Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.

The following request has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995:

Proposed Project: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (42 CFR Part 121, OMB No. 0915-0184)—Revision

The operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) necessitates certain recordkeeping and reporting requirements in order to perform the functions related to organ transplantation under contract to HHS. This is a request for a revision of the current recordkeeping and reporting requirements associated with the OPTN. These data will be used by HRSA in monitoring the contracts for the OPTN and the Scientific Registry and in carrying out other statutory responsibilities. Information is needed to match donor organs with recipients, to monitor compliance of member organizations with OPTN rules and requirements, and to ensure that all qualified entities are accepted for membership in the OPTN.

The estimated annual response burden is as follows:

Estimated Annual Reporting and Record Keeping Burden

Section and activity

Number of

respondents

Responses per

respondent

Total

responses

Hours per

response

Total burden hours

121.3(b) (2)—OPTN membership and application requirements for OPOs, hospitals, histocompatibility laboratories

30

1

30

40

1,200

121.6(c)—Submitting criteria for organ acceptance

900

1

900

0.1

90

121.6(c)—Sending criteria to OPOs

900

1

900

0.1

90

121.7(b)4—Reasons for refusal

900

0.5

34,200

0.1

3,420

121.7(e)—Transplant to prevent organ wastage

900

0.5

420

0.1

42

121.9(b)—Designated transplant program requirements

10

1

10

2

20

Total

940

38.8

36,460

.1

4,862

Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: John Morrall, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: April 26, 2001.

Jane M. Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 01-11074 Filed 5-2-01; 8:45 am]

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