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

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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: Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency

Act of 1990, As Amended--Title IV (OMB No. 0915-0206)

Extension--The HRSA HIV-AIDS Bureau proposes to continue to collect

aggregated data from 43 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, education, and prevention. The data

collection strategy includes tables that the grantees and their local

service providers use to submit information annually about program and

client characteristics. The data collected are used by grantees and the

HIV-AIDS Bureau for other planning and policy efforts.

Burden estimates are as follows:

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Number of Responses per Avg hours per Total burden

Type of form respondents respondent response Hours

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Designation of Local Reporting Entities......... 43 1 .25 10.75

Local Network Profile........................... 133 1 .5 66.5

Demographic and Clinical Status................. 133 1 30 3,990

Service Utilization Summary..................... 133 1 20 2,660

Prevention and Education Activities............. 133 1 4 532

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Total....................................... 133 .............. .............. 7,260

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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, DC

20503.

Dated: August 25, 1998.

Jane Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 98-23310 Filed 8-28-98; 8:45 am]

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