[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71339-71340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25449]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request Information Collection Request Title: Ryan White 
HIV/AIDS Program: Allocations 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 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 
23, 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, mail [email protected] or call Samantha Miller, the 
acting 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: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program: 
Allocations 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. The RWHAP Allocations and Expenditures Reports (A&E 
Reports) allow HRSA to monitor and track the use of grant funds for 
compliance with program and grants policies, and requirements as 
outlined in the 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 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 or subrecipients, the RWHAP core medical and support 
services provided, and their funding amounts. Data required for 
Allocations Reports and other reports are automatically prepopulated 
from GCMS. Expenditures Report data are not auto-populated in the GCMS, 
and are thus still manually entered into 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 (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 on 
various program components, such as administration, planning and 
evaluation, and clinical quality management. RWHAP Parts A and B 
recipients funded under the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative (EHE) 
are also required to report EHE services allocations and corresponding 
EHE award expenditures in the A&E Reports. This allows HRSA to track 
and report progress toward meeting the EHE goals. The reports are 
similar in content; however, in the first report, recipients document 
the allocation of their RWHAP grant award at the beginning of their 
grant budget period. 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 the following updates to the RWHAP Allocation 
Reports.

RWHAP Part A Allocations Report

     Revising row and column headers and other language for 
clarity and alignment with RWHAP requirements;
     Combining the columns for RWHAP Part A Formula and 
Supplemental Allocation amounts and updating the title;
     Moving the RWHAP Part A Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) 
Award Amount row after the RWHAP Part A Supplemental Award Amount row;
     Changing the calculation for Service Allocation Subtotal 
percent in the Total

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RWHAP Part A Allocation Amounts column;
     Blacking out the percent columns for the RWHAP Part A 
Formula and Supplemental Allocation Amounts, RWHAP Part A MAI 
Allocation Amounts, and selected cells in the Total RWHAP Part A 
Allocation Amounts column; and
     Adding the Legislative Requirements Checklist.

RWHAP Part B Allocations Report

     Revising row and column headers and other language for 
clarity and alignment with RWHAP requirements;
     Adding the following rows to Table 1: 4c. Part B HIV Care 
Consortia Planning & Evaluation/Emerging Communities (EC) HIV Care 
Consortia Planning & Evaluation and 4d. Part B HIV Care Consortia 
Clinical Quality Management (CQM)/EC HIV Care Consortia CQM except for 
the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Earmark + ADAP Supplemental 
Award cells;
     Removing row 11. Total Part B X07 Allocations;
     Allowing users to enter data in Table 2 for 1d. Health 
Insurance Premium & Cost Sharing and 1e. Home and Community-based 
Health Services;
     Blacking out selected cells in the following rows, 
columns, or tables:

[ssquf] 2. Part B Health Insurance Premium & Cost Sharing Assistance 
for Low-Income Individuals (Table 1) as this information is also 
reported in Table 2
[ssquf] 3. Part B Home and Community-based Health Services (Table 1) as 
this information is also reported in Table 2
[ssquf] 4. Total Column (Table 1)
[ssquf] 1a. AIDS Drug Assistance Program Treatments (Table 2) as this 
information is also reported in Table 1
[ssquf] MAI Award (Table 3); and

     Updating calculations and language in the Legislative 
Requirements Checklist.

RWHAP Part C Allocations Report

     There are no proposed changes to the RWHAP Part C 
Allocations Report.

RWHAP Part D Allocations Report

     There are no proposed changes to the RWHAP Part D 
Allocations Report.

HRSA EHE A&E Reports

     There are no proposed changes to the HRSA EHE Allocations 
Reports.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Accurate allocation, 
expenditure, and service contract records of the recipients receiving 
RWHAP funding are critical to the implementation of the RWHAP 
legislation and thus are necessary for HRSA to fulfill its monitoring 
and oversight responsibilities.
    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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                                                                                      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 Allocations Report.......              52               1              52               4             208
Part B Allocations Report.......              54               1              54               6             324
Part C Allocations Report.......             346               1             346               4           1,384
Part D Allocations Report.......             116               1             116               4             464
EHE Allocations Reports.........              47               1              47               4             188
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    Total.......................             615  ..............             615  ..............           2,568
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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. 2022-25449 Filed 11-21-22; 8:45 am]
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