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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandra M. Peay, Contact Representative; 

or Renee Chapman, Contact 

Representative, Federal Trade 

Commission, Premerger Notification 

Office, Bureau of Competition, Room H– 

303, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326– 

3100. 

By direction of the Commission. 

Donald S. Clark, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Meeting of the Presidential Advisory 

Council on HIV/AIDS 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Health, Office of the 

Secretary, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Service (DHHS) is hereby giving notice 

that the Presidential Advisory Council 

on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) will hold a 

meeting. The meeting will be open to 

the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Thursday, May 26, 2011 and Friday, 

May 27, 2011. The meeting will be held 

from 10 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m. on 

May 26, 2011 and 9 a.m. to 

approximately 3 p.m. on May 27, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Room 705A, Hubert H. 

Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Melvin Joppy, Committee Manager, 

Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/ 

AIDS, Department of Health and Human 

Services, 200 Independence Avenue, 

Room 443H, Hubert H. Humphrey 

Building, Washington, DC 20201; (202) 

690–5560. More detailed information 

about PACHA can be obtained by 

accessing the Council’s Web site at 

http://www.pacha.gov . 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PACHA 

was established by Executive Order 

12963, dated June 14, 1995 as amended 

by Executive Order 13009, dated June 

14, 1996. The Council was established 

to provide advice, information, and 

recommendations to the Secretary 

regarding programs and policies to 

promote effective prevention of HIV 

disease and AIDS. The functions of the 

Council are solely advisory in nature. 

The Council consists of not more than 

25 members. Council members are 

selected from prominent community 

leaders with particular expertise in, or 

knowledge of, matters concerning HIV 

and AIDS, public health, global health, 

philanthropy, marketing or business, as 

well as other national leaders held in 

high esteem from other sectors of 

society. Council members are appointed 

by the Secretary or designee, in 

consultation with the White House 

Office on National AIDS Policy. The 

agenda for the upcoming meeting will 

be posted on the Council’s Web site 

http://www.pacha.gov . 

Public attendance at the meeting is 

limited to space available. Individuals 

must provide a photo ID for entry into 

the building. Individuals who plan to 

attend and need special assistance, such 

as language interpretation or reasonable 

accommodations, should notify the 

designated contact person. Preregistration for public attendance is 

advisable and can be accomplished by 

contacting the PACHA Committee 

Manager. 

Members of the public will have the 

opportunity to provide comments on 

during the public comment period(s) of 

the meeting. Pre-registration is required 

for public comment. Any individual 

who wishes to participate in the public 

comment session must contact: Melvin 

Joppy, Office of HIV/AIDS Policy, 

melvin.joppy@hhs.gov, by close of 

business Monday, May 23, 2011. Public 

comment will be limited to three 

minutes per speaker. Members of the 

public who wish to have printed 

materials distributed to PACHA 

members for discussion at the meeting 

are asked to provide, at a minimum, 2 

copies of the materials to the PACHA 

Committee Manager no later than close 

of business Tuesday, May 24, 2011. 

Contact information for the PACHA 

Committee Manager is provided above. 

Dated: May 5, 2011. 

Christopher H. Bates, 

Executive Director, Presidential Advisory on 

HIV/AIDS. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approve the proposed 

information collection project: ‘‘Pre-test 

of an Assisted Living Consensus 

Instrument.’’ In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 

3501–3521, AHRQ invites the public to 

comment on this proposed information 

collection. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by July 11, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, 

Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRO.hhs.gov. 

Copies of the proposed collection 

plans, data collection instruments, and 

specific details on the estimated burden 

can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by 

e-mail at 

doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

Pre-Test of an Assisted Living 

Consensus Instrument 

Using a consensus-based process and 

in partnership with the Center for 

Excellence in Assisted Living (CEAL), 

AHRQ has developed a data collection 

tool that will collect uniform 

information about individual assisted 

living facilities (ALFs) in the United 

States to increase the value of healthcare 

for consumers by helping them make 

informed choices when selecting an 

ALF. Included in the development 

process were a voluntary committee of 

national representatives of Assisted 

Living Facilities, consumers, and 

researchers. 

Assisted living (AL) is a relatively 

new long-term care option that currently 

serves approximately one million older 

and dependent Americans. Unlike 

skilled nursing facilities which are 

Federally regulated and relatively 

uniform from state to state, ALFs vary 

from state to state, as well as within 

each state, reflecting various core values 

that embrace consumer choice and 

provider diversity. 

