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Respondents Number of

respondents

Number of

responses/

respondent

Avg. burden/

response

(in hrs.)

Response

burden

(hrs.)

Hospitals: Induction forms ............................................................................... 520 6 1 3,120

Emergency Departments: Induction forms ...................................................... 425 1 1 425

Patient Record forms ....................................................................................... 425 100 4/60 2,833

Outpatient Departments: Induction forms ........................................................ 400 3 1 1,200

Patient Record forms ....................................................................................... 400 150 4/60 4,000

Total .......................................................................................................... 11,578

Dated: December 29, 1999.

Kathy Cahill,

Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and

Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control And

Prevention

[INFO–00–17]

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, the

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) is providing

opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects. To

request more information on the

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of

the data collection plans and

instruments, call the CDC Reports

Clearance Officer on (404) 639–7090.

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 the use of

automated collection techniques for

other forms of information technology.

Send comments to Seleda Perryman,

CDC Assistant Reports Clearance

Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS–D24,

Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments

should be received with 60 days of this

notice.

Proposed Project

National Ambulatory Medical Care

Survey—(0920–0234)—Revision—

(NCHS)—The National Ambulatory

Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) was

conducted annually from 1973 to 1981,

again in 1985, and resumed as an

annual survey in 1989. It is directed by

the Division of Health Care Statistics,

National Center for Health Statistics,

CDC. The purpose of NAMCS is to meet

the needs and demands for statistical

information about the provision of

ambulatory medical care services in the

United States. Ambulatory services are

rendered in a wide variety of settings,

including physicians’ offices and

hospital outpatient and emergency

departments. The NAMCS target

population consists of all office visits

within the United States made by

ambulatory patients to non-Federal,

office-based physicians (excluding those

in the specialties of anesthesiology,

radiology, and pathology) who are

engaged in direct patient care. Since

more than 80 percent of all direct

ambulatory medical care visits occur in

physicians’ offices, the NAMCS

provides data on the majority of

ambulatory medical care services. To

complement these data, in 1992 NCHS

initiated the National Hospital

Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

(NHAMCS, OMB No. 0920–0278) to

provide data concerning patient visits to

hospital outpatient and emergency

departments. The NAMCS, together

with the NHAMCS, constitute the

ambulatory component of the National

Health Care Survey (NHCS) and will

provide coverage of more than 90

percent of ambulatory medical care.

The NAMCS provides a range of

baseline data on the characteristics of

the users and providers of ambulatory

medical care. Data collected include the

patients’ demographic characteristics

and reason(s) for visit, and the

physicians’ diagnosis(es) and diagnostic

services, medications and disposition.

These data, together with trend data,

may be used to monitor the effects of

change in the health care system,

provide new insights into ambulatory

medical care, and stimulate further

research on the use, organization, and

delivery of ambulatory care.

Users of NAMCS data include, but are

not limited to, congressional and other

federal government agencies such as

NIH and FDA, state and local

governments, medical schools, schools

of public health, colleges and

universities, private businesses,

nonprofit foundations and corporations,

professional associations, as well as

individual practitioners, researchers,

administrators and health planners.

Uses vary from the inclusion of a few

selected statistics in a large research

effort, to an in-depth analysis of the

entire NAMCS data set covering several

years.

To calculate the burden hours, the

number of respondents for NAMCS is

based on a sample of 6,000 physicians

with a 50 percent participation rate (this

includes physicians who are out-ofscope as well as those who refuse). The

total cost to respondents is estimated to

be $300,000.

Number of

respondents

(physicians)

Number of

responses/

respondent

Avg. burden/

response

(in hrs.)

Response

burden

(hrs.)

Office-based physicians induction form ........................................................... 3,000 1 .42 1,260

Patient record form .......................................................................................... 3,000 30 .05 4,500

Total .......................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 5,760

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Dated: December 29, 1999.

Kathy Cahill,

Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and

Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

CDC Advisory Committee on HIV and

STD Prevention: Meeting

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC)

announces the following committee

meeting.

Name: CDC Advisory Committee on HIV

and STD Prevention.

Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.–12 p.m., January

24, 2000.

Place: Main National Academy of Sciences,

2101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,

DC.

Time and Date: 1 p.m.–5 p.m., January 24,

2000.

