[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 98 (Friday, May 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27796-27797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12806]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collections; 
Comment Request

    The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary will periodically publish summaries of proposed information 
collections projects and solicit public comments in compliance with the 
requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. To request more information on the project or to obtain a copy of 
the information collection plans and instruments, call the OS Reports 
Clearance Officer on (202) 690-6207.
    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 Projects 1. Evaluation of the Proposed Cash and Counseling 
Demonstration--New--Cash and Counseling is a consumer directed care 
model for individuals with physical or development disabilities. A 
demonstration project implementing this model is being evaluated by the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. This 
portion of the evaluation consists of four information collection 
instruments. Respondents: Individuals or households, for-profit, non-
profit institutions; Burden Information for Informal Caregiver Survey--
Number of Respondents: 8,000; Burden per Response: .38 hours; Total 
Burden for Informal Caregiver Survey: 3,040 hours--Burden Information 
for Paid Worker Survey--Number of Respondents: 800; Burden per

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Response: .5 hours; Total Burden for Paid Worker Survey: 400 hours--
Burden Information for Consultant Survey--Number of Respondents: 400; 
Burden per Response .58 hours; Total Burden for Consultant Survey: 200 
hour--Burden Information for Ethnographic Discussion Guide--Number of 
Respondents: 300; Burden per Response: 1 hours; Total Burden for 
Ethnographic Discussion Guide: 300 hours--Total Burden: 3,940 hours.
    Send comments to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue S.W., Washington 
DC, 20201. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: May 13, 1999.
Dennis P. Williams,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
[FR Doc. 99-12806 Filed 5-20-99; 8:45 am]
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