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:

Proposed Project: AIDS Drug Assistance Program [ADAP]: Monthly

Client Utilization and Program Expenditure Assessment Project--NEW--

State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs [ADAP], funded under section 2611

of the Public Health Service Act (commonly known as Title II of the

Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency [CARE] Act) are

designed to provide low income, uninsured, and underinsured individuals

with access to HIV/AIDS medications that prevent serious deterioration

of health arising from HIV disease, including prevention and treatment

of opportunistic diseases.

Due to the increasing need for pharmaceuticals among uninsured and

underinsured low-income individuals who are HIV+ or diagnosed with

AIDS, and recognizing the importance of program planning and budget

forecasting to maximize resources, the Division of Service Systems

[DSS], Health Resources and Services Administration [HRSA], proposes to

collect relevant client utilization data and program expenditure

information on a voluntary monthly reporting basis from State ADAPs.

This effort is designed to assist Title II grantees, State ADAPs, the

DSS/HRSA funding agency staff, and policymakers at both the Federal and

State level to better understand the level of client need for

medications that the programs are functioning under and the resources

used to meet the needs, and to provide indicators of where future

action may be required and the most appropriate response(s).

A report is proposed that will collect monthly data on the level of

expenditures and client utilization of services. In addition, the

report will provide a forum for tracking the most current changes in

each State ADAP with respect to available funding, eligibility

criteria, clinical guidelines, and formulary changes. On a quarterly

basis, the report will also request the prices of eight specified

pharmaceuticals dispensed by each program. The individual State reports

will be compiled into summary reports and distributed back to grantees

and State ADAPs on a monthly basis, and will be available for use by

HRSA and the Office of Management and Budget. These results will be

used to guide program planning, to formulate budget recommendations,

and to monitor the balance between available resources and State needs.

The burden estimates are as follows:

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Total

Type of form Number of Responses per Hours per burden

respondents respondent response hours

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ADAP Monthly Update..................................... 54 12 1 648

ADAP Quarterly Drug Pricing Update...................... 54 4 1 216

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Total............................................. 54 16 1 864

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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed

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

Laura Oliven, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management

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

20503.

Dated: September 4, 1997.

Jane Harrison,

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 97-23887 Filed 9-9-97; 8:45 am]

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