[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67702-67703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24461]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

[OMB No. 0915-0345 Revision]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: HRSA AIDS 
Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Data Report

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 January 9, 
2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N39, 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 instruments, email [email protected] or call Samantha Miller, 
the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at (301) 443-9094.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information request collection title 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: HRSA Ryan White HIV/AIDS 
Program (RWHAP) AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Data Report: (OMB 
No. 0915-0345).
    Abstract: HRSA's RWHAP ADAP is authorized under Part B of the RWHAP 
legislation, codified in sections 2611 to 2631 of the Public Health 
Service Act, which provides grants to U.S. states and territories. 
RWHAP ADAP is a state and territory-administered program that provides 
Food and Drug Administration-approved medications to low-income people 
with HIV who have limited or no health coverage from private insurance, 
Medicaid, or Medicare. RWHAP ADAP funds may also be used to purchase 
health care coverage for eligible clients and for services that enhance 
access, adherence, and monitoring of drug treatments.
    All 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the 
U.S. Virgin Islands, and the five U.S. Pacific Territories or 
Associated Jurisdictions receive RWHAP Part B grant awards, including 
funds for RWHAP ADAP. RWHAP Part B reporting requirements include the 
annual submission of an ADAP Data Report (ADR), including a Recipient 
Report and a Client Report. The Recipient Report is a collection of 
basic information about grant recipient characteristics and policies 
including program administration, purchasing mechanisms, funding, and 
expenditures. The Client Report is a collection of client-level records 
(one record for each client enrolled in the RWHAP ADAP), which includes 
the client's encrypted unique identifier, basic demographic data, 
enrollment information, services received, and clinical data.
    HRSA is proposing two revisions and one re-installment of questions 
to the ADR Recipient and Client Reports to

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reflect program practices and support HRSA's analysis and understanding 
of program impact. Specifically, the Recipient Report includes the 
following proposed changes:
     Replacement of the Recertification Date variable with the 
Last Date of Eligibility Confirmation will remove the previous 6-month 
recertification requirement, which is no longer required by policy, see 
Policy Clarification Notice 21-02, and allow Recipients to report the 
latest eligibility confirmation date for existing clients;
     Reinstate a question that was inadvertently removed from 
the 2021 ADR that is needed to assess the quality of medication data; 
and
     Change the DUNS number variable to Unique Entity 
Identifier. On April 4, 2022, the federal government stopped using DUNs 
numbers, making it less burdensome for entities to do business with the 
federal government. As a result, Recipients no longer have to report 
the DUNs number in the ADR.
    HRSA does not anticipate these proposed revisions resulting in a 
change in the reporting burden. New and revised data elements require 
reporting of information that should already be collected by recipients 
to meet legislative or programmatic requirements for the proper 
oversight and administration of the program.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: RWHAP requires the 
submission of annual reports by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to the appropriate committees of Congress. HRSA uses the ADR 
to evaluate the national impact of the RWHAP ADAP by providing 
deidentified client-level data on individuals being served, services 
being delivered, and costs associated with these services. The client-
level data is used to monitor health outcomes of people with HIV 
receiving care and treatment through the RWHAP ADAP, to monitor the use 
of RWHAP ADAP funds in addressing the HIV epidemic and its impact on 
communities, and to track progress toward achieving the goals 
identified in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
    Likely Respondents: State ADAPs of RWHAP Part 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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                                                     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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Grantee Report..................              54               1              54               6             324
Client-Level Report.............              54               1              54              81           4,374
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    Total.......................              54  ..............              54  ..............           4,698
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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. 2022-24461 Filed 11-8-22; 8:45 am]
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