[Federal Register: May 5, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 85)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration on Aging
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; State Annual Long-Term Care Ombudsman Report
and Instructions
AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging (AoA) is announcing that the
proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by June
4, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by
fax 202-395-6974 to the OMB Desk Officer for AoA, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, OMB.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sue Wheaton, telephone: (202) 357-
3587; e-mail: sue.wheaton@aoa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, AoA has
submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance.
States provide the following data and narrative information in the
report:
1. Numbers and descriptions of cases filed and complaints made on
behalf of long-term care facility residents to the statewide ombudsman
program;
2. Major issues identified impacting on the quality of care and
life of long-term care facility residents;
3. Statewide program operations; and
4. Ombudsman activities in addition to complaint investigation.
The report form and instructions have been in continuous use, with
minor modifications, since they were first approved by OMB for the FY
1995 reporting period. This request is for approval to extend use of
the current form and instructions, with no modifications, for three
years, covering the FY 2009-2011 reporting periods.
The data collected on complaints filed with ombudsman programs and
narrative on long-term care issues provide information to Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services and others on patterns of concerns and
major long-term care issues affecting residents of long-term care
facilities. Both the complaint and program data collected assist the
states and local ombudsman programs in planning strategies and
activities, providing training and technical assistance and developing
performance measures.
A reporting form and instructions may be viewed in the ombudsman
section of the AoA Web site, http://www.aoa.gov.
AoA estimates the burden of this collection and entering the report
information as follows: Approximately 10,310 hours, with 52 State
Agencies on Aging responding annually.
Dated: April 28, 2009.
Edwin L. Walker,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. E9-10305 Filed 5-4-09; 8:45 am]
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