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 development disabilities. A

demonstration project implementing this model is being evaluated by the

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. This

portion of the evaluation consists of four information collection

instruments. Respondents: Individuals or households, for-profit, non-

profit institutions; Burden Information for Informal Caregiver Survey--

Number of Respondents: 8,000; Burden per Response: .38 hours; Total

Burden for Informal Caregiver Survey: 3,040 hours--Burden Information

for Paid Worker Survey--Number of Respondents: 800; Burden per

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Response: .5 hours; Total Burden for Paid Worker Survey: 400 hours--

Burden Information for Consultant Survey--Number of Respondents: 400;

Burden per Response .58 hours; Total Burden for Consultant Survey: 200

hour--Burden Information for Ethnographic Discussion Guide--Number of

Respondents: 300; Burden per Response: 1 hours; Total Burden for

Ethnographic Discussion Guide: 300 hours--Total Burden: 3,940 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: May 13, 1999.

Dennis P. Williams,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

[FR Doc. 99-12806 Filed 5-20-99; 8:45 am]

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