Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 192 / Thursday, October 5, 2017 / Notices 46511 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Public Comment 

Request; Information Collection 

Request Title: Federal Tort Claims Act 

(FTCA) Program Deeming Applications 

for Free Clinics [OMB No. 0915–0293— 

Extension] 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

HRSA has submitted an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. Comments 

submitted during the first public review 

of this ICR will be provided to OMB. 

OMB will accept further comments from 

the public during the review and 

approval period. 

DATES: Comments on this ICR must be 

received no later than November 6, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

including the Information Collection 

Request Title, to the desk officer for 

HRSA, either by email to OIRA_

submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to 

202–395–5806. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request a copy of the clearance requests 

submitted to OMB for review, email Lisa 

Wright-Solomon, the HRSA Information 

Collection Clearance Officer at 

paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 443– 

1984. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When 

submitting comments or requesting 

information, please include the 

information request collection title for 

reference, in compliance with Section 

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

Reduction Act of 1995. 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) 

Program Deeming Applications for Free 

Clinics—OMB No. 0915–0293— 

Extension. 

Abstract: Section 224(o) of the Public 

Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 

233(o)), as amended, authorizes the 

‘‘deeming’’ of certain individuals as 

PHS employees for the purposes of 

receiving Federal Tort Claims Act 

(FTCA) coverage. Section 224(o) relates 

to employees, officers, and contractors 

at qualifying free clinics. The Free 

Clinics FTCA Program is administered 

by HRSA’s Bureau of Primary Health 

Care (BPHC). Sponsoring free clinics are 

required by law to submit deeming 

applications in the specified form and 

manner on behalf of named individuals 

for review and approval, resulting in a 

‘‘deeming determination’’ that includes 

associated FTCA coverage for these 

individuals. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: Deeming applications must 

address certain specified criteria 

required by law for deeming 

determinations to be issued, and FTCA 

application forms are critical to BPHC’s 

deeming determination processes. These 

forms provide BPHC with the 

information necessary to evaluate an 

application and determine whether an 

individual meets the requirements for 

deemed PHS employee status for the 

purposes of FTCA coverage. FTCA 

application forms for free clinics do not 

require any changes with this extension 

other than to update the applicable 

dates. In response to a Federal Register 

notice announcing the FTCA Program 

deeming applications for Free Clinics 

published on June 23, 2017 (Vol. 82, No. 

120, pages 28667–28668), BPHC 

received several comments requesting 

that FTCA eligibility be extended to free 

clinics as entities. In response, BPHC 

notes that per Section 224(o) of the PHS 

Act (42 U.S.C. 233(o)), FTCA coverage 

cannot be extended to the free clinic as 

an entity. Rather, coverage is only 

available to eligible and approved free 

clinic-sponsored individuals. BPHC 

notes that the estimated number of 

responses per respondent has increased 

from one to three annually due to 

sponsoring free clinics submitting a 

greater number of supplemental 

applications on behalf of individuals 

who on-board throughout a calendar 

year. 

Likely Respondents: Respondents 

include free clinics seeking deemed 

PHS employee status on behalf of their 

sponsored individuals for purposes of 

FTCA coverage. 

Burden Statement: Burden in this 

context means the time expended by 

persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose, or provide the information 

requested. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions; to 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purpose 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information; to search 

data sources; to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. The total annual burden 

hours estimated for this ICR are 

summarized in the table below. 

TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

FTCA Program Deeming Application for Free Clinics ......... 228 3 684 2 1,368 

Total .............................................................................. 228 3 684 2 1,368 

Amy McNulty, 

Acting Director, Division of the Executive 

Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21488 Filed 10–4–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

‘‘Partnering to Prevent Hypoglycemia’’ 

Listening Session 

AGENCY: Office of Disease Prevention 

and Health Promotion, Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Disease 

Prevention and Health Promotion 

(ODPHP) is hosting a listening session 

titled, ‘‘Partnering to Prevent 

Hypoglycemia.’’ The purpose of this 


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