5632 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 25 / Thursday, February 6, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Proposed Information Collection

Activity; Comment Request Proposed

Projects

Title: Child Support Enforcement

Program: State Plan Approval and Grant

Procedures, State Plan Requirements,

Standards for Program Operations,

Federal Financial Participation, and

Computerized Support Enforcement

Systems.

OMB No.: 0970–0017.

Description: The State plan preprint

and amendments serve as a contract

with OCSE in outlining the activities the

States will perform as required by law

in order for States to receive federal

funds to meet the costs of these

activities. The affected public is

comprised of States receiving funds.

Federal regulations require the States to

amend their State plans only when

necessary to reflect new or revised

Federal statutes or regulations or

material change in any State law,

organization, policy or IV–D agency

operations. OMB approved the Form

OCSE–100, the IV–D State Plan. As a

result of the Child Support Enforcement

Amendments of 1988 (P.L. 98–378), the

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of

1987 (P.L. 100–203), the Family Support

Act of 1988 (P.L. 100–485), the Omnibus

Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (P.L.

103–66), the Social Security Act

Amendments of 1994 and related

regulations, OCSE also received OMB

approval for new and revised State plan

pages. We are now requesting approval

of 34 revised and new State plan

preprint pages to reflect changes due to

enactment of the Personal

Responsibility and Work Opportunity

Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA),

P.L. 104–193, and the previous

mentioned statutes. The information

collected on the State plan pages is

necessary to enable OCSE to monitor

compliance with the requirements in

Title IV–D of the Social Security Act

and implementing regulations.

Respondents: States, Guam, Virgin

Islands, Puerto Rico and District of

Columbia.

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of

respondents

Number of

responses

per respondent

Average

burden

hours per

response

Total burden hours

State Plan ......................................................................................................................... 54 1836 .717 1,316

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 1,316.

In compliance with the requirements

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Administration for Children and

Families is soliciting public comment

on the specific aspects of the

information collection described above.

Copies of the proposed collection of

information can be obtained and

comments may be forwarded by writing

to the Administration for Children and

Families, Office of Information Services,

Division of Information Resource

Management Services, 370 L’Enfant

Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance

Officer. All requests should be

identified by the title of the information

collection.

The Department specifically requests

comments 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)

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.

Consideration will be given to

comments and suggestions submitted

within 60 days of this publication.

Dated: January 31, 1997.

Douglas J. Godesky,

Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–2929 Filed 2–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4184–01–M

Food and Drug Administration

Advisory Committee; Science Board to

the Food and Drug Administration;

Formation of a Subcommittee

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is announcing the

formation of a subcommittee of the

Science Board to the Food and Drug

Administration (Science Board). This

subcommittee has been established to

address issues related to toxicology

testing methods. The subcommittee’s

recommendations will be presented to

the Science Board for full public

discussion at a future Science Board

meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anita M. O’Connor, Office of Science

(HF–33), Food and Drug

Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, MD 20857, 301–827–3312.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FDA is

announcing the formation of a

subcommittee to the Science Board.

This subcommittee has been established

to address issues related to toxicology

testing methods. The subcommittee will

meet several times over the next year to

develop recommendations for the

Science Board on the development and

validation of new toxicology test

methods. The subcommittee’s

recommendations will be presented to

the Science Board for full public

discussion at a future Science Board

meeting. Opportunities for public

comment will be announced in the

Federal Register at least 15 days prior

to the Science Board meeting. This

notice is issued under the Federal

Advisory Committee Act of October 6,

1972 (Pub. L. 92–463 (5 U.S.C. app. 2)).

Dated: January 30, 1997.

Michael A. Friedman,

Deputy Commissioner for Operations.

[FR Doc. 97–2924 Filed 2–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

Health Care Financing Administration

[Doc. Identifier: HCFA–R–203]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

In compliance with the requirement

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Health Care Financing Administration

(HCFA), Department of Health and
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Human Services, is publishing the

following summary of proposed

collections for public comment.

