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 (OMB), 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: Data System for Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (42 CFR Part 121, OMB No. 0915-0184): Extension

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 an extension 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 of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) and in carrying out other statutory responsibilities. Information is needed to monitor compliance of member organizations with OPTN rules and requirements, to ensure that all qualified entities are accepted for membership in the OPTN, and to ensure patient safety.

Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden

Section and activity

Number of respondents

Responses per

respondents

Total

responses

Hours per response

Total

burden

hours

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

40

1

40

45

1, 800

121.3: Application for Non-Institutional Members

20

1

20

10

200

121.3(b)(4): Appeal for OPTN membership

2

1

2

3

6

121.6(c) (Reporting): Submitting criteria for organ acceptance

900

1

900

0.5

450

121.6(c) (Disclosure): Sending criteria to OPOs

900

1

900

0.5

450

121.7(b)(4): Reasons for Refusal

900

38

34,200

0.5

17,100

121.7(e): Transplant to prevent organ wastage

260

1.5

390

0.5

195

121.9(b): Designated Transplant Program Requirements

10

1

10

5.0

50

121.3: Personnel Change Application

324

1

324

10

3,240

121.9(d): Appeal for designation

2

1

2

6

12

Total

974

39,704

23,503

Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to the desk officer for HRSA, either by e-mail to

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov

or by fax to 202-395-6974. Please direct all correspondence to the “attention of the desk officer for HRSA.”

Dated: November 29, 2007.

Alexandra Huttinger,

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. E7-23538 Filed 12-4-07; 8:45 am]

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