[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25198-25199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12009]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging


Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for Clearance

AGENCY: Administration on Aging.

    The Administration on Aging (AoA), Department of Health and Human 
Services, has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
the following proposal for the collection of information in compliance 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act (Public Law 96-511):
    Title of Information Collection: State Annual Long-Term Care 
Ombudsman Report;
    Type of Request: Extension, With Minor Revision;
    Use: To revise an existing information collection for States to use 
in reporting on activities of their Long-Term Care

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Ombudsman Programs as required under Section 712 of the Older Americans 
Act, as amended;
    Frequency: Annually;
    Respondents: State Agencies on Aging;
    Estimated Number of Responses: 52;
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 9,000.
    Additional Information or Comments: The Administration on Aging is 
submitting to the Office of Management and Budget for approval an 
extension, with minor revisions, of a reporting form and instructions 
for the State annual Long-Term Care Ombudsman reports, pursuant to 
requirements in Section 712 (b) and (h) of the Older Americans Act. The 
revisions;
    (1) Modify the wording of some of the complaint categories to 
assist respondents in categorizing some complaints which were being 
placed under ``other'' and;
    (2) stipulate that several narrative responses which have not 
changed since the previous report do not need to be repeated.
    The reporting system is for fiscal years 1997-99. Written comments 
and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be 
sent within 60 days of the publication of this notice directly to the 
following address: OMB Reports Management Branch, Attention: Allison 
Eydt, New Executive Office Building, Room 3208, Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: April 30, 1997.
Alicia Valadez Ors,
Director, Office of Governmental Affairs and Elder Rights, 
Administration on Aging.
[FR Doc. 97-12009 Filed 5-7-97; 8:45 am]
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