[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 60 (Friday, March 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15190-15191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7457]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-03-55]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer on (404)498-1210.
    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. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.
    Proposed Project: AIDS Prevention Surveillance Project Reports OMB 
No. 0920-0208--Extension--National Center for HIV, STD, and TB 
Prevention (NCHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    CDC proposes to continue the collection of data for the AIDS 
Prevention and Surveillance Project

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Reports, OMB No. 0920-0208, for an additional 3 years. This request is 
for a 3-year extension. There are currently 65 cooperative agreements 
for HIV prevention projects (50 states, 6 cities, 7 territories, 
Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico) and 54 community based organizations 
to support HIV counseling, testing, and referral programs funded by 
CDC. Program initiatives such as HIV counseling, testing, and referral 
services in STD clinics, Women's Health Centers, Drug Treatment 
Centers, and other health facilities have been described as a primary 
prevention strategy of the national HIV prevention program. The funded 
public health departments and community based organizations have 
increased the provision of HIV counseling, testing, and referral 
activities to those at increased risk for acquiring or transmitting 
HIV, as well as minority communities and women of child bearing age.
    CDC is responsible for monitoring and evaluating HIV prevention 
programs conducted under the HIV Prevention cooperative agreements. HIV 
counseling, testing, and referral services are a major component of HIV 
prevention programs. Without data to measure the impact of HIV 
counseling, testing, and referral programs, HIV prevention program 
priorities cannot be assessed and redirected to prevent further spread 
of the virus in the general population. CDC needs information from all 
grantees describing the number of HIV tests completed for at-risk 
persons and the number HIV-positive test results for at-risk persons. 
The HIV counseling and testing report form provides a simple yet 
complete means to collect this information.
    Public health departments will be able to use either a summary 
form, a scan form, or a form unique to their jurisdiction. All 
reporting to the CDC will take place electronically. Sixteen (16) 
respondents (public health departments) will use the summary data 
collection tool. It takes approximately 2 hours to complete the form. 
The respondents will complete the form 4 times each year for a total 
burden of 8 hours per year per project area. Thirty (30) respondents 
(public health departments) will use a scan form provided by CDC. 
Nineteen (19) respondents (public health departments) will use a form 
unique to their jurisdiction. It will take approximately 15 minutes for 
each respondent using either the scan or unique formats to transfer 
data to CDC electronically on a quarterly basis for a total burden per 
project area of 1 hour per year. Therefore, the total burden hours for 
collecting this data will be 49 hours. There is no cost to respondents 
except for their time.

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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Respondents                       Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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Manual Form Project Areas.......................              16               4               2             128
Scan or Unique Form Project.....................              49               4           15/60              49
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             177
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    Dated: March 21, 2003.
Thomas Bartenfeld,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-7457 Filed 3-27-03; 8:45 am]
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