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Committee name Dates of meetings Hotline code

July 14–15

October 6–7

Ophthalmic Devices Panel January 13–14 ............................................................. 12396

March 27–28

July 10–11

October 20–21

Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel March 6–7 .................................................................... 12521

June 9–10

October 15–16

Radiological Devices Panel February 24 .................................................................. 12526

May 12

August 18

November 17

National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee January 13–15 ............................................................. 12397

August 18–20

November 3–5

Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety Standards CommitteeApril 8–9 ....................................................................... 12399

CENTER FOR VETERINARY MEDICINE

Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee May 13–14 ................................................................... 12546

NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Advisory Committee on Special Studies Relating to the Possible

Long-Term Health Effects of Phenoxy Herbicides and Contaminants (Ranch Hand Advisory Committee)

September 15–16 ........................................................ 12560

Science Advisory Board to the National Center for Toxicological ResearchJune 4–5 ...................................................................... 12559

FDA has established an Advisory

Committee Information Hotline (the

hotline) using a voice-mail telephone

system. The hotline provides the public

with access to the most current

information on FDA advisory committee

meetings. The advisory committee

hotline, which will disseminate current

information and information updates,

can be accessed by dialing 1–800–741–

8138 or 301–443–0572. Each advisory

committee is assigned a 5-digit number.

This 5-digit number will appear in each

individual notice of meeting. The

hotline will enable the public to obtain

information about a particular advisory

committee by using the committee’s 5-

digit number. Information in the hotline

is preliminary and may change before a

meeting is actually held. The hotline

will be updated when such changes are

made.

Dated: February 7, 1997.

Michael A. Friedman,

Deputy Commissioner for Operations.

[FR Doc. 97–3821 Filed 2–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

Health Care Financing Administration

HCFA–P–15A

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

In compliance with the requirement

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Health Care Financing Administration

(HCFA), Department of Health and

Human Services, has submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) the following proposal for the

collection of information. Interested

persons are invited to send comments

regarding the burden estimate or any

other aspect of this collection of

information, including any of the

following subjects: (1) the necessity and

utility of the proposed information

collection for the proper performance of

the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy

of the estimated burden; (3) ways to

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity

of the information to be collected; and

(4) the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology to minimize the information

collection burden.

HCFA–P–15A Type of Information

Collection Request: Extension of

currently approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Medicare

Current Beneficiary Survey

Supplement-Round 18; Form No.:

HCFA–′P–15A; Use: The Office of the

Actuary, HCFA, conducts the Medicare

Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS)

through personal interviews of a

random sample of Medicare

beneficiaries. When sampled persons

are found to reside in a long-term care

facility, interviewers use a version of the

questionnaire which is specially

designed to obtain data about the

beneficiary’s health care from

knowledgeable staff members. We are

preparing to convert the facility

interview from a hard—copy

questionnaire to a Computer Assisted

Personal Interviewing (CAPI) format,

beginning in May, 1997. CAPI, which

we are currently using in the

community interviews, increases the

accuracy of the interview process by

automating skip patterns, customizing

questions, creating computed variables

such as a time line of residence history,

and automatically checking

completeness and consistency of

responses. Concurrently, we are

modifying some of the questions we

currently use in the facility interview to

make them more comparable to those in

other surveys, particularly the Medical

Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).

These modifications are responsive to

the President’s initiative toward

consistency and integration among

surveys; Frequency: Annually; Affected

Public:; Number of Respondents: 1,900;
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Total Annual Responses: 1,900; Total

Annual Hours: 1,900.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement for the proposed paperwork

collections referenced above, call the

Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786–

1326. Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collections must be mailed

within 30 days of this notice directly to

the HCFA Paperwork Clearance Officer

designated at the following address:

OMB Human Resources and Housing

Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: February 10, 1997.

Edwin J. Glatzel,

Director, Management Analysis and Planning

Staff, Office of Financial and Human

Resources, Health Care Financing

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–3893 Filed 2–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Special Project Grants and

Cooperative Agreement; Maternal and

Child Health (MCH) Services;

Community Integrated Service

Systems (CISS) Set-Aside Program

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.

SUMMARY: The HRSA announces that

approximately $2.3 million in fiscal

year (FY) 1997 funds will be available

for grants for Maternal and Child Health

(MCH) Community Integrated Service

Systems grants to support strategies for

reducing infant mortality and improving

the health of mothers and children

through development and expansion of

successful community integrated service

systems. These community integrated

service systems are public-private

partnerships of community health and

other related organizations and

individuals working collaboratively to

use community resources to address

community-identified health problems.

