[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 222 (Monday, November 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63663-63664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24911]


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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 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 (HHS).

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 December 
18, 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 
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, 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 (patients) 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, the 
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 the 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).\i\ HRSA RWHAP 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 the RWHAP statute. These data 
were collected when grant recipients submitted their annual Federal 
Financial Report (FFR SF-425) in hard copy only, and were submitted to 
the individual HHS Operating Divisions. HRSA added UOB and rebate 
addendum tables after the FFR SF-425, using a suggested format through 
the HRSA EHBs. This financial information is collected in the same 
location to

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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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    \i\ The Allocations Report and the Expenditures Report were 
approved by OMB under the 0915-0318 control number.
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    A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register on July 19, 
2019, vol. 84, No. 139; pp. 34903-04. There were no public comments.
    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 data 
submitted to HRSA. These 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            26.0
Part B UOB Table................              59               1              59             0.5            29.5
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                                             111  ..............             111  ..............            55.5
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2019-24911 Filed 11-15-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4165-15-P