[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 56 (Thursday, March 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16063-16064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7089]


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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: Ryan White CARE Act: Cross-Title Data Report Form 
(CTDR)--New

    The HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) of the Health Resources Services 
Administration (HRSA), Cross Title Data Report (CTDR) form 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               1              40           2,160
Title II only...................................              50               1              40           2,000
Title III only..................................             390               1               8           3,120
Title IV only...................................              73               1              16           1,168
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    Total.......................................             567  ..............  ..............           8,448
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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
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    Total.......................................           2,019  ..............  ..............          88,152
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                                                     Number of                                      Total hour
                                                    respondents                                       burden
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Total...........................................           2,586  ..............  ..............          96,600
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
John Morrall, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: March 15, 2001.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 01-7089 Filed 3-21-01; 8:45 am]
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