[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34903-34904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15367]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request Information Collection Request Title: Ryan White 
HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Parts A and B Unobligated Balances and Rebate 
Addendum Tables, OMB No. 0906-xxxx-New

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 of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, 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 should be received no later than September 
17, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 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 Lisa Wright-
Solomon, 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 
Parts A and B Unobligated Balances and Rebate Addendum Tables, OMB No. 
0906-xxxx-New.
    Abstract: HRSA's Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) funds and 
coordinates with cities, states and territories, and local clinics/
community-based organizations to deliver efficient and effective HIV 
care, treatment, and support to low-income people diagnosed with HIV. 
Nearly two-thirds of RWHAP clients live at or below 100 percent of the 
federal poverty level and approximately three-quarters of RWHAP clients 
are racial and ethnic minorities. Since 1990, RWHAP has developed a 
comprehensive system of HIV service providers who deliver high quality 
direct health care and support services to over half a million people 
diagnosed with HIV (more than 50 percent of all people diagnosed with 
HIV in the United States).
    Grant recipients funded under Parts A, B, C, and D of RWHAP 
(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 each grant budget period (Expenditures 
Report) using the HRSA Electronic Handbooks (EHBs).\1\ HRSA RWHAP's 
Parts A and B collect unobligated balances (UOB) of federal funds and 
rebate addendum information by subprogram from their grant recipients. 
Parts A and B use the UOB and rebate addendum financial information to 
determine formula funding as directed by RWHAP statute. These data were 
collected when grant recipients submitted their annual Federal 
Financial Report (FFR SF-425) in hard copy only, and submitted to the 
individual HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs). HRSA combined the FFR SF-
425 with the UOB and rebate addendum

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tables using a suggested format through the HRSA EHBs. This financial 
information is collected in the same location to streamline the process 
for the grant recipients. The UOB and rebate addendum data tables will 
be collected in the HRSA EHBs below the FFR SF-425 control number and 
the Paperwork Burden Statement.
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    \1\ The Allocations Report and the Expenditures Report were 
approved by OMB under the 0915-0318 control number.
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    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: RWHAP Part A and Part B 
recipients currently complete the UOB and rebate addendum tables in a 
non-electronic form and upload them as attachments as a part of their 
FFR SF-425 submission. This new process will decrease administrative 
burden, increase transparency, and improve the quality of the data 
submitted to HRSA. UOB and rebate addendum tables are essential for 
allowing HRSA to ensure that RWHAP recipients are meeting the goal of 
accountability to Congress, clients, advocacy groups, and the general 
public. Information provided in the UOB and rebate addendum tables is 
critical for HRSA, states and territories, local clinics, and 
individual providers to evaluate the effectiveness of these programs.
    Likely Respondents: HRSA RWHAP Parts A and B 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 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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Part A UOB Table................              52               1              52             0.5            27.0
Part B UOB Table................              59               1              59             0.5            29.5
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    Total.......................             111  ..............             111  ..............            56.5
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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.

Maria G. Button,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2019-15367 Filed 7-18-19; 8:45 am]
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