[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29997-29998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14477]


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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, HHS.

    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 Act 96-511):
    Title of Information Collection: State Annual Long-Term Care 
Ombudsman Report.
    Type of Request: Extension of use of the report, with no revisions.
    Use: Extension of reporting format for use by states in reporting 
on activities of their Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs as required 
under Section 712 of the Older American Act, as amended.

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    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 no revisions, of a reporting form and instructions for 
the State Annual Long-Term Care Ombudsman Report, pursuant to 
requirements in Section 712(b) and (h) of the Older Americans Act.
    The form for which extension is requested was approved by the 
Office of Management and Budget, on an emergency basis, for use by the 
states in reporting on activities in FY 1997. It is the same form used 
by the states for their FY 1996 reports, except for minor changes made 
for the FY 1997 emergency request. These changes:
    (1) modified the wording of some of the complaint categories to 
assist respondent in categorizing some complaints which had previously 
been placed under the ``other'' categories and
    (2) Stipulated that several narrative responses which had not 
changed since the previous report do not need to be repeated.
    The reporting form is for federal fiscal years 1998-2000. Written 
comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection 
should be sent within 30 days of the publication of this notice 
directly to the following address: Ms. Allison Herron Eydt, AoA Desk 
Officer, Office of Management and Budget, 1725 17th Street, N.W., Room 
10235, Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: May 27, 1998.
Harry Posman,
Director, Executive Secretariat and Policy Coordination.
[FR Doc. 98-14477 Filed 6-1-98; 8:45 am]
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