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breakout discussion groups. There is no

registration fee for this workshop.

Registration forms can be obtained by

calling 301–443–5470 or writing to the

Office of Health Affairs, ATTN: Patient

Education Workshop, Food and Drug

Administration (HFY–40), 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Submit

written views or comments to the

Dockets Management Branch (HFA–

305), Food and Drug Administration,

12420 Parklawn Dr., rm. 1–23,

Rockville, MD 20857. The designers of

information systems should call the

contact person (address below) for

registration information. A more

detailed agenda and written

presentations will be placed in the

docket, identified with the docket

number found in brackets in the

heading of this document, at the

Dockets Management Branch, and will

be available for review between 9 a.m.

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. A

transcript of the general sessions of the

workshop will be available for review or

purchase (10 cents per page) at the

Dockets Management Branch

approximately 5 business days after the

meeting. The breakout sessions will not

be transcribed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas J. McGinnis, Office of Health

Affairs (HFY–40), Food and Drug

Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, MD 20857, 301–443–5470.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the

Federal Register of August 24, 1995 (60

FR 44182), FDA published a proposed

rule which, if finalized, is intended to

increase the dissemination of useful

written prescription drug information to

patients who receive prescription drugs

on an outpatient basis. The agency

believes that such information must be

widely distributed and be of sufficient

quality to promote the proper use of

prescription drugs. The agency

proposed goals (performance standards)

that would define acceptable levels of

information distribution and quality. To

meet the performance standard for

distribution of patient information, the

agency proposed that by the year 2000,

at least 75 percent of people receiving

new prescriptions receive useful written

information. This goal was adapted from

the Public Health Service’s ‘‘Healthy

People 2000’’ report. In addition, the

agency proposed that by the year 2006,

at least 95 percent of the people who

receive new prescriptions receive useful

written information.

FDA proposed to periodically

evaluate and report on the achievement

of the goals. If the goals are not met in

the specified timeframes, FDA proposed

to either: (1) Implement a mandatory

comprehensive medication guide

program, or (2) seek public comment on

whether the comprehensive program

should be implemented, or whether,

and what, other steps should be taken

to meet the patient information goals.

In the Federal Register of August 24,

1995, the agency proposed the following

seven specific components for

determining whether patient

information is useful: Scientific

accuracy, consistency with a standard

format, nonpromotional tone and

content, specificity, comprehensiveness,

understandable language, and legibility.

The agency defined these components

of usefulness, as well as criteria that

could be used to judge these

components, and invited comments on

their appropriateness. The agency also

stated that it would hold a public

meeting for interested parties to provide

recommendations and rationale for

evaluating usefulness of written

information.

The agency will hold a public patient

education workshop to discuss the

methods and criteria for developing and

evaluating the usefulness of written

information. The patient education

workshop will be designed to obtain

recommendations from the public about

the criteria that should be applied to

help ensure that written information

provided to patients is ‘‘useful.’’

The patient education workshop will

be comprised of both formal

presentations and open breakout

discussion periods. Any interested

person may attend and participate in the

discussions. The workshop will include

general sessions with presentations from

FDA, health professional groups,

consumer groups, the pharmaceutical

industry, academicians, and parties

with legal and regulatory expertise. The

agency also intends to hold breakout

sessions throughout the 2-day workshop

to obtain broad participation and input

from workshop attendees.

FDA believes that it would be helpful

for workshop participants (including

FDA staff) to learn about the design of

current patient information systems, in

particular, programs that generate drugspecific patient information. The agency

invites the designers of primary

information systems (not the

customizers of systems for retail outlets)

to display their systems at the workshop

for educational purposes only. No sales

or solicitations may be made by

exhibitors at the workshop site. Due to

space limitations, FDA may be forced to

limit the number of systems on display.

In doing so, FDA would seek to permit

display of the most representative/

comprehensive systems available for

patient information. However, the

agency invites all interested persons to

submit their views, comments, and

descriptions of computer programs to

the Dockets Management Branch

(address above).

The agency notes that the comment

period for the proposed rule that

published in the Federal Register of

August 24, 1995, has recently been

extended until December 22, 1995 (60

FR 58025, November 24, 1995). Because

this workshop will occur after the

comment period has closed, the agency

will accept additional comments to the

proposed rule on the specific issues

raised at the workshop. These

comments will be considered as part of

the agency’s deliberations regarding

further action on this rulemaking. For

this limited purpose, written comments

may be submitted to the Dockets

Management Branch (address above)

until January 31, 1996. Comments are to

be identified with the docket number

found in brackets in the heading of this

document.

A summary of the workshop will be

included in a subsequent Federal

Register notice related to this

prescription drug labeling initiative.

