Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:

Comment Request

In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public

comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of

Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA) will publish periodic summaries of proposed

projects being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the proposed

project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft

instruments, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.

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 Project: Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency

Act of 1990, Title IV (OMB No. 0915-0206)--Extension, No Change--The

HRSA HIV-AIDS Bureau proposes to continue to collect aggregated data

from 44 grantees and their 90 local service providers that are funded

under Section 2671 of the Public Health Service Act (42 USC 300ff-71).

Data are collected from grantees and providers on the organizational

structures, service delivery approaches, numbers and demographic

characteristics of clients served, service utilization, and activities

related to outreach, prevention, and education. The data collection

strategy includes six tables that the grantees and their local service

providers use to submit information annually about program and client

characteristics. The data collected are used within and outside the

HIV-AIDS Bureau and HRSA to inform the administration and Congress

about the Title IV program and are used by grantees and the HIV-AIDS

Bureau for other planning and policy efforts. No changes to the data

tables are planned. Burden estimates are as follows:

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Number of Responses per Average hours Total burden

Type of form Respondents respondent per response hours

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Designation of Local Reporting Entities......... 44 1 .25 11

Local Network Profile........................... 134 1 .5 67

Service Mix Profile............................. 134 1 2.8 375

Demographic and Clinical Status................. 134 1 33.0 4,422

Service Utilization Summary..................... 134 1 20.0 2,680

Prevention and Education Activities............. 134 1 4.0 536

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Total....................................... 134 .............. .............. 8,091

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Send comments to Patricia Royston, HRSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 14-36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received on or before February 23, 1998.

Dated: December 17, 1997.

Jane Harrison,

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 97-33414 Filed 12-22-97; 8:45 am]

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