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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Patient Safety Organizations:
Voluntary Relinquishment From
Cogent Patient Safety Organization,
Inc.
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Delisting.
AGENCY:

The Patient Safety and
Quality Improvement Act of 2005
(Patient Safety Act), Public Law 109–41,
42 U.S.C. 299b–21—b–26, provides for
the formation of Patient Safety
Organizations (PSOs), which collect,
aggregate, and analyze confidential
information regarding the quality and
safety of health care delivery. The
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
Final Rule (Patient Safety Rule), 42 CFR
Part 3, authorizes AHRQ, on behalf of
the Secretary of HHS, to list as a PSO
an entity that attests that it meets the
statutory and regulatory requirements
for listing. A PSO can be ‘‘delisted’’ by
the Secretary if it is found no longer to
meet the requirements of the Patient
Safety Act and Patient Safety Rule, or
when a PSO chooses to voluntarily
relinquish its status as a PSO for any
reason. AHRQ has accepted a
notification of voluntary relinquishment
from Cogent Patient Safety
Organization, Inc. of its status as a PSO,
and has delisted the PSO accordingly.
DATES: The directories for both listed
and delisted PSOs are ongoing and
reviewed weekly by AHRQ. The
delisting was effective at 12:00 Midnight
ET (2400) on September 4, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Both directories can be
accessed electronically at the following
HHS Web site: http://
www.pso.AHRQ.gov/index.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eileen Hogan, Center for Quality
Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ,
540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850;
Telephone (toll free): (866) 403–3697;
Telephone (local): (301) 427–1111; TTY
(toll free): (866) 438–7231; TTY (local):
(301) 427–1130; Email: pso@
AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:

Background
The Patient Safety Act authorizes the
listing of PSOs, which are entities or
component organizations whose
mission and primary activity is to
conduct activities to improve patient
safety and the quality of health care
delivery.

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HHS issued the Patient Safety Rule to
implement the Patient Safety Act.
AHRQ administers the provisions of the
Patient Safety Act and Patient Safety
Rule (PDF file, 450 KB. PDF Help)
relating to the listing and operation of
PSOs. The Patient Safety Rule
authorizes AHRQ to list as a PSO an
entity that attests that it meets the
statutory and regulatory requirements
for listing. A PSO can be ‘‘delisted’’ if
it is found no longer to meet the
requirements of the Patient Safety Act
and Patient Safety Rule, or when a PSO
chooses to voluntarily relinquish its
status as a PSO for any reason. Section
3.108(d) of the Patient Safety Rule
requires AHRQ to provide public notice
when it removes an organization from
the list of federally approved PSOs.
AHRQ has accepted a notification
from Cogent Patient Safety
Organization, Inc., PSO number P0102,
a component entity of Cogent
Healthcare, Inc., to voluntarily
relinquish its status as a PSO.
Accordingly, Cogent Patient Safety
Organization, Inc. was delisted effective
at 12:00 Midnight ET (2400) on
September 4, 2013.
More information on PSOs can be
obtained through AHRQ’s PSO Web site
at http://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/
index.html.
Dated: September 13, 2013.
Richard Kronick,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day-13–0214]

Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–639–7570 or send
comments to LeRoy Richardson, 1600
Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov.

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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 the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
National Health Interview Survey
(NHIS), (OMB No. 0920–0214,
Expiration 3/31/2016)—Revision—
National Center for Health Statistics
(NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Section 306 of the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as
amended, authorizes that the Secretary
of Health and Human Services (DHHS),
acting through NCHS, shall collect
statistics on the extent and nature of
illness and disability of the population
of the United States.
The annual National Health Interview
Survey is a major source of general
statistics on the health of the U.S.
population and has been in the field
continuously since 1957. Clearance is
sought for three years, to collect data for
2014, 2015, and 2016. This voluntary
and confidential household-based
survey collects demographic and healthrelated information on a nationally
representative sample of persons and
households throughout the country.
Personal identification information is
requested from survey respondents to
facilitate linkage of survey data with
health related administrative and other
records. Each year we collect
information from approximately 55,000
households, which contain about
137,500 individuals.
Information is collected using
computer assisted personal interviews
(CAPI). A core set of data is collected
each year that remains largely
unchanged while sponsored
supplements vary from year to year. The
core set includes sociodemographic
characteristics, health status, health care
services, and health behaviors. For
2014, supplemental questions will be
cycled in pertaining to hearing, arthritis,
and heart disease and stroke.
Supplemental topics that continue or
are enhanced from 2013 will be related

