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 Project 1. Baseline Survey of Youth for the Federal

Evaluation of Initiatives Funded Under Section 510 of the Maternal and

Child Health Block Grant Program--The Personal Responsibility and Work

Opportunity Reconciliation Act (P.L. 104-193) established Section 510

of the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program, the purpose of

which is to support state efforts promoting abstinence only education.

The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-33) established a requirement

to ``evaluate programs under Section 510.'' This proposed information

collection will gather baseline information for the evaluation--NEW--

Respondents: Individuals; Number of Respondents: 7,000; Average Burden

per Response: .75 hours; Burden: 5,250 hours.

Send comments to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington,

DC 20201. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this

notice.

Dated: June 11, 1999.

William Beldon,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

[FR Doc. 99-15409 Filed 6-16-99; 8:45 am]

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