Proposed Collection; Comment Request; IHS, Community Health Representative Activity Reporting Sample

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

Proposed Collection; Comment Request; IHS, Community Health

Representative Activity Reporting Sample

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for 60-day public comment period

on proposed data collection projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS)

is publishing a summary of a proposed information collection project to

be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review

and approval.

Proposed Collection

Title: 0917-0010, ``IHS, Community Health Representative Activity

Reporting Sample''. Type of Information Collection Request: A 3 year

approval for reinstatement, without change, of previously approved

information collection, 0917-0010, ``IHS, Community Health

Representative Activity Reporting Sample'', which expired 02/28/97.

Need and Use of Information Collection: Section 107 ``Community Health

Representative (CHR) Program'' of the Indian Health Care Improvement

Act, Public Law 100-713 authorizes the IHS to develop a system to

review and evaluate the CHR program. The information collected is used

to review and evaluate contract performance (e.g., the number and types

of health services being provided); to prepare program reports; to

develop program training plans and, performance and accreditation

standards; to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the program;

and, to meet the management and administrative needs of the CHR

program.

See Table 1 below for; Type(s) of Data Collection Instruments,

Estimated Number of Respondents, Number of Responses per Respondent,

Average Burden Hour per Response, and Total Annual Burden Hours.

Table 1

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Estimated Responses

Data collection instrument No. of per Average burden hour per Total annual

respondents respondent response * burden hours

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Report of CHR Activities................. 1,100 4 0.10 hours (6 minutes)..... 6,600

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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.

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 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 estimate 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

project, or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection instrument

and instructions to: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen, Sr., IHS Reports Clearance

Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852-1601,

or call non-toll free (301) 443-0461, fax (301) 443-1522, or send your

E-mail requests, comments, and return address to [email protected].

Comment Due Date: Your comments regarding this information

collection are best assured of having their full effect if received on

or before June 6, 1997.

Dated: March 31, 1997.

Michael H. Trujillo,

Assistant Surgeon General Director.

[FR Doc. 97-8706 Filed 4-4-97; 8:45 am]

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