who were discharged from 

foster care to reunification in the 12- 

month period prior to the target 12- 

month period, what percent re-entered 

foster care in less than 12 months from 

the date of discharge? 

The denominator for this measure 

includes children who meet all of the 

following criteria: 

• The child’s date of discharge from 

foster care occurs during the 12-month 

period just prior to the 12-month target 

year; and 

• At the time of the date of discharge, 

the reason for discharge is either 

‘‘reunification with parents or primary 

caretakers’’ or ‘‘living with other 

relatives.’’

The numerator for this measure 

includes children who meet all of the 

criteria for inclusion in the denominator 

and also meet the following criterion: 

• The child’s date of latest removal 

from home is less than 12 months from 

the date of discharge from foster care 

that occurred during the 12-month 

period just prior to the 12-month target 

year. 

Composite 2: Timeliness of Adoptions 

Component A: Timeliness of Adoptions 

of Children Exiting Foster Care 

Individual Measure C2.1: Of all 

children who were discharged from 

foster care to a finalized adoption 

during the 12-month target period, what 

percent were discharged in less than 24 

months from the date of the latest 

removal from home? 

The denominator for this measure 

includes children who meet all of the 

following criteria: 

• The child has a date of discharge 

from foster care during the 12-month 

target period, and 

• The reason for discharge is 

adoption. 

The numerator for this measure 

includes children who meet all of the 

criteria for inclusion in the 

denominator, and also meet the 

following criterion: 

• The child’s date of discharge is less 

than 24 months from the date of latest 

removal from home. 

Individual Measure C2.2: Of all 

children who were discharged from 

foster care to a finalized adoption 

during the 12-month target period, what 

was the median length of stay in foster 

care in months from the date of latest 

removal from home to the date of 

discharge to adoption? 

This measure includes children who 

meet all of the following criteria: 

• The child’s date of discharge from 

foster care occurs during the 12-month 

target period; and 

• The reason for discharge is 

adoption. 

The ‘‘length of stay’’ in foster care is 

the time difference between the date of 

discharge from foster care to adoption 

and the date of the latest removal from 

home. 

Component B: Progress Toward 

Adoption of Children Who Have Been 

in Foster Care for 17 Months or Longer 

Individual Measure C2.3: Of all 

children in foster care on the first day 

of the 12-month target period who were 

in foster care for 17 continuous months 

or longer, what percent were discharged 

from foster care to a finalized adoption 

by the last day of the 12 month target 

period? (The denominator for this 

measure excludes children who, by the 

last day of the 12-month target period, 

are discharged from foster care with a 

discharge reason of reunification with 

parents or primary caretakers, living 

with other relatives, or guardianship.) 

The denominator for this measure 

includes children who meet all of the 

following criteria: 

• The child was in foster care for 17 

or more continuous months or longer as 

of the first day of the 12-month target 

period, and 

• By the last day of the 12-month 

target period, the child had not 

discharged from foster care with a 

discharge reason of reunification with 

parents or primary caretakers, living 

with other relatives, or guardianship. 

The numerator for this measure 

includes children who meet all of the 

criteria for inclusion in the denominator 

and also meet all of the following 

criteria: 

• The child’s date of discharge from 

foster care occurs during the 12-month 

target period (including the first day of 

the target period); and 

• The reason for discharge is 

adoption. 

Individual Measure C2.4: Of all 

children in foster care on the first day 

of the 12-month target period who were 

in foster care for 17 continuous months 

or longer, and who were not legally free 

for adoption prior to that day, what 

percent became legally free for adoption 

during the first 6-months of the 12- 

month target period? 

A child is considered to be legally free 

for adoption if there is a parental rights 

termination date reported to AFCARS 

for both mother and father. In AFCARS, 

if a parent is deceased, the date of death 

is to be reported as the parental rights 

termination date. 

The denominator for this measure 

includes children who meet ALL of the 

following criteria: 

• The child was in foster care for 17 

continuous months or longer as of the 

first day of the 12-month target period, 

and 

• The child was not legally free for 

adoption prior to the first day of the 12- 

month target period. 

The denominator for this measure 

excludes any child who did not become 

legally free during the first 6 months of 

the target year, but who, during that 6- 

month period, is discharged from foster 

care with a discharge reason of 

reunification with parents or primary 

caretakers, living with other relatives, or 

guardianship. 

The numerator for this measure 

includes children who meet all of the 

criteria for inclusion in the denominator 

and also meet the following criterion: 

• The child became legally free for 

adoption during the first 6 months of 

the 12-month target period (including 

the first and last day of the 6-month 

period). 

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Component C: Timeliness of Adoptions 

of Children Who Are Legally Free for 

Adoption 

Individual Measure C2.5: Of all 

children who became legally free for 

adoption during the 12 months prior to 

the target 12-month period, what 

percent were discharged from foster care 

to a finalized adoption in less than 12 

months from the date of becoming 

legally free? 

