[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 249 (Friday, December 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 79103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32632]


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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.
    1. Service Use and Transitions of Private Long-term Care Insurance 
Claimants--The Department's Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Planning and Evaluation proposes to conduct a study to better 
understand the circumstances or factors that motivate elders who have 
purchased long-term care insurance policies to use services and file 
claims for benefits. The purpose is to obtain a comprehensive 
demographic, health and attitudinal profile of individuals with private 
long term care insurance policies. Respondents: Individuals--Burden 
Information for Baseline Survey--Number of Respondents: 1,650; Burden 
per Response: 1.36 hours; Burden for Baseline Surveys: 2,251 hours--
Burden Information for Follow-up Interview--Number of Responses: 5,105; 
Burden per Response: .288 hours; Burden for Follow-up: 1469 hours--
Total Burden: 3,720 hours.
    OMB Desk Officer: Allison 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 Bauer, 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: December 12, 2002.
Kerry Weems,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
[FR Doc. 02-32632 Filed 12-26-02; 8:45 am]
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