[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 87 (Friday, May 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22586-22587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11236]


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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 the 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) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To

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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 at (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on (a) whether the agency needs to collect the 
proposed information to properly perform its functions and whether the 
information has any practical utility; (b) whether the agency's 
estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information is 
accurate; (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 for respondents (e.g., by using automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology).

Proposed Project: Ryan White CARE Act Dental Reimbursement Program 
(OMB No. 0915-0151)--Revision

    The Dental Reimbursement Program (DRP) under Part F of the Ryan 
White CARE Act offers grants to accredited dental schools and programs 
that provide non-reimbursed oral health care to patients with HIV 
disease. The Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2000 expanded 
eligibility of this program to accredited schools of dental hygiene, in 
addition to previously funded schools of dentistry and post-doctoral 
dental education programs.
    HRSA requests a revision to the DRP Application that schools and 
programs use to apply for funding of non-reimbursed costs incurred in 
providing oral health care to patients with HIV. Awards are authorized 
under section 776(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294n). 
The 2001 DRP Application is intended to collect data in three different 
areas: program information, patient demographics and services, and 
reimbursement and funding. It also requests applicants to provide 
narrative descriptions of their services and facilities, as well as 
their links and collaboration with community-based providers of oral 
health services.
    The primary purpose of collecting this information annually, as 
part of the DRP Application, is to verify eligibility and determine the 
reimbursement amount each applicant should receive. This information 
also allows HRSA to learn about (1) the extent of the involvement of 
dental schools and programs in treating patients with HIV, (2) the 
number and characteristics of clients who receive CARE Act-supported 
oral health services, (3) the types and frequency of the provision of 
these services, (4) the non-reimbursed costs of oral health care 
provided to patients with HIV, and (5) how applicants intend to use DRP 
funds once they are received. In addition to meeting the goal of 
accountability to Congress, clients, advocacy groups, and the general 
public, information collected in the DRP Application is critical for 
HRSA, State and local grantees, and individual providers, to help 
assess the status of existing HIV-related health service delivery 
systems.
    The reporting burden for reviewing the DRP Application Instructions 
and completing the Application Form is estimated as:

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                                                                Total
            Collection              Number of    Hours per      burden
                                   responsents  application     hours
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Reimbursement Request............          125           20         2500
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: April 30, 2001.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
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