Dated: December 1, 1995.

William K. Hubbard,

Associate Commissioner for Policy.

[FR Doc. 95–29903 Filed 12–7–95; 8:45 am]

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National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Mental Health;

Notice of Closed Meeting

Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following meeting

of the National Institute of Mental

Health Special Emphasis Panel:

Agenda/Purpose: To review and evaluate

grant applications.

Committee Name: National Institute of

Mental Health Special Emphasis Panel.

Date: December 11, 1995.

Time: 11 a.m.

Place: Parklawn Building, Room 9C–18,

5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Contact Person: Michael D. Hirsch,

Parklawn Building, Room 9C–18, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857,

Telephone: (301) 443–1000.

The meeting will be closed in accordance

with the provisions set forth in secs.

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5, U.S.C.

Applications and/or proposals and the

discussions could reveal confidential trade

secrets or commercial property such as

patentable material and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

applications and/or proposals, the disclosure

of which would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
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This notice is being published less than

fifteen days prior to the meeting due to the

urgent need to meet timing limitations

imposed by the review and funding cycle.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Numbers 93.242, 93.281, 93.282)

Dated: December 4, 1995.

Susan K. Feldman,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 95–3000 Filed 12–7–95; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Policy Development and Research

[Docket No. FR–3917–N–35]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Policy Development and

Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as requried by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due: February 6,

1996.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name or OMB Control

Number and should be sent to: Reports

Liaison Officer, Office of Policy

Development and Research, Department

of Housing and Urban Development,

451 7th Street SW., Room 8226,

Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jean Lin, Social Science Analyst, Office

of Policy Development and Research—

telephone (202) 708–0574 (this is not a

toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department will submit the proposed

information collection to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended).

This Notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and affected

agencies concerning the proposed

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information; (3) Enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (4)

Minimize the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond; including through the use of

appropriate automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology, e.g. permitting electronic

submission of responses.

This notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: The Survey of

Habitat for Humanity Homebuyers and

Affiliates

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: The

information is being collected to

examine the homeownership process

and homeownership impacts on the

individuals and community

participating in the Habitat for

Humanity International program. This

study will: (1) describe the role of

Habitat in assisting low-income families

achieve homeownership; (2) describe

the program experience of homeowners;

(3) examine the changes in the quality

of life of participants as a result of

homeownership; and (4) assess the

benefits of homeownership for lowincome families.

This is being done to assist the

Department in formulating its national

homeownership strategy for expanding

homeownership opportunities and

improving the quality of life for lowincome families.

Members of affected public:

Homeowners of the Habitat for

Humanity program: 100 homeowners

will be individually surveyed and 200

homeowners will be participating in

exit surveys from focus groups.

Estimation of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response: Information will be

collected by one-time in-person

interviews with 100 homeowners. These

interviews will last an average of one

hour. Two hundred homeowners will

participate in exit interviews from focus

groups. Exit surveys will last an average

of ten minutes. This means a total of 134

hours of response for the information

collection.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Pending OMB approval.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,

as amended.

Dated: November 29, 1995.

Michael A. Stegman,

Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy

Development and Research.

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Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Community Planning and

Development

[Docket No. FR–3778–N–65]

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities

to Assist the Homeless

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This Notice identifies

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and

surplus Federal property reviewed by

HUD for suitability for possible use to

assist the homeless.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Johnson, room 7256, Department

of Housing and Urban Development,

451 Seventh Street SW., Washington,

DC 20410; telephone (202) 708–1226;

TDD number for the hearing and

speech-impaired (202) 708–2565 (these

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or

call the toll-free Title V information line

at 1–800–927–7588.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with 56 FR 23789 (May 24,

1991) and section 501 of the Stewart B.

McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42

U.S.C. 11411), as amended, HUD is

publishing this Notice to identify

Federal buildings and other real

property that HUD has reviewed for

suitability for use to assist the homeless.

The properties were reviewed using

information provided to HUD by

Federal landholding agencies regarding

unutilized and underutilized buildings

and real property controlled by such

agencies or by GSA regarding its

inventory of excess or surplus Federal

property. This Notice is also published

in order to comply with the December

12, 1988 Court Order in National

Coalition for the Homeless v. Veterans

Administration, No. 88–2503–OG

(D.D.C.).

Properties reviewed are listed in this

Notice according to the following

categories: Suitable/available, suitable/

unavailable, suitable/to be excess, and

unsuitable. The properties listed in the

three suitable categories have been

reviewed by the landholding agencies,

and each agency has transmitted to

HUD: (1) Its intention to make the

property available for use to assist the