The denominator for this measure 

includes children who meet all of the 

following criteria: 

• The child has a parental rights 

termination date for both mother and 

father, and 

• The latest parental rights 

termination date occurs in the 12- 

months just prior to the 12-month target 

period. 

The numerator for this measure 

includes children who meet all of the 

criteria for inclusion in the denominator 

and also meet the following criteria: 

• The child has a date of discharge 

from foster care that occurs in less than 

12 months of the latest date of parental 

rights termination, and 

• The reason for discharge is 

adoption. 

Composite 3: Achieving Permanency for 

Children in Foster Care for Long Periods 

of Time 

Component A: Achieving Permanency 

for Children in Foster Care for Extended 

Periods of Time 

Individual Measure C3.1: Of all 

children who were in foster care for 24 

months or longer on the first day of the 

12-month target period, what percent 

were discharged to a permanent home 

by the last day of the 12-month period 

and prior to their 18th birthday? 

A child is considered as discharged to 

a permanent home if the discharge 

reason reported to AFCARS is 

reunification with parents or primary 

caretakers, living with other relatives, 

guardianship, or adoption. 

The denominator for this measure 

includes children who meet the 

following criterion: 

• The child is in foster care for 24 

continuous months or longer on the first 

day of the 12-month target period. 

The numerator for this measure 

includes children who meet the criterion 

for the denominator and also meet all of 

the following criteria: 

• The child’s date of discharge from 

foster care occurs during the 12-month 

target period; 

• The child’s reason for discharge is 

reunification with parents or primary 

caretakers, living with other relatives, 

guardianship, or adoption; and 

• The date of discharge from foster 

care occurs before the child’s 18th 

birthday. 

Individual Measure C3.2: Of all 

children who were discharged from 

foster care during the 12-month target 

period, and who were legally free for 

adoption (i.e., there is a parental rights 

termination date for both parents) at the 

time of discharge, what percent were 

discharged to a permanent home prior 

to their 18th birthday? 

A child is considered as discharged to 

a permanent home if the discharge 

reason reported to AFCARS is 

reunification with parents or primary 

caretakers, living with other relatives, 

guardianship, or adoption. 

The denominator for this measure 

includes children who meet all of the 

following criteria: 

• The child has a parental rights 

termination date for both mother and 

father at the time of discharge from 

foster care, and 

• The child has a date of discharge 

from foster care that occurs during the 

12-month target period. 

The numerator for this measure 

includes children who meet all of the 

criteria for inclusion in the 

denominator, and also meet all of the 

following criteria: 

• The child has a discharge reason of 

reunification with parents or primary 

caretakers, living with other relatives, 

guardianship, or adoption; and 

• The date of discharge is prior to the 

child’s 18th birthday. 

Component B: Children Growing Up in 

Foster Care 

Individual Measure C3.3: Of all 

children who either (1) were, prior to 

age 18, discharged from foster care 

during the 12-month target period with 

a discharge reason of emancipation, or 

(2) reached their 18th birthday while in 

foster care but had not yet been 

discharged from foster care, what 

percent were in foster care for 3 years 

or longer? 

The denominator for this measure 

includes children who meet one of the 

following criteria: 

• The child has a date of discharge 

from foster care during the 12-month 

target period that occurs prior to the 

child’s 18th birthday and the reason for 

discharge is ‘‘emancipation;’’ or 

• The child reaches his or her 18th 

birthday during the 12-month target 

period and is in foster care at the time 

of the birthday. 

The numerator for this measure 

includes children who meet one of the 

criteria for inclusion in the denominator 

and also meet one of the following 

criteria: 

• The time from the date of the latest 

removal from home and the date of 

discharge is equal to, or greater than, 3 

years; or 

• The time from the date of the latest 

removal from home and the date of the 

child’s 18th birthday is equal to, or 

greater than, 3 years. 

In AFCARS, emancipation is defined 

as ‘‘the child reached majority according 

to State law by virtue of age, marriage, 

etc.’’

Composite 4: Placement Stability 

Individual Measure C4.1: Of all 

children who were served in foster care 

during the 12-month target period, and 

who were in foster care for at least 8 

days but less than 12 months, what 

percent had two or fewer placement 

settings? 

The denominator for this measure 

includes children who meet all of the 

following criteria: 

• The child is in foster care at some 

time during the 12-month target period, 

and 

• The child’s length of stay in foster 

care during the most recent foster care 

episode is at least 8 days but less than 

12 months. 

The numerator for this measure 

includes children who meet all of the 

criteria for inclusion in the denominator 

and also meet the following criterion: 

• The child’s number of placement 

settings during this removal episode 

does not exceed two (2). 

