[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 81 (Thursday, April 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24962-24963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10032]


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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, email 
[email protected] or call the HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 
443-1984.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

Proposed Project: Assessing Factors That Impact AIDS Drug Assistance 
Program (ADAP) Enrollment and Management in the Face of ADAP Waiting 
Lists (OMB No. 0915-xxxx)--[New]

    HRSA's AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) provides assistance to 
help low-income, uninsured and underinsured individuals living with 
HIV/AIDS get access to life-saving medications. As part of the Ryan 
White HIV/AIDS Program, ADAP is the payer of last resort. Clients 
enrolled in ADAP have exhausted all other resources to obtain necessary 
medications and care. In recent years, ADAP has experienced an increase 
in enrollment while funding resources have decreased.
    This study will use case study methods to identify and examine 
factors that contribute to the rising enrollments in ADAP and States' 
abilities to meet demands for ADAP services. Data collection will 
include interviews with up to eight respondents in each of eight 
selected states, for a maximum of 64 total respondents. Each interview 
will last approximately one and a half hours. The respondents fall into 
three general categories--ADAP personnel, State HIV/AIDS program leads, 
and personnel from related State and local programs such as Medicaid 
and pharmacy assistance programs. Interviews will be conducted over a 
period of two and a half months.
    The proposed study will assess factors that may contribute to the 
rise in ADAP enrollment and costs such as new HIV cases, earlier use of 
antiretroviral medications, lower attrition of existing clients, 
unemployment and loss of insurance, or increasing drug costs. In 
addition, the study will examine factors that may decrease ADAP costs 
such as health care reform and cost containment strategies. Findings 
from the study will be used to develop policy and to recommend 
promising practices for managing ADAPs.
    The annual estimate of burden is as follows:

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                                                                    Number of       Responses per                         Hours per       Total burden
                           Activity                                respondents       respondent     Total  responses      response            hours
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ADAP Site Visit Coordination..................................                 8                 1                 8                 1                 8
Instrument:
    ADAP Personnel Interview..................................                32                 1                32               1.5                48
    State HIV/AIDS Lead Interview.............................                 8                 1                 8               1.5                12

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    Alternative State/Local Program Informant Interview.......                24                 1                24               1.5                36
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        Total.................................................                72  ................  ................  ................               104
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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: April 19, 2012.
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2012-10032 Filed 4-25-12; 8:45 am]
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