9570 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 35 / Thursday, February 21, 2008 / Notices 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The applications also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than March 17, 

2008. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City (Todd Offenbacker, Assistant Vice 

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198–0001: 

1. Prime Bank Group, Inc., to become 

a bank holding company by acquiring 

100 percent of the voting shares of 

Prime Bank (in organization), both in 

Edmond, Oklahoma. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 

(W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200 

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201–

2272: 

1. National Bank & Trust Employee 

Stock Ownership Plan With 401(k) 

Provisions; to become a bank holding 

company by acquiring up to 26 percent 

of the voting shares of First La Grange 

Bancshares, Inc., and indirectly acquire 

voting shares of National Bank & Trust, 

all of La Grange, Texas. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, February 15, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–3202 Filed 2–20–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Office for Civil Rights: Audio 

Conference on Proposed Regulations 

Related to Patient Safety 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS; Office for Civil 

Rights, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of audio conference. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services’ Agency for 

Healthcare Research and Quality 

Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy and Office 

for Civil Rights Deputy Director of 

Health Information Privacy Susan 

McAndrew will host a joint audio 

conference February 29, 2008 from 2–3 

p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) to discuss 

the recently published proposed 

regulation regarding Patient Safety and 

Quality Improvement and statutory 

confidentiality protections. The purpose 

of this audio conference is to facilitate 

public understanding of the proposed 

regulation and rulemaking process 

outlined in the Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking published in the Federal 

Register February 12, 2008. To register 

for the audio conference, log on to 

http://www.academyhealth.org/ahrq/ 

psoaudio/. 

DATES: The live audio conference will 

be Feb. 29 from 2–3 p.m. (Eastern 

Standard Time). 

ADDRESSES: The proposed regulation 

can be viewed on the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/

ContentViewer?objectId=09000064803

acce8&disposition=attachment&content

Type=html. 

The audio conference is open to 

everyone; however, discussions during 

this forum will not be included in 

official public comments. 

Public comment on the proposed 

regulations will be accepted through 

April 14, 2008. 

Comments can be submitted by any of 

the following methods: Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/

component/main?main=Submit

Comment&o=09000064803acce8. 

Comments should include the agency 

name (Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality and/or Office for Civil 

Rights) and RIN 0919–AA01. 

Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Center 

for Quality Improvement and Patient 

Safety, Attention: Patient Safety Act 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

Comments, Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality, 540 Gaither Road, 

Rockville, Maryland 20850. 

Comments sent by facsimile (FAX) 

transmission or electronic mail will not 

be accepted. 

Comments received through the 

eRulemaking Portal can be viewed 

online at either of the Web sites listed 

above. All comments received through 

the eRulemaking Portal, mail, and hand 

delivery/courier are available for public 

inspection at the AHRQ Information 

Resources Center, which is located at 

540 Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland 

20850. The Information Resources 

Center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Eastern Standard Time, Monday 

through Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Crown, Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality, 301–427–1258 or 

ellen.crown@ahrq.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement 

Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act), the 

Secretary is authorized to list Patient 

Safety Organizations (PSOs), 

organizations that will work with 

providers to collect and analyze patient 

safety related data. The Statute sets forth 

and the recently published proposed 

regulation explains certifications that 

must be submitted by entities in order 

to be listed as PSOs. PSOs will provide 

analysis of data and feedback to 

providers to assist them in improving 

patient safety. 

The Patient Safety Act protects the 

confidentiality of data shared by 

providers prepared by the PSO as well 

as other related materials, defined in the 

statute and proposed regulations. This 

legal protection of information 

addresses significant barriers that 

currently exists—the fear of legal 

liability or sanctions that can result 

from reporting a patient safety event. 

Strong confidentiality provisions are 

key to encouraging voluntary reporting, 

and facilitating the aggregation of large 

volumes of data which in turn aids in 

identifying patterns of patient safety 

events. Under the Patient Safety Act, the 

imposition of civil monetary penalties is 

authorized for breaches of its 

confidentiality provisions. The 

confidentiality protections of patient 

safety information are to be 

implemented in a way that does not 

interfere with other health care 

reporting obligations of providers, e.g., 

under State or local laws. 

Dated: February 13, 2008. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

AHRQ, Director. 

[FR Doc. 08–776 Filed 2–20–08; 8:45am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–90–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Project: 

Title: Exploration of Low-Income 

Couples’ Decision-Making Processes. 

OMB No.: New Collection. 


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