[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 141 (Friday, July 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44018-44019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18477]


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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 Agency functions; (b) the accuracy of the 
Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) the ways to enhance quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (d) the ways to minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on respondents, through the use 
of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

Proposed Project: ADAP Data Report--[NEW]

    HRSA's AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) is funded through The 
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, Part B, Title XXVI of the Public Health 
Service Act, which provides grants to states and territories. ADAP 
provides medications for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Program funds may 
also be used to purchase health insurance for eligible clients and for 
services that enhance access, adherence, and monitoring of drug 
treatments.
    Each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 
several territories receive ADAP grants. As part of the funding 
requirements, ADAP grantees currently submit quarterly reports 
concerning aggregate information on patients served, pharmaceuticals 
prescribed, pricing, as well as other sources of support to provide 
AIDS medication treatment, eligibility requirements, cost data, and 
coordination with Medicaid; however, aggregate data cannot be analyzed 
with the detail that is required to assess quality of care or to 
sufficiently account for the use of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Funds.
    To address this limitation, HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) is 
developing a client-level data system for ADAP grantees called the ADAP 
Data Report (ADR). The ADR consists of a grantee report and a client-
level data file that will be submitted once every six months. Data 
collected through the ADR: Will enable HAB to answer specific questions 
about the utility of ADAP; will more precisely address program needs; 
and will monitor program performance.
    Discussions were held with nine volunteer grantee agencies 
representing a variety of ADAP models, as a basis for the burden 
estimates for the ADR that are included. These burden estimates are 
presented in two tables. The first table represents the estimated 
burden for the first year, including the estimated time to adjust 
existing or develop new data collection systems to collect the elements 
that HAB is requesting. In the first year, grantees will be required to 
report the grantee and client reports twice. Therefore, the total 
number of grantees (57) is multiplied by the total number of times that 
each grantee must submit the specified report (2) to arrive at the 
total responses in a one year period (114). This total is multiplied by 
the number of hours to complete each report for each six month 
submission to calculate the total burden hours.

                                 Table 1--Estimate of Burden for the First Year
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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
           Instrument               respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Grantee Report..................              57               2             114           12.50        1,425.00
Client Report...................              57               2             114           34.19        3,897.66
Data Collection System..........              57               1              57          826.00       47,082.00
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............       52,404.66
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    The second table represents the estimated burden for subsequent 
years. Given that data collection system updates only impact the first 
six month reporting period, it is not included in the subsequent years' 
total burden. The grantee report burden remains unchanged, as the 
submission is consistent with current reporting requirements. The 
client report burden will decrease slightly in subsequent years as 
grantees become more proficient with reporting client level data, based 
on feedback they receive, as well as technical assistance resources 
that HRSA will provide.

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                                Table 2--Estimate of Burden for Subsequent Years
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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
           Instrument               respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Grantee Report..................              57               2             114           12.50        1,425.00
Client Report...................              57               2             114           24.00        2,736.00
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............        4,161.00
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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, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

    Dated: July 15, 2011.
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2011-18477 Filed 7-21-11; 8:45 am]
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