[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 11, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 43708] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-20660] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 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: Project To Assess Ethnicity/Race and Services to Bi/Multilingual Populations in Community 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 bimultilingual services. This information will be collected from a sample of approximately 128 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 an by non- or limited-English-speaking populations. The burden estimate for this project is follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hours per Form Number of Responses per Total response Total hour respondents respondent responses (minutes) burden -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Survey............................................................. 128 1 128 20 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: Wendy A. Taylor, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 20503. Dated: August 3, 1999. Jane Harrison, Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination. [FR Doc. 99-20660 Filed 8-10-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-15-M