Most states mandate a set of basic 

services that an ALF must offer, such as 

meals and housekeeping. The upper 

limits of allowable services are also 

often prescribed. However, within the 

range of services required and allowed, 

ALFs in most states are given some 

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latitude as to who they choose to serve 

and what services they choose to 

provide. Further, the choice of services 

is not always confined by geography; 

that is, given the widespread dispersion 

of families, potential AL residents may 

be looking to choose among assisted 

living properties in different states, 

thereby widening the choices available. 

While some ALFs are equipped to 

serve a wide range of resident needs, it 

is more common that an assisted living 

property will address a particular 

‘‘market niche.’’ There are many ways in 

which ALFs offer diversity—in the 

religious or cultural affiliations of its 

target market; in the house rules that 

influence expectations about dress and 

behavior in the dining room; in the 

admission and discharge criteria in 

place; as well as in the range of services 

provided. Major variation is found in 

the extent to which a particular ALF is 

able and willing to serve those with 

dementia. While most ALFs admit and 

retain residents with mild cognitive 

impairment, those without a specialized 

dementia program may have difficulty 

serving residents with common 

symptoms such as a lack of safety 

awareness, wandering, sleep 

disturbances and agitation. 

To some extent, admission and 

discharge criteria are dictated by the 

laws and regulations of the state in 

which a particular ALF operates. 

Beyond this, ALFs have considerable 

latitude in assessing individuals whom 

they will admit and retain in their 

facilities. 

In addition to the assessment of 

needed services in relation to the 

services that are available, the ability to 

pay for AL services is a critical factor for 

both the consumer and ALF decisionmaking about whether and when an 

individual moves into and out of a 

particular ALF. Approximately ten 

percent of AL residents receive 

subsidies through State Medicaid 

Waiver or State Plan programs, and 

fewer than three percent are covered by 

long-term care insurance. Thus, a 

substantial percentage of AL consumers 

use savings and other assets, including 

proceeds from the sale of their homes, 

to pay for their stay in an ALF. In 

choosing an ALF, consumers need to 

consider whether a particular facility is 

able to accept Medicaid or other third 

party payments, both now and in the 

future, should their assets become 

depleted. 

This research has the following goals: 

(1) Refine the data collection tool 

through pre-testing with a sample of 

ALFs; and 

(2) Make the data collection tool 

publically available through the AHRQ 

Web site. 

This study is being conducted by 

AHRQ through its contractor, Abt 

Associates Inc., pursuant to AHRQ’s 

statutory authority to conduct and 

support research on healthcare and on 

systems for the delivery of such care, 

including activities with respect to the 

quality, effectiveness, efficiency, 

appropriateness and value of healthcare 

services. 42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(1). 

Method of Collection 

To achieve the goals of this project the 

following data collection will be 

undertaken: 

(1) Telephone verification. The 

purpose of the telephone verification is 

to ensure that the most current mailing 

address of each ALF is utilized for the 

survey pre-test, and to obtain the name 

of the Administrator or Executive 

Director of the ALF so the mailed pretest survey can be addressed directly to 

that person; and 

(2) Pre-test of the Assisted Living 

Provider Information Tool for Consumer 

Education. The data collection will 

include information on several topics of 

interest to consumers including services 

available in ALFs and costs of those 

services, criteria for moving into and out 

of an ALF, resident’s rights, house rules, 

life safety features, staffing within the 

ALF, and the availability of dementia 

care services within the ALF. The 

purpose of the pre-test is to assess the 

utility of the data collection tool as well 

as the feasibility for its implementation. 

The data that will be collected 

through this effort will be used to make 

final refinements to the Assisted Living 

Provider Information Tool for Consumer 

Education and to make adjustments to 

the recommended processes for 

implementing a similar data collection 

effort on a broader basis. 

Estimated Annual Respondent Burden 

Exhibit 1 shows the estimated 

annualized burden for the respondents’ 

time to participate in this project. The 

telephone verification will be completed 

by 285 AL providers and will take 

approximately one minute to complete. 

The pre-test of the Assisted Living 

Provider Information Tool for Consumer 

Education will be completed by 191 

ALFs and will require approximately 25 

minutes to complete. The total annual 

burden is estimated to be 85 hours. 

