[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 251 (Friday, December 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83071-83072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-33218]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for the opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.
    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 Project: Ryan White CARE Act: Cross-Title Data Report Form 
(CTDR)--New

    The Cross Title Data Report (CTDR) form, created in 1999 by the 
HIV/AIDS Bureau of the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA), 
is designed to collect information from grantees, as well as their 
subcontracted service providers, funded under Titles I, II, III and IV 
of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Emergency (CARE) Act of 1990, as 
amended by the Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 1996 and 2000 
(codified under Title XXVII of the Public Health Services Act). The 
purpose of the Ryan White CARE Act is to provide emergency assistance 
to localities that are disproportionately affected by the human 
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic and to make financial assistance 
available for the development, organization, coordination, and 
operation of more effective and cost-efficient systems for the delivery 
of essential services to persons with HIV disease. The CARE Act also 
provides grants to states, eligible metropolitan areas, community-based 
programs, and early intervention programs for the delivery of services 
to individuals and families with HIV infection. All Titles of the CARE 
Act specify HRSA's responsibilities in the administration of grant 
funds, the allocation of funds, the evaluation of programs for the 
population served, and the improvement of the quantity and quality of 
care. Accurate records of the providers receiving CARE Act funding, the 
services provided, and the clients served continue to be critical to 
the implementation of the legislation and thus are necessary for HRSA 
to fulfill its responsibilities.
    Previously, grantees under each Ryan White CARE Act Title reported 
aggregate data on distinct Title-specific forms. The CTDR, an aggregate 
of these data collection forms, is designed to reduce the reporting 
burden for grantees with concurrent reporting responsibilities, and to 
eliminate title-specific reporting in order to reduce duplication among 
grantees and providers funded through multiple CARE Act Titles. The 
CTDR form collects data from grantees and their subcontracted service 
providers on six different areas: service provider information, client 
information, services provided/clients served, demographic information, 
AIDS Pharmaceutical Assistance and AIDS Drug Assistance Program, and 
the Health Insurance Program. Collected on an annual basis, the primary 
purposes of the CTDR are to: (1) Characterize the organizations from 
which clients receive services; (2) provide information on the number 
and characteristics of clients who receive CARE Act services; and (3) 
enable HAB to describe the type and amount of services a client 
receives. In addition to meeting the goal of accountability to 
Congress, clients, advocacy groups, and the general public, information 
collected on the CTDR is critical for HRSA, state and local grantees, 
and individual providers to assess the status of existing HIV-related 
service delivery systems.
    The estimated response burden for CARE Act grantees is estimated 
as:

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                                                                                     Hours to
                                                     Number of                      coordinate
       Title under which grantee is funded           grantees      Responses per    receipt of      Total hour
                                                    respondents       grantee      data reports       burden
                                                                                  from providers
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Title I only....................................              54             107              40           2,160

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Title II only...................................              50             112              40           2,000
Title III only..................................             303               1               8           2,424
Title IV only...................................              63               1              16           1,008
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    Total.......................................             470                                           7,592
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    The estimated response burden for service providers is estimated 
as:

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                                                     Number of
      Title under which provider is funded           provider      Responses per     Hours per      Total hour
                                                    respondents      provider        response         burden
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Title I only....................................           1,011               1              24          24,264
Title II only...................................             836               1              40          33,440
Title III only..................................             138               1              40           5,520
Title IV only...................................              34               1              40           1,360
Funded under multiple Titles....................             491               1              48          23,568
    Total.......................................           2,019                                          88,152
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                                                     Number of                                      Total hour
                                                    respondents                                       burden
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Total...........................................           2,489                                          95,744
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D, HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: December 22, 2000.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 00-33218 Filed 12-28-00; 8:45 am]
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