[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 68 (Monday, April 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21197-21200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07410]


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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 Request; Ryan White HIV/AIDS 
Program Parts A and B Unobligated Balances and Rebate Addendum Tables, 
OMB No. 0906-0047--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,

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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 May 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: 
    Information Collection Request Title: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program 
Parts A and B Unobligated Balances and Rebate Addendum Tables--OMB No. 
0906-0047--Revision.
    Abstract: HRSA's Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) funds and 
coordinates with cities, states and territories, and local clinics/
community-based organizations to deliver efficient and effective HIV 
care, treatment, and support to low-income people diagnosed with HIV. 
Nearly two-thirds of RWHAP clients (patients) live at or below 100 
percent of the federal poverty level and approximately three-quarters 
of RWHAP clients are racial and ethnic minorities. Since 1990, RWHAP 
has developed a comprehensive system of HIV service providers who 
deliver high quality direct health care and support services to over 
half a million people diagnosed with HIV--more than 50 percent of all 
people diagnosed with HIV in the United States.
    Grant recipients funded under parts A and B of RWHAP (codified 
under title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act) are required to 
report financial data to HRSA annually in their Federal Financial 
Report (FFR SF-425). In addition to the FFR, RWHAP parts A and B grant 
recipients are required to identify and report the unobligated balance 
(UOB) by itemized subprogram/funding stream source (Formula, Minority 
AIDS Initiative (MAI), AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), etc.). As 
of April 22, 2021, grant recipients must submit the subprogram 
breakdown of the UOB on their FFR in the Payment Management System. 
Grant recipients are also required to specify RWHAP Rebate Funding 
received in the fiscal year in the UOB table. HRSA uses the UOB and 
rebate addendum financial information to determine formula funding as 
directed by the RWHAP statute. These data were previously collected 
when grant recipients submitted their annual FFR SF-425 in hard copy 
only to HRSA, which then combined the FFR SF-425 data with the UOB and 
rebate addendum tables that are submitted by recipients on a suggested 
format through the HRSA Electronic Handbook (EHBs). The purpose of this 
financial data collection is to streamline the process for the grant 
recipients by collecting financial information in the same location and 
at the same time. The FFR SF-425 is now completed in the Payment 
Management System and is exported automatically to the HRSA EHBs when 
the recipient completes the FFR. The UOB tables for RWHAP parts A and B 
will continue to collect the same information with the addition of one 
column on prior year (fiscal year (FY) 20XX) information. This one 
column will impact seven recipients out of 111 RWHAP part A and part B 
recipients in total, annually. Recipients that need to submit data to 
the added column need to complete one or several fields at the most. 
(See tables below for reference). The UOB and rebate addendum data 
tables will be collected in the HRSA EHBs below the FFR SF-425 control 
number and the Paperwork Burden Statement.
    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on January 24, 
2023, 88 FR 4190-4192. There were no public comments.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: RWHAP part A and part B 
recipients complete the UOB and rebate addendum tables as a part of 
their FFR SF-425 submission. This process has decreased administrative 
burden, increased transparency, and improved the quality of data 
submitted to HRSA. These UOB and rebate addendum tables are essential 
for allowing HRSA to ensure that RWHAP recipients are meeting the goal 
of accountability to Congress, clients, advocacy groups, and the 
general public. Information provided in the UOB and rebate addendum 
tables is critical for HRSA, states and territories, local clinics, and 
individual providers to evaluate the effectiveness of these programs.
    Likely Respondents: HRSA RWHAP parts A and 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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Part A UOB Table................              52               1              52             0.5              26
Part B UOB Table................              59               1              59             0.5            29.5
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    Total.......................             111  ..............             111  ..............            55.5
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    Note:  Beginning in July 2021, information related to prior year 
UOB was collected in addition to the existing data in the approved 
ICR. The additional information collected does not impact all 111 
respondents; in FY 2020, seven respondents reported prior year UOB, 
which equates to only 6 percent of respondents impacted. The 
estimated burden to potentially impacted respondents is negligible. 
See the tables below for comparison of the added data point for 
prior year UOB. No changes were made to the approved ICR for the 
RWHAP part B rebate table.


                                    2019 Approved ICR Table for RWHAP Part A
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                                       UOB of federal funds by subprogram
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              Category                Federal funds authorized    Unexpended carryover    Current year (FY 20XX)
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Part A Formula......................  ........................  .......................  .......................
Part A Supplemental.................  ........................  .......................  .......................
Part A MAI..........................  ........................  .......................  .......................
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                                           Revised RWHAP Part A Table
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                                       UOB of federal funds by subprogram
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                                    Federal funds         Unexpended        Prior year (FY     Current year (FY
            Category                  authorized           carryover             20XX)               20XX)
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Part A Formula.................  ...................  ..................  ..................  ..................
Part A Supplemental............  ...................  ..................  ..................  ..................
Part A MAI.....................  ...................  ..................  ..................  ..................
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                                    2019 Approved ICR Table for RWHAP Part B
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                                       UOB of federal funds by subprogram
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              Category                Federal funds authorized    Unexpended carryover    Current year (FY 20XX)
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Part B Base.........................  ........................  .......................  .......................
Part B ADAP.........................  ........................  .......................  .......................
Part B Emerging Communities.........  ........................  .......................  .......................
Part B MAI..........................  ........................  .......................  .......................
Part B ADAP Supplemental............  ........................  .......................  .......................
Part A Transfer.....................  ........................  .......................  .......................
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                                           Revised RWHAP Part B Table
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                                       UOB of federal funds by subprogram
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                                    Federal funds         Unexpended        Prior year (FY     Current year (FY
            Category                  authorized           carryover             20XX)               20XX)
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Part B Base....................  ...................  ..................  ..................  ..................
Part B ADAP....................  ...................  ..................  ..................  ..................
Part B Emerging Communities....  ...................  ..................  ..................  ..................
Part B MAI.....................  ...................  ..................  ..................  ..................
Part B ADAP Supplemental.......  ...................  ..................  ..................  ..................
Part A Transfer................  ...................  ..................  ..................  ..................
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                       RWHAP Part B Rebates Table
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                        Ryan White rebate funding
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Total Rebates Available............................
Expended Rebate Amount.............................  ...................
Unexpended Rebate..................................  ...................
Expended Rebate Amount to be Used to Reduce UOB....  ...................
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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. 2023-07410 Filed 4-7-23; 8:45 am]
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