[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 51096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18721]


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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 the Office of Management 
and Budget (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 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 and 2000, (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 24 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.
    The burden estimate for this project is as follows:

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                                                                        Number of      Responses per        Total          Hours per       Total burden
                              Grantee                                  respondents      respondents       responses         response          hours
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CDP Report.........................................................              24              700           16,800              1.5           25,200
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Desk Officer, Health Resources and Services Administration, Human 
Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management and Budget, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 10, 2004.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 04-18721 Filed 8-16-04; 8:45 am]
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