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IHS Areas and Service Units for 

improving prevention, detection, and 

treatment of infectious and chronic 

disease, specifically in this case, HIV 

and Sexually Transmitted Disease 

(STD). 

The ‘‘HIV Knowledge/Attitudes/ 

Practice Customer Survey’’ (hereto 

referred to as Customer Survey), will 

provide the information needed to 

understand the most effective and 

appropriate methods to complete these 

goals. With the information collected 

from patients, we will be able to offer 

recommendations to Service Units on 

how to best scale up screening for 

sensitive topics such as HIV and STDs 

in AI/AN communities. Also, the 

information will give IHS the tools to 

assist our Service Units with 

implementation of current national 

recommendations by CDC. At the 

moment, we are encouraging uptake of 

current CDC national recommendations; 

however, without this information, we 

are unable to maximize effectiveness, 

dispel myths, and identify 

misinformation. 

Voluntary customer surveys will be 

conducted through self-administered 

questionnaires, face-to-face interviews, 

and potentially electronic media. The 

information gathered will be used by 

DEDP and the HIV Program to identify 

how patients would prefer to be offered 

expanded testing in a way that is 

respectful, confidential, and effective. 

Affected Public: Individuals. Type of 

Respondents: IHS customers. 

The table below provides: Types of 

data collection instruments, Estimated 

number of respondents, Number of 

responses per respondent, Average 

burden hour per response, and Total 

annual burden hour(s). 

ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS

Data collection instrument 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hour 

per response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Customer survey .............................................................................................. 1000 1 10/60 166 

Total .......................................................................................................... 1000 ........................ ........................ 166 

There are no Capital Costs, Operating 

Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs to 

report. 

Request for Comments: Your written 

comments and/or suggestions are 

invited on one or more of the following 

points: (a) Whether the information 

collection activity is necessary to carry 

out an agency function; (b) whether the 

agency processes the information 

collected in a useful and timely fashion; 

(c) the accuracy of the public burden 

estimate (the estimated amount of time 

needed for individual respondents to 

provide the requested information); (d) 

whether the methodology and 

assumptions used to determine the 

estimates are logical; (e) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information being collected; and 

(f) ways to minimize the public burden 

through the use of automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Send Comments and Requests for 

Further Information: Send your written 

comments, requests for more 

information on the proposed collection, 

or requests to obtain a copy of the data 

collection instrument(s) and 

instructions to: Ms. Janet Ingersoll, 

Acting IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 

801 Thompson Avenue, TMP 450, 

Rockville, MD 20852–1627; call non-toll 

free (301) 443–6177; send via facsimile 

to (301) 443–2316; or send your E-mail 

requests, comments, and return address 

to: janet.ingersoll@ihs.gov. 

Comment Due Date: Your comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having full effect if 

received within 60 days of the date of 

this publication. 

Dated: August 18, 2008. 

Robert G. McSwain, 

Director, Indian Health Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–19479 Filed 8–22–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–16–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Request for Public Comment: 60-Day 

Proposed Information Collection: 

Indian Health Service; Health 

Promotion/Disease Prevention Grantee 

Survey 

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995 which requires 

60 days for public comment on 

proposed information collection 

projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) 

is publishing for comment a summary of 

a proposed information collection to be 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review. 

Proposed Collection: Title: 0917–

NEW, ‘‘Indian Health Service Health 

Promotion/Disease Prevention Grantee 

Survey.’’ Type of Information Collection 

Request: This is a one time survey to 

fulfill an OMB request for an 

independent external evaluation 

collection, 0917–NEW, ‘‘Indian Health 

Service Health Promotion/Disease 

Prevention (HP/DP) Grantee Survey.’’

Form(s): The Indian Health Service HP/ 

DP Interview Survey. Need and Use of 

Information Collection: The IHS goal is 

to raise the health status of the 

American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/ 

AN) people to the highest possible level 

by providing comprehensive health care 

and preventive health services. HP/DP 

is one of the three IHS Director’s 

Initiatives to reduce health disparities 

among AI/AN populations through a 

coordinated and systematic approach to 

enhance health promotion and chronic 

disease prevention approaches at the 

local, regional, and national levels. 

The HP/DP competitive grant was 

established in 2005 to encourage Tribal 

and urban Indian programs to fully 

engage their local schools, communities, 

health care providers, health centers, 

faith-based/spiritual communities, 

senior centers, youth programs, local 

governments, academia, non-profit 

organizations, and many other 

community sectors to work together to 

enhance and promote health and 

prevent chronic disease in their 

communities. Thirty-three Tribal/urban 

Indian organizations and programs were 

awarded competitive grants to expand 

and enhance health promotion and 

disease prevention to address health 

disparities among AI/AN populations. 

To conduct a thorough evaluation of 

the grant program, 29 telephone and 

four face-to-face interviews will be 

conducted to collect information to 

complete a quantitative and qualitative 

evaluation of the HP/DP grant program. 

