[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23772-23773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10450]


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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: Combating Autism Act Initiative Evaluation (New) 
.
    Background: In response to the growing need for research and 
resources devoted to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other 
developmental disorders (DD), the U.S. Congress passed the Combating 
Autism Act (CAA) in 2006. This Act authorized Federal programs to 
combat ASD and other DD through research, screening, intervention, and 
education. Through the CAA, the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) is tasked with increasing awareness of ASD and 
other DD, reducing barriers to screening and diagnosis, promoting 
evidence-based interventions, and training health care professionals in 
the use of valid and reliable screening and diagnostic tools.
    Purpose: HRSA's activities under this legislation are conducted by 
the Maternal and Child Health Bureau

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(MCHB), which is implementing the Combating Autism Act Initiative 
(CAAI) in response to the legislative mandate. The purpose of this 
evaluation is to design and implement a three-year assessment of the 
effectiveness of MCHB's activities in meeting the goals and objectives 
of the CAAI, and to provide sufficient data to inform MCHB and the 
Congress as to the utility of the grant programs funded under the 
Initiative. To address the requirements for the Report to Congress, the 
evaluation will focus on short-term indicators related to: (1) 
Increasing awareness of ASD and other DD among health care providers, 
other MCH professionals and the general public; (2) reducing barriers 
to screening and diagnosis; (3) supporting research on evidence-based 
interventions; (4) promoting the development of evidence-based 
guidelines and tested/validated intervention tools; and (5) training 
professionals.
    Respondents: Grantees funded by HRSA under the CAAI will be the 
respondents for this data collection activity. The programs to be 
evaluated are listed below.
1. Training Programs
     Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities 
(LEND) training programs with thirty nine grantees; and
     Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics (DBP) training 
programs with six grantees.
2. Research Programs
     Two Autism Intervention Research Networks that focus on 
intervention research, guideline development, and information 
dissemination;
     Five R40 Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Autism 
Intervention Research Program grantees that support research on 
evidence-based practices for interventions to improve the health and 
well-being of children and adolescents with ASD and other DD; and
     Two R40 MCH Autism Intervention Secondary Data Analysis 
Study (SDAS) Program grantees that support research on evidence-based 
practices for interventions to improve the health and well-being of 
children and adolescents with ASD and other DD, utilizing exclusively 
the analysis of existing secondary data.
3. State Implementation Program Grants for Improving Services for 
Children and Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Other 
Developmental Disabilities (DD)
     Nine grantees will implement state autism plans and 
develop models for improving the system of care for children and youth 
with ASD and other DD.
    The data gathered through this evaluation will be used to:
     Evaluate the grantees' performance in achieving the 
objectives of the CAAI during the three year grant period;
     Assess the short- and intermediate-term impacts of the 
grant programs on children and
     families affected by ASD and other DD;
     Measure the CAAI outputs and outcomes for the Report to 
Congress; and
     Provide foundation data for future measurement of the 
initiative's long-term impact.
    The estimated response burden is shown in Table 1.

                                             Table 1--Estimated Hour and Cost Burden of the Data Collection
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                                                                             Responses                  Average
                        Grant program                             No. of        per         Total      hours per    Total hour   Wage rate    Total hour
                                                               respondents   respondent   responses     response      burden                     cost
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LEND.........................................................           39            6          234          .75        175.5       $39.36     $6907.68
DBP..........................................................            6            6           36          .75           27        39.36      1062.72
State Implementation Program.................................            9            6           54          .75         40.5        38.22      1547.91
Research Program.............................................            9            6           54          .75         40.5        39.36      1594.08
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    Total....................................................           63  ...........          378  ...........        283.5  ...........    11,112.39
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to 
the desk officer for HRSA, either by e-mail to [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974. Please direct all 
correspondence to the ``attention of the desk officer for HRSA.''

    Dated April 28, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-10450 Filed 5-3-10; 8:45 am]
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