[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17217-17218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06382]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more 
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and draft instruments, email [email protected] or 
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.
    HRSA especially requests comments on: (1) The necessity and utility 
of the

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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.

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

    Abstract: The AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) Program, 
under the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program established by Title XXVI of the 
Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended, 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 
information on AETC training events, and is required to report 
aggregate data on their activities to HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB). The 
data 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 AETC trainees, and the increase in capacity achieved through 
training events. Collection of this information allows HRSA's 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).
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below.
    The annual estimate of burden is as follows:

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                                                                                                                       Average burden
                             Form                                  Number of       Responses per    Total responses  per response  (in    Total burden
                                                                  respondents       respondent                             hours)             hours
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PIF..........................................................           116,624                 1           116,624              0.167          19,476.2
ER...........................................................            18,070                 1            18,070              0.2             3,614.0
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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.......................................                16                  2                 32                 32             1024.0
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    The total burden hours are 24,114.2.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail to the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn Building, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
    Deadline: Comments on this Information Collection Request must be 
received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: March 12, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-06382 Filed 3-19-13; 8:45 am]
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