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Email address: 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All 

requests should be identified by the title 

of the information collection. 

The Department specifically requests 

comments 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) 

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. 

Consideration will be given to 

comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication. 

Steven M. Hammer, 

Reports Clearance Officer; Office of Planning, 

Research and Evaluation 

[FR Doc. 2012–31714 Filed 1–7–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Title: Head Start Grant Application 

and Budget Instruments. 

OMB No.: 0970–0207. 

Description: The Office of Head Start 

is proposing to renew, without changes, 

the Head Start Grant Application and 

Budget Instrument, which standardizes 

the grant application information that is 

requested from all Head Start and Early 

Head Start grantees applying for 

continuation grants. The application 

and budget forms are available in a 

password-protected, web-based system. 

Completed applications can be 

transmitted electronically to Regional 

and Central Offices. The Administration 

for Children and Families believes that 

this application form makes the process 

of applying for Head Start program 

grants more efficient for applicants. 

Respondents: Head Start and Early 

Head Start grantees. 

Respondents 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

HS grant and budget instrument ..................................................................... 1,600 1 33 52,800 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 52,800. 

Additional Information 

Copies of the proposed collection may 

be obtained by writing to the 

Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Planning, Research 

and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 

20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance 

Officer. All requests should be 

identified by the title of the information 

collection. Email address: 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

OMB Comment 

OMB is required to make a decision 

concerning the collection of information 

between 30 and 60 days after 

publication of this document in the 

Federal Register. Therefore, a comment 

is best assured of having its full effect 

if OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

directly to the following: Office of 

Management and Budget, Paperwork 

Reduction Project, Fax: 202–395–7285, 

Email: OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.

EOP.GOV, Attn: Desk Officer for the 

Administration for Children and 

Families. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00127 Filed 1–7–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection: 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: 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, 

Pub. L. 104–13), the Health Resources 

and Services Administration (HRSA) 

publishes periodic summaries of 

proposed projects being developed for 

submission to the Office of Management 

and Budget (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, email 

paperwork@hrsa.gov or call the HRSA 

Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443– 

1984. 

HRSA especially requests comments 

on: (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. 

Information Collection Request Title: 

National Practitioner Data Bank for 

Adverse Information on Physicians and 

Other Health Care Practitioners—45 

CFR Part 60 Regulations and Forms 

OMB No. 0915–0126—Revision 

Abstract: This is a request for a 

revision of OMB approval of the 

information collections contained in 

regulations found at 45 CFR Part 60 

governing the National Practitioner Data 

Bank (NPDB) and the forms to be used 

in registering with, reporting 

information to, and requesting 

information from the NPDB. Section 

6403 of the Patient Protection and 

Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Affordable 

Care Act) Public Law 111–148 requires 

the transfer of all data in the Healthcare 

Integrity and Protection Data Bank 

(HIPDB) to the NPDB. Data collection 

will not change; however, the merger 

will consolidate forms from OMB No. 

0915–0239 for HIPDB under OMB No. 

0915–0126 for NPDB. Responsibility for 

NPDB implementation and operation 

resides in the Bureau of Health 

Professions, Health Resources and 

Services Administration (HRSA), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). Operation of the HIPDB 

was delegated by the HHS Office of the 

Inspector General to HRSA. This rule 


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eliminates duplicative data reporting 

and access requirements between the 

HIPDB [established through the Health 

Insurance Portability and 

Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPPA) 

under Section 1128(b)(5) of the Social 

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7e)] and 

the NPDB [established through the 

Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 

1986 under Title IV (42 U.S.C. 11101 et 

seq.) and expanded by Section 1921 of 

the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

1396r–2)]. Information previously 

collected and disclosed through the 

HIPDB will be collected and disclosed 

through the NPDB. Section 6403 of the 

Affordable Care Act consolidates the 

collection and disclosure of information 

from both data banks under Title 45 part 

60 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR). The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) will 

subsequently remove Title 45 part 61, 

which implemented the HIPDB. 

The intent of NPDB is to improve the 

quality of health care by encouraging 

hospitals, state licensing boards, 

professional societies, and other entities 

providing health care services, to 

identify and discipline those who 

engage in unprofessional behavior; and 

to restrict the ability of incompetent 

health care practitioners, providers, or 

suppliers to move from state to state 

without disclosure of previous 

damaging or incompetent performance. 

