[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55441-55442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20620]


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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 (OMB), 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.
    The following request has been submitted to the OMB for review 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995:

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

    The 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 
Amendments of 1996 and 2000 (codified under Title XXVI of the Public 
Health Service 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

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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 burden estimate for grantees is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
    Grantees funded by Title        respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Title I only....................              51               1              51              40           2,040
Title II only...................              59               1              59              40           2,360
Title III only..................             365               1             365              20           7,300
Title IV only...................              90               1              90              20           1,800
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    Subtotal....................             565  ..............  ..............  ..............          13,500
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    The burden estimate for service providers is as follows:

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  Service providers by grantee       Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
             funding                respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Title I only....................             976               1             976              26          25,376
Title II only...................             857               1             857              26          22,282
Title III only..................             166               1             166              44           7,304
Title IV only...................             122               1             122              42           5,124
Multiple Titles.................             681               1             681              50          34,050
Subtotal........................           2,802               1  ..............  ..............          94,136
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    Total.......................           3,367  ..............  ..............  ..............         107,636
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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: September 8, 2004.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 04-20620 Filed 9-13-04; 8:45 am]
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