[Federal Register: April 28, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 81)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement for the 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, Public Law 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 a copy of the data
collection plans and draft instruments, call the HRSA Reports Clearance
Officer at (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: Extension (OMB No. 0915-
0253)
The CARE Act Data Report (CADR) form, created in 1999 by the HIV/
AIDS Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),
is designed to collect information from grantees, as well as their
subcontracted service providers, 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 six different areas: service
provider information, client information, services provided/clients
served, demographic information, AIDS
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Pharmaceutical Assistance and AIDS Drug Assistance Program, 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 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 estimated response burden for CARE Act grantees is estimated
as:
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Estimated
Estimated hours to Estimated
Estimated (median) coordinate total hour
Title under which grantee is funded number of number of receipt of burden for
grantees providers data reports grantees
from providers
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Title I only.................................... 51 107 40 2,040
Title II only................................... 59 112 40 2,360
Title III only.................................. 337 1 8 2,696
Title IV only................................... 90 1 16 1,440
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Total....................................... 537 .............. .............. 8,536
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The estimated response burden for service providers is estimated
as:
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Estimated
number of Estimated Estimated Estimated
Title under which provider is funded provider responses per hours per total hour
respondents provider response burden
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Title I only.................................... 1,175 1 24 28,200
Title II only................................... 995 1 24 23,880
Title III only.................................. 248 1 40 4,800
Title IV only................................... 98 1 40 3,920
Funded under multiple titles.................... 394 1 40 15,760
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Total....................................... 2,782 .............. .............. 76,560
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Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Dated: April 21, 2003.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-10295 Filed 4-25-03; 8:45 am]
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