Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 246 / Tuesday, December 23, 1997 / Notices 67085

Dated: December 16, 1997.

William K. Hubbard,

Associate Commissioner for Policy

Coordination.

[FR Doc. 97–33485 Filed 12-22-97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–6401]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; 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

Human Services, has submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) the following proposal for the

collection of information. 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.

Type of Information Collection

Request: Reinstatement without change

of a previously approved collection for

which approval has expired; Title of

Information Collection: Negative Case

Action Review Process (NCA)/Annual

Report and Supporting Regulations 42

CFR 431.800; Form No.: HCF–6401

OMB #0938–0300; Use: HCFA uses the

NCA reviews to assure that beneficiaries

are not being denied medical assistance

that they are eligible for and that

recipients are being given adequate and

timely notice of termination. The results

of NCA reviews are used by states and

the Federal Government to identify

problem areas and plan corrective

action initiatives. Frequency: Annually;

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal

Government; Number of Respondents:

51; Total Annual Responses: 51; Total

Annual Hours: 6,770.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement for the proposed paperwork

collections referenced above, or to

obtain the supporting statement and any

related forms, 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 30 days of this notice directly to

the OMB Desk Officer designated at the

following address: OMB Human

Resources and Housing Branch,

Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive

Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: November 6, 1997.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Office of

Information Services, Information

Technology Investment Management Group,

Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 97–33399 Filed 12–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

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 44, 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 and draft

instruments, 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: Ryan White

Comprehensive AIDS Resources

Emergency Act of 1990, Title IV (OMB

No. 0915–0206)—Extension, No

Change—The HRSA HIV-AIDS Bureau

proposes to continue to collect

aggregated data from 44 grantees and

their 90 local service providers that are

funded under Section 2671 of the Public

Health Service Act (42 USC 300ff–71).

Data are collected from grantees and

providers on the organizational

structures, service delivery approaches,

numbers and demographic

characteristics of clients served, service

utilization, and activities related to

outreach, prevention, and education.

The data collection strategy includes six

tables that the grantees and their local

service providers use to submit

information annually about program

and client characteristics. The data

collected are used within and outside

the HIV-AIDS Bureau and HRSA to

inform the administration and Congress

about the Title IV program and are used

by grantees and the HIV-AIDS Bureau

for other planning and policy efforts. No

changes to the data tables are planned.

Burden estimates are as follows:

Type of form Number of Respondents

Responses

per respondent

Average hours

per response

Total burden

hours

Designation of Local Reporting Entities ......................................................... 44 1 .25 11

Local Network Profile ..................................................................................... 134 1 .5 67

Service Mix Profile .......................................................................................... 134 1 2.8 375

Demographic and Clinical Status ................................................................... 134 1 33.0 4,422

Service Utilization Summary .......................................................................... 134 1 20.0 2,680

Prevention and Education Activities ............................................................... 134 1 4.0 536

Total ......................................................................................................... 134 ........................ .......................... 8,091