Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 108 / Tuesday, June 5, 2001 / Notices 30215

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collections;

Comment Request

The Department of Health and Human

Services, Office of the Secretary will

periodically publish summaries of

proposed information collections

projects and solicit public comments in

compliance with the requirements of

Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995. To request more

information on the project or to obtain

a copy of the information collection

plans and instruments, call the OS

Reports Clearance Officer on (202) 690–

6207.

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 Projects 1.

Assessment of State Laws, Regulations,

and Practice Affecting the Collection

and Reporting of Racial and Ethnic Data

by Health Insurers and Managed Care

Plans—NEW—One of the overarching

goals of Healthy People 2010 is the

elimination of health disparities,

including those associated with race

and ethnicity. The lack of data is a

barrier to performance measurement for

this goal. Therefore, the Office of

Minority Health is proposing a study

which will examine States’ laws and

policies concerning the collection and

use of racial and ethnic data by health

insurers and managed care plans. The

study involves visits to 13 States for an

in-depth look at their policies and

practices, interviews with State officials

and representatives of the States’ major

managed care plans and health

insurance industry, and focus groups

with consumer and civil right

organizations. Respondents: State or

local governments; businesses or other

for-profit; non-profit institutions.

BURDEN INFORMATION

Instrument Number of

respondents

Hours per

response

Total burden

hours

Administrator Interview Guide ..................................................................................................... 78 4 312

Consumer Focus Group .............................................................................................................. 130 2 260

Total ...................................................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ 572

Send comments to Cynthia Agens

Bauer, OS Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200

Independence Avenue SW., Washington

DC, 20201. Written comments should be

received within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: May 22, 2001.

Kerry Weems,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Committee on Vital and Health

Statistics: Meeting

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, the Department of

Health and Human Services (HHS)

announces the following advisory

committee meeting.

Name: National Committee on Vital and

Health Statistics (NCVHS).

Time and Date:

June 27, 2001—9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

June 28, 2001—10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Place: Renaissance Hotel, 999 9th Street,

NW., Washington, DC, (202) 898–9000.

Status: Open.

Purpose: At this meeting the Committee

will hear presentations and hold discussions

on several health data policy topics. On the

first day an update from HHS has been

scheduled on the implementation of the

administrative simplification provisions of

the Health Insurance Portability and

Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The

Committee also will be briefed by HHS staff

on a number of additional data policy

activities including quality of care for racial

and ethnic minorities and the

implementation of OMB federal data

standards on race and ethnicity. The

Committee will review reports in progress

including the report from the Subcommittee

on Populations on functional status data, and

Subcommittees will hold working sessions in

the afternoon. There will also be

Subcommittee sessions early in the morning

of the second day. Day two of the full

Committee meeting will feature a briefing on

the HHS Patient Safety Task Force, the

National Quality Forum and the National

Quality Report from the Institute of

Medicine. The afternoon agenda begins with

a briefing on the status of the Centers for

Disease Control’s National Electronic Data

Surveillance System (NEDSS). The remainder

of the afternoon’s agenda will be devoted to

Committee business including reports from

the Subcommittees and planning future

agendas.

Contact Person for More Information:

Substantive program information as well as

summaries of meetings and a roster of

committee members may be obtained from

Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary,

NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics,

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

Room 1100, Presidential Building, 6525

Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782,

telephone (301) 458–4245. Information also

is available on the NCVHS home page of the

HHS website: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/,

where further information including an

agenda will be posted when available.

Dated: May 30, 2001.

James Scanlon,

Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of

the Assistant Secretary for Planning and

Evaluation.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Statement of Organization, Functions,

and Delegations of Authority

This notice amends Part K of the

Statement of Organization, Functions

and Delegations of Authority of the

Department of Health and Human

Services (DHHS), Administration for

Children and Families (ACF), Chapter

KB, the Administration on Children,

Youth and Families (ACYF), as last

amended on August 27, 1991 [56 FR

42332], December 8, 1997 [62 FR 64592]

and October 6, 1999 [63 FR 58742] is

being reorganized to move the Office of

State Systems from the Office of the

Commissioner and place it in the

Children’s Bureau as a new Division

and to establish a third Division within

the Head Start Bureau. In addition, this