It also serves as a fraud and abuse 

clearinghouse for the reporting and 

disclosing of certain final adverse 

actions (excluding settlements in which 

no findings of liability have been made) 

taken against health care practitioners, 

providers, or suppliers by health plans, 

federal agencies, and state agencies. 

The NPDB acts primarily as a flagging 

system; its principal purpose is to 

facilitate comprehensive review of 

practitioners’ professional credentials 

and background. Information is 

collected from, and disseminated to, 

eligible entities (entities that are entitled 

to query and/or report to the NPDB 

under the three aforementioned 

statutory authorities) on the following: 

(1) Medical malpractice payments, (2) 

licensure actions taken by Boards of 

Medical Examiners, (3) state licensure 

and certification actions, (4) federal 

licensure and certification actions, (5) 

negative actions or findings taken by 

peer review organizations or private 

accreditation entities, (6) adverse 

actions taken against clinical privileges, 

(7) federal or state criminal convictions 

related to the delivery of a health care 

item or service, (8) civil judgments 

related to the delivery of a health care 

item or service, (9) exclusions from 

participation in federal or state health 

care programs, and (10) other 

adjudicated actions or decisions. It is 

intended that NPDB information should 

be considered with other relevant 

information in evaluating credentials of 

health care practitioners, providers, and 

suppliers. 

The reporting forms and the request 

for information forms (query forms) are 

accessed, completed, and submitted to 

the NPDB electronically through the 

NPDB Web site at http://www.npdbhipdb.hrsa.gov/. All reporting and 

querying is performed through this 

secure Web site. 

Burden Statement: Burden in this 

context means the time expended by 

persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose, or provide the information 

requested. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions, to 

develop, acquire, install and utilize 

technology and systems for the purpose 

of collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information, to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information, and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. The total annual burden 

hours estimated for this Information 

Collection Request are summarized in 

the table below. 

The annual estimate of burden is as 

follows: 

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden 

hours 

Entity Registration (initial) .................................................... 856 1 856 1 856 

Entity Registration (renewal) ................................................ 12,748 1 12,748 1 12,748 

Individual Subject Query ...................................................... 4,460,926 1 4,460,926 0.1 446,093 

Individual Self Query ............................................................ 64,187 1 64,187 0.4 25,675 

Title IV Clinical Privileges Action ......................................... 862 1 862 0.75 647 

Professional Society Membership Action ............................ 67 1 67 0.75 50 

State Licensure Action ......................................................... 62,178 1 62,178 0.75 46,634 

DEA/Federal Licensure Action ............................................. 497 1 497 0.75 373 

Exclusion/Debarment ........................................................... 16,243 1 16,243 0.75 12,182 

Government and Administrative Action ............................... 2,592 1 2,592 0.75 1,944 

Health Plan Action ............................................................... 515 1 515 0.75 386 

Civil Judgment ..................................................................... 10 1 10 0.75 8 

Criminal Conviction .............................................................. 1,253 1 1,253 0.75 940 

Medical Malpractice Payment .............................................. 13,326 1 13,326 0.75 9,995 

Private Accreditation Entity and Peer Review Organization 10 1 10 0.75 8 

Authorized Agent Designation Form (Add & Edit) ............... 2055 1 2055 0.25 514 

Account Discrepancy Report ............................................... 20 1 20 0.25 5 

Report Review Request Form ............................................. 83 1 83 .25 21 

Electronic Transfer Funds Authorization ............................. 276 1 276 0.25 69 

Subject Statement and Dispute Initiation Form (Individual 

& Organization) ................................................................ 100 1 100 1 100 

TOTAL .......................................................................... 4,641,704 ........................ 4,641,704 ........................ 561,395 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA 

Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10–29, 

Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 

Rockville, MD 20857. 

Deadline: Comments on this 

Information Collection Request must be 

received within 60 days of this notice. 


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Dated: December 21, 2012. 

Bahar Niakan, 

Director, Division of Policy and Information 

Coordination. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00031 Filed 1–7–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Center for Scientific Review; Notice of 

Closed Meetings 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meetings. 

The meetings will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: Emerging 

Technologies and Training Neurosciences 

Integrated Review Group Bioengineering of 

Neuroscience, Vision and Low Vision 

Technologies Study Section. 

