[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 71 (Thursday, April 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21984-21985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8798]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed 
collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration (SAMHSA) will publish periodic summaries of 
proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects 
or to obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the 
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collections of 
information are 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: Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) Rapid HIV Testing 
Clinical Information Form (OMB No. 0930-0295)--Revision

    This request is for a three-year generic clearance to continue 
rapid HIV testing data collection among 63 TCE-HIV Grantees and their 
clients and the additional 11 MAI-HIV Grantees and their clients. The 
primary purpose of the MAI Rapid HIV Testing Clinical Information Form 
is to use a standardized data collection instrument to fully capture 
essential clinical information to enhance preventive services for those 
who test HIV-negative and refer to quality treatment/medical care those 
who test HIV-positive.
    The aim of the project is to implement and increase rapid HIV 
testing among racial and ethnic minorities and collect rapid HIV 
testing data using the MAI Rapid HIV Testing Clinical Information Form. 
To meet this requirement, all Grantees must offer their clients rapid 
HIV preliminary antibody testing during outreach, pretreatment, or 
program enrollment. In addition, rapid HIV testing may be made 
available to the sexual and/or injection partners of clients. Grantees 
must provide onsite rapid HIV testing in accordance with their 
respective State and local requirements. If a client requests an off-
site rapid HIV test, the Grantee must provide a referral to a rapid HIV 
testing site certified by the local health department.
    Grantees are currently using the MAI Rapid HIV Testing Clinical 
Information Form in the field to systematically collect information 
from clients on demographics, previous rapid HIV test results, 
substance use and sexual risk behaviors, current rapid HIV test 
results, types of services received, and confirmatory HIV test result. 
Once a client is offered a rapid HIV test, the Grantee staff completes 
the MAI Rapid HIV Testing Clinical Information Form with the client 
present and then enters the data into a secure Web site that allows for 
real-time data submission.
    The estimated annualized burden is summarized below.

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                                                                     Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of    Average burden     Estimated
                   Respondents                       number of     responses per     hours per     total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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MAI Rapid HIV Testing Clinical Information Form           10,000               1           0.133           1,330
 (FY 2008 and FY 2009--63 Grantees).............
RHT form for 11 HIV program FY 2011 grantees              20,000               1           0.133           2,660
 (public health departments)....................
MAI Rapid HIV Testing Clinical Information Form            6,000               1           0.133             798
 (Re-test)......................................
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    Total.......................................          30,000  ..............  ..............           4,788
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    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 8-1099, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 or email a copy 
to [email protected]. Written comments must be received before 
60 days after the date of the publication in the Federal Register.

Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2012-8798 Filed 4-11-12; 8:45 am]
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