[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 32 (Thursday, February 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 8106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3054]


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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 Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

Proposed Project: Ryan White CARE Act Dental Reimbursement Program (OMB 
No. 0915-0151)--Revision

    The Dental Reimbursement Program (DRP) under Part F of the Ryan 
White CARE Act offers grants to accredited dental schools and programs 
that provide non-reimbursed oral health care to patients with HIV 
disease. The Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2000 expanded 
eligibility of this program to accredited schools of dental hygiene, in 
addition to previously funded schools of dentistry and post-doctoral 
dental education programs.
    HRSA is revising the DRP Application that schools and programs use 
to apply for funding of non-reimbursed costs incurred in providing oral 
health care to patients with HIV. Awards are authorized under section 
2692 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff-111). The DRP 
Application will collect data in three different areas: Program 
information, patient demographics and services, and reimbursement and 
funding. It also requests applicants to provide narrative descriptions 
of their services and facilities, as well as their links and 
collaboration with community-based providers of oral health services.
    The primary purpose of collecting this information annually, as 
part of the DRP Application, is to verify eligibility and determine the 
reimbursement amount each applicant should receive. This information 
also allows HRSA to learn about (1) The extent of the involvement of 
dental schools and programs in treating patients with HIV, (2) the 
number and characteristics of clients who receive CARE Act-supported 
oral health services, (3) the types and frequency of the provision of 
these services, (4) the non-reimbursed costs of oral health care 
provided to patients with HIV, and (5) how applicants intend to use DRP 
funds once they are received. In addition to meeting the goal of 
accountability to Congress, clients, advocacy groups, and the general 
public, information collected in the DRP Application is critical for 
HRSA, State and local grantees, and individual providers, to help 
assess the status of existing HIV-related health service delivery 
systems.
    The estimated reporting burden is as follows:

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                                                                  Number of        Hours per       Total burden
                          Collection                             respondents      application         hours
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Reimbursement Request........................................             125               20             2500
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
John Kraemer, 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: February 11, 2005.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 05-3054 Filed 2-16-05; 8:45 am]
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