[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 85 (Monday, May 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25304-25306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10355]


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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 no later than June 3, 
2015.

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

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submitted to OMB for review, email the HRSA Information Collection 
Clearance Officer at [email protected] or call (301) 594-4306.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Information Collection Request Title: Partnerships for Care (P4C) 
Supplemental Funding Progress Reports

OMB No. 0915-xxxx--New

    Abstract: Partnerships for Care (P4C): Health Departments and 
Health Centers Collaborating to Improve HIV Health Outcomes is a 3-year 
partnership cross-HHS project. The activities described in this notice 
were funded in part by HRSA through the Secretary's Minority AIDS 
Initiative Fund, established by annual appropriations acts (most 
recently, the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2015, Public Law 113-235, Division G, title II) and the Community 
Health Center Fund established by section 10503 of the Affordable Care 
Act, Public Law 111-148, as amended. The goals of the P4C project are 
to build sustainable partnerships between HRSA-funded health centers 
and CDC-funded state health departments (including Massachusetts, New 
York, Maryland, and Florida) to support expanded HIV service delivery 
in communities highly impacted by HIV, especially among racial/ethnic 
minorities. State health departments and health centers will work 
together to increase the identification of undiagnosed HIV infection, 
establish new access points for HIV care and treatment, and improve HIV 
outcomes along the continuum of care for people living with HIV (PLWH) 
(see P4C fact sheet at http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/prevention/demonstration/p4c/index.html and HHS press release at http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2014pres/07/20140715a.html). Eligible health centers (22 in 4 states) 
will receive up to $500,000 annually in HRSA supplemental funding 
(totaling $33M across the 3-year project period) to integrate high-
quality, comprehensive HIV services into their primary care programs; 
and to work in collaboration with their state health department to (1) 
identify people with undiagnosed HIV infection, (2) link newly 
diagnosed individuals to care, and (3) retain patients living with HIV 
in care. Health centers must implement activities in five focus areas, 
including workforce development, infrastructure development, HIV 
service delivery, partnership development, and quality improvement and 
evaluation. Health centers must demonstrate progress toward 
implementing all required P4C activities and improving health care 
outcomes across the HIV care continuum (see http://aids.gov/federal-resources/policies/care-continuum/).
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA/Bureau of Primary 
Healthcare (BPHC) proposes standardized data collection and reporting 
through submission of five progress reports by the 22 health centers 
participating in the 3-year P4C project to achieve the following 
purposes:
    1. Ensure appropriate stewardship of federal funds.
    2. Support HHS efforts to streamline HIV data collection and 
reporting.
    3. Assess health center progress in implementing approved work 
plans and meeting other P4C goals and objectives.
    4. Assess health center progress in improving HIV outcomes across 
the HIV care continuum.
    5. Support health center use of patient data to improve quality of 
HIV care.
    6. Identify training and technical assistance needs among 
participating health centers.
    7. Support identification and dissemination of effective models and 
promising practices for the integration of HIV services into primary 
care.

Proposed data collection closely aligns with (1) core HIV indicators 
established by HHS (see http://blog.aids.gov/2012/08/secretary-sebelius-approves-indicators-for-monitoring-hhs-funded-hiv-services.html), (2) measures endorsed by the National Quality Forum 
(see http://www.qualityforum.org/News_And_Resources/Press_Releases/2013/NQF_Endorses_Infectious_Disease_Measures.aspx), (3) performance 
measures used by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (see http://hab.hrsa.gov/deliverhivaidscare/habperformmeasures.html), (4) the 
Health Center Program's Uniform Data System (see http://bphc.hrsa.gov/healthcenterdatastatistics/index.html#whatisuds), and (5) P4C project 
requirements. Specifically, HRSA/BPHC proposes submission of two 
progress reports each year by participating health centers to include 
aggregate, HIV-related, patient data (quantitative) and other 
information regarding implementation of approved work plans and budgets 
(narrative).
    Likely Respondents: Health Center Program grantees receiving 
supplemental awards under the P4C project (22 total).
    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 ICR are summarized in the table below. As health centers develop 
reporting proficiencies and advance from initial start-up activities to 
establishing routine data abstraction methods for the new outcome 
measures, it is expected that the annualized burden will decrease by 
20% each year.

                                                         Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                Number of  responses                             Average  burden per      Total burden
              Form name                Number of  respondents      per  respondent        Total  responses      response  (in hours)         hours
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Implementation Progress Report......  22.....................  1.....................  22....................  5.....................                110
Outcomes Progress Report............  22.....................  1.....................  22....................  25....................                550
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    Total...........................  22.....................  ......................  44....................  ......................                660
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Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2015-10355 Filed 5-1-15; 8:45 am]
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