[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 37 (Thursday, February 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8721-8722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3873]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA)

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publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects being developed for 
submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). To request 
more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the 
data collection plans and draft instruments, call the HRSA Reports 
Clearance Officer on (301) 443-0371.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

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 
Title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, Ryan White 
HIV/AIDS Program legislation supports a network of regional and 
national centers that conduct targeted, multi-disciplinary education 
and training programs for health care providers treating persons with 
HIV/AIDS. The AETCs' purpose 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 effort to evaluate AETC activities, 
information is needed on AETC training sessions, consultations, and 
technical assistance activities. Each regional center collects forms on 
AETC training events, and the 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 and HAB to provide information on training activities and types of 
education and training provided to Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program 
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 
trainers as well as 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.............................         116,624               1         116,624           0.167        19,476.2
ER..............................          18,070               1          18,070             0.2           3,614
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    Total.......................         134,694  ..............         134,694  ..............        23,090.2
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    The estimated annual burden to AETCs is as follows:

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                                                                        Number of      Responses per                       Hours per       Total burden
                                                                       respondents       respondent    Total responses      response          hours
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Aggregate Data Set.................................................              12                2               24               32              768
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    The total burden hours are 23,858.2.
    E-mail comments to [email protected] or mail to HRSA Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this Notice.

    Dated: February 19, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
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