Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request, 800-801 [2011-33854]

Download as PDF 800 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 4 / Friday, January 6, 2012 / Notices grants. The agency uses the information received to ensure compliance with the statute and provide training and technical assistance to the grantees. Respondents: State Courts. ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES Number of respondents Instrument Application ....................................................................................................... Annual Reports ................................................................................................ Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 9,256. 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 Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L’Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 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. Robert Sargis, Reports Clearance Officer. pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES [FR Doc. 2012–63 Filed 1–5–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4184–01–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:40 Jan 05, 2012 Jkt 226001 52 52 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, Pub. L. 104–13), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget (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, email paperwork@hrsa.gov or call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443– 0165. Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (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: Assessing Factors That Impact AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Enrollment and Management in the Face of ADAP Waiting Lists (OMB No. 0915–xxxx)— [New] HRSA’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) provides assistance to PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Number of responses per respondent 1 1 Average burden hours per response 92 86 Total burden hours 4,784 4,472 help low-income, uninsured and underinsured individuals living with HIV/AIDS to access life-saving medications. As part of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, ADAP is the Payer of Last Resort. Clients enrolled in ADAP have exhausted all other resources to obtain the necessary medications and care. In recent years, ADAP has experienced an increase in enrollment while funding resources have decreased. This study will use case study methods to identify and examine factors that contribute to the rising enrollments in ADAP and the states’ abilities to meet the demands for ADAP services. Data collection will include interviews with up to eight respondents in each of eight selected states, for a maximum of 64 total respondents. Each interview will last approximately 1.5 hours. The respondents will fall into three general categories—ADAP personnel, state HIV/ AIDS program leads, and personnel from related state and local programs, such as Medicaid and pharmacy assistance programs. Interviews will be conducted over a period of 2.5 months. The study will assess factors that may contribute to the rise in ADAP enrollment and costs such as new HIV cases, earlier use of antiretroviral medications, lower attrition of existing clients, unemployment and loss of insurance, or increasing drug costs. In addition, the study will examine factors that may decrease ADAP costs, such as health care reform and cost containment strategies. Findings from the study will be used to develop policy and to recommend promising practices for managing state ADAPs. The annual estimate of burden is as follows: E:\FR\FM\06JAN1.SGM 06JAN1 801 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 4 / Friday, January 6, 2012 / Notices Responses per respondent Number of respondents Instrument Total responses Hours per response Total burden hours ADAP Personnel Interview .................................................. State HIV/AIDS Lead Interview ........................................... Alternative State/Local Program Informant Interview .......... 32 8 24 1 1 1 32 8 24 1.5 1.5 1.5 48 12 36 Total .............................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 96 Email comments to paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10–33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice. Dated: December 29, 2011. Reva Harris, Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination. [FR Doc. 2011–33854 Filed 1–5–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165–15–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources and Services Administration pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: Revised Amount of the Average Cost of a Health Insurance Policy The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is publishing an updated monetary amount of the average cost of a health insurance policy as it relates to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP). Section 100.2 of the VICP’s implementing regulation (42 CFR Part 100) states that the revised amounts of an average cost of a health insurance policy, as determined by the Secretary, are to be published periodically in a notice in the Federal Register and filed with the United States Court of Federal Claims (the Court). This figure is calculated using the most recent Medical Expenditure Panel SurveyInsurance Component (MEPS–IC) data available as the baseline for the average monthly cost of a health insurance policy. This baseline is adjusted by the annual percentage increase/decrease obtained from the most recent annual Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and Educational Trust (KFF/ HRET) Employer Health Benefits survey or other authoritative source that may be more accurate or appropriate. In 2011, MEPS–IC, available at www.meps.ahrq.gov, published the annual 2010 average total single premium per enrolled employee at private-sector establishments that VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:40 Jan 05, 2012 Jkt 226001 provide health insurance. The figure published was $4,940. This figure is divided by 12-months to determine the cost per month of $411.67. The $411.67 shall be increased or decreased by the percentage change reported by the most recent KFF/HRET, available at https:// www.kff.org. The percentage increase was published at 8 percent. By adding this percentage increase, the calculated average monthly cost of a health insurance policy for 12-month period is $444.60. Therefore, the Secretary announces that the revised average cost of a health insurance policy under the VICP is $444.60 per month. In accordance with § 100.2, the revised amount was effective upon its delivery by the Secretary to the Court. Such notice was delivered to the Court on November 23, 2011. Dated: December 28, 2011. Mary K. Wakefield, Administrator. [FR Doc. 2011–33856 Filed 1–5–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165–15–P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR–5601–N–01] Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, HUD. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for use to assist the homeless. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Juanita Perry, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 7266, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708–1234; TTY number for the hearing- and speechimpaired (202) 708–2565 (these telephone numbers are not toll-free), or call the toll-free Title V information line at (800) 927–7588. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 In accordance with 24 CFR part 581 and section 501 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411), as amended, HUD is publishing this Notice to identify Federal buildings and other real property that HUD has reviewed for suitability for use to assist the homeless. The properties were reviewed using information provided to HUD by Federal landholding agencies regarding unutilized and underutilized buildings and real property controlled by such agencies or by GSA regarding its inventory of excess or surplus Federal property. This Notice is also published in order to comply with the December 12, 1988 Court Order in National Coalition for the Homeless v. Veterans Administration, No. 88–2503– OG (D.D.C.). Properties reviewed are listed in this Notice according to the following categories: Suitable/available, suitable/ unavailable, suitable/to be excess, and unsuitable. The properties listed in the three suitable categories have been reviewed by the landholding agencies, and each agency has transmitted to HUD: (1) Its intention to make the property available for use to assist the homeless, (2) its intention to declare the property excess to the agency’s needs, or (3) a statement of the reasons that the property cannot be declared excess or made available for use as facilities to assist the homeless. Properties listed as suitable/available will be available exclusively for homeless use for a period of 60 days from the date of this Notice. Where property is described as for ‘‘off-site use only’’ recipients of the property will be required to relocate the building to their own site at their own expense. Homeless assistance providers interested in any such property should send a written expression of interest to HHS, addressed to Theresa Ritta, Division of Property Management, Program Support Center, HHS, Room 5B–17, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857; (301) 443–2265. (This is not a toll-free number.) HHS will mail to the interested provider an application packet, which will include instructions for completing the application. In order to maximize the opportunity to utilize a SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\06JAN1.SGM 06JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 800-801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33854]


