[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34867-34869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11565]


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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: Expenditures Forms, OMB No. 0915-xxxx--New

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with 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 June 30, 
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) 443-3983.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Information Collection Request Title: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program: 
Expenditures Forms, OMB No. 0915-xxxx--New.
    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.
    A&E Reports: Recipients funded under RWHAP Parts A, B, C, and D are

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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. RWHAP Parts A 
and B recipients funded under the 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 is proposing the following updates to the RWHAP Expenditure 
Reports.
    RWHAP Part A Expenditures 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 Expenditure amounts and updating the title;
     Moving the Prior Fiscal Year (FY) Carryover column row 
after the Current FY column 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;
     Re-ordering the MAI rows in the ``RWHAP Part A and MAI 
Service Category Expenditures'' table as follows: 3. RWHAP Part A 
Supplemental Award, 4. RWHAP Part A MAI Award Amount, 5. RWHAP Part A 
MAI Carryover Amount;
     Updating calculations and language in the Legislative 
Requirements Checklist; and
     Adding a requirement for Financial Officer/Designee to 
certify subrecipient aggregated administrative expenditures.
    RWHAP Part B Expenditures Report:
     Revising rows and column headers and other language for 
clarity and alignment with RWHAP requirements;
     Adding the following rows to Table 1: 4b. RWHAP Part B HIV 
Care Consortia Planning & Evaluation and 4c. RWHAP Part B HIV Care 
Consortia Clinical Quality Management (CQM);
     Blacking out selected cells in the following rows, 
columns, or tables:
 5. Total (including carryover) Percent column:

 (4a-4c) RWHAP Part B HIV Care Consortia Admin, Planning & 
Evaluation (P&E), and CQM
 (6) RWHAP Part B CQM
 (7) RWHAP Part B Recipient P&E Activities
 (8) Recipient Administration
 (9) Column Totals
 (10) Total RWHAP Part B Expenditures (excluding carryover);

     2. RWHAP Part B Health Insurance Premium & Cost Sharing 
Assistance and 3. RWHAP Part B Home and Community-based Health 
Services' amounts and percent:

 (1) Base Award
 (2) AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Earmark + ADAP 
Supplemental
 (3) Emerging Communities Award
 (4) Total Prior FY Carryover
 (5) Total (Including Carryover);

     4b. RWHAP Part B HIV Care Consortia P&E and 4c. RWHAP Part 
B HIV Care Consortia CQM:

 (1) Base Award: Prior FY Carryover
 (2) ADAP Earmark + ADAP Supplemental: Prior FY Carryover, 
Current FY and Percent
 (3) Emerging Communities Award: Prior FY Carryover
 (4) Total Prior FY Carryover: Amount and Percent;

     MAI Expenditure by Program Component:

 (3) CQM: Prior FY Carryover amount & percent
 (4) Recipient Planning & Evaluation Activities: Prior FY 
Carryover amount & percent
 (5) Recipient Administration: Prior FY Carryover amount & 
percent
 (6) Total MAI Expenditures; and percent

     Adding a new row: (10) Total RWHAP Part B Expenditures 
(excluding carryover);
     Displaying previously blacked out cells in the following 
two rows under the Expenditures Categories table:
     d. Health Insurance Premium and Cost Sharing Assistance 
for Low-Income Individuals and e. Home and Community-Based Health 
Services

 (2) Direct Services
 (3) Emerging Communities
 (4) Prior FY Carryover;

     Updating calculations and language in the Legislative 
Requirements Checklist;
     Removing Consortia Administration and Emerging Communities 
Administration from the Legislative Requirement from Legislative 
Requirement;
     Removing the following services under the Legislative 
Requirements Checklist's Core Medical Services:

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

     Adding requirement for a Financial Officer/Designee to 
certify subrecipient aggregated administrative expenditures; and
     Adding a row for the recipient to certify that 
administrative expenses for the RWHAP Part B does not exceed allowable 
cap.
    RWHAP Part C Expenditures Report:
     There are no proposed changes to the RWHAP Part C 
Expenditures Report.
    RWHAP Part D Expenditures Report:
     There are no proposed changes to the RWHAP Part D 
Expenditures Report.
    EHE Expenditures Reports:
     There are no proposed changes to the EHE Expenditures 
Reports.
    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register, 88 FR pp. 14626-
27 (March 9, 2023). There was one comment received. There are no 
changes made to the information collection since the comment received 
is outside the scope of this information request.
    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, Part D, and EHE 
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

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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 Expenditures Report......              52               1              52               4             208
Part B Expenditures Report......              54               1              54               6             324
Part C Expenditures Report......             346               1             346               4           1,384
Part D Expenditures Report......             116               1             116               4             464
EHE Expenditures Report.........              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. 2023-11565 Filed 5-30-23; 8:45 am]
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