[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 14585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6174]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Submission to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Clearance; Comment 
Request; Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS. The Administration on Aging 
(AoA), Department of Health and Human Services, proposes to submit to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following proposal for 
the collection of information in compliance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA; Pub. L. 96-511):
    Title of Information Collection: State Annual Long-Term Care 
Ombudsman Report.
    Type of Request: Extension of use of the report, with no revision.
    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 Americans Act, as amended.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondents: State Agencies on Aging.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 52.
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 7,235.
    Additional Information or Comments: The Administration on Aging 
plans to submit 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 is currently being evaluated for possible revision to reflect 
additional programmatic reporting needs. However, this should not 
affect the PRA clearance process. Written comments and recommendations 
for the proposed information collection should be sent within 60 days 
of the publication of this notice directly to the following address: 
Office of Elder Rights Protection, Administration on Aging, Attention: 
Sue Wheaton, 330 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.

    Dated: March 7, 2001.
Norman L. Thompson,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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