[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 93 (Friday, May 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27345-27346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11567]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: OS-0990-0344; 30-day notice]
Agency Information Collection Request, 30-Day Public Comment
Request
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS),
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following
summary of a proposed collection for public comment. Interested persons
are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any
other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the
following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper performance of the agency's
functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection
burden.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS
document identifier, to [email protected], or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-5683. Send written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collections within 30 days
of this notice directly to the OS OMB Desk Officer; faxed to OMB at
202-395-5806.
Proposed Project: HavBED Assessment to Prepare for Public Health
Emergencies--OMB No. 0990-0344--Reinstatement with change--Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), Office of
Preparedness and Emergency Operations (OPEO).
Abstract: The Office of the Secretary (OS) is requesting clearance
by the Office of Management and Budget to extend data collection
regarding the status of the health care system. ASPR/OPEO received
expedited clearance for data collection during the 2009-H1N1 pandemic.
Since September 2009 HHS has collected data on bed availability, health
care system resource needs such as ventilators and health care system
stress such as implementation of surge strategies. These data have
proven useful to ASPR in fulfilling its responsibilities for
preparedness and response.
Pursuant to section 2811 of the PHS Act, the ASPR serves as the
principal advisor to the Secretary on all matters related to Federal
public health and medical preparedness and response for public health
emergencies. In addition to other tasks, the ASPR coordinates with
State, local, and tribal public health officials and healthcare systems
to ensure effective integration of Federal public health and medical
assets during an emergency. ASPR's National Hospital Preparedness
Program (HPP) awards cooperative agreements to each of the 50 states,
the Pacific Islands, and US territories (for a total of 62 awardees) to
improve surge capacity and enhance community and hospital preparedness
for public health emergencies. These 62 awardees are responsible for
enhancing the preparedness of the nation's nearly 6000 hospitals. These
awards are authorized under section 391C-2 of the Public Health Service
(PHS) Act.
For this data collection the situation will dictate how often the
data will be collected using the web-based interface known as HAvBED.
For a large scale emergency, data will be collected nationally from all
62 HPP awardees to include all 6000 hospitals in HAvBED system. For
smaller scale events, data collection will be targeted to individual
states or regions. Data may also be gathered during exercises.
Notifications for data collection are sent to the affected states
through the HPP program staff. The data gathered from the hospitals are
reported to the HHS Secretary's Operations Center to inform situational
awareness and national preparedness.
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Annual Estimated Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden Total
Type of respondent respondents responses/ hours per burden
respondent response hours
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Hospital staff (Training)................................... 6,000 1 1 6,000
Hospital staff (data collection)............................ 6,000 102 1 612,000
State/Territory Preparedness staff (training)............... 62 1 1 62
State/Territory Preparedness staff (data collection)........ 62 102 3 18,972
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Total................................................... ........... ........... ........... 31,154
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Seleda Perryman,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-11567 Filed 5-13-10; 8:45 am]
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