[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 12 (Thursday, January 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2443-2444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1266]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary publishes a list of information collections it has submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance in 
compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35) and 5 CFR 1320.5. The following are those information collections 
recently submitted to OMB.
    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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                                                            Annual number of      Hours per
                        Instrument                             respondents        response        Burden hours
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Baseline Survey...........................................             1,020               .38               388
4/6 Month Survey..........................................             1,049               .33               465
9 Month Survey............................................             3,629               .70             2,540
Participation Survey......................................             1,292               .08               103
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Total.....................................................                                                 3,496
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    OMB Desk Officer: Allision Herron Eydt.
    Copies of the information collection packages listed above can be 
obtained by calling the OS Reports Clearance Officer on (202) 690-6207. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent directly to the OMB desk officer designated 
above at the following address:
    Human Resources and Housing Branch,Office of Management and 
Budget,New Executive Office Building, Room 10235,725 17th Street 
NW.,Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments may also be sent to Cynthia Agens Baurer, OS Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201. Written comments should be received 
within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: January 3, 2002.
Kerry Weems,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
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