# Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collections; Comment Request

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** May 21, 1999
- **Citation:** 64 FR 27796

## Text

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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