[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 197 (Thursday, October 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63103-63104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25840]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary publishes a list of information collections it has submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance in 
compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35) and 5 CFR 1320.5. The following are those information collections 
recently submitted to OMB.
    1. Cash and Counseling Demonstration: Additional Survey 
Instruments--0990-0232--Extension--The Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) in partnership with the 
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is evaluating a demonstration project 
of the Cash and Counseling consumer directed care model. A controlled 
experimental design methodology is being used to test the effects of 
the experimental intervention; cash payments in lieu of arranged 
services for Medicaid covered beneficiaries. This portion of the 
evaluation consists of four non-client surveys.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, For-profit, non-profit 
institutions.

                                               Burden Information
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                                                                     Number of      Burden per     Total burden
                           Instrument                               respondents      response          hours
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Informal Caregiver..............................................             741            .38              282
Paid Workers....................................................             391            .5               196
Consultant Survey (complete)....................................               0           0                   0
Ethnographic Study..............................................              25           1.0                25
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    Total.......................................................           1,157  ..............             503
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    OMB Desk Officer: Allison Herron Eydt.
    Copies of the information collection packages listed above can be 
obtained by calling the OS Reports Clearance Officer on (202) 690-6207. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent directly to the OMB desk officer designated 
above at the following address: Human Resources and Housing Branch, 
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments may also be sent to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201. Written comments should be received 
within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: October 1, 2002.
Kerry Weems,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
[FR Doc. 02-25840 Filed 10-9-02; 8:45 am]
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