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to the Affordable Care Act, food
security, children’s mental health,
disability and functioning, smokeless
tobacco and e-cigarettes, hepatitis
screening, immunizations, and
computer use. In addition, a Web/CATI
multimode follow-back survey will be
conducted from sample adult
respondents from the 2013 NHIS. The
follow-back survey will focus on topics
related to the Affordable Care Act
including health care access and use,
and health insurance coverage and will
include Web, telephone, and mail
interviews. Questions related to federal
and state health insurance marketplaces
will be included.

the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
conducted by the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality. The NHIS has
long been used by government,
university, and private researchers to
evaluate both general health and
specific issues, such as cancer, diabetes,
and access to health care. It is a leading
source of data for the Congressionallymandated ‘‘Health US’’ and related
publications, as well as the single most
important source of statistics to track
progress toward the National Health
Promotion and Disease Prevention
Objectives, ‘‘Healthy People 2020.’’
There is no cost to the respondents
other than their time.

To improve the analytic utility of
NHIS data, minority populations are
oversampled annually. In 2014, in
addition to ongoing sample
augmentation procedures, NCHS will
introduce a Native Hawaiian and Pacific
Islander oversample of 4,000 addresses
identified from the 2012 American
Community Survey. These individuals
and households will be administered
the 2014 NHIS questionnaire. Results
will be released as a separate file from
the regular NHIS.
In accordance with the 1995 initiative
to increase the integration of surveys
within the DHHS, respondents to the
NHIS serve as the sampling frame for

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE
Number of
responses per
respondent

Number of
respondents

Average
burden per
respondent
in hours

Total burden
in hours

Type of respondent

Form name

Adult ..................................................
Adult Family Member ........................
Sample Adult .....................................
Adult Family Member ........................
Medical Provider ...............................
Adult Family Member ........................
Adult Family Member ........................
Adult Family Member ........................

10,000
45,000
36,000
14,000
8,000
45,000
5,000
4,000

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

5/60
23/60
15/60
10/60
5/60
12/60
30/60
60/60

833
17,250
9,000
2,333
667
9,000
2,500
4,000

Adult ..................................................

Screener Questionnaire ...................
Family Core ......................................
Adult Core ........................................
Child Core (adult family member) ....
Child/Teen Record Check ................
Supplements ....................................
Multi-mode study ..............................
Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander
Survey.
Reinterview Survey ..........................

5,000

1

5/60

417

Total Burden Hours ...................

...........................................................

........................

........................

........................

46,000

LeRoy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Center for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Tribal Child Support
Enforcement Direct Funding Request: 45
CFR 309-Plan.
OMB No.: 0970–0218.
Description: The final rule within 45
CFR part 309, published in the Federal
Register on March 30, 2004, contains a
regulatory reporting requirement that, in
order to receive funding for a Tribal IV–
D program a Tribe or Tribal organization
must submit a plan describing how the
Tribe or Tribal organization meets or

plans to meet the objectives of section
455(f) of the Social Security Act,
including establishing paternity,
establishing, modifying, and enforcing
support orders, and locating
noncustodial parents. The plan is
required for all Tribes requesting
funding; however, once a Tribe has met
the requirements to operate a
comprehensive program, a new plan is
not required annually unless a Tribe
makes changes to its title IV–D program.
Tribes and Tribal organizations must
respond if they wish to operate a fully
funded program. This paperwork
collection activity is set to expire in
September, 2013.
Respondents: Tribes and Tribal
Organizations.

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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument

Number of
respondents

Number of
responses per
respondent

Average burden
hours per
response

Total burden
hours

45 CFR 309—Plan ..................................................................

60

2

480

57,600.

Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 57,600.

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