Notice2021-15885
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund Reporting Activities, OMB No. 0906-XXXX New
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July 26, 2021
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 140 (Monday, July 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40064-40065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15885]
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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: COVID-19
Provider Relief Fund Reporting Activities, 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
24, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cfbfaebfaabdb8a0bda48fa7bdbcaee1a8a0b9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87f7e6f7e2f5f0e8f5ecc7eff5f4e6a9e0e8f1">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0676677663747169746d466e74756728616970"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b6b7a6b7e696c7469705b7369687a357c746d">[email protected]</span></a> 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: COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund
Reporting Activities, OMB No. 0906-XXXX New.
Abstract: HRSA administers the Provider Relief Fund (PRF), which
has disbursed funds to eligible health care providers to support health
care-related expenses or lost revenues attributable to the COVID-19
pandemic. Providers who have accepted the Terms and Conditions
regarding their PRF payment(s), including the requirement that the
provider ``shall submit reports as the Secretary determines are needed
to ensure compliance with conditions that are imposed on this Payment,
and
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such reports shall be in such form, with such content, as specified by
the Secretary in future program instructions directed to all
Recipients,'' will be using the PRF Reporting Portal to submit
information about their use of PRF payments. HRSA is currently
operating under the Paperwork Reduction Act Public Health Emergency
(PHE) waiver that was approved by the Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Planning and Evaluation on January 14, 2021. In anticipation of the
PHE waiver expiring, HRSA is undergoing the OMB clearance process as
the data will be collected beyond the PHE.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Recipients of a PRF
payment agreed to a set of Terms and Conditions, which, among other
requirements, mandate compliance with certain reporting requirements
that will facilitate appropriate oversight of recipients' use of funds.
Information collected will allow for (1) assessing whether
recipients have met statutory and programmatic requirements, (2)
conducting audits, (3) gathering data required to report on findings
with respect to the disbursements of PRF payments, and (4) program
evaluation. HRSA staff will also use information collected to identify
and report on trends in health care metrics and expenditures before and
during the allowable period for expending PRF payments.
Likely Respondents: PRF recipients who have received more than
$10,000 in aggregate PRF payments during one of the Payment Received
Periods outlined below and that agreed to the associated Terms and
Conditions are required to submit a report in the PRF Reporting Portal
during the applicable Reporting Time Period.
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Payment received
period (payments
Reporting period exceeding $10,000 in Reporting time period
aggregate received)
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Period 1.......................... April 10, 2020, to July 1, 2021, to September 30, 2021.
June 30, 2020.
Period 2.......................... July 1, 2020, to January 1, 2022, to March 31, 2022.
December 31, 2020.
Period 3.......................... January 1, 2021, to July 1, 2022, to September 30, 2022.
June 30, 2021.
Period 4.......................... July 1, 2021, to January 1, 2023, to March 31, 2023.
December 31, 2021.
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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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PRF Reporting Portal, Reporting 126,831 1 126,831 5.6 710,254
Period 1 (Providers who
received payments April 10,
2020, to June 30, 2020)........
PRF Reporting Portal, Reporting 120,536 1 120,536 4.2 506,251
Period 2 (Providers who
received payments July 1, 2020,
to December 31, 2020)..........
PRF Reporting Portal, Reporting 19,962 1 19,962 5.6 111,787
Period 3 (Providers who
received payments January 1,
2021, to June 30, 2021)........
PRF Reporting Portal, Reporting 19,962 1 19,962 5.6 111,787
Period 4 (Providers who
received payments July 1, 2021,
to December 31, 2021)..........
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Total....................... 287,291 .............. 287,291 .............. 1,440,079
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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. 2021-15885 Filed 7-23-21; 8:45 am]
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