[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 33965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15919]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging


Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to the Office 
of Management and Budget for Clearance

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.
    The Administration on Aging (AoA), Department of Health and Human 
Services, has submitted the following proposal for the collection of 
information in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA; Pub. 
L. 96-511): State Annual Long-Term Care Ombudsman Report and 
Instructions.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    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 has 
submitted 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. AoA 
published in the March 13, 2001 Federal Register a notice that it 
planned to request the extension and inviting comments; no comments 
were received. 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 30 days of the publication of this notice directly to the 
following address: Office of Regulatory Affairs, Atten: Allison Herron 
Eydt, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10325, Washington, DC 20201.

    Dated: June 15, 2001.
Norman L. Thompson,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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