96-15218. Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Clearance

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 117 (Monday, June 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 30619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15218]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration on Aging


Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for Clearance

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.
    The Administration on Aging (AoA), Department of Health and Human 
Services, has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
the following proposal for the collection of information in compliance 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act (Public Law 96-511):
    Title of Information Collection: State Performance Report (SPR): 
Reporting Requirements for Titles III and VII of the Older Americans 
Act;
    Type of Request: Extension and Revision;
    Use: To revise an existing information collection form to conform 
to amendments to the Older Americans Act which directed the 
Administration on Aging to improve State reporting requirements;
    Frequency: Annually;
    Respondents: State Agencies on Aging;
    Estimated Number of Responses: 57;
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 300,000.
    Additional Information or Comments: The Administration on Aging 
intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget for approval a 
new reporting system for the State programs under the Older Americans 
Act. AoA printed a similar set of reporting specifications in the 
Federal Register on February 13, 1996 requesting a two year phase-in of 
the reporting requirements starting in FY 1996. Most of the 15 
respondents support implementation of the SPR. However 5 raised cost 
considerations in light of dwindling resources for services to the 
elderly. While one respondent objected to a requirement to collect 
information on the nutritional status of congregate meals clients, 5 
other respondents strongly advocate that the information be collected. 
The remaining comments relate to technical changes which have been made 
and to administrative issues which AoA will address through training 
and operational adjustments. Call the Administration on Aging, Office 
of State and Community Programs at [phone] for copies of the 
proposed reporting requirements. Written comments and recommendations 
for the proposed information collection requirements should be sent 
within 30 days of the publication of this notice directly to the 
following address: OMB Reports Management Branch, attention: Allison 
Eydt, New Executive Office Building, Room 3208, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: June 6, 1996.
William F. Benson,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs and Elder Rights.
[FR Doc. 96-15218 Filed 6-14-96; 8:45 am]
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