[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 193 (Friday, October 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57048-57049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19721]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERIVCES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 
2006: Program Allocation and Expenditure Forms (NEW)

    The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Allocation and Expenditure Reports 
will enable the Health Resources and Services Administration's HIV/AIDS 
Bureau to track spending requirements for each program as outlined in 
the 2006 legislation. Grantees funded under Parts A, B, C, and D of the 
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (codified under Title XXVI of the Public 
Health Service Act) would be required to report financial data to HRSA 
at the beginning and end of their grant cycle.
    All Parts of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program specify HRSA's 
responsibilities in the administration of grant funds. Accurate 
allocation and expenditure records of the grantees receiving Ryan White 
HIV/AIDS Program funding are critical to the implementation of the 
legislation and thus are necessary for HRSA to fulfill its 
responsibilities.
    The new law changes how Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funds can be 
used, with an emphasis on providing life-saving and life-extending 
services for people living with HIV/AIDS across this country. More 
money will be spent on direct health care for Ryan White HIV/AIDS 
Program clients. Under the new law, unless they receive a waiver, 
grantees receiving funds under Parts A, B, and C must spend at least 75 
percent of funds on ``core medical services'' and can spend no more 
than 5 percent or 3 million dollars (whichever is smaller) on clinical 
quality management. Under Parts A-D, there is also a 10 percent 
spending cap on grantee administration.
    The forms would require grantees to report on how funds are 
allocated and spent on core and non-core services, and on various 
program components, such as administration, planning and evaluation, 
and quality management. The two forms are identical in the types of 
information they collect. However, the first report would track the 
allocation of their award at the beginning of their grant cycle and the 
second report would track actual expenditures (including carryover 
dollars) at the end of their grant cycle.
    The primary purposes of these forms are to (1) provide information 
on the number of grant dollars spent on various services and program 
components, and (2) oversee compliance with the intent of congressional 
appropriations in a timely manner. In addition to meeting the goal of 
accountability to the Congress, clients, advocacy groups, and the 
general public, information

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collected on these reports is critical for HRSA, State and local 
grantees, and individual providers to evaluate the effectiveness of 
these programs.
    The response burden for grantees is estimated as:

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                                     Number of                                       Hours to
 Program under which grantee is       grantee      Responses per       Total       complete each    Total hours
             funded                 respondents       grantee        Responses         form
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Part A..........................              56               2             112               8             896
Part B..........................              59               2             118              12            1416
Part A MAI......................              56               2             112               4             448
Part B MAI......................              59               2             118               4             472
Part C..........................             361               2             722               7            5054
Part D..........................              90               2             180               7            1260
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    Total.......................             681  ..............           1,362  ..............           9,546
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: October 1, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E7-19721 Filed 10-4-07; 8:45 am]
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