[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-8230]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-0268]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of a proposed collection for public comment. Interested persons 
are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any 
other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the 
following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed 
information collection for the proper performance of the agency's 
functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection 
burden.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Regular Clearance, 
Extension of a currently approved collection;
    Title of Information Collection: Service Use and Transition of 
Private Long-Term Care Insurance;
    Form/OMB No.: OS-0990-0268;
    Use: This is a longitudinal study of an admission cohort of private 
long-term care insurance claimants. A representative sample of 
claimants from nine companies will be followed for twenty months to 
better understand how they select and use services.
    Frequency: Reporting;
    Affected Public: Individuals or households;
    Annual Number of Respondents: 1,650.00;
    Total Annual Responses: 6,755.00;
    Average Burden Per Response: \1/2\ hour;
    Total Annual Hours: 3,720.00;
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access the HHS 
Web site address at http://www.hhs.gov/oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-
mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, 
and OS document identifier, to [email protected], or call the Reports 
Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be 
received within 30 days of this notice directly to the Desk Officer at 
the address below: OMB Desk Officer: John Kraemer, OMB Human Resources 
and Housing Branch, Attention: (OMB 0990-0268), New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: December 22, 2005.
Robert E. Polson,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. E5-8230 Filed 1-3-06; 8:45 am]
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