[Federal Register: July 19, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 137)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 
Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: 2004 National Long-Term Care Survey and Informal Caregiver's 
Survey.
    Form Number(s): Screener Interview CAPI, Community Questionnaire 
CAPI, Institutional Questionnaire CAPI, Caregiver Questionnaire CAPI, 
LTC-9 (L2), LTC-9 (L3), LTC-9 (L4); LTC-4.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0778.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously 
approved collection.
    Burden: 9,891 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 19,900.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 18 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Duke University has contracted with the U.S. Census 
Bureau to conduct the sampling, data collection, and estimation 
operations for the 2004 National Long-Term Care Survey (NLTCS) and the 
Informal Caregivers Survey (ICS). The 2004 NLTCS is a continuation of 
the NLTC surveys that the Census Bureau conducted for the Health Care 
Financing Administration (HCFA) in 1982 and 1984 and for Duke 
University in 1989, 1994, and 1999. The Census Bureau conducted the ICS 
as part of the 1989 and 1999 NLTC surveys. We are requesting approval 
for the 2004 NLTCS and the ICS.
    The 2004 NLTCS consists of a screening interview and two detailed 
interviews, the community detailed interview, and the institutional 
detailed interview. The ICS is conducted after the community detailed 
interview with people who help or assist the NLTCS sample person 
because of a health problem or disability.
    The proposed research assesses changes in the functional and health 
characteristics of an elderly (65+ years old) and oldest-old (85+ years 
old) nationally representative sample of people followed from 1982 to 
2004.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 42, United States Code, section 285e-1 and 
title 15, United States Code, section 1525.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, room 6625, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
dhynek@doc.gov).

    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245) or e-
mail (susan_schechter@omb.eop.gov).

    Dated: July 13, 2004.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-16268 Filed 7-16-04; 8:45 am]

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