Individual Measure C4.2: Of all 

children who were served in foster care 

during the 12-month target period, and 

who were in foster care for at least 12 

months but less than 24 months, what 

percent had two or fewer placement 

settings? 

The denominator for this measure 

includes children who meet all of the 

following criteria: 

• The child is in foster care at some 

time during the 12-month target period, 

and 

• The child’s length of stay in foster 

care during the most recent foster care 

episode is at least 12 months but less 

than 24 months. 

The numerator for this measure 

includes children who meet all of the 

criteria for inclusion in the denominator 

and also meet the following criterion: 

• The child’s number of placement 

settings during this removal episode 

does not exceed two (2). 

Individual Measure C4.3: Of all 

children who were served in foster care 

during the 12-month target period, and 

who were in foster care for at least 24 

months, what percent had two or fewer 

placement settings? 

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The denominator for this measure 

includes children who meet all of the 

following criteria: 

• The child is in foster care at some 

time during the 12-month target period, 

and 

• The child’s length of stay in foster 

care during the most recent foster care 

episode is at least 24 months. 

The numerator for this measure 

includes children who meet all of the 

criteria for inclusion in the denominator 

and also meet the following criterion: 

• The child’s number of placement 

settings during this removal episode 

does not exceed two (2). 

Correction 2 

In the Federal Register of June 7, 

2006, Table 1 on page 32980 showing 

the range, percentiles, and national 

standards for the data indicators to be 

used in the second round of the CFSR 

is to be replaced by Table 1 in this 

current notice. The ranges, percentiles, 

and national standards for all six data 

indicators (the two safety-related 

indicators and the four permanencyrelated indicators) are different than 

those reported in the June 7 Federal 

Register. For the safety-related 

indicators, the differences are due to a 

change in the procedure for calculating 

the sampling error used for establishing 

the national standards. For the 

permanency-related composite 

indicators, the differences are a result of 

an increased precision of the measures 

and/or a change in the procedure for 

calculating the sampling error used for 

establishing the national standards (See 

correction 7 for information on the 

change in calculation of the sampling 

error.) 

Correction 3 

In the Federal Register of June 7, 

2006, on page 32973, in the second 

column, the definition of the term 

‘‘foster parent,’’ as it is used by the 

NCANDS has been changed. The new 

definition is the following: An 

individual who provides a home for 

orphaned, abused, neglected, 

delinquent, or disabled children under 

the placement, care or supervision of 

the State. The individual may be a 

relative or non-relative and need not be 

licensed by the State agency to be 

considered a foster parent. 

Correction 4 

In the Federal Register of June 7, 

2006, page 32981, column A, under the 

heading Attachment A: List of Data to 

be Included in the State Data Profile, the 

descriptive information currently 

included in the State Data Profile from 

NCANDS (section A) did not include all 

of the information included in the 

profile. This section should be replaced 

with the following text: 

Descriptive Information Currently 

Included in the State Data Profile 

A. Descriptive Information From the 

National Child Abuse and Neglect Data 

System (NCANDS) 

1. The number of reports alleging 

maltreatment of children that reached a 

disposition within the reporting year, 

the total number of reports, the number 

of unique children associated with 

reports alleging maltreatment, and the 

number of ‘‘duplicate children.’’

2. The numbers and percentages of 

reports that were given a disposition of 

Substantiated and Indicated, 

Unsubstantiated, or Other, and the 

numbers and percentages of duplicate 

and unique children. 

3. The numbers and percentages of 

unique and duplicate child victim cases 

opened for services, based on the 

number of victims during the reporting 

period under review. 

4. The numbers and percentages of 

duplicate and unique victims entering 

foster care in response to a child abuse/ 

neglect report. 

5. The number of child fatalities. 

Correction 5 

In the Federal Register of June 7, 

2006, page 32985, second column, the 

text for section 10 did not accurately 

describe the final step in calculating the 

composite score. This section should be 

replaced by the following: 

10. Generate the composite scores for 

each State. After the composite score for 

each county is calculated, that score is 

multiplied by the number of children 

served in foster care in that county 

during the 12-month target period. The 

result is a ‘‘weighted’’ county composite 

score. This ‘‘weighting’’ allows counties 

with larger foster care populations to 

make a greater contribution to the 

overall State score. The weighted county 

scores are then summed and divided by 

the total number of children served in 

foster care in all of the counties 

included in the calculation. The result 

is the State composite score. 

Correction 6 

In the Federal Register of June 7, 

2006, page 32986, in column 1, 

information in the first bullet point was 

not included in the publication. The 

first bullet point should read as follows: 

Set Bullets 

• PCA does not compensate for 

measures that are currently 

misunderstood or inadequately defined; 

it compounds the existing weakness in 

each measure. It is incorrect to say that 

PCA compounds weaknesses in each 

measure. PCA provides a well 

understood empirical strategy for 

combining variables or measures. The 

main body of the Federal Register 

Announcement provides a response to 

concerns about the adequacy of the 

measures. 

