[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 103 (Thursday, May 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30321-30322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12012]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERIVCES
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) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more
information on the proposed project or to obtain copy of the data
collection plans and draft instruments, call the
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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 Project: Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency
(CARE) Act: CARE Act Data Report (CADR) Form: (OMB No. 0915-0253)--
Revision.
The CARE Act Data Report (CADR) form was created in 1999 by HRSA's
HIV/AIDS Bureau. It is designed to collect information from grantees
and their subcontracted service providers, who are funded under Titles
I, II, III, and IV of the Ryan White CARE Act of 1990, as amended by
the Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 1996 and 2000 (codified under
Title XXVI of the Public Health Services Act). All Titles of the CARE
Act specify HRSA's responsibilities in the administration of grant
funds, the allocation of funds, the evaluation of programs for the
population served, and the improvement of the quantity and quality of
care. Accurate records of the providers receiving CARE Act funding, the
services provided, and the clients served continue to be critical to
the implementation of the legislation and thus are necessary for HRSA
to fulfill its responsibilities. CARE Act grantees are required to
report aggregate data to HRSA annually. The CADR form is used by
grantees and their subcontracted service providers to report data on
seven different areas: service provider information, client
information, counseling and testing services, medical services, and
other services provided/clients served, demographic information, and
the Health Insurance Program. The primary purposes of the CADR are to:
(1) Characterize the organizations from which clients receive services;
(2) provide information on the number and characteristics of clients
who receive CARE Act services; and (3) enable HAB to describe the type
and amount of services a client receives. In addition to meeting the
goal of accountability to the Congress, clients, advocacy groups, and
the general public, information collected on the CADR is critical for
HRSA, State, and local grantees, and individual providers to assess the
status of existing HIV-related service delivery systems.
The response burden for grantees is estimated as:
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Hours to
Number of Responses per coordinate Total hour
Title under which grantee is funded grantee grantee receipt of data burden
respondents reports
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Title I Only................................ 51 1 40 2,040
Title II Only............................... 59 1 40 2,360
Title III Only.............................. 365 1 20 7,300
Title IV Only............................... 90 1 20 1,800
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Subtotal................................ 565 ............... ............... 13,500
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The response burden for service providers is estimated as:
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Number of Responses per Hours per Total hour
Title under which grantee is funded respondents provider response burden
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Title I Only................................ 976 1 26 25,376
Title II Only............................... 857 1 26 22,282
Title III Only.............................. 166 1 44 7,304
Title IV Only............................... 122 1 42 5,124
Funded under more than one title............ 681 1 50 34,050
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Subtotal................................ 2,802 ............... ............... 94,136
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Total for providers and grantees.... 3,367 ............... ............... 107,636
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Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance
Officer, Room 14-45, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Dated: May 20, 2004.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 04-12012 Filed 5-26-04; 8:45 am]
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