[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3339-3340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00322]


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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; Ryan White HIV/AIDS 
Program Outcomes and Expanded Insurance Coverage

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, 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 February 
10, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the ICR 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 
Outcomes and Expanded Insurance Coverage
    OMB No. 0906-xxxx--NEW
    Abstract: HRSA, HIV/AIDS Bureau (HRSA/HAB) implements the Ryan 
White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP). This program provides HIV-related 
services in the United States for those who do not have sufficient 
health care coverage or financial resources for coping with HIV 
disease. The recent expansion of health coverage impacted a significant 
portion of RWHAP's traditional clients (newly-eligible Medicaid 
recipient clients, qualified health plan (QHP) insured clients, and 
uninsured clients) who are now eligible to receive third party 
reimbursement care. These changes require RWHAP sites to fill the 
different gaps in care experienced by clients across the varying health 
care coverage options. The purpose of this evaluation study is to 
determine the effect that changing health care coverage has had on 
overall health outcomes, service utilization, and gaps in care of HIV-
positive individuals. This evaluation also seeks to understand how 
RWHAP provider sites meet the needs of clients under the variety of 
health care coverage options.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The expansion of health 
coverage offers new options of obtaining health care services for many 
individuals with HIV. Due to these changes, additional information 
concerning overall client health outcomes, pharmaceutical and core 
medical processes and outcomes, and client access to and utilization of 
support services is needed. Data from this evaluation study will be 
used to provide HRSA/HAB with the necessary information to understand 
the changes in primary health care outcomes of RWHAP clients, pre- and 
post- implementation of recent insurance expansion and inform how the 
RWHAP can best serve clients.
    As a result of the 60-day Federal Register Notice, two comments 
were received. Both commenters strongly supported the proposed 
information collection and urged HRSA to include whether access and 
coverage to medical nutritional therapy and food bank/home delivered 
meals are impacted by the expanded insurance coverage. Medical 
nutrition therapy and food bank/home-delivered meals had already been 
included in the project design.
    Likely Respondents: RWHAP Administrators, RWHAP Care Providers, and 
RWHAP Clients.
    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.
    Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours:

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                                                                                      Average
                                     Number of       Number of         Total        burden per     Total burden
            Form name               respondents    responses per     responses     response  (in       hours
                                                    respondent                        hours)
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Site Survey.....................             305               1             305             0.5           152.5

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Medical Chart/Record Abstraction             *25               1              25               2              50
Focus Group (recruit                         *25               1              25               1              25
 participants)..................
Site Interview Guide............              50               1              50               2             100
Focus Groups Guide..............              60               1              60             1.5              90
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    Total.......................            *440  ..............            *440  ..............           417.5
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* The same respondents will complete the medical chart/record abstraction and recruit participants for the focus
  group.


Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2017-00322 Filed 1-10-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4165-15-P