[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 103 (Friday, May 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30032-30033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12964]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more 
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and draft instruments, e-mail <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6f1f0e1f0a1d18001d042f071d1c0e41080019"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="354554455047425a475e755d4746541b525a43">[email protected]</span></a> or 
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (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 Project: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and 
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients Data System (OMB No. 0915-
0157)--Extension

    Section 372 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act requires that 
the Secretary, by contract, provide for the establishment and operation 
of an Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). The OPTN, 
among other responsibilities, operates and maintains a national waiting 
list of individuals requiring organ transplants, maintains a 
computerized system for matching donor organs with transplant 
candidates on the waiting list, and operates a 24-hour system to 
facilitate matching organs with individuals included in the list.
    Data for the OPTN data system are collected from transplant 
hospitals, organ procurement organizations, and tissue-typing 
laboratories. The information is used to indicate the disease severity 
of transplant candidates, to monitor compliance of member organizations 
with OPTN rules and requirements, and to report periodically on the 
clinical and scientific status of organ donation and transplantation in 
this country. Data are used to develop transplant, donation and 
allocation policies, to determine if institutional members are 
complying with policy, to determine member specific performance, to 
ensure patient safety and to fulfill the requirements of the OPTN Final 
Rule. The practical utility of the data collection is further enhanced 
by requirements that the OPTN data must be made available, consistent 
with applicable laws, for use by OPTN members, the Scientific Registry 
of Transplant Recipients, the Department of Health and Human Services, 
and others for evaluation, research, patient information, and other 
important purposes.
    No revisions of the 26 data collection forms are proposed at this 
time; however, the OPTN is currently undergoing a review of the forms 
and expects to submit proposed revisions within the next year.
    The annual estimate of burden is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
              Form                  respondents     respondents      responses       response          hours
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Deceased Donor Registration.....              58             216          12,528          0.7500        9,396.00
Death referral data.............              58              12             696         10.0000        6,960.00
Death Notification Referral--                 58             161            9338          0.2000        1,867.60
 Eligible.......................
Death Notification Referral--                 58             168            9744          0.5000        4,872.00
 Imminent.......................
Living Donor Registration.......             308              39          12,012          0.6500        7,807.80
Living Donor Follow-up..........             308              50          15,400          0.5000        7,700.00
Donor Histocompatibility........             156             131          20,436          0.1000        2,043.60
Recipient Histocompatibility....             156             196          30,576          0.2000        6,115.20
Heart Candidate Registration....             127              35           4,445          0.5000        2,222.50
Lung Candidate Registration.....              68              42           2,856          0.5000        1,428.00
Heart/Lung Candidate                          51               2             102          0.5000           51.00
 Registration...................
Thoracic Registration...........             127              36           4,572          0.7500        3,429.00
Thoracic Follow-up..............             127             320          40,640          0.6500       26,416.00
Kidney Candidate Registration...             241             183          44,103          0.5000       22,051.50
Kidney Registration.............             241              83          20,003          0.7500       15,002.25
Kidney Follow-up *..............             241             742         178,822          0.5500       98,352.10
Liver Candidate Registration....             129             109          14,061          0.5000        7,030.50
Liver Registration..............             129              58           7,482          0.6500        4,863.30
Liver Follow-up.................             129             519          66,951          0.5000       33,475.50
Kidney/Pancreas Candidate                    143              14           2,002          0.5000        1,001.00
 Registration...................
Kidney/Pancreas Registration....             143               7           1,001          0.9000          900.90
Kidney/Pancreas Follow-up.......             143              85          12,155          0.8500       10,331.75
Pancreas Candidate Registration.             143               7           1,001          0.5000          500.50
Pancreas Registration...........             143               3             429          0.7500          321.75
Pancreas Follow-up..............             143              20           2,860          0.6500        1,859.00
Intestine Candidate Registration              44               7             308          0.5000          154.00
Intestine Registration..........              44               5             220          0.9000          198.00
Intestine Follow-up.............              44              28           1,232          0.8500        1,047.20
Post Transplant Malignancy......             684              10           6,840          0.2000        1,368.00
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    Total.......................             463  ..............         522,815  ..............      278,765.95
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* Includes an estimated 2,500 kidney transplant patients transplanted prior to the initiation of the data
  system.

    E-mail comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4f3f2e3f2a3d38203d240f273d3c2e61282039"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="730312031601041c0118331b0100125d141c05">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

    Dated: May 25, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-12964 Filed 5-27-10; 8:45 am]
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