[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 124 (Friday, June 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38382-38384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13794]


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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; Information Collection Request 
Title: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program: Allocation and Expenditure Forms, 
OMB No. 0915-0318--Revision

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. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30 
day comment period for this notice has closed.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than July 27, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

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: 
Allocation and Expenditure Forms, OMB No. 0915-0318--Revision.
    Abstract: HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau administers the Ryan White HIV/
AIDS Program (RWHAP) authorized under Title XXVI of the Public Health 
Service Act as amended by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension 
Act of 2009. RWHAP Allocation and Expenditure Reports (A&E Reports), in 
conjunction with the Consolidated List of Contractors (CLC), will allow 
HRSA to monitor and track the use of grant funds for compliance with 
program and grants policies and requirements as outlined in the 2009 
legislation. To avoid duplication and reduce recipient reporting 
burden, HRSA created an electronic grantee contract management system 
(GCMS) that includes data required for various reports, including the 
Allocations Reports, the CLC and other HRSA data reports, such as the 
RWHAP Services Report. Recipients can access GCMS year-round to upload 
or manually enter data on their service provider contractors and 
subrecipients, the RWHAP core medical and support services provided, 
and their funding amounts. GCMS automatically repopulates the data 
required for the Allocations Reports and other reports. Expenditures 
Report data are not auto-populated in the GCMS, and are thus still 
manually reported in the data reporting system.

Allocations and Expenditures (A&E) Reports

    Recipients funded under RWHAP Parts A, B, C, and D are required to 
report financial data to HRSA at the beginning (Allocations Report) and 
at the end of their grant budget period

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(Expenditures Report). The A&E Reports request information recipients 
already collect, including the use of RWHAP grant funds for core 
medical and support services and for various program components, such 
as administration, planning and evaluation, and clinical quality 
management. The reports are identical in content; however, in the first 
report recipients document the allocation of their RWHAP grant award at 
the beginning of their grant budget period, and in the second report 
recipients document actual expenditures of their RWHAP grant award 
(including any carryover dollars) at the end of their grant budget 
period.
    HRSA is proposing that RWHAP Parts A and B recipients funded under 
the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative (EHE)--a new funding source to 
implement four key strategies (diagnose, treat, prevent, and respond) 
to end the HIV epidemic--be required to report EHE service allocations 
and corresponding EHE award expenditures in the A&E Reports.\1\ This 
addition allows HRSA to track and report progress toward meeting the 
EHE goals.
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    \1\ OMB granted HRSA approval to collect these data under OMB 
Control Number 0915-0318, ICR Reference Number 201909-0915-004.
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    In addition to this substantive modification, minor changes are 
proposed to (1) the layout of the A&E Reports that affects how already 
required data is reported; (2) align service categories with HRSA 
Policy Clarification Notice #16-02: RWHAP Services: Eligible 
Individuals & Allowable Uses of Funds, updated October 22, 2019; and 
(3) add clarity to language used.

Consolidated List of Contractors

    Recipients funded under RWHAP Parts A and B are required to report 
information about their service provider contracts or sub awards in the 
CLC, a report that is generated from data entered through other 
systems. The CLC form identifies a recipient's contracts with service 
providers for the current grant year, the contract amount, the types of 
services the service provider provided, and the service provider's 
status as a minority or faith-based provider. HRSA is not proposing any 
changes to the CLC.
    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on February 11, 
2020, vol. 85, No. 28; pp. 7763-64. There was one public comment. Based 
on the commenter's concern about increasing recipients reporting 
burden, HRSA removed a request to require RWHAP Parts A and B 
recipients to report program income and pharmaceutical rebates 
information in their expenditures report.
    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 RWHAP legislation and thus are necessary for HRSA to fulfill its 
responsibilities.
    The primary 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 Congress, RWHAP clients, advocacy groups, and the 
general public, information collected through these reports is critical 
for HRSA, state, and local grant recipients, and individual providers 
to evaluate the effectiveness of the RWHAP. The addition of EHE funding 
to the A&E Reports will allow HRSA the ability to assess progress 
toward meeting the national goals for ending the HIV epidemic.
    Likely Respondents: RWHAP Part A, Part B, Part C, and Part D 
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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                                                     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
EHE Allocations Report..........              47               1              47               4             188
EHE Expenditures Report.........              47               1              47               4             188
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    Total.......................           1,336  ..............           1,336  ..............           5,348
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2020-13794 Filed 6-25-20; 8:45 am]
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