[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 197 (Thursday, October 10, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54615-54616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22162]


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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; Information Collection 
Request Title: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Compilation of Best 
Practice Strategies and Interventions, 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 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 November 
12, 2019.

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 Lisa Wright-Solomon, 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 (RWHAP) Compilation of Best Practice Strategies 
and Interventions, OMB No. 0906-xxxx-New
    Abstract: HRSA's RWHAP funds and coordinates with cities, states, 
and local clinics/community-based organizations to deliver efficient 
and effective HIV care, treatment, and support to low-income people 
with HIV (PWH). Nearly two-thirds of clients (patients) live at or 
below 100 percent of the Federal poverty level and approximately three-
quarters of RWHAP clients are racial/ethnic minorities. Since 1990, the 
RWHAP has developed a comprehensive system of safety net providers who 
deliver high quality direct health care and support services to over 
half a million people living with HIV (PLWH)--more than 50 percent of 
all people living with diagnosed HIV in the United States. HRSA is 
developing a comprehensive, web-based compilation of RWHAP recipient 
and subrecipient best practice strategies and interventions. When 
completed, the online recipient compilation will be housed on 
TargetHIV.org (HRSA's technical assistance site for recipients and 
subrecipients) and structured to allow programs to easily search and 
identify RWHAP best practice strategies and interventions for 
implementation. Recipients and subrecipients may voluntarily complete a 
submission form, also housed on TargetHIV.org, when they have a best 
practice strategy or intervention to share. Strategies and 
interventions that meet certain criteria will be incorporated into the 
online compilation.
    The project team has developed a draft submission form and criteria 
for the types of strategies and interventions to be included in the 
compilation based on: (1) The quality and relevance of the approach to 
the RWHAP; (2) the level of feasibility, replicability, and 
sustainability; and (3) the quality of evidence that supports the 
approach's results.
    Specifically, this information collection request involves three 
forms of data collection as described below.
    1. Pre-Submission Screening Form: Through extensive outreach, the 
project team expects up to 70 recipients and subrecipients to express 
interest in submission. They will be asked four screening questions to 
determine whether they are eligible for inclusion in the compilation.
    2. Submission Form: Recipients and subrecipients that screen 
eligible will then complete a submission form describing their strategy 
or intervention, including service delivery model, target population, 
expected or achieved outcomes, and resource requirements. The project 
team will score the submissions based on the established criteria.
    3. Site Visit Discussion Guide: The project team will conduct up to 
30 site visits to test the criteria and gather feedback on the 
submission form and compilation. The half-day site visits will involve 
individual or small group discussions with program staff involved in 
implementation (e.g., program managers, direct service providers, and 
evaluators). The project team will then revise the submission form, 
criteria, and compilation template based on feedback.
    A 60-day Federal Register Notice was published in the Federal 
Register on

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June 19, 2019, vol. 84, No. 118; pp. 28561. There were no public 
comments.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The purpose of this data 
collection effort is for HRSA contractors to assess the review criteria 
being used to systematically identify and select RWHAP-funded best 
practice intervention strategies that demonstrate impact across the HIV 
care continuum for the online compilation.
    Assessing the review criteria will allow HRSA to obtain important 
information from recipients and determine if the intervention 
strategies shared via the submission form are effective in improving 
outcomes across the HIV care continuum. Intervention strategies that 
meet the review criteria verified by HRSA contractors and approved by 
HRSA program staff through this data collection will be considered best 
practices and made available through the online compilation for 
consideration, adaptation, and replication by other HIV programs. In 
addition, the best practices will support peer exchange to resolve 
problems impacting HIV care and treatment and eliminating disparities 
in health outcomes.
    Likely Respondents: RWHAP recipients and subrecipients that 
voluntarily submit a best practice strategy or intervention will 
participate in the data collection. The project team expects that up to 
70 recipients and subrecipients will complete the screening form and 50 
will screen eligible and complete the full submission form. For the 
site visits, the project team will strategically select 30 sites from 
the universe of submitted eligible initiatives, ensuring a range of 
scores and representativeness of factors such as Census region, 
proposed strategy/intervention outcome, priority population, and the 
type of agency or provider implementing the strategy or intervention.
    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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                                                     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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Pre-Submission Screening Form...              70               1              70            0.08            5.60
Submission Form.................              50               1              50            3.00          150.00
Site Visit Discussion Guide.....             120               1             120            0.75         * 90.00
    Program Manager Interview...              30               1              30            1.50           45.00
    Direct Service Provider                   60               1              60            0.50           30.00
     Interview..................
    Evaluator Interview.........              30               1              30            0.50           15.00
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        Total...................         * * 240  ..............             240  ..............          245.60
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* For a total of 90 hours, each of the 30 site visits will include 1.5-hour interviews with a program manager
  (45 hours), up to two 0.5-hour interviews with direct service providers (30 hours), and an 0.5-hour interview
  with an evaluator (15 hours).'
** The total number of respondents is 240 as comprised by the number of respondents for the pre-submission
  screening form (70), the submission form (50), and the site visit discussion guide (120).


Maria G. Button,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2019-22162 Filed 10-9-19; 8:45 am]
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