Federal Register: May 5, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 85)
DOCID: fr05my09-55 FR Doc E9-10305
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Aging Administration
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr05my09-55
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; State Annual Long-Term Care Ombudsman Report and Instructions
DATES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by June 4, 2009.
DOCUMENT 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.
SUMMARY:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
SUPPLEMENTAL 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 longterm care facility residents to the statewide ombudsman program;
2. Major issues identified impacting on the quality of care and life of longterm 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 20092011 reporting periods.
The data collected on complaints filed with ombudsman programs and narrative on longterm care issues provide information to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and others on patterns of concerns and major longterm care issues affecting residents of longterm 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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Sue Wheaton, telephone: (202) 357- 3587; email: sue.wheaton@aoa.gov.