[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 191 (Monday, October 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61105-61106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25339]


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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, 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 at (301) 443-1129. The following request 
has been submitted to OMB for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995:

Proposed Project: ADAP Data Report--[New]

    HRSA's AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) is funded through the 
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, Part B, of Title XXVI of the Public Health 
Service Act, which provides grants to states and territories. Each of 
the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and several 
territories receive ADAP grants. The ADAP provides medications for the 
treatment of HIV/AIDS. Program funds may also be used to purchase 
health insurance for eligible clients or for services that enhance 
access, adherence, and monitoring of drug treatments.
    The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program specifies HRSA's responsibilities 
in the administration of grant funds, the allocation of funds, the 
evaluation of programs for the population served, and the improvement 
of quality of care. Accurate records of the grantees receiving Ryan 
White HIV/AIDS Program funding, the services provided, and the clients 
served, continue to be critical issues for the implementation of the 
legislation and are necessary for HRSA to fulfill its responsibilities.
    The ADAP Data Report (ADR) provides data on the characteristics of 
ADAP grantees and the clients being served with program funds. The ADR 
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intended to support clinical quality management, performance 
measurement, service delivery, and client monitoring at the system and 
client levels. The reporting system consists of an online data form--
the Grantee Report--and a data file containing the client-level data 
elements. Data will be submitted every six months. The Grantee Report 
includes information about program administration, funding, and 
expenditures, in addition to the medication formulary. The client-level 
data include demographic, clinical, enrollment, and service data for 
each patient who is determined eligible and enrolled in the ADAP.
    The legislation specifies grantee accountability and links budget 
to performance. The ADR will be used to ensure compliance with the 
requirements of the legislation, to evaluate the progress of programs, 
to monitor grantee performance, to measure the Government Performance 
and Results Act (GPRA) and the Performance Assessment Rating Tool 
(PART) goals, and to meet reporting responsibilities to the Department, 
Congress, and OMB.
    In addition to meeting the goal of accountability to Congress, 
clients, advocacy groups, and the general public, information collected 
through the ADR is critical to HRSA and grantees for assessing the 
status of existing HIV-related service delivery systems, investigating 
trends in service utilization, and identifying the areas of greatest 
need.
    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 follows. 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 HRSA is requesting. This is a one-time burden for grantees and 
will not be a factor after the first year. The second table represents 
the estimated burden for subsequent years. The Grantee Report burden 
remains unchanged across the three years of the information collection, 
as the submission is consistent with current reporting requirements. 
The Client Report burden is expected to decrease slightly in subsequent 
years as grantees become more proficient with reporting client-level 
data, based on feedback and technical assistance resources that HRSA 
will provide.
    The annual estimate of burden for the first year of the information 
collection is as follows:

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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 annual estimate of burden for subsequent years is as follows:

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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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    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 e-mail to OIRA-- 
[email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974. Please direct all 
correspondence to the ``attention of the desk officer for HRSA.''

    Dated: September 26, 2011.
Wendy Ponton,
Director, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2011-25339 Filed 9-30-11; 8:45 am]
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