Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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, 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:

2. Annual Administrative Reports for Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS

Resources Emergency (CARE) Act of 1990, Titles I and II--Extension and

Revision--The Annual Administrative Reports (AAR) are submitted by

grantees funded under Titles I and II of the Ryan White CARE Act of

1990 (as amended by the CARE Act amendments of 1996) and include

aggregate information about disbursal of funds, number of clients

served and services provided, demographic information about clients

served, and costs of provided services. Title I grantees include local

governments that meet legislative criteria for disproportionate impact

of AIDS. Title II grantees include the 50 States, the District of

Columbia, and a small number of territories. Grantees obtain the

information for the AAR from individual service providers. Automated

reporting alternatives are available to grantees and to providers at

the grantee's option. This information is used to determine whether the

purposes of the Act and the grants made pursuant to it are being

fulfilled. The information is also used locally for planning and

priority setting. Respondents include state and local governments,

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individuals, non-profit institutions, businesses and other for-profit

organizations, and small businesses and entities. HRSA proposes to make

some changes in the data elements, to improve their value and/or reduce

the burden of data collection and reporting. To allow adequate lead

time, the changes for most of the forms would be effective for data

collection by service providers beginning in January, 1998; the changes

to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Annual Administrative Report

would be effective for reports submitted in March 1997.

The annual burden estimates are as follows:

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Number of Responses per Hours per Total hour

Form name respondents respondent response burden

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Standard Annual Administrative Report (SAAR):

Providers (first report).................... 2,480 1 15.0 37,200

Providers (second report)................... 500 1 0.5 250

Grantees.................................... 99 1 25.0 2,475

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Number of Responses per Hours per Total hour

Form name respondents respondent response burden

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Report on Low-Volume Providers (MAAR in 1996-97/

SAAR in 1998):

Grantees/Consortia.......................... 16 2.3 20.0 740

AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Annual

Administrative Report:

Grantees/Consortia.......................... 52 1.2 25.0 1,575

Health Insurance Continuation Program (HICP)

Annual Administrative Report:

Grantees/Consortia.......................... 19 2.5 15.0 720

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Total..................................... 2,579 1.25 13.3 42,960

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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed

information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Virginia Huth, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management

and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C.

20503.

Dated: September 25, 1996.

J. Henry Montes,

Associate Administrator for Policy Coordination.

[FR Doc. 96-25123 Filed 10-1-96; 8:45 am]

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