Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request Information Collection Request Title: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Parts A and B Unobligated Balances and Rebate Addendum Tables, OMB No. 0906-xxxx-New
| Citation | 84 FR 34903 |
| Record Number | 2019-15367 |
| Published date | 19 July 2019 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Health Resources And Services Administration |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 139 (Friday, July 19, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34903-34904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15367]
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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 (RWHAP) Parts A and B Unobligated Balances and Rebate
Addendum Tables, OMB No. 0906-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 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, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 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 Lisa Wright-
Solomon, the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301)
443-1984.
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
Parts A and B Unobligated Balances and Rebate Addendum Tables, OMB No.
0906-xxxx-New.
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 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, B, C, and D of RWHAP
(codified under Title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act) are
required to report financial data to HRSA at the beginning (Allocations
Report) and at the end of each grant budget period (Expenditures
Report) using the HRSA Electronic Handbooks (EHBs).\1\ HRSA RWHAP's
Parts A and B collect unobligated balances (UOB) of federal funds and
rebate addendum information by subprogram from their grant recipients.
Parts A and B use the UOB and rebate addendum financial information to
determine formula funding as directed by RWHAP statute. These data were
collected when grant recipients submitted their annual Federal
Financial Report (FFR SF-425) in hard copy only, and submitted to the
individual HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs). HRSA combined the FFR SF-
425 with the UOB and rebate addendum
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tables using a suggested format through the HRSA EHBs. This financial
information is collected in the same location to streamline the process
for the grant recipients. 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.
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\1\ The Allocations Report and the Expenditures Report were
approved by OMB under the 0915-0318 control number.
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Need and Proposed Use of the Information: RWHAP Part A and Part B
recipients currently complete the UOB and rebate addendum tables in a
non-electronic form and upload them as attachments as a part of their
FFR SF-425 submission. This new process will decrease administrative
burden, increase transparency, and improve the quality of the data
submitted to HRSA. 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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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 UOB Table................ 52 1 52 0.5 27.0
Part B UOB Table................ 59 1 59 0.5 29.5
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Total....................... 111 .............. 111 .............. 56.5
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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, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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