[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 147 (Thursday, July 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44956-44957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19444]


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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.

Proposed Project: Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency 
(CARE) Act: CARE Act Data Report (CADR) Form: (OMB No. 0915-0253)--
Revision

    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

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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 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 grantees is estimated as:

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                                                                                  Hours to
                                              Number of      Responses  per      coordinate        Total hour
   Title under which grantee is funded         grantee           grantee       receipt of data       burden
                                             respondents                        reports from
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Title I Only............................                51                 1                40             2,040
TitleII Only............................                59                 1                40             2,360
Title III Only..........................               337                 1                 8             2,696
Title IV Only...........................                90                 1                16             1,440
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    Subtotal............................               537  ................  ................             8,536
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    The estimated response burden for service providers is estimated 
as:

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                                              Number of       Responses per       Hours per        Total hour
   Title under which grantee is funded       respondents        provider          response           burden
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Title I Only............................             1,175                 1                24            28,200
Title II Only...........................               995                 1                40            39,800
Title III Only..........................               248                 1                40             9,920
Title IV Only...........................                98                 1                40             3,920
Funded under............................               394                 1                48            18,912
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    Subtotal............................             2,782  ................  ................           100,752
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        Total...........................             3,319  ................  ................           109,288
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Allison Eydt, 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: July 24, 2003.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-19444 Filed 7-30-03; 8:45 am]
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