Correction 7 

In the Federal Register of June 7, 

2006, page 32986, column 3, the 

paragraph under the heading 

Establishing the National Standards 

should be replaced because of changes 

that ACF has made in the procedures for 

calculating the national standard. The 

text should read as follows: 

Establishing the National Standard 

The process for establishing the 

national standards on the composite 

scores differs from that used for the first 

round of the CFSR. In the first round of 

the CFSR, the procedure for establishing 

the national standard for each measure 

involved fitting the data to a normal 

curve based on a level of significance of 

.05, and adjusting for the 75th percentile 

by calculating the sampling error using 

the lower limit of a 95 percent 

confidence interval for estimating the 

population mean. ACF determined that 

this procedure was not appropriate for 

the second round of the CFSR. One 

concern was that using a level of 

significance of .05 would result in 

eliminating States at either end of the 

range of each of the State permanency 

composite data indicators and safetyrelated data indicators in order to fit the 

distribution to a normal curve. 

Consequently, not all States would be 

included in the calculation of the 

national standards. Although this was 

appropriate for the first round of the 

CFSR because of data quality problems 

at the time that the standards were 

established, these data quality problems 

are no longer as significant an issue. 

Another concern was that using the 95 

percent confidence interval would 

result in a considerable reduction in the 

actual percentile represented by each of 

the permanency and safety standards. 

To address the concern relevant to 

eliminating States from the calculation 

of the national standard, ACF changed 

the level of significance for fitting the 

data to a normal curve from .05 to .01. 

At this higher significance level, all 

States could be included in the fitted 

normal probability distribution for both 

the composite data indicators and the 

safety-related data indicators. 

Consequently, performance of all States 

was used to determine the national 

standards for all data indicators. To 

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address the concern relevant to the 

considerable reduction in the actual 

percentile represented by the national 

standard for each of the indicators, the 

basis for calculating the sampling error 

was changed from the lower limit of 95 

percent confidence interval to the lower 

limit of an 80 percent confidence 

interval. As a result of this change, the 

adjusted 75th percentile is close to the 

69th percentile, with the percentile 

based on the distribution to the normal 

curve. 

Correction 8 

In the Federal Register of June 7, 

2006, page 32986, Attachment B, table 

1 showing the coefficients (weights) for 

the individual measures included in the 

permanency composites is to be 

replaced by Table 2 in this document. 

There are differences in the coefficients 

for the individual measures. The 

differences are due to changes in the 

syntax resulting from increasing the 

precision of the measures. 

Dated: January 16, 2007. 

Joan E. Ohl, 

Commissioner, Administration on Children, 

Youth and Families. 

TABLE A.—DATA INDICATORS FOR THE CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES REVIEW

[Ranges, medians, and national standards for the Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) data indicators*] 

Data indicators Range Median** National 

standard** 

Data Indicators Associated With CFSR Safety Outcome 1—Children Are, First and Foremost, Protected From Abuse and Neglect 

Of all children who were victims of a substantiated or indicated maltreatment allegation 

during the first 6 months of FY 2004, what percent were not victims of another substantiated or indicated maltreatment allegation within the 6-months following that maltreatment incident? (45 States).

86.0–98.0 93.3 94.6 or higher. 

Of all children served in foster care in FY 2004, what percent were not victims of a substantiated or indicated maltreatment by a foster parent or facility staff member during 

the fiscal year? (37 States).

98.59–100 99.52 99.68 or higher. 

Data Indicators Associated With CFSR Permanency Outcome 1—Children Have Permanency and Stability In Their Living Situations 

Permanency Composite 1: Timeliness and Permanency of Reunification (47 States)*** ..... 50–150 113.7 122.6 or higher. 

Component A: Timeliness of reunification : 

Measure C1.1: Of all children discharged from foster care to reunification in FY 2004 

who had been in foster care for 8 days or longer, what percent were reunified in 

less than 12 months from the date of the latest removal from home? (This includes 

the ‘‘trial home visit adjustment.’’) (51 States).

44.3–92.5 69.9 No Standard. 

Measure C1.2: Of all children who were discharged from foster care to reunification in 

FY 2004, and who had been in foster care for 8 days or longer, what was the median length of stay in months from the date of the latest removal from home until 

the date of discharge to reunification? (This includes the ‘‘trial home visit adjustment.’’) (51 States).

1.1–13. 7 6.5 No Standard. 

Measure C1.3: Of all children who entered foster care for the first time in the 6-month 

period just prior to FY 2004, and who remained in foster care for 8 days or longer, 

what percent were discharged from foster care to reunification in less than 12 

months from the date of latest removal from home? (This includes the ‘‘trial home 

visit adjustment.’’) (47 States).

