[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 208 (Thursday, October 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66379-66380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27286]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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 the Office of Management and Budget 
(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, e-mail [email protected] or 
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (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 Extension Act of 2009: 
Program Allocation and Expenditure Forms (OMB No. 0915-0318)--Extension

    The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Allocation and Expenditure Reports 
will enable the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) 
HIV/AIDS Bureau to track spending requirements for each program as 
outlined in the 2009 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 the 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 forms would continue to 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 that are collected. However, the first report would track 
the allocation of the award at the beginning of the grant cycle and the 
second report would track actual expenditures (including carryover 
dollars) at the end of the 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 annual estimate of burden is 
as follows:

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                                     Number of                                       Hours to
 Program under which grantee is       grantee      Responses per       Total       complete each   Total burden
             funded                 respondents       grantee        responses         form            hours
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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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    E-mail comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857. Written comments should be received within 
60 days of this Notice.

    Dated: October 21, 2010.
Robert Hendricks,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-27286 Filed 10-27-10; 8:45 am]
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