[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 81 (Monday, April 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22405-22406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10295]


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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 the 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 Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency 
(CARE) Act: CARE Act Data Report (CADR) Form: Extension (OMB No. 0915-
0253)

    The CARE Act Data Report (CADR) form, created in 1999 by the HIV/
AIDS Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), 
is designed to collect information from grantees, as well as their 
subcontracted service providers, funded under titles I, II, III and IV 
of the Ryan White (CARE) Act of 1990, as amended by the Ryan White CARE 
Act Amendments of 1996 and 2000 (codified under title XXVI of the 
Public Health Services Act). All titles of the CARE Act specify HRSA's 
responsibilities in 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 of 
the providers receiving CARE Act funding, the services provided, and 
the clients served continue to be critical to the implementation of the 
legislation and thus are necessary for HRSA to fulfill its 
responsibilities.
    CARE Act grantees are required to report aggregate data to HRSA 
annually. The CADR form is used by grantees and their subcontracted 
service providers to report data on six different areas: service 
provider information, client information, services provided/clients 
served, demographic information, AIDS

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Pharmaceutical Assistance and AIDS Drug Assistance Program, and the 
Health Insurance Program. The primary purposes of the CADR are to: (1) 
Characterize the organizations from which clients receive services; (2) 
provide information on the number and characteristics of clients who 
receive CARE Act services; and (3) enable HAB to describe the type and 
amount of services a client receives. In addition to meeting the goal 
of accountability to Congress, clients, advocacy groups, and the 
general public, information collected on the CADR is critical for HRSA, 
State and local grantees, and individual providers to assess the status 
of existing HIV-related service delivery systems.
    The estimated response burden for CARE Act grantees is estimated 
as:

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                                                                                     Estimated
                                                                     Estimated       hours to        Estimated
                                                     Estimated       (median)       coordinate      total hour
       Title under which grantee is funded           number of       number of      receipt of      burden for
                                                     grantees        providers     data reports      grantees
                                                                                  from providers
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Title I only....................................              51             107              40           2,040
Title II only...................................              59             112              40           2,360
Title III only..................................             337               1               8           2,696
Title IV only...................................              90               1              16           1,440
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    Total.......................................             537  ..............  ..............           8,536
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    The estimated response burden for service providers is estimated 
as:

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                                                     Estimated
                                                     number of       Estimated       Estimated       Estimated
      Title under which provider is funded           provider      responses per     hours per      total hour
                                                    respondents      provider        response         burden
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Title I only....................................           1,175               1              24          28,200
Title II only...................................             995               1              24          23,880
Title III only..................................             248               1              40           4,800
Title IV only...................................              98               1              40           3,920
Funded under multiple titles....................             394               1              40          15,760
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    Total.......................................           2,782  ..............  ..............          76,560
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: April 21, 2003.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-10295 Filed 4-25-03; 8:45 am]
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