[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 249 (Monday, December 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74316-74317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25332]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in compliance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request 
a copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

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/

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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 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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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to 
the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974. Please direct all 
correspondence to the ``attention of the desk officer for HRSA.''

    Dated: December 20, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E7-25332 Filed 12-28-07; 8:45 am]
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