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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 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, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget 
(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, email paperwork@hrsa.gov or 
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-0165.
    Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (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: Assessing Factors That Impact AIDS Drug Assistance 
Program (ADAP) Enrollment and Management in the Face of ADAP Waiting 
Lists (OMB No. 0915-xxxx)--[New]

    HRSA's AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) provides assistance to 
help low-income, uninsured and underinsured individuals living with 
HIV/AIDS to access life-saving medications. As part of the Ryan White 
HIV/AIDS Program, ADAP is the Payer of Last Resort. Clients enrolled in 
ADAP have exhausted all other resources to obtain the necessary 
medications and care. In recent years, ADAP has experienced an increase 
in enrollment while funding resources have decreased.
    This study will use case study methods to identify and examine 
factors that contribute to the rising enrollments in ADAP and the 
states' abilities to meet the demands for ADAP services. Data 
collection will include interviews with up to eight respondents in each 
of eight selected states, for a maximum of 64 total respondents. Each 
interview will last approximately 1.5 hours. The respondents will fall 
into three general categories--ADAP personnel, state HIV/AIDS program 
leads, and personnel from related state and local programs, such as 
Medicaid and pharmacy assistance programs. Interviews will be conducted 
over a period of 2.5 months.
    The study will assess factors that may contribute to the rise in 
ADAP enrollment and costs such as new HIV cases, earlier use of 
antiretroviral medications, lower attrition of existing clients, 
unemployment and loss of insurance, or increasing drug costs. In 
addition, the study will examine factors that may decrease ADAP costs, 
such as health care reform and cost containment strategies. Findings 
from the study will be used to develop policy and to recommend 
promising practices for managing state ADAPs.
    The annual estimate of burden is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
           Instrument               respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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ADAP Personnel Interview........              32               1              32             1.5              48
State HIV/AIDS Lead Interview...               8               1               8             1.5              12
Alternative State/Local Program               24               1              24             1.5              36
 Informant Interview............
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............              96
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    Email comments to paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857. Written comments should be received within 
60 days of this notice.

    Dated: December 29, 2011.
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2011-33854 Filed 1-5-12; 8:45 am]
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