[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 249 (Friday, December 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67269-67270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31880]


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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 Dental Reimbursement Program 
(OMB No. 0915-0151)--Revision

    The Dental Reimbursement Program (DRP) under Part F of the Ryan 
White CARE Act offers grants to accredited dental schools and programs 
that provide non-reimbursed oral health care to patients with HIV 
disease. The Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2000 expanded 
eligibility of this program to accredited schools of dental hygiene, in 
addition to previously funded schools of dentistry and post-doctoral 
dental education programs.
    HRSA requests a revision to the DRP Application that schools and 
programs use to apply for funding of non-reimbursed costs incurred in 
providing oral health care to patients with HIV. Awards are authorized 
under section 776(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294n). 
The 2001 DRP Application is intended to collect data in three different 
areas: program information, patient demographics and services, and 
reimbursement and funding. It also requests applicants to provide 
narrative descriptions of their services and facilities, as well as 
their links and collaboration with community-based providers of oral 
health services.
    The primary purpose of collecting this information annually, as 
part of the DRP Application, is to verify eligibility and determine the 
reimbursement amount each applicant should receive. This information 
also allows HRSA to learn about (1) the extent of the involvement of 
dental schools and programs in treating patients with HIV, (2) the 
number and characteristics of clients who receive CARE Act-supported 
oral health services, (3) the types and frequency of the provision of 
these services, (4) the non-reimbursed costs of oral health care 
provided to patients with HIV, and (5) how applicants intend to use DRP 
funds once they are received. In addition to meeting the goal of 
accountability to Congress, clients, advocacy groups, and the general 
public, information collected in the DRP

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Application is critical for HRSA, State and local grantees, and 
individual providers, to help assess the status of existing HIV-related 
health service delivery systems.
    The reporting burden for reviewing the DRP Application Instructions 
and completing the Application Form is estimated as:

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                                                                  Number of        Hours per       Total burden
                             Form                                respondents      application         hours
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Application..................................................             125               19            2,375
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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: December 19, 2001.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 01-31880 Filed 12-27-01; 8:45 am]
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