Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 123 / Friday, June 26, 1998 / Notices 34905

Proposed Project: Study of Health Care

Services to Children in Foster Care

Homes—New

The Maternal and Child Health

Bureau of HRSA is planning to conduct

a survey of health care services for

children in foster care and other out-ofhome care in the United States. This

project is aimed at identifying the

contributing factors affecting the

delivery of health care services to these

children.

The project will be carried out in two

stages. In the first stage a survey will be

conducted of the directors of child

welfare programs and the directors of

maternal and child health programs in

all 50 States and the District of

Columbia, in 5 counties in each of seven

States with county administered child

welfare systems, and in 30 large

municipalities. The purpose of this

initial data collection is to document the

range of institutional arrangements,

policies, and activities being undertaken

to address the issue of health care for

children in foster care and other out-ofhome care.

The second stage will include a

detailed follow-up survey of child

welfare, maternal and child health,

Medicaid, and juvenile court officials in

a subset of 20 States (13 with State

administered child welfare systems and

7 with county administered child

welfare systems), 35 counties (5 from

each of the 7 States with county

administered child welfare systems),

and 10 municipalities. The second stage

will document (a) demographic

characteristics of children in foster care,

(b) health care policies, (c)

characteristics of health assessments

and ongoing care, (d) standards of care,

(e) financial arrangements, and (f)

interagency collaborations.

The second stage will also include a

written survey sent to 220 advocacy,

provider, and professional organizations

in the subset of States and counties

being surveyed. This component will

collect information on the same 6

categories noted above from

organizations with a broad base of

experience working on health care

issues for children in foster care and

other out-of-home care.

Respondents Number of respondents

Responses

per respondent

Average burden

per response

(in hours)

Total burden

(in hours)

Child welfare and maternal and child health directors ................................... 232 1 1 232

Child welfare, maternal and child health, Medicaid, and juvenile court officials ............................................................................................................. 260 1 2.4 624

Advocacy and professional organizations ...................................................... 220 1 1.5 330

Total ......................................................................................................... 712 1 1.67 1186

Send comments to HRSA Reports

Clearance Officer, Room 14–33,

Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments

should be received within 60 days of

this notice.

Dated: June 19, 1998.

Jane Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and

Coordination.

[FR Doc. 98–17064 Filed 6–25–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA)

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

Periodically, the Health Resources

and Services Administration publishes

abstracts of information collection

requests under review by the Office of

Management and Budget. These data

collection requirements are authorized

by section 241 of the PHS Act (42 USC

238j). To request a copy of the clearance

request submitted to OMB for review,

call the HRSA Reports Clearance Office

on (301) 443–1129.

The following request has been

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget for review under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995:

Proposed Project: Healthy Schools,

Healthy Communities Data System

(OMB No. 0915–0188)

Extension—This is a request for

extension of approval of the Healthy

Schools Data System, which contains

the annual reporting requirements for

the Healthy Schools, Healthy

Communities grantees funded by the

Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC),

HRSA. Authorizing legislation is found

in Pub. L. 104–299, Health Center

Consolidation Act of 1996, enacting

Section 330 of the Public Health Service

Act.

The BPHC collects data on its

programs to ensure compliance with

legislative mandates and to report to

Congress and policymakers on program

accomplishments. To meet these

objectives with respect to the Healthy

Schools, Healthy Communities grant

program, BPHC requires a core set of

information collected annually that is

appropriate for monitoring and

evaluating performance and reporting

on annual trends. This data system,

‘‘School Health Care Online (SHO)’’,

includes information on such specific

program elements as:

—Student patient characteristics (e.g.,

age, grade level, gender, pre-existing

conditions, disease chronicity, and

insurance status.

—Service utilization (e.g., immunization

rates, health screening, referrals).

—Referrals to the Women, Infant and

Children (WIC) nutritional program

and other social services providers.

—Information on provider productivity.

—Use of emergency rooms for nonemergency care.

There are to be no revisions to the

data collection instruments.

The reporting burden has decreased

slightly because reporting has been

changed from quarterly to annually.

Estimates of annualized reporting

burden are as follows:

Type of report Number of respondents

Hours per responseTotal burden

hours

Data Entry .................................................................................................................................... 30 0.2 3,600

User Profile ................................................................................................................................... 30 0.5 15

Data Export .................................................................................................................................. 30 0.5 15
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Type of report Number of respondents

Hours per responseTotal burden

hours

Total ...................................................................................................................................... 30 ........................ 3,630

Written comments and

recommendations concerning the

proposed information collection should

be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Laura Oliven, Human Resources and

Housing Branch, Office of Management

and Budget, New Executive Office

Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC

20503.

Dated: June 19, 1998.

