11214 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 47 / Tuesday, March 11, 1997 / Notices

Resources, Management Analysis and

Planning Staff, Attention: John Rudolph,

Room C2–25–05, 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244–

1850.

Dated: March 3, 1997.

Edwin J. Glatzel,

Director, Management Analysis and Planning

Staff, Office of Financial and Human

Resources.

[FR Doc. 97–5921 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

[HCFA 3070 G–I]

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.

Type of Information Collection

Request: Revision of currently approved

collection; Title of Information

Collection: Intermediate Care Facility

for the Mentally Retarded or Persons

with Related Conditions Survey Report

Form and Supporting Regulations 42

CFR Sections 431, 435, 440, 442 and

483, Subpart I; Form No.: HCFA 3070

G–I; Use: The survey form and

supporting regulations are needed to

ensure provider compliance. In order to

participate in the Medicaid program as

an Intermediate Care Facility for the

Mentally Retarded (ICF/MR), providers

must meet Federal standards. The

survey report form is used to record

providers’ compliance with the

individual standard and report it to the

Federal Government. Frequency:

annually; Affected Public: Business or

other for-profit, Not for-profit

institutions, State, Local or Tribal Govt.;

Number of Respondents: ,7200; Total

Annual Responses: ,7200; Total Annual

Hours: 21,600.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement for the proposed paperwork

collections referenced above, access

HCFA’s WEB SITE ADDRESS at http://

www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or to

obtain the supporting statement and any

related forms, E-mail your request,

including your address and phone

number, to Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or 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 28, 1997.

Edwin J. Glatzel,

Director, Management Analysis and Planning

Staff, Office of Financial and Human

Resources, Health Care Financing

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–6063 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection:

Comment Request

In compliance with the requirement

for opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects

(section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Title 35, United

States Code, as amended by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 104–13), the Health Resources and

Services Administration (HRSA) will

publish periodic summaries of proposed

projects being developed for submission

to 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, call the HRSA Reports Clearance

Officer on (301) 443–1129.

Comments are invited 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)

ways to enhance 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.

Proposed Project

Consortia Development for Health

Professions Training in CommunityBased Settings—New—Consortia which

include academic institutions and

community-based providers have been

proposed as one mechanism for

improving collaboration between health

professions schools and communities,

enabling them to provide relevant

educational experiences and facilitating

meeting education and workforce goals.

The consortia should be based on a

formal association of academic health

professions training schools or programs

and community-based providers (e.g.,

community/migrant health centers,

managed care organizations) involved,

at least, in part, in the entry-level

education and/or continuing education

of health professionals. The purposes of

this project are (1) to prepare an

inventory of consortia for health

professions education, (2) to examine

the characteristics of successful

consortia, and (3) to examine the role

that consortia play in assisting health

professions schools or programs to

prepare health care providers for the

evolving health care system.

An initial survey will be conducted

by mail of consortia identified through

informal conversations with key

academic representatives, communitybased providers, and other

knowledgeable individuals, and a

literature review. The initial survey will

be used to gather information that

generally describes the consortia,

including their goals and

accomplishments. Consortia

respondents will also be asked to

identify additional consortia that should

receive the initial survey. From the

information gathered in the initial

survey, 20 consortia will be selected for

additional study as models of successful

consortia, based on criteria established

by an advisory workgroup.

The second survey will consist of

phone interviews with up to 20 of the

consortia identified as successful

models from the initial survey. These

data will describe the characteristics of

successful consortia in more detail

(leadership, organizational models,

missions and goals, financing

arrangements, facilitating factors, and

barriers). Data will also be collected to

determine the role that consortia play in

assisting health professional schools to

prepare health care providers for the

evolving health care system. The burden

estimates are as follows:
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 47 / Tuesday, March 11, 1997 / Notices 11215

Form name No. of respondents

Responses

per respondent

Total responsesHours per responseTotal burden

hours

Mail survey of consortia ........................................................ 200 1 200 .5 100

Telephone follow-up of successful models .......................... 20 1 20 2 40

Total ............................................................................... 200 1.1 220 .64 140

Send comments to Patricia Royston,

HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room

14–36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Dated: March 5, 1997.

J. Henry Montes,

Director, Office of Policy and Information

Coordination.

