[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8295-8297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02686]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

[OMB No. 0915-0318--Revision]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Ryan White HIV/AIDS 
Program: Allocations Forms

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 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 March 10, 
2023.

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 Samantha Miller, the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at [email protected] or call 
301-594-4394.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program: 
Allocations Forms, OMB No. 0915-0318--Revision.
    Abstract: HRSA administers the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) 
authorized under Title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act. 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 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 (Expenditures Report) of their grant budget period. 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 (CQM). RWHAP Parts A and B 
recipients funded under the

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Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative are also required 
to report allocations and expenditures of the grant budget period in 
the EHE 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 or EHE grant award at 
the beginning of their grant budget period. In the second report, 
recipients document actual expenditures of their RWHAP or EHE grant 
award (including any carryover dollars) at the end of their grant 
budget period.
    HRSA proposes the following updates to the RWHAP Allocations 
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 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 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. ADAP Treatments (Table 2) as this information is also 
reported in Table 1
[ssquf] MAI Award (Table 3)

     Updating calculations and language in the Legislative 
Requirements Checklist; and
     Removing the following services under the Legislative 
Requirements Checklist's Core Medical Services:

[ssquf] Health Insurance Premium & Cost Sharing Assistance, and
[ssquf] Home and Community-based Health Services.

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 Initiative A&E Reports

     There are no proposed changes to the HRSA EHE Allocations 
Reports. A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register, 87 FR pp. 
71339-40 (November 22, 2022). There were no public comments.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Accurate allocation, 
expenditure, and service contract records of the recipients receiving 
RWHAP and EHE funding are critical to the implementation of the RWHAP 
legislation and EHE initiative appropriation language 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  ..............  ..............  ..............           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

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technology to minimize the information collection burden.

Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2023-02686 Filed 2-7-23; 8:45 am]
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