17.7–68.9 39.4 No Standard. 

Component B: Permanency of reunification** **: 

Measure C14: Of all children who were discharged from foster care to reunification in 

the 12-month period prior to FY 2004 (i.e., FY 2003), what percent re-entered foster care in less than 12 months from the date of discharge? (47 States).

1.6–29.8 15.0 No Standard. 

* The data shown are for the national standard target year of FY 2004. Each State will be evaluated against the standard on data relevant to its 

specific CFSR 12-month target period. The national standards will remain the same throughout the second round of the CFSR. 

** The medians and the national standards for the safety and composite data indicators are based on an adjustment to the distribution using the 

sampling error for each data indicator. The medians and national standards for the composite data indicators are from a dataset that excluded counties in a State that did not have data for all measures within a particular composite. The range and medians for each individual 

measure reflect the distribution of all counties that had data for that particular measure, even if that county was not included in the overall 

composite calculation. 

*** A State was excluded from the calculation of the composite national standard if (1) it did not submit FIPS codes in its AFCARS submissions 

(1 State), or (2) with regard to composite 1 and 2, it did not provide unique identifiers that would permit tracking children across fiscal years 

(4 States). 

**** Children are included in the count of reunifications if the reason for discharge reported to AFCARS was either ‘‘reunification’’ or ‘‘live with 

relative.’’ They are not included in the count of ‘‘reunifications’’ if the reason for discharge reported to AFCARS was ‘‘guardianship,’’ even if 

the guardian is a relative. 

Data Indicators Associated With CFSR Permanency Outcome 1—Children Have Permanency and Stability in Their Living Situations* 

Permanency Composite 2: Timeliness of Adoptions (47 States) ........................................... 50–150 95.3 106.4 or higher. 

Component A: Timeliness of adoptions of children discharged from foster care: 

Measure C2.1: Of all children who were discharged from foster care to a finalized 

adoption during FY 2004, what percent were discharged in less than 24 months 

from the date of the latest removal from home? (51 States).

6.4–74.9 26.8 No Standard. 

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TABLE A.—DATA INDICATORS FOR THE CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES REVIEW—Continued 

[Ranges, medians, and national standards for the Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) data indicators*] 

Data indicators Range Median** National 

standard** 

Measure C2.2: Of all children who were discharged from foster care to a finalized 

adoption during FY 2004, what was the median length of stay in foster care in 

months from the date of latest removal from home to the date of discharge to 

adoption? (51 States).

16.2–55.7 32.4 No Standard. 

Component B: Progress toward adoption for children in foster care for 17 months or 

longer: 

Measure C2.3: Of all children who were in foster care on the first day of FY 2004, 

and who were in foster care for 17 continuous months or longer, what percent were 

discharged from foster care to a finalized adoption by the last day of FY 2004? The 

denominator for this measure excludes children who, by the end of FY 2004, were 

discharged from foster care with a discharge reason of live with relative, reunification, or guardianship. (51 States).

2.4–26.2 20.2 No Standard. 

Measure C2.4: Of all children who were in foster care on the first day of FY 2004 for 

17 continuous months or longer, and who were not legally free for adoption prior to 

that day, what percent became legally free for adoption during the first 6 months of 

FY 2004? (Legally free means that there was a parental rights termination date reported to AFCARS for both mother and father.) The denominator for this measure 

excludes children who, by the last day of the first 6 months of FY 2004, were not 

legally free, but had been discharged from foster care with a discharge reason of 

live with relative, reunification, or guardianship. (51 States).

0.1–17.8 8.8 No Standard. 

Component C: Progress toward adoption of children who are legally free for adoption: 

Measure C2.5: Of all children who became legally free for adoption during FY 2003 

(i.e., there was a parental rights termination date reported to AFCARS for both 

mother and father), what percent were discharged from foster care to a finalized 

adoption in less than 12 months of becoming legally free? (47 States).

20.0–100 45.8 No Standard. 

* The data shown are for the national standard target year of FY 2004. Each State will be evaluated against the standard on data relevant to its 

specific CFSR 12-month target period. The national standards will remain the same throughout the second round of the CFSR. 

** The medians and the national standards for the safety and composite data indicators are based on an adjustment to the distribution using the 

sampling error for each data indicator. The medians and national standards for the composite data indicators are from a dataset that excluded counties in a State that did not have data for all measures within a particular composite. The range and medians for each individual 

measure reflect the distribution of all counties that had data for that particular measure, even if that county was not included in the overall 

composite calculation. 

*** A State was excluded from the calculation of this composite either because (1) it did not submit FIPS codes in its AFCARS submissions (1 

State), or (2) with regard to composite 1 and 2, it did not provide unique identifiers that would permit tracking children across fiscal years (4 

States). 