[FR Doc. 97–5966 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

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National Institutes of Health

National Center for Research

Resources; Notice of Closed Meeting

Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following

National Center for Research Resources

Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) meeting:

Name of SEP: Research Centers in Minority

Institutions.

Date: March 26, 1997.

Time: 8:00 a.m.

Place: J.W. Marriott Hotel, The Dallas

Room, 5150 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX

77056 (713) 961–1500.

Contact Person: Dr. John Lymangrover,

Scientific Review Administrator, 6705

Rockledge Drive, MSC 7965, Room 6018,

Bethesda, MD 20892–7965 (301) 435–0811.

Purpose/Agenda: To evaluate and review

grant applications.

This notice is being published less than 15

days prior to the above meeting due to the

urgent need to meet timing limitations

imposed by the review and funding cycle.

The meeting will be closed in accordance

with the provisions set forth in secs.

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

Applications and/or proposals and the

discussions could reveal confidential trade

secrets or commercial property such as

patentable material and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

applications and/or proposals, the disclosure

of which would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.389, Research Centers in

Minority Institutions, National Institutes of

Health, HHS.)

Dated: March 5, 1997.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 97–6003 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

National Center for Research

Resources; Notice of Closed Meeting

Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following

National Center for Research Resources

Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) meeting:

Name of SEP: K–12.

Date: June 17–18, 1997.

Time: 8:00 a.m.

Place: Holiday Inn Bethesda, Montgomery

Room, 8120 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda,

MD 20814 (301) 652–2000.

Contact Person: Dr. Jill Carrington,

Scientific Review Administrator, 6705

Rocklege Drive, MSC 7965, Room 6018,

Bethesda, MD 20892–7965 (301) 435–0811.

Purpose/Agenda: To evaluate and review

grant applications.

The meeting will be closed in accordance

with the provisions set forth in secs.

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

Applications and/or proposals and the

discussions could reveal confidential trade

secrets or commercial property such as

patentable material and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

applications and/or proposals, the disclosure

of which would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.339, Research Centers in

Minority Institutions, National Institutes of

Health, HHS.)

Dated: March 5, 1997.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 97–6006 Filed 3–10–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

National Institute of General Medical

Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting

Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following

advisory committee meeting of the

National Institute of General Medical

Sciences Special Emphasis Panel:

Committee Name: Cytokine Regulation of

the Host Response to Injury and Infection.

Date: March 24, 1997.

Time: 4:00 p.m.—until conclusion.

Place: Holiday Inn, North Campus, 3600

Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104.

Contact Person: Bruce K. Wetzel, Ph.D,

Scientific Review Administrator, NIGMS,

Office of Scientific Review, 45 Center Drive,

Room 2AS–19, Bethesda, MD 20892–6200,

301–594–3907.

Purpose: To review and evaluate program

project applications.

This notice is being published less than 15

days prior to the above meeting due to the

urgent need to meet timing limitations

imposed by the review and funding cycle.

This meeting will be closed in accordance

with the provisions set forth in secs.

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

Applications and the discussions of these

could reveal confidential trade secrets or

commercial property such as patentable

material and personal information

concerning individual’s associated with the

applications, the disclosure of which would

constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of

personal privacy.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 93.821, Biophysics and

Physiological Sciences; 93.859,

Pharmacological Sciences; 93.862, Genetics

Research; 93.863, Cellular and Molecular

Basis of Disease Research; 93.880, Minority

Access Research Careers [MARC]; and

93.375, Minority Biomedical Research

Support [MBRS].)

Dated: March 5, 1997.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 97–6004 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

National Institute of Allergy and

Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed

Meetings

Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following

National Institute of Allergy and

Infectious Diseases Special Emphasis

Panel (SEP) meetings:

Name of SEP: TB Research Materials and

Vaccine Testing (Telephone Conference Call.)

Date: March 31, 1997.

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Place: Teleconference, 6003 Executive

Boulevard, Solar Bldg., Room 1A4, Bethesda,

MD 20892 (301) 496–2550.

Contact Person: Dr. Madelon Halula,

Scientific Review Adm., 6003 Executive

Boulevard, Solar Bldg., Room 4C16,

Bethesda, MD 20892 (301) 496–2550.

Purpose/Agenda: To evaluate contract

proposals.

Name of SEP: International Training and

Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Date: May 13–14, 1997.

Time: 8:30 a.m.