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and submit a brief statement of the

general nature of the evidence or

arguments they wish to present, the

names and addresses of proposed

participants, and an indication of the

approximate time requested to make

their presentation.

Notice of this meeting is given under

the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C. app. 2).

Dated: December 28, 2000.

Linda A. Suydam,

Senior Associate Commissioner.

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BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

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,

Public Law 104–13), the Health

Resources and Services Administration

(HRSA) publishes periodic summaries

of proposed projects being developed

for submission to 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, call the HRSA Reports

Clearance Officer on (301) 443–1129.

Comments are invited on: (a) whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (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: Community Health

Center and National Health Service

Corps User/Visit Survey (OMB No.

0915–0185)

The purpose of this study is to

conduct a sample survey which has the

following components: (1) a personal

interview survey of Community Health

Center (CHC) and National Health

Service Corps (NHSC) site users; and (2)

a record-based study of visits to CHCs

and NHSC sites. CHCs and NHSC sites

serve predominantly poor minority

medically underserved populations. The

proposed user and visit survey will

collect in-depth information about CHC

and NHSC site users, their health status,

the reasons they seek care, their

diagnoses, and the services utilized in a

medical encounter.

The proposed User/Visit Survey

builds on a 1995 User/Visit Survey

which was conducted to learn about the

process and outcomes of care in CHC

users. The 1995 User/Visit Survey

included a personal interview of

approximately 2000 users of 48 selected

CHCs as well as medical record

abstractions for about 3000 visits to

these same health centers. The

interview questionnaire was derived

from the National Health Interview

Survey (NHIS) conducted by the

National Center for Health Statistics

(NCHS) and the visit survey was an

adaptation of the NCHS National

Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care

Survey (NHAMCS). Conformance with

the NHIS and NHAMCS allowed

comparisons between these NCHS

surveys and the User/Visit Survey.

The proposed User/Visit Survey was

developed using similar questionnaire

methodology in conjunction with a

contractor and will allow longitudinal

comparisons for CHCs with the 1995

version of the survey data, including

monitoring of process outcomes over

time. This User/Visit Survey is the first

year that NHSC non-grantee,

freestanding sites will be surveyed.

The estimated response burden is as

follows:

Form Number of

respondents

Responses

per

respondent

Total

respondents

Hours per

response

Total

burden hours

Site induction ........................................................ 65 sites ......................... 1 65 1 65

Site sampling method ........................................... 65 sites ......................... 1 65 1.5 97.5

User survey ........................................................... 40 users at 65 sites ...... 1 2,600 2 5,200

Visit survey ........................................................... 65 sites ......................... 50 records 3,250 .5 1,625

Total ............................................................... 2,795 ............................. 5,980 6,987.5

Send comments to Susan G. Queen,

Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 14–33, Parklawn Building, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received

within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: January 2, 2001.

Jane M. Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and

Coordination.

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BILLING CODE 4160–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration Advisory Committee;

Notice of Meeting

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

(Public Law 92–463), announcement is

made of the following National

Advisory body scheduled to meet

during the month of January 2001.

Name: Advisory Committee on

Interdisciplinary, Community-Based

Linkages

Date and Time: January 11, 2001; 9

a.m.–5:30 p.m.; January 12, 2001; 8

a.m.–4 p.m.

Place: The Doubletree Hotel Park

Terrace on Embassy Row, 1515 Rhode

Island Avenue, NW., Washington, DC

20005.

The meeting is open to the public.

The full Committee will meet

beginning January 11, 2001, and adjourn

on January 12, 2001, during the hours

cited above. Agenda items will include,

but not be limited to: Welcome; plenary

discussion of Interdisciplinary

Education; presentations by speakers

representing: the HRSA Bureau of

Health Professions; the Association of