Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 124 / Wednesday, June 27, 2001 / Notices 34199

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collections;

Comment Request

The Department of Health and Human

Services, Office of the Secretary will

periodically publish summaries of

proposed information collections

projects and solicit public comments in

compliance with the requirements of

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

Reduction Act of 1995. To request more

information on the project or to obtain

a copy of the information collection

plans and instruments, call the OS

Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690–

6207.

Comment 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 1. Evaluation of the

Cash and Counseling Demonstration—

0990–0223—Extension—Cash and

Counseling is a consumer directed care

model for individuals in need of

personal assistance services. A

demonstration project utilizing this

model is being undertaken. The Office

of the Assistant Secretary for Planning

and Evaluation (ASPE), in partnership

with the Robert Wood Johnson

Foundation, is engaging in information

collection for the purpose of evaluating

this demonstration project. Controlled

experimental design methodology is

being used to test the effects of the

experimental intervention: cash

payments in lieu of arranged services for

Medicaid covered beneficiaries.

Respondents: Individuals or

Households.

BURDEN INFORMATION FOR CLIENT INTERVIEWS (0990–0223)

Instrument Annual number of respondents Hours per

response Burden hours

Baseline Survey ............................................................................... 560 .38 215

4/6 Month Survey ............................................................................. 468 .33 156

9 Month Survey ................................................................................ 933 .70 653

Participation Survey ......................................................................... completed ............................ 0

Total ....................................................................................... ............................ 1,024

Proposed Project 2: Cash and

Counseling Demonstration—Additional

Survey Instruments—0990–0232—

Extension—This portion of theASPE/

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

evaluation of the Cash and Counseling

Demonstration consists of four nonclient interviews. Respondents:

Individuals or Households, For-profit,

Non-profit Institutions.

BURDEN INFORMATION FOR NON-CLIENT INTERVIEWS (0990–0223)

Instrument Annual number

of respondents

Hours per

response Burden hours

Informal Caregiver ......................................................................................................... 916 .38 351

Paid Worker ................................................................................................................... 474 .5 237

Consultant Survey ......................................................................................................... 50 .5 25

Ethnographic Study ....................................................................................................... 25 1 25

Total .................................................................................................................... ............................ .............................. 638

Please send comments to Cynthia

Agens Bauer, OS Reports Clearance

Office, Room 503H, Humphrey

Building, 200 Independence Avenue

SW., Washington DC 20201. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Dated: June 19, 2001.

Kerry Weems,

Acting, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

The Department of Health and Human

Services, Office of the Secretary

publishes a list of information

collections it has submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35) and 5 CFR 1320.5.

The following are those information

collections recently submitted to OMB.

1. Title X Grantees Family Planning

Annual Report—0990–0221—

Revision—The Office of Population

Affairs collects annual data from Title X

Grantees to assure compliance with

legislative and regulatory requirements

and identify areas where grantees may

require assistance. Respondents: Title X

Family Planning Program Grantees;

Annual Number of Respondents: 85;

Average Burden per Response: 22 hours;

Annual Burden: 1,870 hours; Average

Annual Cost per Respondent: $550;

Annual Cost: $46,750.

OMB Desk Officer: Allison Eydt.

Copies of the information collection

packages listed above can be obtained

by calling the OS Reports Clearance