[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 34199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16026]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collections; 
Comment Request

    The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary will periodically publish summaries of proposed information 
collections projects and solicit public comments in compliance with the 
requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. To request more information on the project or to obtain a copy of 
the information collection plans and instruments, call the OS Reports 
Clearance Office on (202) 690-6207.
    Comment 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 1. Evaluation of the Cash and Counseling 
Demonstration--0990-0223--Extension--Cash and Counseling is a consumer 
directed care model for individuals in need of personal assistance 
services. A demonstration project utilizing this model is being 
undertaken. The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 
Evaluation (ASPE), in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson 
Foundation, is engaging in information collection for the purpose of 
evaluating this demonstration project. Controlled experimental design 
methodology is being used to test the effects of the experimental 
intervention: cash payments in lieu of arranged services for Medicaid 
covered beneficiaries. Respondents: Individuals or Households.

                              Burden Information for Client Interviews (0990-0223)
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                                                                                  Hours per
                Instrument                    Annual number of respondents        response        Burden hours
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Baseline Survey...........................  560                                            .38               215
4/6 Month Survey..........................  468                                            .33               156
9 Month Survey............................  933                                            .70               653
Participation Survey......................  completed                         ................                 0
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      Total...............................  ................................  ................             1,024
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    Proposed Project 2: Cash and Counseling Demonstration--Additional 
Survey Instruments--0990-0232--Extension--This portion of theASPE/
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation evaluation of the Cash and Counseling 
Demonstration consists of four non-client interviews. Respondents: 
Individuals or Households, For-profit, Non-profit Institutions.

                            Burden Information for Non-Client Interviews (0990-0223)
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                                                            Annual number of      Hours per
                        Instrument                             respondents        response        Burden hours
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Informal Caregiver........................................               916             .38                 351
Paid Worker...............................................               474             .5                  237
Consultant Survey.........................................                50             .5                   25
Ethnographic Study........................................                25            1                     25
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      Total...............................................  ................  ................               638
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    Please send comments to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports Clearance 
Office, Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington DC 20201. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

    Dated: June 19, 2001.
Kerry Weems,
Acting, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
[FR Doc. 01-16026 Filed 6-26-01; 8:45 am]
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