Data Indicators Associated With CFSR Permanency Outcome 1—Children Have Permanency and Stability in Their Living Situations* 

Permanency Composite 3: Achieving Permanency for Children in Foster Care for Long 

Periods of Time (51 States)***.

50–150 112.7 121.7 or higher. 

Component A: Permanency for children in foster care for long periods of time: 

Measure C3.1: Of all children who were in foster care for 24 months or longer on the 

first day of FY 2004, what percent were discharged to a permanent home prior to 

their 18th birthday and by the end of the fiscal year? A child is considered discharged to a permanent home if the discharge reason is adoption, guardianship, 

reunification, or live with relative. (51 States).

8.1–35.3 25.0 No Standard. 

Measure C3.2: Of all children who were discharged from foster care in FY 2004 who 

were legally free for adoption at the time of discharge (i.e., there was a parental 

rights termination date reported to AFCARS for both mother and father), what percent were discharged to a permanent home prior to their 18th birthday? A child is 

considered discharged to a permanent home if the discharge reason is adoption, 

guardianship, reunification, or live with relative. (51 States).

84.9–100 96.8 No Standard. 

Component B: Children growing up in foster care: 

Measure C3.3: Of all children who either (1) were discharged from foster care in FY 

2004 with a discharge reason of emancipation, or (2) reached their 18th birthday in 

FY 2004 while in foster care, what percent were in foster care for 3 years or 

longer? (51 States).

15.8–76.9 47.8 No Standard. 

Permanency Composite 4: Placement Stability (51 States) .................................................. 50–150 93.3 101.5 or higher. 

Measure C4.1: Of all children who were served in foster care during FY 2004, and 

who were in foster care for at least 8 days but less than 12 months, what percent 

had two or fewer placement settings? (51 States).

55.0–99.6 83.3 No Standard. 

Measure C4.2: Of all children who were served in foster care during FY 2004, and 

who were in foster care for at least 12 months but less than 24 months, what percent had two or fewer placement settings? (51 States).

27.0–99.8 59.9 No Standard. 

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TABLE A.—DATA INDICATORS FOR THE CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES REVIEW—Continued 

[Ranges, medians, and national standards for the Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) data indicators*] 

Data indicators Range Median** National 

standard** 

Measure C4.3: Of all children who were served in foster care during FY 2004, and 

who were in foster care for at least 24 months, what percent had two or fewer 

placement settings? (51 States).

13.7–98.9 33.9 No Standard. 

* The data shown are for the national standard target year of FY 2004. Each State will be evaluated against the standard on data relevant to its 

specific CFSR 12-month target period. The national standards will remain the same throughout the second round of the CFSR. 

** The medians and the national standards for the safety and composite data indicators are based on an adjustment to the distribution using the 

sampling error. The medians and national standards for the composite data indicators are from a dataset that excluded counties in a State 

that did not have data for all measures within a particular composite. The range and medians for each individual measure reflect the distribution of all counties that had data for that particular measure, even if that county was not included in the overall composite calculation. 

*** A State was excluded from the calculation of this composite because it did not submit FIPS codes in its AFCARS submissions. 

TABLE B.—COEFFICIENTS (WEIGHTS) FOR INDIVIDUAL MEASURES IN THE CFSR DATA COMPOSITES

[Coefficients (weights) for individual measures] 

Composites and Individual Measures* 

Components and weights 

Component A Component B 

Component 

C 

Timeliness of 

reunification 

Permanency 

of reunification 

Not applicable to this 

composite 

Permanency Composite 1: Timeliness and Premanency of Reunification** (1,975 Counties): 

Measure C1.1: Of all children who were discharged from foster care to reunification in FY 

2004, and who had been in foster care for 8 days or longer, what percent were reunified in less than 12 months from the date of the latest removal from home? (This includes the ‘‘trial home visit adjustment.’’) (51 States).

0.462 0.085

Measure C1.2: Of all children who were discharged from foster care to reunification in FY 

2004, and who had been in foster care for 8 days or longer, what was the median 

length of stay in months from the date of the latest removal from home until the date of 

discharge to reunification? (This includes the ‘‘trial home visit adjustment.’’) (51 States).

0.451 0.070 

Measure C1.3: Of all children who entered foster care for the first time in the 6-month period just prior to FY 2004, and who remained in foster care for 8 days or longer, what 

percent were discharged from foster care to reunification in less than 12 months from 

the date of latest removal from home? (This includes the ‘‘trial home visit adjustment.’’) 

(47 States).

0.295 ¥0.005 

Measure C1.4: Of all children who were discharged from foster care to reunification in the 

12-month period prior to FY 2004, what percent re-entered foster care in less than 12 

months from the date of discharge? (47 States).