Place: Hotel Lombardy, International

Conference Room, 291 Pennsylvania Avenue

NW, Washington, DC.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available. The meeting room at the

Hotel Lombardy will accommodate

approximately 32 people.

Purpose: This Committee is charged with

advising the Director, CDC, regarding

objectives, strategies, and priorities for HIV

and STD prevention efforts including

maintaining surveillance of HIV infection,

AIDS, and STDs, the epidemiologic and

laboratory study of HIV/AIDS and STDs,

information/education and risk reduction

activities designed to prevent the spread of

HIV and STDs, and other preventive

measures that become available.

Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items

include issues pertaining to evolving HIV

prevention priorities. Agenda items are

subject to change as priorities dictate.

Contact Person for More Information:

Paulette Ford, Committee Management

Analyst, National Center for HIV, STD, and

TB Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S

E–07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Telephone

404/639–8008, fax 404/639–8600, e-mail

pbf7@cdc.gov.

The Director, Management Analysis and

Services Office, has been delegated the

authority to sign Federal Register Notices

pertaining to announcements of meetings and

other committee management activities, for

both the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry.

Dated: December 21, 1999.

Carolyn J. Russell,

Director, Management Analysis and Services

Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families (ACF)

[Program Announcement No. OCSE 99SIP–

1]

Child Support Enforcement

Demonstration and Special Projects—

Special Improvement Projects

AGENCY: Office of Child Support

Enforcement (OCSE), ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Announcement of availability of

funds and request for competitive

applications under the Office of Child

Support Enforcement’s Special

Improvement Projects.

SUMMARY: The Administration for

Children and Families (ACF), Office of

Child Support Enforcement (OCSE)

invites eligible applicants to submit

competitive grant applications for

special improvement projects which

further the national child support

mission, vision, and goals which are: all

children to have parentage established;

all children in IV–D cases to have

financial and medical orders; and all

children in IV–D cases to receive

financial and medical support.

Applications will be screened and

evaluated as indicated in this program

announcement. Awards will be

contingent on the outcome of the

competition and the availability of

funds.

DATES: The closing date for submission

of applications is March 6, 2000. See

Part IV of this announcement for more

information on submitting applications.

ADDRESSES: Application kits (Forms

424, 424A–B; Certifications; and

Administration for Children and

Families Uniform Project Description

[UPD]) containing the necessary forms

and instructions to apply for a grant

under this program announcement are

available from: Administration for

Children and Families, Office of Child

Support Enforcement, Division of State

and Local Assistance, 370 L’Enfant

Promenade, S.W., 4th Floor, East Wing,

Washington, D.C. 20447 (This is not the

mailing address for submission of

applications, see Part IV, B.); or

accessible via OCSE’s Website

(www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cse/)

under new announcements; or contact

Jean Robinson, Program Analyst,

phone(202)401–5330, FAX(202) 205–

4315; e-mail: jrobinson@acf.dhhs.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Administration for Children and

Families (ACF), OCSE, Susan A.

Greenblatt at (202) 401–4849, for

specific questions regarding the

application or program concerns

regarding the announcement.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

program announcement consists of four

parts:

Part I: Background—program purpose,

program objectives, legislative authority,

funding availability, and CFDA Number.

Part II: Project and Applicant Eligibility—

eligible applicants, project priorities, and

project and budget periods.

Part III: The Review Process—

intergovernmental review, initial ACF

screening, competitive review and evaluation

criteria, and funding reconsideration.

Part IV: The Application—application

development and application submission.

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13)

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average 20 hours per response,

including the time for reviewing

instructions, gathering and maintaining

the data needed, and reviewing the

collection of information.

The following information collections

within this Program Announcement are

approved under the following currently

valid OMB control numbers: 424 (0348–

0043); 424A (0348–0044); 424B (0348–

0040); Disclosure of Lobbying Activities

(0348–0046); Uniform Project

Description (0970–0139 Expiration date

10/31/00).

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number.

Part I. Background

A. Program Purpose and Objectives

To fund a number of special

improvement projects which further the

national child support mission to ensure

that all children receive financial and

medical support from both parents, and

which advance the provisions of the

Personal Responsibility and Work

Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996

(PRWORA). PRWORA strengthens the

ability of the nation’s child support

program to collect support on behalf of

children and families. The law also

enables the testing of child support

innovations to improve program

performance. For FY 2000, we are