[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17214-17215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06390]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Program 
Standardized Data Collection

AGENCY: Administration on Aging (AoA), Administration for Community 
Living (ACL), HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging (AoA), now part of the 
Administration for Community Living, is announcing that the proposed 
collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by 
April 19, 2013.

ADDRESSES: [email protected] or by fax to 202.395.5806. 
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACL, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, OMB.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Boutaugh, 404-987-3411 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, the 
Administration on Aging (now part of the Administration for Community

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Living) has submitted the following proposed collection of information 
to OMB for review and clearance.
    The ``Empowering Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities through 
Chronic Disease Self-Management Education (CDSME) Programs'' 
cooperative agreement program is financed through 2012 Prevention and 
Public Health Funds. The proposed data collection is necessary for 
monitoring grant program operations and outcomes. AoA proposes to 
gather information to monitor grantee progress, record location of 
sites where workshops are held which will allow mapping of the delivery 
infrastructure, and document participant attendance and demographic and 
health characteristics. The proposed Participant Survey requests the 
participants' gender, zip code and birthdate to allow for potential 
Medicare claims matching and an analysis of changes in health care 
utilization post participation.
    In response to the 60-day Federal Register notice related to this 
proposed data collection and published on July 23, 2013, four sets of 
comments were received. Concern was expressed about the collection of 
sensitive personal information. Most of the remaining comments provided 
suggestions for enhancing the quality and clarity of the information to 
be collected. The comments resulted in some revisions to the proposed 
data collection tools. The originally proposed data collection tools, 
the comments with responses and a revised set of data collection tools 
may be found on the AoA Web site at: http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/AoA_Programs/Tools_Resources/collection_tools.aspx.
    ACL estimates the burden of this collection of information as 440 
hours for State Governments, 1050 hours for local agency staff, and 
2,500 hours for individuals--Total burden is 3,990 hours per year.

    Dated: March 15, 2013.
Kathy Greenlee,
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2013-06390 Filed 3-19-13; 8:45 am]
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