Interested persons are invited to send

comments regarding the burden

estimate or any other aspect of this

collection of information, including any

of the following subjects: (1) The

necessity and utility of the proposed

information collection for the proper

performance of the agency’s functions;

(2) the accuracy of the estimated

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and (4) the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology to

minimize the information collection

burden.

1. HCFA–R–203 Type of Information

Collection Request: New Collection;

Title of Information Collection: Data

Collection Forms for a Project to

Develop a Case-Mix Adjustment System

for a National Home Health Prospective

Payment Program; Form No.: HCFA 203;

Use:. The data collection from this form

will support analysis of home health

utilization patterns and develop

predictive models of home health

resource use. That will serve as the basis

for a system to adjust payments for

Medicare home health services for

differences/changes in patient service

needs; Frequency: On Occasion;

Affected Public: Not-for-profit, Business

or other for-profit; Number of

Respondents: 893,629; Total Annual

Responses: 893,629; Total Annual

Hours: 52,156.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement for the proposed paperwork

collections referenced above, E-mail

your request, including your address

and phone number, to

Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports

Clearance Office on (410) 786–1326.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collections must be mailed

within 60 days of this notice directly to

the HCFA Paperwork Clearance Officer

designated at the following address:

HCFA, Office of Financial and Human

Resources Management Analysis and

Planning Staff, Attention: John Rudolph

Room C2–25–05, 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244–

1850.

Dated: January 30, 1997.

Edwin J. Glatzel,

Director, Management Analysis and Planning

Staff, Office of Financial and Human

Resources.

[FR Doc. 97–2899 Filed 2–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–3–P

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection:

Comment Request

In compliance with the requirement

for opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects

(section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Title 35, United

States Code, as amended by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13), the Health

Resources and Services Administration

(HRSA) will publish periodic

summaries of proposed projects being

developed for submission to OMB under

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

To request more information on the

proposed project or to obtain a copy of

the data collection plans, call the HRSA

Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443–

1129.

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

Review and Synthesis of Consumer/

Client-level Evaluation and Tracking

Activities—NEW—A mail survey will

be conducted of two groups: a sample of

projects/grantees that are currently

funded under the Ryan White CARE Act

(RWCA); and a sample of organizations

that provide services to people with

HIV/AIDS but are not currently funded,

or have never been funded, under the

RWCA. This second group of

participants will be randomly selected

by state from the CDC National AIDS

Clearinghouse Database and from the

National Association of People With

AIDS Database.

The survey will collect information

about the evaluation/tracking activities

that were implemented from 1991 to

1996 to assess consumer/client

satisfaction with services. The purpose

of this study is to find out what types

of evaluation/tracking activities have

been implemented, and to identify gaps

within these activities. The study will

also identify ‘‘model’’ evaluation/

tracking activities that have assessed

consumer/client satisfaction and

implemented findings to improve HIV/

AIDS-related services, and

consequently, have improved

consumer/client satisfaction.

The study’s final report will include

a description of evaluation/tracking

activities among organizations that

provide services to people with HIV/

AIDS and in depth case studies of three

model evaluations/tracking activities

that can be easily replicated and used by

other projects. The report will be

disseminated to program-level and

project-level officers as a guide on how

to develop and implement effective

evaluation/tracking activities on

consumer/client satisfaction.

Estimates of respondent burden for

the survey are as follows:

Type of respondent Number of

respondents

Responses

per respondent

Average

burden per

response*

(hour)

Total burden hours

RWCA-funded projects/grantees ...................................................................................... 500 1 1 500

Organizations serving people with HIV/AIDS not funded under RWCA .......................... 500 1 .17 85

Total ....................................................................................................................... 1,000 1 .6 585

* The extent of evaluation/tracking activities is expected to vary significantly between the two sample groups, which results in different estimates of average burden per response.