[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 188 (Friday, September 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59696-59697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23588]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier HHS-OS-20584-60D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit a new Information 
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting that ICR to OMB, Office of the 
Secretary, OS seeks comments from the public regarding the burden 
estimate, below, or any other aspect of the ICR.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before November 26, 
2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 
[email protected] or by calling (202) 690-6162.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance 
staff, [email protected] or (202) 690-6162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the document identifier HHS-OS-20584-60D 
for reference. Information Collection Request Title: Survey on

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Long-Term Care Awareness and Planning.
    Abstract: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 
Evaluation (ASPE) is requesting approval from the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to conduct a survey of adults between the ages of 40 
and 70 on long-term care awareness, how people plan for retirement and 
their preferences for long-term care financing options. Long-term care 
includes helping people with daily activities, such as bathing, 
dressing, taking medications, and preparing meals over a long period of 
time. Long-term care can be provided in nursing homes, assisted living 
facilities, adult day care programs, and individual homes. Most people 
with disabilities are elderly, but people of all ages may need long-
term care (Kaye, Harrington, & LaPlante, 2010).
    The goal of this project is to contribute to the knowledge base 
regarding how people plan for the possibility of needing long-term care 
and for retirement in general and assess their preferences about long-
term care insurance. Information about long-term care and retirement 
planning will be obtained from a large sample of individuals 40-70 
years of age who are part of an ongoing Internet panel maintained by 
GfK Custom Research, LLC. Prior to the development of the survey 
instrument, a thorough review of the literature was conducted and 
conceptual framework prepared. A survey instrument was developed with 
contributions of a Technical Expert Panel (TEP), which provided 
guidance on the content and methodology of the survey instrument and 
comprised experts on survey methodology and long-term care and long-
term care insurance. Part of the survey is a discrete choice experiment 
(DCE) designed to elicit respondent preferences on features of long-
term care insurance. The survey was cognitively assessed and revised 
based on revised based on the results of the testing. GfK will 
administer the survey; RTI International will analyze the survey. Both 
GfK and RTI have experience doing similar work for HHS/ASPE and other 
government clients.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: To determine how adults 
between the ages of 40 and 70 plan for retirement and their preferences 
for long-term care financing options.
    Likely Respondents: Adults between the ages of 40 and 70
    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 ICR are summarized in the table below.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
                    Form name                       respondents    responses per   response (in        hours
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Self-administered, Web-based questionnaire......          15,000               1            0.75          11,250
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............          11,250
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    Office of the Secretary, OS specifically requests comments on (1) 
the necessity and utility of the 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.

Darius Taylor,
Deputy Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-23588 Filed 9-26-13; 8:45 am]
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