Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39148-39149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18585]


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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 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 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 on (301) 443-1891.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance

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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: Annual Administrative Reporting System for the 
Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act (RWCA) 
of 1990 for Titles I and II (OMB No. 0915-0166)

    OMB approval is requested for the Annual Administrative Reporting 
System (AAR) established in 1994 to collect information from grantees 
and their subcontracted service providers. The AARs collect aggregate 
information from grantees about the disbursal of funds, number of 
clients served and services provided, demographic information about 
clients served, and cost of providing services funded under Title I and 
II of the Ryan White CARE Act.
    The primary purposes of the AARs are to: (1) Document the use of 
Title I and Title II funds and the providers who received them, (2) 
assess the effects of these funds on the number and diversity of 
individuals served, (3) evaluate the quantity of services received, and 
(4) help examine the effectiveness of coordinated systems of care in 
meeting the needs of individuals living with HIV. In addition to 
meeting the goal of accountability to Congress, clients, advocacy 
groups, and the general public, the AAR supports critical efforts by 
HRSA, State and local grantees, and providers to assess the status of 
existing HIV-related service delivery systems.
    Separate reports were developed to collect aggregate data from the 
three program types that receive funds under Title I and/or Title II: 
(1) Title I programs, Title II Consortia, and Title II Home- and 
Community-Based programs; (2) centrally administered State programs for 
the continuation of health insurance; and (3) State programs providing 
HIV prescription drug assistance.
    The following changes to the AAR are proposed to improve the 
accuracy of the data collected, reduce respondent burden, and 
facilitate local analysis of primary medical care outcome measures: 
Certain funding questions will be eliminated, all questions will 
require numerical responses, not percentages; some questions will be 
restricted to certain providers; an optional set of questions has been 
added to help evaluate primary medical services for local planning and 
evaluation needs.
    The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                     Number of    Responses  per       Total         Hours per      Total hour
            Form name               respondents      respondent      responses       response         burden
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                                  Standard Annual Administrative Report (SAAR)
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Providers.......................           2,600               1           2,600              14          36,400
Grantees........................             107               1             107              25           2,675
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  AIDS Pharmaceutical Assistance Annual Administrative Report (includes State ADAP and local APA pharmaceutical
                                                    programs)
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Administrator/Grantee...........             158               1             158              25           3,950
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                    Health Insurance Continuation Program (HICP) Annual Administrative Report
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Administrator/Grantee...........              35               1              35              15             525
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    Total.......................           2,900               1           2,900  ..............          43,550
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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: July 14, 1999.
James J. Corrigan,
Associate Administrator for Management and Program Support.
[FR Doc. 99-18585 Filed 7-20-99; 8:45 am]
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