[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6578-6579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01220]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request; Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program: Allocation and 
Expenditure Forms

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects, 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 ICR must be received no later than March 20, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N-39, 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: 
Allocation and Expenditure Forms.
    OMB No. 0915-0318--Revision.
    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 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Allocation and Expenditure 
Reports (A&E Reports), in conjunction with the Consolidated List of 
Contractors (CLC), enables HRSA to monitor and track the use of grant 
funds for compliance with program and grants policies and requirements 
under the statute. By regulation, recipients are required to submit 
financial reports annually to HRSA and the A&E Reports and the CLC are 
HAB's mechanism to implement that requirement. Recipients 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) are required to report 
financial data to HRSA at the beginning (Allocations Report) and at the 
end of their grant cycle (Expenditures Report). Recipients funded under 
Parts A and B are required to report information about their service 
provider contracts in the CLC.
    The forms will continue to require recipients to report on how 
funds are allocated and spent on core medical and non-core services for 
persons living with HIV, and on various program components, such as 
administration, planning and evaluation, and quality management. The A 
& E Reports are identical in the types of information they collect. 
However, the first report tracks the allocation of the award at the 
beginning of the grant cycle and the second report tracks actual 
expenditures (including carryover dollars) at the end of the grant 
cycle. The CLC form identifies a recipient's contracts with service 
providers for the current grant year, the contract amount, and the 
types of services being provided.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Accurate allocation, 
expenditure, and service contract records of the recipients receiving 
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funding are critical to the implementation 
of the law and thus are necessary for HRSA to fulfill its 
responsibilities. The primary

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purposes of these forms are to provide information on the number of 
grant dollars spent on various services and program components and 
oversee compliance with the intent of Congressional appropriations in a 
timely manner. In addition to meeting the goal of accountability to the 
Congress, clients, 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: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program recipients.
    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 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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                                                     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 Report.......              52               1              52               4             208
Part A Expenditures Report......              52               1              52               4             208
Part A CLC......................              52               1              52               2             104
Part B Allocations Report.......              54               1              54               6             324
Part B Expenditures Report......              54               1              54               6             324
Part B CLC......................              54               1              54               2             108
Part C Allocations Report.......             346               1             346               4           1,384
Part C Expenditures Report......             346               1             346               4           1,384
Part D Allocations Report.......             116               1             116               4             464
Part D Expenditures Report......             116               1             116               4             464
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............           1,294  ..............           4,972
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Note: Recipients are required to fill out an allocation report, expenditure report, and CLC for each Ryan White
  HIV/AIDS Program award received.

    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.

Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2017-01220 Filed 1-18-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4165-15-P