[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84357-84358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24392]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Black Lung Clinics Program 
Performance Measures

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA 
submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted 
during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB 
will accept further comments from the public during the review and 
approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day 
comment period for this notice has closed.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than November 
21, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance 
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Joella Roland, the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#87f7e6f7e2f5f0e8f5ecc7eff5f4e6a9e0e8f1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ff8f9e8f9a8d88908d94bf978d8c9ed1989089">[email protected]</span></a> or call 
(301) 443-3983.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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    Information Collection Request Title: Black Lung Clinics Program 
Performance Measures, OMB No. 0915-0292--Revision.
    Abstract: The Black Lung Clinics Program (BLCP) is authorized under 
Sec. 427(a) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (30 
U.S.C. 937(a)) and accompanying regulations (42 CFR part 55a). The 
purpose of the BLCP is to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated 
with occupationally related coal mine dust lung disease through the 
screening, diagnosis, and treatment of active, inactive, retired, and/
or disabled coal miners. HRSA currently collects information about BLCP 
awards using an OMB-approved set of performance measures and seeks to 
extend the approved collection. There are no proposed changes to the 
performance measures; however, there is a 45-hour decrease in estimated 
burden hours due to the streamlining of the data collection process, 
allowing awardees/respondents to be more efficient in collecting and 
submitting the data for this information collection. Collecting this 
data provides HRSA with information on how well each awardee is meeting 
the needs of these miners in their communities.
    A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register on June 21, 
2024, vol. 89, No. 120; pp. 52065. There were no public comments.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Data from the annual 
report provides quantitative information about the clinics, 
specifically: (1) the characteristics of the patients they serve 
(gender, age, disability level, occupation type); (2) the 
characteristics of services provided (medical encounters, non-medical 
encounters, benefits counseling, and outreach); and (3) the number of 
patients served. These programmatic performance measures enable HRSA to 
provide data required by Congress under the Government Performance and 
Results Act of 1993. It also ensures that funds are effectively used to 
provide services that meet the target population's needs. HRSA does not 
plan to make any changes to the performance measures at this time. The 
estimated average burden per response has decreased because the data 
collection process has been streamlined and enabled awardees/
respondents to be more efficient in collecting and submitting the data 
for this information collection.
    Likely Respondents: Respondents will be BLCP award recipients.
    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 ICR are summarized in the following table:

                                     Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                          Average
                                               Number of      Number of        Total     burden per     Total
                 Form name                    respondents   responses per    responses    response      burden
                                                              respondent                 (in hours)     hours
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Black Lung Clinics Program Measures........            15                1          15            7          105
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    Total..................................            15  ...............          15  ...........          105
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-24392 Filed 10-21-24; 8:45 am]
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