98-22668. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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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. Evaluation of the Proposed Cash and Counseling Demonstration--
New--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, in partnership with 
the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is planning to engage in an 
information collection for the purpose of evaluating this demonstration 
project. Controlled experimental design methodology will be 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 
Participation Interview--Number of Respondents: 7,875; Burden per 
Response: .08 hours; Total Burden for Participation Interview: 630 
hours--Burden Information for Baseline Interview--Number of 
Respondents: 15,250; Burden per Response: .38 hours; Total Burden for 
Baseline: 5,795 hours--Burden Information for Four-Month Treatment 
Group Interview--Number of Respondents: 7245; Burden per Response: .33 
hours; Total Burden for Four-Month Treatment Group Interview: 2,391 
hours--Burden Information for Nine-Month Followup Interview--Number of 
Respondents: 13,800; Burden per Response: .70 hours; Total Burden for 
Nine-Month Followup: 9,660 hours--Total Burden for Project: 18,476 
hours.
    OMB Desk Officer: Allison Eydt
    Copies of the information collection packages listed above can be 
obtained by calling the OS Reports Clearance Officer on [phone]. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent directly to the OMB desk officer designated 
above at the following address: Human Resources and Housing Branch, 
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, 725 17th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503.
    Comments may also be sent to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue S.W., Washington, DC 20201. Written comments should be received 
within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: August 11, 1998.
Dennis P. Williams,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
[FR Doc. 98-22668 Filed 8-21-98; 8:45 am]
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