[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8200-8201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02913]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments 
submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided 
to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the 
review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received within 30 days of this 
notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the Information Collection 
Request Title, to the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance 
requests submitted to OMB for review, email the HRSA Information 
Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or call (301) 443-
1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 the 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 will enable HRSA's HIV/AIDS 
Bureau to track spending requirements for each program as outlined in 
the legislation. Grantees funded under Parts A, B, C, and D of the Ryan 
White HIV/AIDS Program (codified under Title XXVI of the Public Health 
Service Act) would be 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 would 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, evaluation, and 
quality management. The two forms are identical in the types of 
information that are collected. However, the first report would track 
the allocation of the award at the beginning of the grant cycle and the 
second report would track actual expenditures (including carryover 
dollars) at the end of the 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 the 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
            Form name                Number of     responses per       Total       per response    Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)         hours
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Part A--Allocations and                       52               2             104             1.5             156
 Expenditures Report............
Part B--Allocations and                       55               2             110              12           1,320
 Expenditures Report............
Part C--Allocations and                      351               2             702             2.5           1,755
 Expenditures Report............
Part D--Allocations and                      115               2             230             4.5           1,035
 Expenditures Report............
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    Total.......................             573  ..............           1,146  ..............           4,266
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    Dated: January 31, 2014.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2014-02913 Filed 2-10-14; 8:45 am]
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