[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 132 (Monday, July 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 42379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17177]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-47-00]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-7090. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503. Written 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Projects

    AIDS Prevention and Surveillance Project Reports (0920-0208)--
extension--National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)--proposes to continue 
data collection for the AIDS Prevention and Surveillance Project 
Reports, previously approved under OMB No. 9020-0208. This request is 
for a 3-year extension of clearance. CDC funds cooperative agreements 
for 65 HIV Prevention Projects (50 states, 6 cities, 7 territories, 
Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico). The cooperative agreements support 
counseling, testing, referral, and partner notification programs 
conducted by official public health agencies of states, territories, 
and localities (project areas). HIV counseling and testing in STD 
clinics, Women's Health Centers, Drug Treatment Centers, and other 
health agencies has been described as a primary prevention strategy of 
the national HIV Prevention Program. These project areas have increased 
HIV counseling and testing activities to specifically reach more 
minorities and women of child bearing age.
    CDC is responsible for monitoring and evaluating HIV prevention 
activities conducted under the cooperative agreement. Counseling and 
testing programs are a major component of the HIV Prevention Program. 
Without data to measure the impact of counseling and testing programs, 
priorities cannot be assessed and redirected to prevent further spread 
of the virus in the general population. CDC needs information from all 
project areas on the number of at-risk persons tested and the number 
positive for HIV. The HIV Counseling and Testing Report Form provides a 
simple yet complete means to collect this information.
    Respondents will be able to use either a manual or an electronic 
scan form. Seventeen respondents (project areas) will use the manual 
data collection tool. It takes approximately 2 hours to complete the 
form. The respondents will complete the form 4 times each year for a 
total burden of 8 hours per year per project area. Forty-eight (48) 
respondents (project areas) will use the scan form or client record 
format. It will take approximately 15 minutes for each project area to 
transfer data electronically on a quarterly basis for a total burden 
per project area of 1 hour per year. Therefore, the total annualized 
burden hours are 184. This request is for a 3 year extension.

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                                                  Number of    Average
                                     Number of    responses     burden
            Respondents             respondents      per       response
                                                 respondent   (in hrs.)
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Manual Form Project Areas.........          17            4         2
Scan Form Project Areas...........          48            4          .25
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    Dated: June 30, 2000.
Kathy Cahill,
Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-17177 Filed 7-7-00; 8:45 am]
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