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Administration (VHA), Department of

Veterans Affairs, has submitted the

collection of information abstracted

below to the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) for review and comment.

The PRA submission describes the

nature of the information collection and

its expected cost and burden; it includes

the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before May 30, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF

THE SUBMISSION CONTACT: Denise

McLamb, Information Management

Service (045A4), Department of

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273–

8030, FAX (202) 273–5981 or e-mail to:

denise.mclamb@mail.va.gov. Please

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0578.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Provision of Health Care to

Vietnam Veterans’ Children with Spina

Bifida.

OMB Control Number: 2900–0578.

Type of Review: Reinstatement,

without change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval

has expired.

Abstract: The information collected

will be used to determine appropriate

payment for medical care rendered to

Vietnam veterans’ children with spina

bifida. Without the information, VA will

be unable to determine the correct

amount to reimburse providers for their

services.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The Federal Register

Notice with a 60-day comment period

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on

January 11, 2001, at pages 2480–2481.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households and Business or Other ForProfit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,584

hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per

Respondent: 8 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

12,000.

Send comments and

recommendations concerning any

aspect of the information collection to

VA’s OMB Desk Officer, OMB Human

Resources and Housing Branch, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395–7316.

Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–

0578’’ in any correspondence.

Dated: April 20, 2001.

By direction of the Secretary.

Donald L. Neilson,

Director, Information Management Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900–0583]

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Health

Administration, Department of Veterans

Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995

(44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice

announces that the Veterans Health

Administration (VHA), Department of

Veterans Affairs, has submitted the

collection of information abstracted

below to the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) for review and comment.

The PRA submission describes the

nature of the information collection and

its expected cost and burden; it includes

the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before May 30, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF

THE SUBMISSION CONTACT: Denise

McLamb, Information Management

Service (045A4), Department of

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273–

8030, FAX (202) 273–5981 or e-mail to:

denise.mclamb@mail.va.gov. Please

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0583.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Regulation for Informed Consent

for Patient Care (Title 38 CFR 17.32).

OMB Control Number: 2900–0583.

Type of Review: Reinstatement,

without change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval

has expired.

Abstract: The information collection

subject to this rulemaking concerns

disclosure requirements that non-VA

physicians contracting to perform

services for VA must follow in

conducting informed consent

procedures. The information provided is

designed to ensure that patients (or in

some cases, others) have sufficient

information to provide informed

consent.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The Federal Register

Notice with a 60-day comment period

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on

January 11, 2001, at page 2481.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Annual Burden: 60,000

hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per

Respondent: 15 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

240,000.

Send comments and

recommendations concerning any

aspect of the information collection to

VA’s OMB Desk Officer, OMB Human

Resources and Housing Branch, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395–7316.

Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–

0583’’ in any correspondence.

Dated: April 20, 2001.

By direction of the Secretary.

Donald L. Neilson,

Director, Information Management Service.

[FR Doc. 01–10682 Filed 4–27–01; 8:45 am]

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