0.129 1.025 

*The coefficients were determined from a national data set incorporating only those counties that had data for all of the individual measures included in a particular composite. This data set includes those ‘‘counties’’ constructed by combining small counties in a State to reach the requirement of at least 50 children served in foster care during FY 2004. 

**Children are included in the count of reunifications if the reason for discharge reported to AFCARS is either ‘‘reunify’’ or ‘‘live with relative.’’

They are not included if the reason for discharge is guardianship, even if the guardian is a relative. 

Composites and individual measures 

Components and weights 

Length of time 

in foster care 

to adoption 

Progress toward adoption—children 

in foster care 

for 17 months 

or longer 

Timeliness of 

adoptions for 

children who 

are legally free 

Permanency Composite 2: Timeliness of Adoptions (1,512 Counties)*: 

Measure C2.1: Of all children who were discharged from foster care to a finalized adoption during FY 2004, what percent were discharged in less than 24 months from the 

date of the latest removal from home? (51 States) ......................................................... 0.533 ¥0.032 ¥0.026 

Measure C2.2: Of all children who were discharged from foster care to a finalized adoption during FY 2004, what was the median length of stay in foster care in months from 

the date of latest removal from home to the date of discharge to adoption? (51 States) 0.551 0.106 ¥0.032 

Measure C2.3: Of all children in foster care on the first day of FY 2004 who were in foster care for 17 continuous months or longer, what percent were discharged from foster 

care to a finalized adoption by the last day of FY 2004? The denominator for this 

measure excludes children who, by the end of FY 2004 had been discharged from 

foster care with a discharge reason of reunification, live with relative, or guardianship. 

(51 States) ........................................................................................................................ ¥0.087 0.526 0.255 

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Composites and individual measures 

Components and weights 

Length of time 

in foster care 

to adoption 

Progress toward adoption—children 

in foster care 

for 17 months 

or longer 

Timeliness of 

adoptions for 

children who 

are legally free 

Measure C2.4: Of all children in foster care on the first day of FY 2004 who were in foster care for 17 continuous months or longer, and who were not legally free for adoption prior to that day, what percent became legally free for adoption during the first 6 

months of FY 2004? (Legally free means that there was a parental rights termination 

date reported to AFCARS for both mother and father.) The denominator for this measure excludes children who, by the last day of the first 6 months of FY 2004, were not 

legally free but had been discharged from foster care with a discharge reason of reunification, live with relative, or guardianship. (51 States) ............................................... 0.140 0.699 ¥0.256 

Measure C2.5: Of all children who became legally free for adoption during FY 2003 (i.e., 

there was a parental rights termination date reported to AFCARS for both mother and 

father), what percent were discharged from foster care to a finalized adoption in less 

than 12 months of becoming legally free? (47 States) .................................................... ¥0.030 ¥0.059 0.930 

*The coefficients were determined from a national data set that incorporated only those counties that had data for all of the individual measures 

included in a particular composite. This data set includes those ‘‘counties’’ constructed by combining small counties in a particular State to 

reach the requirement of at least 50 children served in foster care during FY 2004. 

Composites and individual measures 

Component A Component B Component 

C 

Children discharged to 

permanent 

homes 

Children discharged to 

emancipation 

Not applicable to this 

composite 

Permanency Composite 3: Achieving permanency for children in foster care for long periods of 

time (1,681 Counties)*: 

Measure C3.1: Of all children who were in foster care for 24 months or longer on the first 

day of FY 2004, what percent were discharged to a permanent home prior to their 18th 

birthday and by the end of the fiscal year? A child is considered discharged to a permanent home if the discharge reason is adoption, guardianship, reunification, or live with 

relative. (51 States).

0.545 0.137 No Standard. 

Measure C3.2: Of all children who were discharged from foster care in FY 2004, and who 

were legally free for adoption at the time of discharge (i.e., there was a parental rights 

termination date reported to AFCARS for both mother and father), what percent were 

discharged to a permanent home prior to their 18th birthday? A child is considered discharged to a permanent home if the discharge reason is adoption, guardianship, reunification, or live with relative. (51 States).

0.746 ¥0.220 No Standard. 

Measure C3.3: Of all children who either (1) were, prior to their 18th birthday, discharged 

from foster care in FY 2004 with a discharge reason of emancipation, or (2) reached 

their 18th birthday in FY 2004 while in foster care, what percent were in foster care for 

3 years or longer? (51 States).

¥0.108 0.979 No Standard. 

Placement stability 

Not applicable 

for this composite 

Not applicable for this 

composite 

Permanency Composite 4: Placement stability (2,140 Counties)*: 

Measure C4.1: Of all children who were served in foster care during FY 2004, and who 

were in foster care for at least 8 days but less than 12 months, what percent had two or 

fewer placement settings? (51 States).

