[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 200 (Thursday, October 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 53787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27429]


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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, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) will publish 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) 443-1129.
    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 Projects

1. Project To Assess Bi/Multilingual Services Offered at Selected 
Community and Migrant Health Centers--NEW

    Recognizing the importance of language-appropriate services to full 
and effective health care provision, the Office of Minority and Women's 
Health in the Bureau of Primary Health Care [BPHC], Health Resources 
and Services Administration [HRSA], proposes to conduct a voluntary 
telephone survey to assess the composition and provision of bi/
multilingual services at a sample of 40 Community and Migrant Health 
Centers [C/MHCs] selected from those C/MHCs indentified as likely to be 
serving high percentages of people who speak languages other than 
English. This effort was developed so that information could be 
gathered to assist the field, funding agency staff, and policymakers in 
better understanding what methods are being used to provide services to 
these populations, what works, what does not, and barriers and 
facilitators to effective health service provision for speakers of 
languages other than English.
    The information gathered will provide HRSA with an information base 
upon which to build in making future program decisions regarding C/MHC 
resource and staffing needs in order to reduce or eliminate the 
barriers to health care often faced by non-or limited-English-speaking 
populations. The end result of the program will be to assist the 
funding agency to help C/MHCs and by extension, other providers of 
health care for non-or limited-English speaking populations to provide 
appropriate services. An estimate of the hour burden for the 40 C/MHC 
Directors selected for the survey is shown below.

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                                                                            Responses                           
                   Form                         Number of respondents          per       Hours per    Total hour
                                                                            respondent    response      burden  
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Bi/Multilingual Services Survey...........  40 C/MHC Directors...........            1            2           80
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    Send comments to Patricia Royston, HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 14-36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. 
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: October 9, 1997.
Jane Harrison,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 97-27429 Filed 10-15-97; 8:45 am]
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