Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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) 443-1891.

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: Project to Assess Ethnicity/Race and Services to

Bi/Multilingual Populations in Community and Migrant Health

Centers--NEW

The Office of Minority and Women's Health (OMWH) in the Bureau of

Primary Health Care (BPHC), Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA), recognizes that full understanding of the

ethnicity of clients and providers and the provision of language

appropriate services are vital to guaranteeing full and effective

health care. OMWH proposes to conduct a voluntary survey, the purpose

of which will be two-fold: (1) To obtain detailed data on the ethnic/

racial composition of health center users and providers; and (2) to

collect information about the composition and provision of bi/

multilingual services. This information will be collected from a sample

of approximately 150 health centers.

These data will provide HRSA with information which will be used to

make resource and staffing decisions related to reducing barriers to

health care often faced by ethnic/racial minorities and by non- or

limited-English-speaking populations.

The burden estimate for this project is as follows:

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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total hour

Form respondents respondent responses response burden

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Survey............................................................. 150 1 150 2 300

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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: February 23, 1999.

Jane Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 99-4949 Filed 2-26-99; 8:45 am]

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