0.398 

Measure C4.2: Of all children who were served in foster care during FY 2004, and who 

were in foster care for at least 12 months but less than 24 months, what percent had 

two or fewer placement settings? (51 States).

0.417 

Measure C4.3: Of all children who were served in foster care during FY 2004, and who 

were in foster care for at least 24 months, what percent had two or fewer placement 

settings? (51 States).

0.400 

*The coefficients were determined from a national data set that incorporated only those counties that had data for all of the individual measures 

included in a particular composite. This data set includes those ‘‘counties’’ constructed by combining small counties in a particular State to 

reach the requirement of at least 50 children served in foster care during FY 2004. 

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[FR Doc. E7–808 Filed 1–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. 2006N–0279] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for Office of 

Management and Budget Review; 

Comment Request; Bar Code Label 

Requirement for Human Drug and 

Biological Products 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) is announcing 

that a proposed collection of 

information has been submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Fax written comments on the 

collection of information by February 

22, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on 

the information collection are received, 

OMB recommends that written 

comments be faxed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, FAX: 

202–395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Berbakos, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer (HFA–250), Food 

and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers 

Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301–827–

1482. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA 

has submitted the following proposed 

collection of information to OMB for 

review and clearance. 

Bar Code Label Requirement for 

Human Drug and Biological Products—

(OMB Control Number 0910–0537)—

Extension 

In the Federal Register of February 

26, 2004 (69 FR 9120), FDA issued a 

new rule that required human drug 

product and biological product labels to 

have bar codes. The rule required bar 

codes on most human prescription drug 

products and on over-the-counter (OTC) 

drug products that are dispensed under 

an order and commonly used in health 

care facilities. The rule also required 

machine-readable information on blood 

and blood components. For human 

prescription drug products and OTC 

drug products that are dispensed under 

an order and commonly used in health 

care facilities, the bar code must contain 

the National Drug Code number for the 

product. For blood and blood 

components, the rule specifies the 

minimum contents of the machinereadable information in a format 

approved by the Center for Biologics 

Evaluation and Research Director as 

blood centers have generally agreed 

upon the information to be encoded on 

the label. The rule is intended to help 

reduce the number of medication errors 

in hospitals and other health care 

settings by allowing health care 

professionals to use bar code scanning 

equipment to verify that the right drug 

(in the right dose and right route of 

administration) is being given to the 

right patient at the right time. 

Most of the information collection 

burden resulting from the final rule, as 

calculated in table 1 of the final rule (69 

FR 9120 at 9149), was a one-time 

burden that does not occur after the 

rule’s compliance date of April 26, 

2006. In addition, some of the 

information collection burden estimated 

in the final rule is now covered in other 

OMB-approved information collection 

packages for FDA. However, parties may 

continue to seek an exemption from the 

bar code requirement under certain, 

limited circumstances. Section 

201.25(d) (21 CFR 201.25(d)) requires 

submission of a written request for an 

exemption and describes the contents of 

such requests. Based on the number of 

exemption requests submitted during 

2004 and 2005, we estimate that 

approximately 2 waiver requests may be 

submitted annually, and that each 

exemption request will require 24 hours 

to complete. This would result in an 

annual reporting burden of 48 hours. 

In the Federal Register of July 24, 

2006 (71 FR 41817), FDA published a 

60-day notice requesting public 

comment on the information collection 

provisions. No comments were received. 

TABLE 1.—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN1

21 CFR Section No. of 

Respondents 

Annual Frequency 

per Response 

Total Annual 

Responses 

Hours per 

Response Total Hours 

201.25(d) 2 1 2 24 48 

Total 48 

1There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information. 

Dated: January 16, 2007. 

Jeffrey Shuren, 

Assistant Commissioner for Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 4160–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation 

Devices Panel of the Medical Devices 

Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

This notice announces a forthcoming 

meeting of a public advisory committee 

of the Food and Drug Administration 

(FDA). The meeting will be open to the 

public. 

Name of Committee: Orthopaedic and 

Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the 

Medical Devices Advisory Committee. 

General Function of the Committee: 

To provide advice and 

recommendations to the agency on 

FDA’s regulatory issues. 

Date and Time: The meeting will be 

held on February 22, 2007, from 8 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. 

Location: Hilton Washington DC 

North/Gaithersburg, Salons A, B and C, 

620 Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, MD. 

Contact Person: Ronald P. Jean, 

Center for Devices and Radiological 

Health (HFZ–410), Food and Drug 

Administration, 9200 Corporate Blvd., 

Rockville, MD 20850, 240–276–3676, or 

FDA Advisory Committee Information 

Line, 1–800–741–8138 (301–443–0572 

in the Washington, DC area), code 

3014512521. Please call the Information 

Line for up-to-date information on this 

meeting. 

Agenda: On February 22, 2007, the 

committee will discuss, make 

recommendations and vote on a 

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