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 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: Annual Administrative Reporting System for the

Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act of

1990 for Titles I amd II (OMB No. 0915-0166): Revision

OMB approval is requested for the Annual Administrative Reporting

System (AAR) established in 1994 to collect information from grantees

and their subcontracted service providers. The AAR collects aggregate

information from grantees about the disbursal of funds, number of

clients served and services provided, demographic information about

clients served, and

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cost of providing services funded under Title I and II of the Ryan

White CARE Act.

The primary purpose of the AAR is to: (1) Document the use of Title

I and Title II funds and the providers who received them, (2) assess

the effects of these funds on the number and diversity of individuals

served, (3) evaluate the quantity of services received, and (4) help

examine the effectiveness of coordinated systems of care in meeting the

needs of individuals living with HIV. In addition to meeting the goal

of accountability to Congress, clients, advocacy groups, and the

general public, the AAR supports critical efforts by HRSA, state and

local grantees, and providers to assess the status of existing HIV-

related service delivery systems.

Separate reports were developed to collect aggregate data from the

three program types that receive funds under Title I and/or Title II:

(1) Title I programs, Title II programs; (2) centrally administered

state programs for the continuation of health insurance; and (3) state

programs providing HIV prescription drug assistance.

The following changes to the AAR are proposed to improve the

accuracy of the data collected and facilitate local analysis of primary

medical care outcome measures: Certain funding questions will be

eliminated, all questions will require numerical responses, not

percentages; some questions will be restricted to certain providers;

and a set of questions has been added to help evaluate primary medical

services.

The estimated response burden is as follows:

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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total hour

Form name respondents respondent responses response burden

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Standard Annual Administrative Report (SAAR)

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Medical providers............... 660 1 660 35 23,100

Non-medical providers........... 1,975 1 1,975 20 39,500

Grantees........................ 105 1 105 24 2,520

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AIDS Pharmaceutical Assistance Annual Administrative Report (includes State ADAP and local APA pharmaceutical

programs)

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Administrator/Grantee........... 76 1 76 25 1,900

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Health Insurance Continuation Program

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Administrative/Grantee.......... 66 1 66 18.5 1,221

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Total..................... 2,882 1 2,882 .............. 68,241

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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed

information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Wendy A. Taylor, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of

Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: October 29, 1999.

Jane Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 99-28811 Filed 11-3-99; 8:45 am]

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