[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75354-75355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29511]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

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 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) announces plans to submit an Information 
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks 
comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any 
other aspect of the ICR.

DATES: Comments on this Information Collection Request must be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn 
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 
Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information request collection title 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program: 
Program Allocation and Expenditure Forms.
    OMB No. 0915-0318--Extension.
    Abstract: HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) administers the Ryan White 
HIV/AIDS Program authorized under Title XXVI of the Public Health 
Service Act as amended by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension 
Act of 2009. The purpose of this legislation is to provide emergency 
assistance to localities that are disproportionately affected by the 
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic and to make financial 
assistance available for the development, organization, coordination, 
and operation of more effective and cost-efficient systems for the 
delivery of essential services to persons with HIV disease. It also 
provides grants to states for the delivery of services to HIV positive 
individuals and their families. Under the law, grantees receiving funds 
under Parts A, B, and C must spend at least 75 percent of funds on 
``core medical services.'' The proposed forms will collect information 
from grantees documenting the use of funds to ensure compliance with 
the Act.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The Ryan White HIV/AIDS 
Program Allocation and Expenditure Reports enable the Health Resources 
and Services Administration's HIV/AIDS Bureau to track spending 
requirements for each program. Grantees funded under Parts A, B, C, and 
D of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (codified under Title XXVI of the 
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Health Service Act) are required to report financial data to HRSA at 
the beginning and end of their 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 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 
they collect. However, the allocation report provides data on how 
grantees allocate funding at the beginning of their grant cycle and the 
second report or the expenditure reports track actual expenditures 
(including carryover dollars) at the end of their 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 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.
    Likely Respondents: All Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Grantees (Part 
A, Part B, Part C, and Part D)
    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.

                                     Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                     Number of                                    Average burden
 Program under which grantee is       grantee      Responses per       Total       per  response   Total burden
             funded                 respondents       grantee        responses      (in hours)         hours
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Part A..........................              56               2             112               8             896
Part B..........................              59               2             118              12           1,416
Part A MAI......................              56               2             112               4             448
Part B MAI......................              59               2             118               4             472
Part C..........................             361               2             722               7           5,054
Part D..........................              90               2             180               7           1,260
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    Total.......................             681  ..............           1,362  ..............           9,546
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    HRSA specifically 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.

    Dated: December 5, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-29511 Filed 12-10-13; 8:45 am]
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