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

Evaluation of the Proposed Cash and Counseling Demonstration--New--

Cash and Counseling is a consumer directed care model for individuals

with physical or developmental disabilities. A demonstration project

utilizing this model has been proposed. The Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation is planning to engage in an

information collection for the purpose of evaluating this

demonstration. Respondents: Individuals or Households; Burden

Information for Baseline Interview--Number of Respondents: 15,250;

Burden per Response: .62 hours; Total Burden for Baseline: 9,455

hours--Burden Information for Four-Month Treatment Group Interview--

Number of Respondents: 7,245; Burden per Response: .5 hours; Total

Burden for Four-Month Treatment Group Interview: 3,622 hours--Burden

Information for Eight-Month Treatment Group Interview--Number of

Respondents: 6,900; Burden per Response: .58 hours; Total Burden for

Eight-Month Treatment Group Interview: 4,002 hours--Burden Information

for Nine-Month Followup Interview--Number of Respondents: 13,800;

Burden per Response: .75 hours; Total Burden for Nine-Month Followup:

10,350 hours--Total Burden for Project: 27,429 hours.

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 4, 1997.

Dennis P. Williams,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

[FR Doc. 97-33355 Filed 12-19-97; 8:45 am]

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