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, 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: HIV/AIDS Dental Reimbursement Program

(OMB No. 0915-0151)--Extension and Revision--This is a request for

extension and revision of the instructions used by accredited dental

schools and post-doctoral dental programs requesting reimbursement for

documented uncompensated costs for providing oral health care for HIV-

infected individuals. Awards are authorized under section 776(b) of the

Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294n).

The HIV/AIDS Bureau needs to collect this information to determine

the amount of the reimbursement award that is made to each institution.

The information will also assist the Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA) in understanding: (1) the extent to which dental

programs are involved in the treatment of HIV-infected individuals; (2)

the type of individuals seeking care; (3) the scope and extent of HIV

oral health services provided; (4) the time and costs involved in

providing these services; and (5) how the funds used by the

institutions are allocated.

Comparisons are requested between HIV and non-HIV infected patients

to enable HRSA to determine the impact on dental programs of providing

oral health services to HIV-infected patients.

The hourly burden estimate has increased substantially based on the

experience of the grantees in completing the information required.

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Total

Collection Number of Hours per burden

respondents response hours

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Reimbursement Request................ 125 20 2,500

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Send comments to HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 14-36,

Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Written

comments should be received within 60 days of this Notice.

Dated: June 12, 1998.

Jane Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 98-16143 Filed 6-17-98; 8:45 am]

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