[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4271-4272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1438]


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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: HRSA AIDS Education and Training Centers Evaluation 
Activities (OMB No. 0915-0281)--Revision

    The AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) Program, under the 
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006, supports a 
network of regional and cross-cutting national centers that conduct 
targeted, multi-disciplinary education and training programs for health 
care providers treating persons with HIV/AIDS. The purpose of the AETCs 
is to increase the number of health care providers who are effectively 
educated and motivated to counsel, diagnose, treat, and medically 
manage individuals with HIV infection, and to help prevent high risk 
behaviors that lead to HIV transmission.
    As part of an ongoing evaluation effort of AETC activities, 
information is needed on AETC training sessions, consultations, and 
technical assistance activities. Each regional center collects forms on 
AETC training events, and centers are required to report aggregate data 
on their activities to HRSA and the HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB). This data 
collection provides information on the number of training events, 
including clinical trainings and consultations, as well as technical 
assistance activities conducted by each regional center, the number of 
health care providers receiving professional training or consultation, 
and the time and effort expended on different levels of training and 
consultation activities. In addition, information is obtained on the 
populations served by the AETC trainees, and the increase in capacity 
achieved through training events. Collection of this information allows 
HRSA/HAB to provide information on training activities, types of 
education, and training provided to Ryan White CARE Act grantees, 
resource allocation, and capacity expansion.
    Trainees are asked to complete the Participant Information Form 
(PIF) for each activity they complete, and trainers are asked to 
complete the Event Record (ER). The estimated annual response burden to 
the attendees of training programs is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
              Form                  respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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PIF.............................          94,641               1          94,641             0.2        18,928.2
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    Total.......................          94,641  ..............          94,641  ..............        18,928.2
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    The estimated annual burden to AETCs is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
              Form                  respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Event Record....................          16,417               1          16,417             0.2           3,283
Aggregate Data Set..............              12               2              24              32             768
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    Total.......................          16,429  ..............          16,441  ..............           4,051
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    The total burden hours are 22,979.2.
    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Karen Matsuoka, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: January 24, 2007.
Caroline Lewis,
Acting Associate Administrator for Administration and Financial 
Management.
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