[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 84 (Friday, April 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23798-23799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9805]


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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 opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2) of 
title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) will publish periodic summaries of proposed 
projects being developed for submission to 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, call the HRSA 
Reports Clearance Officer on (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 of other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Ryan White CARE Act: Title III Client Level Data 
Project, CDP (OMB No. 0915-0275)--Extension

    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 effort will collect client level data from a 
limited number of Ryan White CARE Act Title III Grantees. 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.
    Client level information will be collected from 25 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. Through this 
system, HRSA seeks to supplement the information collected in the CARE 
Act Data Report (CADR). 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 clients served from eligible grantees, the number of 
clients that a grantee serves ranges from 125 to 2,748, with 422 being 
the median number of clients. About 30 minutes is required to

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respond to the CDP per client and the data are collected 4 times a 
year.
    The burden estimate for this project is as follows:

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                                                                              Average number of
              Grantee (By client population)                   Number of        responses per     Total responses       Hours per         Total burden
                                                              respondents        respondents                             response            hours
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Less than 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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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33 Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of 
this notice.

    Dated: April 23, 2004.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 04-9805 Filed 4-29-04; 8:45 am]
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