The teleconference interviews may 

include one staff member per site. Each 

of the Tribal/urban organization/ 


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programs will determine the number of 

their staff members that will participate 

in the interview. The evaluation will 

include an assessment of whether HP/ 

DP grantees achieve measurable health 

outcomes, synthesize the evaluation 

findings, and include a written report 

with recommendations to enhance 

program effectiveness. The information 

gathered will be used to prepare a final 

report for OMB. Affected Public: 

Individuals. Type of Respondents: 

Tribal/Urban organizations program 

staff. 

The table below provides: Types of 

data collection instruments, Estimated 

number of respondents, Number of 

responses per respondent, Average 

burden hour per response, and Total 

annual burden hour(s). 

ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS

Data collection instrument 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hour 

per response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

HP/DP Grantees Telephone and Face-to-Face Interview Survey .................. 231 1 1 231 

Total .......................................................................................................... 231 ........................ ........................ 231 

There are no Capital Costs, Operating 

Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs to 

report. 

Request for Comments: Your written 

comments and/or suggestions are 

invited on one or more of the following 

points: (a) Whether the information 

collection activity is necessary to carry 

out an agency function; (b) whether the 

agency processes the information 

collected in a useful and timely fashion; 

(c) the accuracy of the public burden 

estimate (the estimated amount of time 

needed for individual respondents to 

provide the requested information); (d) 

whether the methodology and 

assumptions used to determine the 

estimates are logical; (e) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information being collected; and 

(f) ways to minimize the public burden 

through the use of automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Send Comments and Requests for 

Further Information: Send your written 

comments, requests for more 

information on the proposed collection, 

or requests to obtain a copy of the data 

collection instrument(s) and 

instructions to: Ms. Janet Ingersoll, 

Acting IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 

801 Thompson Avenue, TMP 450, 

Rockville, MD 20852–1627; call non-toll 

free (301) 443–6177; send via facsimile 

to (301) 443–2316; or send your e-mail 

requests, comments, and return address 

to: janet.ingersoll@ihs.gov. 

Comment Due Date: Your comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having full effect if 

received within 60 days of the date of 

this publication. 

Dated: August 18, 2008. 

Robert G. McSwain, 

Director, Indian Health Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–19480 Filed 8–22–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–16–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Privacy Act of 1974; Report of Modified 

or Altered System Medical, Health and 

Billing Records System 

AGENCY: Indian Health Service (IHS), 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Modification 

or Alteration to a System of Records 

(SOR). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, 

IHS is proposing to modify or alter an 

SOR, ‘‘Medical, Health and Billing 

Records,’’ System No. 09–17–0001. IHS 

is proposing to amend routine use 

number 10 to be more consistent with 

the Health Insurance Portability and 

Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy 

Rule language, 45 CFR 164.512(b) by 

changing the language to state ‘‘which 

are authorized by applicable Federal, 

State, Tribal or local law * * *,’’ which 

would give IHS the discretion of 

allowing additional disclosures. For 

example, this change will give IHS the 

discretion to disclose controlled 

substance prescription data to a 

centralized database administered by an 

authorized State public health entity, 

such as state prescription drug 

monitoring programs (PMP). IHS is also 

proposing to add routine use number 25 

to meet the newly established 

requirement by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Memoranda (M) 07–16, Safeguarding 

Against and Responding to the Breach 

of Personally Identifiable Information 

and to Comply with HHS Incident 

Reporting and Handling Requirements. 

Effective Dates: IHS filed an altered/ 

modified system report with the Chair 

of the House Committee on Oversight 

and Government Reform, the Chair of 

the Senate Committee on Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs, and 

the Administrator, Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, OMB on August 

25, 2008. To ensure that all parties have 

adequate time in which to comment, the 

modified SOR will become effective 40 

days from the publication of the notice, 

or from the date it was submitted to 

OMB and the Congress, whichever is 

later, unless IHS invites comments on 

all portions of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: The public should address 

comments to: Mr. William Tibbitts, IHS 

Privacy Act/HIPAA Privacy Officer, 

Office of Management Services, Division 

of Regulatory Affairs, Records Access 

and Policy Liaison, 801 Thompson 

Avenue, TMP, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 

20852–1627; call non-toll free (301) 

443–1116; send via facsimile to (301) 

443–2316, or send your e-mail requests, 

comments, and return address to: 

William.Tibbitts@ihs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Patricia Gowan, IHS Lead Health 

Information Management (HIM) 

Consultant and Area HIM Consultant, 

Phoenix Area Office, Two Renaissance 

Square, 40 North Central Avenue, 

Phoenix, AZ 85004–4450, Telephone 

(602) 364–5172. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IHS 

initiated a national workgroup 

consisting of IHS Chief Medical Officers 

(CMOs) and the IHS National Pharmacy 

Council (NPC) to assist the IHS in 

systematically addressing the issue of 

prescription drug abuse. Currently, 

approximately 35 States have controlled 

substances prescription reporting 

systems that allow providers to monitor 

their patient’s prescriptions and access 

to controlled substances. 


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