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20. How should consent for inclusion in an

immunization registry be obtained? Should it

be implicit or explicit?

21. What information should be included

in an immunization registry?

22. Should registries include (and release)

information on contraindications, adverse

events, etc.?

23. Who should have access to

immunization registry data and how can

restricted access be assured?

24. What information should be available

to persons other than the client/patient and

the direct health care provider (e.g., schools)?

25. What is the best way to protect privacy

and ensure confidentiality within a registry?

26. How should individuals/parents have

access to registry information on themselves/

their children?

27. Should data maintained in a state and

community-based immunization registry be

considered public information?

28. Would national privacy and

confidentiality standards help ensure that

data maintained in an immunization registry

is protected?

Ensuring Provider Participation Questions

to be Considered:

1. What type of resources (e.g., hardware,

staff, etc.) are needed for you (provider/

organization) to participate in a

computerized registry?

2. What are the cost-related barriers that

keep you (provider/organization) from

participating in an immunization registry?

3. What cost should providers be

responsible for, pertaining to participation in

immunization registry systems?

4. What are the cost savings you would

anticipate as a result of participating in a

computerized registry (e.g., increased return

visit form reminders, less personnel

paperwork for preschool exams, etc.)?

5. How much time would you be willing

to invest per patient visit (e.g., additional 1,

5, 7, 10 minutes) in the overall success of an

immunization registry?

6. What type of user support would be

needed in order for you (provider/

organization) to participate in an

immunization registry?

7. How would you (provider/organization)

encourage providers and consumers in your

community to participate in an

immunization registry?

8. What community support would be

necessary for you to participate in the

immunization registry?

9. What benefits/value (e.g., immunization

reminders, quick access to immunization

histories, etc.) would a registry provide that

would encourage your (provider/

organization) participation?

10. What incentives should be offered to

providers/organizations to participate in an

immunization registry?

11. What barriers have you (provider/

organization) encountered that have

prevented you from participating in an

immunization registry?

12. Is provider liability (e.g, disclosure of

sensitive patient information) a barrier to

participating in an immunization registry?

Why?

13. How would an immunization registry

impact your practice/organization?

14. Do you currently share immunization

data with other providers electronically? For

what purpose (e.g., billing, share group data,

etc.)?

15. How (e.g., electronic record, paper

record) is medical information maintained in

your practice/organization?

16. Who should retain ownership of

immunization records as they are distributed

throughout an immunization registry?

17. How would you (provider/

organization) use the data maintained in an

immunization registry?

18. What type of quality control process

would you (provider/organization) perform

to ensure the accuracy and completeness of

the immunization data entered into an

immunization registry?

19. What type of security policies and

procedures need to be in place for you to be

confident that data are secure?

20. What functions should a registry

perform in your office in order for you

(provider/organization) to participate?

21. Do you have any advice or

recommendations for NVAC/CDC/HHS

related to the implementation of the network

of state and community-based registries and

do you have any concerns?

22. Do you feel that there is a need for the

Federal Government to provide leadership in

developing state and community-based

immunization registries? What should the

role of the Federal Government be in this

effort?

23. Have you received training on the use

and maintenance of computerized medical

information? Do you feel this training is

needed to fully support the development and

maintenance of immunization registries?

Contact Person for More Information: Robb

Linkins, M.P.H., Ph.D., Chief, Systems

Development Branch, Data Management

Division, NIP, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE,

M/S E–62, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone

(404) 639–8728, e-mail rxl3@cdc.gov.

Dated: May 22, 1998.

Carolyn J. Russell,

Director, Management Analysis and Services

Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC).

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BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–417]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration.

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, is publishing the

following summary of proposed

collections for public comment.

Interested persons are invited to send

comments regarding this 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: Extension of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Hospice Request

for Certification in the Medicare

Program and Supporting Regulations in

42 CFR 418.1–418.405; Form No.:

HCFA–417 (OMB# 0938–0313); Use:

The Hospice Request for Certification

Form is used for hospice identification,

screening, and to initiate the

certification process. The information

captured on this form is entered into a

data base which assists HCFA in

determining whether providers have

sufficient personnel to participate in the

Medicare program. The form

summarizes data relative to: type of

hospice; types of services provided by

the hospice; and number of full time

equivalents; Frequency: Annually;

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions,

Federal Government, and State, local or

tribal government; Number of

Respondents: 2,286; Total Annual

Responses: 2,286; Total Annual Hours:

572.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms for the

proposed paperwork collections

referenced above, access HCFA’s Web

Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/

regs/prdact95.htm, or E-mail your

request, including your address, phone

number, OMB number, and HCFA

document identifier, 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 OMB desk officer: OMB Human

Resources and Housing Branch,

Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive

Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, D.C. 20503.
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Dated: May 19, 1998.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office

of Information Services, Information

Technology Investment Management Group,

Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 98–14284 Filed 5–28–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4356–N–03]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection: Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due date: July 28,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name/or OMB Control

Number and should be sent to: Wayne

Eddins, Reports Liaison Officer,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Room

4176, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita

Ross, Office of Multifamily Housing,

telephone number (202) 708–3555 (this

is not a toll-free number) for copies of

the proposed forms and other available

documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department is submitting the proposed

information collection to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended).

This Notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and

affecting agencies concerning the

proposed collection of information to:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (2) Evaluate the

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the

burden of the proposed collection of

information; (3) Enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and (4) Minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond; including

through the use of appropriate

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Requisition for

Disbursement of Section 202 Loan

Funds.

OMB Control Number, if applicable:

2502–0187.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: Form

HUD–92403–EH is used by the

nonprofit Owner entity to obtain

disbursements on its HUD-funded loan

under the Section 202 Direct Loan

Program for Housing the Elderly or

Handicapped. Its use during the

construction period and at final loan

closing enables the Owner to obtain

funds so that he may settle his

obligations or be reimbursed in a timely

manner.

Agency form numbers, if applicable:

HUD–92403–EH.

Estimation of the total numbers of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response: The estimated

number of respondents are 930, the

frequency of responses is 3, and 1⁄2 hour

per response.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Reinstatement without

change.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: May 15, 1998.

Art Agnos,

Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary

for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 98–14235 Filed 5–28–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4356–N–C4]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection: Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due date: July 28,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

Control Number and should be sent to:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Liaison Officer,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Room

4176, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Debbie Holt, Disbursement and

Customer Service Branch, telephone

number (202) 755–7570, ext. 149 (this is

not a toll-free number) for copies of the

proposed forms and other available

documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department is submitting the proposed

information collection to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended).

This Notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and

affecting agencies concerning the

proposed collection of information to:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (2) Evaluate the

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the

burden of the proposed collection of

information; (3) Enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and (4) Minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond; including

through the use of appropriate

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Automated

Clearinghouse Program Application,

Title I Insurance Coverage Payments

system—FR 3823.

OMB Control Number, if applicable:

2502–0152.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: The

information is needed for the use of the

Automated Clearinghouse System

which is used by the Title I Insurance

System to collect a debt due the Federal

government. The previous approval will

expire soon and will need to be

reinstated so that the department can

continue to use this mechanism.

Agency form numbers, if applicable:

Form HUD–56150.

Estimation of the total numbers of

hours needed to prepare the information