[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51458-51459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25123]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration


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

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:
    2. Annual Administrative Reports for Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS 
Resources Emergency (CARE) Act of 1990, Titles I and II--Extension and 
Revision--The Annual Administrative Reports (AAR) are submitted by 
grantees funded under Titles I and II of the Ryan White CARE Act of 
1990 (as amended by the CARE Act amendments of 1996) and include 
aggregate information about disbursal of funds, number of clients 
served and services provided, demographic information about clients 
served, and costs of provided services. Title I grantees include local 
governments that meet legislative criteria for disproportionate impact 
of AIDS. Title II grantees include the 50 States, the District of 
Columbia, and a small number of territories. Grantees obtain the 
information for the AAR from individual service providers. Automated 
reporting alternatives are available to grantees and to providers at 
the grantee's option. This information is used to determine whether the 
purposes of the Act and the grants made pursuant to it are being 
fulfilled. The information is also used locally for planning and 
priority setting. Respondents include state and local governments,

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individuals, non-profit institutions, businesses and other for-profit 
organizations, and small businesses and entities. HRSA proposes to make 
some changes in the data elements, to improve their value and/or reduce 
the burden of data collection and reporting. To allow adequate lead 
time, the changes for most of the forms would be effective for data 
collection by service providers beginning in January, 1998; the changes 
to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Annual Administrative Report 
would be effective for reports submitted in March 1997.
    The annual burden estimates are as follows:

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per      Total hour  
                    Form name                       respondents     respondent       response         burden    
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Standard Annual Administrative Report (SAAR):                                                                   
    Providers (first report)....................           2,480               1            15.0          37,200
    Providers (second report)...................             500               1             0.5             250
    Grantees....................................              99               1            25.0           2,475
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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per      Total hour  
                    Form name                       respondents     respondent       response         burden    
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Report on Low-Volume Providers (MAAR in 1996-97/                                                                
 SAAR in 1998):                                                                                                 
    Grantees/Consortia..........................              16             2.3            20.0             740
AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Annual                                                                      
 Administrative Report:                                                                                         
    Grantees/Consortia..........................              52             1.2            25.0           1,575
Health Insurance Continuation Program (HICP)                                                                    
 Annual Administrative Report:                                                                                  
    Grantees/Consortia..........................              19             2.5            15.0             720
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      Total.....................................           2,579            1.25            13.3          42,960
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Virginia Huth, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503.

    Dated: September 25, 1996.
J. Henry Montes,
Associate Administrator for Policy Coordination.
[FR Doc. 96-25123 Filed 10-1-96; 8:45 am]
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