[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45242-45243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19577]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30 Day-57-03]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 498-1210. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax 
to (202) 395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30 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 Reports, OMB No. 0920-0208, for an additional 
three years. This request is for a three-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

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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. The total annual burden hours for this 
data collection is 177 hours.

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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                    Noumber of       Number of      burden per
                           Respondents                              respondents    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Manual Form Project Areas.......................................              16               4               2
Scan or Unique Form Project.....................................              49               4           15/60
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    Dated: July 24, 2003.
Laura Y. Martin,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-19577 Filed 7-31-03; 8:45 am]
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