[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5027-5028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2215]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for the opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information 
on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection 
plans and draft instruments, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at 
(301) 443-1129.
    Comments 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: Ryan White CARE Act: Title III Client-level 
Demonstration Project (CDP)--New

    The CDP was originally established in 1994 to collect information 
from grantees and their subcontracted service providers funded under 
Titles I and II of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources 
Emergency (CARE) Act of 1990, as amended by the Ryan White CARE Act 
Amendments of 1996 (codified under Title XXVI of the Public Health 
Service (PHS) Act). This new effort will collect client level data from 
a sample of Ryan White CARE Act Title III Grantees. The HRSA's HIV/AIDS 
Bureau administers funds for all titles of the CARE Act. The Title III 
program is authorized by Section 2651 of the PHS Act.
    The PHS Act specifies that HRSA is responsible for the 
administration of grant funds, the allocation of funds, the evaluation 
of programs for the population served, and the improvement of the 
quantity and quality of care. Accurate records on the grantees 
receiving CARE Act funding, the services provided, and the clients 
served are critical to the implementation of the legislation and thus 
are necessary for HRSA to fulfill its responsibilities.
    Client level information will be collected from a sample of Title 
III CARE Act funded grantees regarding the number of clients served, 
services provided, demographic information about clients served, and 
health status of clients served. In addition, client level information 
will be collected that measures mortality status and additional 
indicators of health status and whether standards of care are being 
followed by providers.
    The primary purposes of the CDP are to examine client level 
demographic and service data on HIV/AIDS infected/affected clients 
being served by the Ryan White CARE Act and demonstrate the usefulness 
of these data for planning and evaluation purposes at both the local 
and national levels. Through this system, HRSA seeks to supplement the 
information collected in the CARE Act Data Report (CADR). Because there 
is no nationwide acceptance of client level reporting for HIV/AIDS 
services, the CADR collects data aggregated at the grantee level and 
contains duplicated counts of clients who have received services from 
more than one provider during a given reporting period.
    Based on data from eligible grantees, the number of clients that a 
grantee serves ranges from 125 to 2748, with 422 being the median 
number of clients. About 30 minutes is required to respond to these 
questions and the data are collected 4 times a year.
    The burden estimate for this project is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total        Burden hour    Total burden
             Grantee                respondents     respondent       responses    per respondent       hours
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<500 Clients....................              15             250           3,750               2           7,500
500+ Clients....................              10           1,232          12,320               2          24,640
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    Total.......................              25  ..............          16,070  ..............          32,140
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-45, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of 
this notice.

    Dated: January 23, 2003.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-2215 Filed 1-30-03; 8:45 am]
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