[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37506-37507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15820]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


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

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

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. The information 
requested is the minimum necessary to perform the evaluation and 
oversight function.
    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 would average about 250. About 2 hours is required 
annually to respond to these questions.
    The burden estimate for this project is as follows:

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                                                            Responses                  Burden hour
                  Grantee                     Number of        per          Total          per      Total burden
                                             respondents   respondent     responses    respondent       hour
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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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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Allison Eyte, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Fax Number, (202) 395-6974.

    Dated: June 17, 2003.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-15820 Filed 6-23-03; 8:45 am]
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