[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 103 (Thursday, May 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30321-30322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12012]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERIVCES

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)(A) 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) 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 copy of the data 
collection plans and draft instruments, call the

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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 or other 
forms of information technology.
    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 was created in 1999 by HRSA's 
HIV/AIDS Bureau. It is designed to collect information from grantees 
and their subcontracted service providers, who are 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 
seven different areas: service provider information, client 
information, counseling and testing services, medical services, and 
other services provided/clients served, demographic information, 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 the 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 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
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Title I Only................................               51                1               40            2,040
Title II Only...............................               59                1               40            2,360
Title III Only..............................              365                1               20            7,300
Title IV Only...............................               90                1               20            1,800
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    Subtotal................................              565  ...............  ...............           13,500
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    The 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................................              976                1               26           25,376
Title II Only...............................              857                1               26           22,282
Title III Only..............................              166                1               44            7,304
Title IV Only...............................              122                1               42            5,124
Funded under more than one title............              681                1               50           34,050
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    Subtotal................................            2,802  ...............  ...............           94,136
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        Total for providers and grantees....            3,367  ...............  ...............          107,636
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-45, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: May 20, 2004.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 04-12012 Filed 5-26-04; 8:45 am]
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