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guidelines, and standards for: (a) 

Effectively reducing morbidity and 

mortality in newborns and children 

having, or at risk for, heritable 

disorders; and (b) enhancing the ability 

of state and local health agencies to 

provide for newborn and child 

screening, counseling, and health care 

services for newborns and children 

having, or at risk for, heritable 

disorders. Specifically, the Committee 

makes systematic evidence-based 

recommendations on newborn screening 

for conditions that have the potential to 

change the health outcomes for 

newborns. 

The Committee tasks an external 

workgroup to conduct systematic 

evidence based reviews. The reviews are 

of rare, genetic conditions and their 

corresponding newborn screening 

test(s), confirmatory test(s), and 

treatment(s). Reviews also include an 

analysis of the benefits and harms of 

newborn screening for a selected 

condition at a population level and an 

assessment of state public health 

newborn screening programs’ ability to 

implement the screening of a new 

condition. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: HRSA proposes that the 

data collection surveys be administered 

by the Committee’s external Condition 

Review Workgroup to all state newborn 

screening programs in the United States 

up to twice a year for two conditions. 

The surveys were developed to capture 

the following: (1) The readiness of state 

public health newborn screening 

programs to expand newborn screening 

to include the target condition; (2) 

specific requirements of screening for 

the condition would hinder or facilitate 

its implementation in each state; and (3) 

estimated timeframes needed for each 

state to complete major milestones 

toward full newborn screening of the 

condition. 

The data gathered will inform the 

Committee on the following: (1) 

Feasibility of implementing populationbased screening for the target condition; 

(2) readiness of state newborn screening 

programs to adopt screening for the 

condition; (3) identify gaps in feasibility 

or readiness to screen for the condition; 

and (4) identify areas of technical 

assistance and resources needed to 

facilitate screening for conditions with 

low feasibility or readiness. 

Likely Respondents: The respondents 

to the survey will be state newborn 

screening programs. 

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 table below. 

TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

INITIAL Survey of the Secretary’s Discretionary Advisory 

Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and 

Children’s Public Health System Assessment ................. 59 ** 2 118 10.0 1,180 

FOLLOW–UP Survey of the Secretary’s Discretionary Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns 

and Children’s Public Health System Assessment .......... * 30 ** 2 60 2.0 120 

Total .............................................................................. 89 ........................ 178 ........................ 1,300 

* Up to 30 states and/or territories will be asked to complete a follow-up survey. 

** Up to two conditions may be reviewed per year. Therefore, there will be two initial surveys and two follow-up surveys per year. 

Jackie Painter, 

Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03527 Filed 2–19–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection: Public 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirement for opportunity for public 

comment on proposed data collection 

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA) announces 

plans to submit an Information 

Collection Request (ICR), described 

below, to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the 

ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments 

from the public regarding the burden 

estimate, below, or any other aspect of 

the ICR. 

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be 

received no later April 21, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail to the 

HRSA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Room 10–29, Parklawn 

Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 

MD 20857. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 Information Collection 

Clearance Officer at (301) 443–1984. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When 

submitting comments or requesting 

information, please include the 

information request collection title for 

reference. 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Rural Access to Emergency Devices 

Grant Program OMB No. 0915–xxxx— 

[New] 

Abstract: This program is authorized 

by the Public Health Improvement Act 

title IV—Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 

2000, subtitle B-Rural Access to 

Emergency Devices, section 413, (42 

U.S.C. 254c (Note)) and the 


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Consolidated and Further Continuing 

Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 113–235). 

The purpose of this grant program is to: 

(1) Purchase automated external 

defibrillators (AEDs) that have been 

approved, or cleared for marketing, by 

the Food and Drug Administration; (2) 

provide defibrillator and basic life 

support training in automated external 

defibrillator usage through the 

American Heart Association, the 

American Red Cross, or other nationally 

recognized training courses; and (3) 

place the AEDs in rural communities 

with local organizations. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: For this program, 

performance measures were drafted to 

provide data useful to the program and 

to enable HRSA to provide aggregate 

program data required by Congress 

under the Government Performance and 

Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 (Pub. L.103– 

62). These measures cover the principal 

topic areas of interest to the Federal 

Office of Rural Health Policy, including: 

(a) The number of counties served by 

the program; (b) the number of AEDs 

purchased and placed and the locations 

of the placements; (c) the number of 

training sessions and the number of 

individuals trained; (d) the number of 

times an AED is used and the outcome; 

and (e) the number of lay persons and 

first responders who administer CPR or 

use an AED on an individual. These 

measures will speak to the Office’s 

progress toward meeting the set goals. 

Likely Respondents: Rural Access to 

Emergency Devices Grant Program 

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 Information 

Collection Request are summarized in 

the table below. 

Total Estimated Annualized burden 

hours: 

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden hours 

Rural Access to Emergency Devices Grant Program Performance Measures .......................................................... 12 1 12 4 48 

Total .............................................................................. 12 1 12 4 48 

HRSA specifically 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. 

Jackie Painter, 

Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03525 Filed 2–19–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Planning Cooperative Agreement 

Applications: Tribal Self-Governance 

Program 

Office of Tribal Self-Governance 

Planning Cooperative Agreement 

Announcement Type: New—Limited 

Competition. 

Funding Announcement Number: 

HHS–2015–IHS–TSGP–0001. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 93.444. 

Key Dates 

Application Deadline Date: June 3, 

2015. 

Review Date: June 10, 2015. 

Earliest Anticipated Start Date: July 1, 

2015. 

Signed Tribal Resolutions Due Date: 

June 10, 2015. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description. 

Statutory Authority 

The Indian Health Service (IHS) 

Office of Tribal Self-Governance (OTSG) 

is accepting limited competition 

Planning Cooperative Agreement 

applications for the Tribal SelfGovernance Program (TSGP). This 

program is authorized under Title V of 

the Indian Self-Determination and 

Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA), 25 

U.S.C. 458aaa–2(e). This program is 

described in the Catalog of Federal 

Domestic Assistance (CFDA), available 

at https://www.cfda.gov/, under 93.444. 

Background 

The TSGP is more than an IHS 

program; it is an expression of the 

government-to-government relationship 

between the United States and Indian 

Tribes. Through the TSGP, Tribes 

negotiate with the IHS to assume 

Programs, Services, Functions and 

Activities (PSFAs), or portions thereof, 

which gives Tribes the authority to 

manage and tailor health care programs 

in a manner that best fits the needs of 

their communities. 

Participation in the TSGP is one of 

three ways that Tribes can choose to 

obtain health care from the Federal 

Government for their members. 

Specifically, Tribes can choose to: (1) 

Receive health care services directly 

from the IHS, (2) contract with the IHS 

to administer individual PSFAs that the 

IHS would otherwise provide (referred 

to as Title I Self-Determination 

Contracting), or (3) compact with the 

IHS to assume control over healthcare 

PSFAs that the IHS would otherwise 

provide (referred to as Title V SelfGovernance Compacting or the TSGP). 

These options are not exclusive and 

Tribes may choose to combine options 

based on their individual needs and 

circumstances. Participation in the 

TSGP affords Tribes the most flexibility 

to tailor health care PSFAs to the needs 

of their communities. 

The TSGP is a Tribally-driven 

initiative and strong Tribal/Federal 

partnerships are essential for program 

success. The IHS established the OTSG 

to implement Tribal Self-Governance 

authorities. The OTSG: (1) Serves as the 

primary liaison and advocate for Tribes 

participating in the TSGP, (2) develops, 

directs, and implements Tribal SelfGovernance policies and procedures, (3) 

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