[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26923-26924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10409]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
120 Day Proposed Information Collection: Tribal Investment in
Commercial Electronic Health Records
AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Indian Health Service (IHS) takes this opportunity to provide
information on a new Office of Management and Budget (OMB) information
collection, Control Number 0917-XXXX, titled, ``Tribal Investment in
Commercial Electronic Health Records.'' This proposed information
collection project has been granted an emergent review by OMB. The
purpose of this notice is to provide the public a notice of the
information sent directly to OMB.
A copy of the supporting statement is available at
www.regulations.gov (see Docket ID IHS_FRDOC_0001).
DATES: September 15, 2021. Any comments regarding this information
collection are best assured of having full effect if received within
120 days of the date of this publication.
Direct Your Comments to OMB: Send your comments and suggestions
regarding the proposed information collection contained in this notice,
especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated
response time to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for IHS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information,
please contact IHS by one of the following methods:
Mail: Mitchell Thornbrugh, Director, Office of Information
Technology, Indian Health Service, DHHS, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857.
Phone: (240) 620-3117.
Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IHS has requested emergency review of
this information collection by OMB, as authorized by section 3507(j) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Agency gathers comments
concerning: (a) The necessity of this information collection for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden (hours and cost) of the collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) ways we could enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) ways we could minimize the
burden of the collection of the information on the respondents.
Please note that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and an
individual need not respond to, a collection of information unless it
displays a valid OMB Control Number.
Title of Proposal: Tribal Investment in Commercial Electronic
Health Records.
Type of Information Collection Request: EMERGENCY REQUEST.
OMB Control Number: To be assigned.
Need and Use of Information Collection: In the Explanatory
Statement accompanying the 2021 Consolidation Appropriation Act,
Congress directed IHS ``to report back within 120 days of enactment of
this Act with a list of Tribes that currently maintain their own non-
RPMS electronic health record systems along with cost estimates
required for those Tribes to implement, maintain, and make any
necessary upgrades to these systems.'' Because the IHS does not
routinely collect or maintain this information, the Agency needs to
issue a data call to Tribes and Urban Indian Organizations in order to
prepare the required report to the requesting Committees.
Status of the Proposed Information Collection: New request.
Form(s): Spreadsheet (or form).
Agency Form Numbers: None.
Members of Affected Public: Tribes and Urban Indian Organizations.
The table below provides: Type of data collection instrument,
Estimated number of respondents, Number of responses per respondent,
Annual number of responses, Average burden hour per response, and Total
annual burden hour(s).
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Number of Burden per
Data collection instrument Type of responses per Total annual response Estimated
respondents respondent response (hours) burden hours
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Spreadsheet (1 page).......... Tribes & Urban 1 N/A 1 1
Indian Orgs.
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Total (est.).............. ................ 40 .............. 40 40
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There are no direct costs to respondents to report.
Elizabeth Fowler,
Acting Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-10409 Filed 5-17-21; 8:45 am]
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