[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58744-58745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15957]


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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: HRSA Ryan 
White HIV/AIDS Program Part F Regional AIDS Education and Training 
Center Program Activities, OMB No. 0915-XXX 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 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 September 
17, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N39, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 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 Joella Roland, the 
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at (301) 443-3983.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: HRSA Ryan White HIV/AIDS 
Program Part F Regional AIDS Education and Training Center Program 
Activities, OMB No. 0906-xxxx--New.
    Abstract: The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program's (RWHAP) AIDS Education 
and Training Center (AETC) Program, authorized under Title XXVI of the 
Public Health Service Act, supports a network of regional centers that 
conduct targeted, multi-disciplinary education and training programs 
for health care providers treating people with HIV. The RWHAP Regional 
AETC Program's purpose is to increase the number of health care 
providers who are effectively educated and motivated to counsel, 
diagnose, treat, and medically manage people with HIV. The RWHAP 
Regional AETC Program recipients are required to report data on the 
training activities and trainees to HRSA once a year. HRSA is 
requesting the approval of new AETC data collection forms to accurately 
capture data relating to Regional AETC activities, participants, and 
site information for both Practice Transformation (PT) and 
Interprofessional Education (IPE) sites as well as involvement in the 
HIV care and treatment workforce (1-year post-participation), knowledge 
gained through participating in an activity, and

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satisfaction with the activity. The RWHAP Regional AETC Program 
recipients will gather data on the training activities they conduct 
using six data collection instruments. The Individual Participant 
Record is completed at least once every reporting period by 
participants actively engaging in Regional AETC activities. This form 
includes Regional AETC participant demographic, workplace, and client-
served data for the participant's respective provider sites. The 
Training Activity Record is a form completed at the end of each 
Regional AETC activity that takes place during the reporting period and 
is completed by the regional recipients. This form describes the 
activity in hours, modality, and topic(s). The PT Site Characteristics/
Outcomes form collects site characteristics information for PT 
recipient sites only, like clinic activities and procedures, and 
aggregate counts of clients. PT sites provide clinical services and 
differ from IPE sites that support students, thus necessitating a 
different form. The IPE Site Characteristics/Outcomes form collects 
site characteristics information for IPE recipient sites only. The 
Participant Post-Activity Immediate Survey collects information from 
participants immediately after an activity, specifically, their 
satisfaction and potential increased knowledge due to participating in 
said activity. The IPE Long-Term form collects 1-year post-
participation information from participant students who engaged in an 
IPE program to gauge involvement in the field of HIV care and 
treatment.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA uses the data 
collected when conducting RWHAP AETC programmatic assessments to 
determine future program needs. These data allow HRSA to identify where 
gaps exist in training HIV professionals as well as to measure whether 
training activities are meeting the goals of the National HIV/AIDS 
Strategy and the RWHAP statute.
    Likely Respondents: RWHAP Regional AETC participants complete the 
Individual Participant Record at least once a reporting period. 
Regional AETC recipients complete a Training Activity Record for each 
training activity they conduct during the reporting period. All 
Regional AETC participants will take the Participant Post-Activity 
Survey immediately after any attended activity. The IPE Long-Term form 
will only be completed by participants who engaged in an IPE program, 
1-year post-participation in the IPE program. Finally, PT recipients 
will complete the PT Site Characteristics/Outcomes form at least once 
per reporting period, and IPE recipients will complete the IPE Site 
Characteristics/Outcomes form at least once per reporting period.
    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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Individual Participant Record...          59,576               1          59,576            0.27       16,085.52
Training Activity Record........          12,226               1          12,226            0.21        2,567.46
PT, Site Characteristics and                 128               1             128            0.31           39.68
 Outcomes.......................
IPE, Site Characteristics and                 86               1              86            0.09            7.74
 Outcomes.......................
Participant Post-Activity                 59,576               3         178,728            0.06       10,723.68
 Immediate Survey...............
IPE, Long-Term..................           4,403               1           4,403            0.07          308.21
Combined Data Set...............               8               1               8              64          512.00
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    Total.......................         136,003  ..............         255,155  ..............       30,244.29
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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. 2024-15957 Filed 7-18-24; 8:45 am]
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