Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collections; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collections;

Comment Request

The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the

Secretary will periodically publish summaries of proposed information

collections projects and solicit public comments in compliance with the

requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995. To request more information on the project or to obtain a copy of

the information collection plans and instruments, call the OS Reports

clearance Officer on (202) 690-6207.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of

information is 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 Projects

1. HHS Acquisition Regulations--HHSAR Subpart 315, Solicitation and

Receipt of Proposals and Quotations--0990-0139--Extension with no

change--Subpart 315.4 is needed to ensure consistency in all

Departmental solicitations and to ensure that all solicitations

describe all of the information which an offeror would need to submit

an acceptable proposal. Repondents: State or local governments,

businesses or other for-profit organizations, non-profit institutions,

small businesses; Total Number of Respondents: 12,914; Frequency of

Response: One time; Average Burden per Response: 2 hours; Estimated

Annual Burden: 25,828 hours.

2. National Study of Assisted Living Facilities for the Frail

Elderly--New--the goal of this study is to determine where assisted

living fits in the continuum of long term care and to examine its

potential for addressing the needs of elderly persons with

disabilities. The study will address such topics as trends in supply

and demand; barriers to development; the effect of key assisted living

features on resident satisfaction and other outcomes. Surveys of

operators, staff and elderly residents will be conducted. Respondents:

Assisted Living Facilities operators, staff and residents--Burden

Information on Operator Screen--Number of Responses: 1912; Burden per

Response: 11 minutes; Total Screen Burden: 351 hours--Burden

Information for Operator Telephone Interview--Number of Responses: 230;

Burden per Response: 20 minutes; Total Burden: 77 hours--Burden

Information for Operator In-Person Interview--Number of Responses: 690;

Burden per Response: 30 minutes; Total Burden: 345 hours--Burden

Information for Staff Interview--Number of Responses: 1380; Burden per

Response: 20 minutes; Total Burden: 460 hours--Burden Information for

Resident Interview--Number of Responses: 2300; Burden per Response: 35

minutes; Total Burden: 1342 hours--Burden Information for Resident

Proxy Interview--Number of Responses: 1150; Burden per Response: 20

minutes,; Total Burden: 383 hours--Total Burden for the Survey: 2958

hours.

OMB Desk Officer: Allison Eydt.

Send comments to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue S.W., Washington

DC, 20201. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this

notice.

Dated: December 9, 1996.

Dennis P. Williams,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

[FR Doc. 96-31757 Filed 12-13-96; 8:45 am]

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