Exhibit 2 shows the estimated 

annualized cost burden associated with 

the respondents’ time to participate in 

this project. The total annualized cost 

burden is estimated to be $3,576. 

EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Telephone verification .............................................................. 285 1 1/60 5 

Pre-test .................................................................................... 191 1 25/60 80 

Total .................................................................................. 476 na na 85 

EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Total burden 

hours 

Average hourly 

wage rate* Total cost burden 

Telephone verification .............................................................. 285 5 $15.37 $77 

Pre-Test ................................................................................... 191 80 43.74 3,499 

Total .................................................................................. 476 85 na 3,576 

* Based upon the mean of the average wages reflected in the National Compensation Survey (May 2009) U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of 

Labor Statistics. Wage categories used: phone verification—office and administrative support workers; pre-test—medical and health services 

managers in the United States. 

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Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal 

Government 

The total cost of this contract to the 

government is $424,000. The project 

extends over four years, but this request 

is for a one year OMB clearance. Exhibit 

3 shows a breakdown of the total cost 

as well as the annualized cost. 

EXHIBIT 3—ESTIMATED TOTAL AND ANNUALIZED COST

Cost component Total cost Annualized 

Project Development ............................................................................................................................................... $125,000 $31,250 

Data Collection Activities ......................................................................................................................................... 90,000 22,500 

Data Processing and Analysis ................................................................................................................................. 30,000 7,500 

Reporting of results ................................................................................................................................................. 30,000 7,500 

Project Management ................................................................................................................................................ 164,552 41,138 

Total Costs ....................................................................................................................................................... 439,552 109,888 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s 

information collection are requested 

with regard to any of the following: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of AHRQ healthcare 

research and healthcare information 

dissemination functions, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including 

hours and costs) of the proposed 

collection(s) 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 upon the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the Agency’s subsequent 

request for OMB approval of the 

proposed information collection. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: April 22, 2011. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–11–11EX] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

In compliance with the requirement 

of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects, the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed projects. To 

request more information on the 

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, call 404–639–5960 and 

send comments to Daniel L. Holcomb, 

CDC Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 

Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 

30333 or send an e-mail to 

omb@cdc.gov. 

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. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

Evaluation of Enhanced 

Implementation of the ‘‘Learn the Signs. 

Act Early.’’ Campaign in 4 Target 

Sites,—New—National Center on Birth 

Defects and Developmental Disabilities 

(NCBDDD), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

CDC’s ‘‘Learn the Signs Act Early’’ 

campaign is a health education 

campaign that aims to improve parent 

awareness of early child development 

and improve early identification of 

children with autism spectrum 

disorders and other developmental 

disabilities. The proposed information 

collection activity will allow necessary 

evaluation of the supplemental program 

to determine if the program has 

achieved its intended goals; to identify 

efficient implementation strategies that 

reach the greatest numbers of parents of 

young children within defined 

population groups; and determine the 

effectiveness of those strategies in 

changing parents’ awareness of the 

campaign and behavior related to 

monitoring early development. 

This information collection activity 

will consist of two surveys of parents of 

young children in the demographic 

groups and geographic areas targeted by 

this enhanced implementation of the 

‘‘Learn the Signs Act Early’’ campaign; 

one at baseline (before campaign 

implementation) and one at follow-up 

(near implementation end). The surveys 

will capture information from the 

program’s target audience to determine 

campaign reach and exposure among 

this group, as well as identify change in 

knowledge, awareness, and behavior 

related to the campaign and monitoring 

early child development. The project 

aims to attain 250 completed parent 

surveys from each of the 4 sites at 

baseline and again at follow-up (for a 

total of 2,000 completed surveys). It is 

estimated that 2400 respondents will 

have to be screened in order to recruit 

2000 total survey participants. 

Participants will be recruited to 

participate in one of two surveys that 

will be conducted in the following four 

target areas: Washington: Yakima, 

Benton, Franklin, and Walla Walla 

counties; Missouri: St. Louis City; Utah: 

Salt Lake County; and Alaska: 

Anchorage, Palmer, Wasilla, Homer, 

Kenai. 

This request is to obtain OMB 

clearance for two years. There are no 

costs to the respondents other than their 

time. 

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