Jane Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and

Coordination.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

National Vaccine Injury Compensation

Program; List of Petitions Received

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services

Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Health Resources and

Services Administration (HRSA) is

publishing this notice of petitions

received under the National Vaccine

Injury Compensation Program (‘‘the

Program’’), as required by section

2112(b)(2) of the Public Health Service

(PHS) Act, as amended. While the

Secretary of Health and Human Services

is named as the respondent in all

proceedings brought by the filing of

petitions for compensation under the

Program, the United States Court of

Federal Claims is charged by statute

with responsibility for considering and

acting upon the petitions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information about requirements for

filing petitions, and the Program

generally, contact the Clerk, United

States Court of Federal Claims, 717

Madison Place, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20005, (202) 219–9657. For information

on HRSA’s role in the Program, contact

the Director, National Vaccine Injury

Compensation Program, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Room 8A35, Rockville, MD 20857,

(301) 443–6593.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Program provides a system of no-fault

compensation for certain individuals

who have been injured by specified

childhood vaccines. Subtitle 2 of title

XXI of the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 300aa–

10 et seq., provides that those seeking

compensation are to file a petition with

the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and to

serve a copy of the petition on the

Secretary of Health and Human

Services, who is named as the

respondent in each proceeding. The

Secretary has delegated her

responsibility under the Program to

HRSA. The Court is directed by statute

to appoint special masters who take

evidence, conduct hearings as

appropriate, and make initial decisions

as to eligibility for, and amount of,

compensation.

A petition may be filed with respect

to injuries, disabilities, illnesses,

conditions, and deaths resulting from

vaccines described in the Vaccine Injury

Table (the Table) set forth at section

2114 of the PHS Act or as set forth at

42 CFR 100.3, as applicable. This Table

lists for each covered childhood vaccine

the conditions which will lead to

compensation and, for each condition,

the time period for occurrence of the

first symptom or manifestation of onset

or of significant aggravation after

vaccine administration. Compensation

may also be awarded for conditions not

listed in the Table and for conditions

that are manifested after the time

periods specified in the Table, but only

if the petitioner shows that the

condition was caused by one of the

listed vaccines.

Section 2112(b)(2) of the PHS Act, 42

U.S.C. 300aa–12(b)(2), requires that the

Secretary publish in the Federal

Register a notice of each petition filed.

Set forth below is a list of petitions

received by HRSA on January 5, 1998,

through March 31, 1998.

Section 2112(b)(2) also provides that

the special master ‘‘shall afford all

interested persons an opportunity to

submit relevant, written information’’

relating to the following:

1. The existence of evidence ‘‘that

there is not a preponderance of the

evidence that the illness, disability,

injury, condition, or death described in

the petition is due to factors unrelated

to the administration of the vaccine

described in the petition,’’ and

2. Any allegation in a petition that the

petitioner either:

(a) ‘‘Sustained, or had significantly

aggravated, any illness, disability,

injury, or condition not set forth in the

Table but which was caused by’’ one of

the vaccines referred to in the Table, or

(b) ‘‘Sustained, or had significantly

aggravated, any illness, disability,

injury, or condition set forth in the

Table the first symptom or

manifestation of the onset or significant

aggravation of which did not occur

within the time period set forth in the

Table but which was caused by a

vaccine’’ referred to in the Table.

This notice will also serve as the

special master’s invitation to all

interested persons to submit written

information relevant to the issues

described above in the case of the

petitions listed below. Any person

choosing to do so should file an original

and three (3) copies of the information

with the Clerk of the U.S. Court of

Federal Claims at the address listed

above (under the heading FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT), with a copy to

HRSA addressed to Acting Associate

Administrator for Health Professions,

5600 Fishers Lane, Room 8–05,

Rockville, MD 20857. The Court’s

caption (Petitioner’s Name v. Secretary

of Health and Human Services) and the

docket number assigned to the petition

should be used as the caption for the

written submission.

Chapter 35 of title 44, United States

Code, related to paperwork reduction,

does not apply to information required

for purposes of carrying out the

Program.

List of Petitions

1. Stephanie and John Hatzenbuhler, on

behalf of John Ross Hatzenbuhler

Bismark, North Dakota, Court of

Federal Claims Number 98–0008V

2. Basmah Zamrik and Mohammad

Ramez Chawki on behalf of Hedaya

Chawki, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma,

Court of Federal Claims Number 98–

0010V

3. Dennis Foster on behalf of Felisha

Foster, Rockford, IIlinois, Court of

Federal Claims Number 98–0033V

4. Dolores Cohen-Lowry, Phoenixville,

Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims

Number 98–0034V

5. Pamela S. and Andrew L. Wilson on

behalf of Daniel J. Wilson, Beaver,

Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims

Number 98–0040V

6. Christine E. Kramer, Mayfield

Heights, Ohio, Court of Federal

Claims Number 98–0053V

7. Thuy Yang on behalf of Chandra Ly,

Deceased, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania, Court of Federal Claims

Number 98–0054V