[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 55 (Thursday, March 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17416-17417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06528]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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, email [email protected] or 
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.
    HRSA especially requests comments on: (1) The necessity and utility 
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of 
the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden, (3) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected, and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology to minimize the information 
collection burden.

Information Collection Request Title: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment 
Extension Act of 2009, Part A Minority AIDS Initiative Report (the Part 
A MAI Report): (OMB No. 0915-0304)--EXTENSION

    Abstract: HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) administers the Ryan White 
HIV/AIDS Part A Program authorized under Title XXVI of the Public 
Health Service Act (Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 
2009). Part A provides emergency relief for areas with substantial need 
for HIV/AIDS care and support services that are most severely affected 
by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, including eligible metropolitan areas (EMAs) 
and Transitional Grant Areas (TGAs). As a component of Part A, the 
purpose of the Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) Supplement is to improve 
access to high quality HIV care, services, and outcomes for individuals 
in disproportionately impacted communities of color who are living with 
HIV disease, including African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, 
Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (Section 
2693(b)(2)(A) of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act). Since the 
purpose of the Part A MAI is to expand access to medical, health, and 
social support services for disproportionately impacted racial/ethnic 
minority populations living with HIV/AIDS, it is important that HRSA is 
able to report on minorities served by the Part A MAI.
    The Part A MAI Report is a data collection instrument in which 
grantees report on the number and characteristics of clients served and 
services provided. The Part A MAI Report, first approved for use in 
March 2006, is designed to collect performance data from Part A 
grantees. The report has two parts: (1) A web-based data entry 
application that collects standardized quantitative and qualitative 
information and (2) an accompanying narrative report. Grantees

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submit two Part A MAI Reports annually: The Part A MAI Plan (Plan) and 
the Part A MAI Year-End Annual Report (Annual Report). The Plan and 
Annual Report components of the report are linked to minimize the 
reporting burden and include drop-down menu responses; fields for 
reporting budget, expenditure, and aggregated client level data; and 
open-ended responses for describing client or service-level outcomes. 
Together, the Plan and Annual Report components collect information 
from grantees on MAI-funded services, expenditure patterns, the number 
and demographics of clients served, and client-level outcomes.
    The MAI Plan Narrative that accompanies the Plan web forms 
provides: (1) An explanation of the data submitted in the Plan web 
forms; (2) a summary of the Plan, including the plan and timeline for 
disbursing funds, monitoring service delivery, and implementing any 
service-related capacity development or technical assistance 
activities; and (3) the plan and timeline for documenting client-level 
outcome measures. In addition, if the EMA/TGA revised any planned 
services, allocation amounts, or target communities after their grant 
application was submitted, the changes must be highlighted and 
explained. The accompanying MAI Annual Report Narrative describes: (1) 
Progress towards achieving specific goals and objectives identified in 
the grantee's approved MAI Plan for that fiscal year and in linking MAI 
services/activities to Part A and other Ryan White Program services; 
(2) achievements in relation to client-level health outcomes; (3) 
summary of challenges or barriers at the provider or grantee levels, 
the strategies and/or action steps implemented to address them, and 
lessons learned; and (4) discussion of MAI technical assistance needs 
identified by the EMA/TGA.
    This information is needed to monitor and assess: (1) Changes in 
the type and amount of HIV/AIDS health care and related services being 
provided to each disproportionately impacted community of color; (2) 
the aggregate number of persons receiving HIV/AIDS services within each 
racial and ethnic community; and (3) the impact of Part A MAI-funded 
services in terms of client-level and service-level health outcomes. 
This information also is used to plan new technical assistance and 
capacity development activities, and influence the HRSA policy and 
program management functions. The data provided to HRSA does not 
contain individual or personally identifiable information. No changes 
have been made to the Part A MAI Report.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below.
    The annual estimate of burden is as follows:

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                                                     Number of                           Average burden    Total
          Form name               Number of        responses per     Total  responses  per response  (in  burden
                                 respondents         respondent                              hours)        hours
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Part A MAI Report...........                53                  2                106                  5   530
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    Note: Data collection system enhancements have resulted in a 
shortened response burden (from 6 to 5 total hours per response) for 
respondents since the previous OMB approval request.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
    Deadline: Comments on this Information Collection Request must be 
received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: March 14, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-06528 Filed 3-20-13; 8:45 am]
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