Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 178 / Thursday, September 15, 2005 / Notices 54557 

Dated: September 3, 2005. 

Robert E. Polson, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–18287 Filed 9–14–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–New] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

Agency: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement of 

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Secretary (OS), 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. 

#1 Type of Information Collection 

Request: New Collection, Regular; 

Title of Information Collection: 

National Community Centers of 

Excellence in Women’s Health and 

National Centers of Excellence in 

Women’s Health Joint Project 

Evaluation Professional Survey; 

Form/OMB No.: OS–0990–New; 

Use: Health professionals and 

community leaders who participated in 

a joint project program will complete a 

survey sharing their perceptions of the 

program’s impact on their work. This 

will help evaluate the processes and 

outcomes of the joint projects and their 

ability to provide integrated services to 

women. 

Frequency: Other, once per person; 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households, 

Annual Number of Respondents: 170. 

Total Annual Responses: 170; 

Average Burden Per Response: 15- 

minutes; 

Total Annual Hours: 43. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access the HHS Web 

site address at http://www.hhs.gov/ 

oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-mail your 

request, including your address, phone 

number, OMB number, and OS 

document identifier, to 

naomi.cook@hhs.gov, or call the Reports 

Clearance Office on (202) 690–6162. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be mailed 

within 60 days of this notice directly to 

the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer 

designated at the following address: 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Office of the Secretary, 

Assistant Secretary for Budget, 

Technology, and Finance, Office of 

Information and Resource Management, 

Attention: Naomi Cook (0990–New), 

Room 531–H, 200 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20201. 

Dated: September 6, 2005. 

Robert E. Polson, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–18288 Filed 9–14–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Meeting of the Citizens’ Health Care 

Working Group 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, this notice announces meetings of 

the Citizens’ Health Care Working 

Group (the Working Group) mandated 

by section 1014 of the Medicare 

Modernization Act. 

DATES: Business meetings of the 

Working Group will be held on 

Wednesday, September 21, 2005 from 

3:30 to 5 p.m. and Thursday, September 

22, 2005 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. A 

public meeting with invited speakers 

will take place on Friday, September 23 

from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This meeting 

will focus on Oregon’s experience in 

engaging the public in developing 

health care policy. 

ADDRESSES: Events for all three days 

will take place in the Portland City Hall, 

1221 SW. 4th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 

97204. The Working Group business 

meetings on both Wednesday and 

Thursday will take place in the Rose 

Room. Friday’s meeting will take place 

in the City Council Chambers. 

All meetings are open to the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caroline Taplin, Citizens’ Health Care 

Working Group, at (301) 443–1514 or 

ctaplin@ahrq.gov. If sign language 

interpretation or other reasonable 

accommodation for a disability is 

needed, please contact Mr. Donald L. 

Innis, Director, Office of Equal 

Employment Opportunity Program, 

Program Support Center, on (301) 443–

1144. 

The agendas for these three Working 

Group meetings are available on the 

Citizens’ Working Group Web site, 

http://www.citizenshealthcare.gov. Also 

available at that site is a roster of 

Working Group members. When 

transcriptions of the Group’s September 

meetins are completed, they will also be 

available on the Web site. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1014 of Pub. L. 108–173, (known as the 

Medicare Modernization Act) directs the 

Secretary of the Department of Health 

and Human Services (DHHS), acting 

through the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality, to establish a 

Citizens’ Health Care Working Group 

(Citizen Group). This statutory 

provision, codified at 42 U.S.C. 299n., 

directs the Working Group to: (1) 

Identify options for changing our health 

care system so that every American has 

the ability to obtain quality, affordable 

health care coverage; (2) provide for a 

nationwide public debate about 

improving the health care system; and 

(3) submit its recommendations to the 

President and the Congress. 

The Citizens’ Health Care Working 

Group is composed of 15 members: the 

Secretary of DHHS is designated as a 

member by the statute and the 

Comptroller General of the U.S. 

Government Accountability Office 

(GAO) was directed to name the 

remaining 14 members whose 

appointments were announced on 

February 28, 2005. 

Working Group Meeting Agendas 

The Working Group business 

meetings on September 21 and 22 will 

be devoted to ongoing Working Group 

business. Topics to be addressed are 

expected to include: reports from 

Working Group Committees, plans for 

release of the required Report to the 

American people, and plans for 

community meetings and other 

activities to engage the public. 

At the public meeting on September 

23, invited speakers will discuss 

Oregon’s experiences in engaging the 

public in discussions of health policy.