Awards are made under the program

authority of section 502(b)(1)(A) of the

Social Security Act, the CISS Federal

Set-Aside Program. Within the HRSA,

CISS projects are administered by the

Maternal and Child Health Bureau

(MCHB).

Of the approximately $9.8 million

available for all CISS activities in FY

1997, about $2.3 million will be

available to support approximately 33

new and competing renewal projects at

an average of about $69,700 per award

for a one-year period. The remaining

funds will be used to continue existing

CISS projects and for other activities in

support of overall CISS program goals.

The actual amounts available for awards

and their allocation may vary,

depending on unanticipated program

requirements and the volume and

quality of applications. Awards are

made for grant periods which generally

run from 1 up to 4 years in duration.

Funds for CISS awards are appropriated

by Public Law 104–208.

The Public Health Service (PHS) is

committed to achieving the health

promotion and disease prevention

objectives of Healthy People 2000, a

PHS-led national activity for setting

priority areas. The MCH Block Grant

Federal Set-Aside Program addresses

issues related to the Healthy People

2000 objectives of improving maternal,

infant, child and adolescent health and

developing service systems for children

with special health care needs. Potential

applicants may obtain a copy of Healthy

People 2000 (Full Report: Stock No.

017–001–00474–0) or Healthy People

2000 (Summary Report: Stock No. 017–

001–00473–1) through the

Superintendent of Documents,

Government Printing Office,

Washington, DC 20402–9325

(telephone: 202–512–1800).

The PHS strongly encourages all grant

recipients to provide a smoke-free

workplace and promote the non-use of

all tobacco products. In addition, Public

Law 103–227, the Pro-Children Act of

1994, prohibits smoking in certain

facilities (or in some cases, any portion

of a facility) in which regular or routine

education, library, day care, health care

or early childhood development

services are provided to children.

ADDRESSES: Federal Register notices

and application guidance for MCHB

programs are available on the World

Wide Web via the Internet at address:

http://www.os.dhhs.gov/hrsa/mchb.

Click on the file name you want to

download to your computer. It will be

saved as a self-extracting (Macintosh or)

WordPerfect 5.1 file. To decompress the

file once it is downloaded, type in the

file name followed by a <return>. The

file will expand to a WordPerfect 5.1

file.

For applicants for CISS grants and

cooperative agreements who are unable

to access application materials

electronically, a hard copy may be

obtained from the HRSA Grants

Application Center. Applicants for CISS

research grants will use PHS form 398,

approved by the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) under control

number 0925–0001. Applicants for all

other CISS awards will use revised PHS

form 5161–1, approved under OMB

clearance number 0937–0189. Requests

should specify the category or categories

of activities for which an application is

requested so that the appropriate forms,

information and materials may be

provided. The Center may be contacted

by: Telephone Number: 1–888–300–

HRSA, FAX Number: 301–309–0579, Email Address:

HRSA.GAC@ix.netcom.com. Completed

applications should be returned to:

Grants Management Officer, HRSA

Grants Application Center, 40 West

Gude Drive, Suite 100, Rockville,

Maryland 20850. Please indicate the

appropriate CFDA # for the application

being submitted (see table below).

DATES: Potential applicants are invited

to request application packages for the

particular program category in which

they are interested, and to submit their

applications for funding consideration.

Deadlines for receipt of applications

differ for the several categories of grants.

These deadlines are as follows:

COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY INTEGRATED SERVICE SYSTEMS (CISS) FEDERAL SET-ASIDE PROGRAM

ANTICIPATED DEADLINE, AWARD, FUNDING, AND PROJECT PERIOD INFORMATION, BY CATEGORY FY 1997

CFDA No. Funding source category Application deadline

Est. number of

awards

Est. amounts

available

Project period

(years)

93.110(V) ................................. Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children.April 17, 1997 .......................... 10 $500,000 .......... 5

93.110(AN) ............................... CISS Research Grants ........... July 1, 1997 ............................ 2 600,000 ............ 5

93.110(AP) ............................... Maternal and Child Health

Provider Partnership Cooperative Agreement.

May 13, 1997 .......................... 1 200,000 ............ 5