[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 20, 2013)] [Notices] [Pages 17217-17218] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2013-06382] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources and Services Administration Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: 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 [email protected] or call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984. HRSA especially requests comments on: (1) The necessity and utility of the [[Page 17218]] 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. Information Collection Request Title: HRSA AIDS Education and Training Centers Evaluation Activities: (OMB No. 0915-0281)--Revision Abstract: The AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) Program, under the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program established by Title XXVI of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended, supports a network of regional and national centers that conduct targeted, multi-disciplinary education and training programs for health care providers treating persons with HIV/AIDS. The AETCs' purpose is to increase the number of health care providers who are effectively educated and motivated to counsel, diagnose, treat, and medically manage individuals with HIV infection, and to help prevent high risk behaviors that lead to HIV transmission. As part of an ongoing effort to evaluate AETC activities, information is needed on AETC training sessions, consultations, and technical assistance activities. Each regional center collects information on AETC training events, and is required to report aggregate data on their activities to HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB). The data provides information on the number of training events, including clinical trainings and consultations, as well as technical assistance activities conducted by each regional center, the number of health care providers receiving professional training or consultation, and the time and effort expended on different levels of training and consultation activities. In addition, information is obtained on the populations served by AETC trainees, and the increase in capacity achieved through training events. Collection of this information allows HRSA's HAB to provide information on training activities and types of education and training provided to Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Grantees, resource allocation, and capacity expansion. Trainees are asked to complete the Participant Information Form (PIF) for each activity they complete, and trainers are asked to complete the Event Record (ER). Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the information requested. This includes the time needed to review instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and review the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for this Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below. The annual estimate of burden is as follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average burden Form Number of Responses per Total responses per response (in Total burden respondents respondent hours) hours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PIF.......................................................... 116,624 1 116,624 0.167 19,476.2 ER........................................................... 18,070 1 18,070 0.2 3,614.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total.................................................... 134,694 ................ 134,694 ................. 23,090.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The estimated annual burden to AETCs is as follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Responses per Hours per Total burden respondents respondent Total responses response hours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aggregate Data Set....................................... 16 2 32 32 1024.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The total burden hours are 24,114.2. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail to the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Deadline: Comments on this Information Collection Request must be received within 60 days of this notice. Dated: March 12, 2013. Bahar Niakan, Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination. [FR Doc. 2013-06382 Filed 3-19-13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165-15-P