[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 67 (Thursday, April 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20441-20442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07408]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request; COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund (PRF) and 
American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural Payment Reporting Activities, OMB No. 
0906-0068--Revision

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 June 6, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 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

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instruments, email [email protected] or call Samantha Miller, the HRSA 
Acting Information Collection Clearance Officer at (240) 276-7189.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information request collection title 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund 
(PRF) Reporting Activities OMB No. 0906-0068--Revision.
    Abstract: HRSA disburses the PRF and ARP Rural payments to eligible 
health care providers to support health care-related expenses or lost 
revenues attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic. Providers who have 
attested to the Terms & Conditions (T&Cs) regarding their PRF and ARP 
Rural payment(s), including the requirement that the provider ``shall 
submit reports as the Secretary determines are needed to ensure 
compliance with conditions that are imposed on this Payment, and such 
reports shall be in such form, with such content, as specified by the 
Secretary in future program instructions directed to all recipients,'' 
will be using the PRF Reporting Portal to submit information about 
their use of PRF and ARP Rural payments. In anticipation of the 
approved OMB form (control number 0906-0068) expiring on January 31, 
2023, HRSA is undergoing the revision of the ICR approval to include 
the ARP Rural reporting requirements and to allow for data collection 
beyond the January 31, 2023, expiration.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Recipients of a PRF and 
ARP Rural payment agreed to a set of T&Cs, which, among other 
requirements, mandate compliance with certain reporting requirements 
that will facilitate appropriate oversight of recipients' use of funds.
    Information collected will allow for (1) assessing whether 
recipients have met statutory and programmatic requirements, (2) 
conducting audits, (3) gathering data required to report on findings 
with respect to the disbursements of PRF and ARP Rural payments, and 
(4) program evaluation. HRSA staff will also use information collected 
to identify and report on trends in health care metrics and 
expenditures before and during the allowable period for expending PRF 
and ARP Rural payments.
    Likely Respondents: PRF and ARP Rural payment recipients who have 
received more than $10,000 in aggregate PRF and ARP Rural payments 
during one of the Payment Received Periods outlined below and that 
agreed to the associated T&Cs are required to submit a report in the 
PRF Reporting Portal during the applicable Reporting Time Period.

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                                Payment received
                                period  (payments      Reporting time
      Reporting period        exceeding $10,000 in         period
                               aggregate received)
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Period 1....................  April 10, 2020, to    July 1, 2021, to
                               June 30, 2020.        September 30, 2021.
Period 2....................  July 1, 2020, to      January 1, 2022, to
                               December 31, 2020.    March 31, 2022.
Period 3....................  January 1, 2021, to   July 1, 2022, to
                               June 30, 2021.        September 30, 2022.
Period 4....................  July 1, 2021, to      January 1, 2023, to
                               December 31, 2021.    March 31, 2023.
Period 5....................  January 1, 2022, to   July 1, 2023, to
                               June 30, 2022.        September 30, 2023.
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    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        hours
                                                          respondent                  (in hours)
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PRF Reporting Portal, Reporting Period 1       126,831               1      126,831          5.6         710,254
 (Providers who received payments April
 10, 2020, to June 30, 2020).............
PRF Reporting Portal, Reporting Period 2       120,536               1      120,536          4.2         506,251
 (Providers who received payments July 1,
 2020, to December 31, 2020).............
PRF Reporting Portal, Reporting Period 3        20,493               1       20,493          6.1         125,565
 (Providers who received payments,
 January 1, 2021, to June 30, 2021)......
PRF and ARP Rural Reporting Portal,             51,622               1       51,622          5.6         287,514
 Reporting Period 4 (Providers who
 received payments July 1, 2021, to
 December 31, 2021)......................
PRF and ARP Rural Reporting Portal,              4,256               1        4,256          5.5          23,288
 Reporting Period 5 (Providers who
 received payments January 1, 2022, to
 June 30, 2022)..........................
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    Total................................      323,738  ..............      323,738  ...........       1,652,872
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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, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2022-07408 Filed 4-6-22; 8:45 am]
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