Date: February 7, 2013. 

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Westin St. Francis Hotel, 335 Powell 

Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. 

Contact Person: Robert C Elliott, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5190, 

MSC 7846, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435– 

3009, elliotro@csr.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Surgical Sciences, 

Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering 

Integrated Review Group, Biomedical 

Imaging Technology A Study Section. 

Date: February 7–8, 2013. 

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Serrano Hotel, 405 Taylor Street, 

San Francisco, CA 94102. 

Contact Person: Behrouz Shabestari, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5126, 

MSC 7854, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435– 

2409, shabestb@csr.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Endocrinology, 

Metabolism, Nutrition and Reproductive 

Sciences Integrated Review Group, Cellular 

Aspects of Diabetes and Obesity Study 

Section. 

Date: February 7, 2013. 

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Hyatt Regency Bethesda, One 

Bethesda Metro Center, 7400 Wisconsin 

Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814. 

Contact Person: Robert Garofalo, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institute of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6156, 

MSC 7892, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435– 

1043, garofalors@csr.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Emerging 

Technologies and Training Neurosciences 

Integrated Review Group Neuroscience and 

Ophthalmic Imaging Technologies Study 

Section. 

Date: February 7, 2013. 

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Renaissance Washington DC, 

Dupont Circle, 1143 New Hampshire Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20037. 

Contact Person: Yvonne Bennett, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5199, 

MSC 7846, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–379– 

3793, bennetty@csr.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Oncology 2— 

Translational Clinical Integrated Review 

Group Chemo/Dietary Prevention Study 

Section. 

Date: February 7–8, 2013. 

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Sheraton Silver Spring, 8777 

Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

Contact Person: Sally A Mulhern, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6198, 

MSC 7804, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 408– 

9724, mulherns@csr.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Interdisciplinary 

Molecular Sciences and Training Integrated 

Review Group Enabling Bioanalytical and 

Imaging Technologies Study Section. 

Date: February 7–8, 2013. 

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, 1127 

Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington, DC 

20036. 

Contact Person: Dennis Hlasta, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6185, 

MSC, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435–1047, 

dennis.hlasta@nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Endocrinology, 

Metabolism, Nutrition and Reproductive 

Sciences Integrated Review Group, Clinical 

and Integrative Diabetes and Obesity Study 

Section. 

Date: February 7, 2013. 

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications 

Place: Residence Inn Bethesda, 7335 

Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814. 

Contact Person: Nancy Sheard, SCD, 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6046–E, 

MSC 7892, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–408– 

9901, sheardn@csr.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine; 

93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333, 

93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, 

93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: January 2, 2013. 

Anna Snouffer, 

Deputy Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00088 Filed 1–7–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Office of the Director, National 

Institutes of Health; Notice of Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(a) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of a meeting of the 

Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public, with attendance limited to space 

available. Individuals who plan to 

attend and need special assistance, such 

as sign language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

notify the Contact Person listed below 

in advance of the meeting. 

Name of Committee: Recombinant DNA 

Advisory Committee. 

Date: January 24, 2013. 

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Agenda: The NIH Recombinant DNA 

Advisory Committee (RAC) will discuss 

Biosafety measures for research with highly 

pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 strains that 

have the potential to be transmissible 

through respiratory droplets and related data 

management activities. Please check the 

meeting agenda at OBA Meetings Page 

(available at the following URL: http:// 

oba.od.nih.gov/rdna_rac/rac_meetings.html) 

for more information. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Building 45, Lower Level, Conference Room 

C1–C2, 45 Center Drive, Rockville, MD 

20892. 

Contact Person: Chezelle George, Office of 

Biotechnology Activities, Office of Science 

Policy/OD, National Institutes of Health, 

6705 Rockledge Drive, Room 750, Bethesda, 

MD 20892, 301–496–9838, 

georgec@od.nih.gov. 

Information is also available on the 

Institute’s/Center’s home page: http:// 

oba.od.nih.gov/rdna/rdna.html, where an 

agenda and any additional information for 

the meeting will be posted when available. 

OMB’s ‘‘Mandatory Information 

Requirements for Federal Assistance Program 

Announcements’’ (45 FR 39592, June 11, 


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