[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 213 (Thursday, November 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60214-60215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28811]


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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:

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

    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 AAR collects aggregate 
information from grantees about the disbursal of funds, number of 
clients served and services provided, demographic information about 
clients served, and

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cost of providing services funded under Title I and II of the Ryan 
White CARE Act.
    The primary purpose of the AAR is 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 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 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; 
and a set of questions has been added to help evaluate primary medical 
services.
    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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Medical providers...............             660               1             660              35          23,100
Non-medical providers...........           1,975               1           1,975              20          39,500
Grantees........................             105               1             105              24           2,520
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  AIDS Pharmaceutical Assistance Annual Administrative Report (includes State ADAP and local APA pharmaceutical
                                                    programs)
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Administrator/Grantee...........              76               1              76              25           1,900
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                                      Health Insurance Continuation Program
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Administrative/Grantee..........              66               1              66            18.5           1,221
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      Total.....................           2,882               1           2,882  ..............          68,241
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Wendy A. Taylor, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: October 29, 1999.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 99-28811 Filed 11-3-99; 8:45 am]
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