Notice2022-07408
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund (PRF) and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural Payment Reporting Activities, OMB No. 0906-0068-Revision
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Published
April 7, 2022
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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 87, Number 67 (Thursday, April 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20441-20442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07408]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request; COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund (PRF) and
American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural Payment Reporting Activities, OMB No.
0906-0068--Revision
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 June 6,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0e7e6f7e6b7c79617c654e667c7d6f20696178"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="750514051007021a071e351d0706145b121a03">[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
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instruments, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f28293829780859d8099b29a808193dc959d84"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4a3a2b3a2f383d2538210a2238392b642d253c">[email protected]</span></a> or call Samantha Miller, the HRSA
Acting Information Collection Clearance Officer at (240) 276-7189.
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
(PRF) Reporting Activities OMB No. 0906-0068--Revision.
Abstract: HRSA disburses the PRF and ARP Rural payments to eligible
health care providers to support health care-related expenses or lost
revenues attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic. Providers who have
attested to the Terms & Conditions (T&Cs) regarding their PRF and ARP
Rural 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 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 and ARP Rural payments. In anticipation of the
approved OMB form (control number 0906-0068) expiring on January 31,
2023, HRSA is undergoing the revision of the ICR approval to include
the ARP Rural reporting requirements and to allow for data collection
beyond the January 31, 2023, expiration.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Recipients of a PRF and
ARP Rural payment agreed to a set of T&Cs, 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 and ARP Rural 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
and ARP Rural payments.
Likely Respondents: PRF and ARP Rural payment recipients who have
received more than $10,000 in aggregate PRF and ARP Rural payments
during one of the Payment Received Periods outlined below and that
agreed to the associated T&Cs 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 time
Reporting period exceeding $10,000 in period
aggregate received)
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Period 1.................... April 10, 2020, to July 1, 2021, to
June 30, 2020. September 30, 2021.
Period 2.................... July 1, 2020, to January 1, 2022, to
December 31, 2020. March 31, 2022.
Period 3.................... January 1, 2021, to July 1, 2022, to
June 30, 2021. September 30, 2022.
Period 4.................... July 1, 2021, to January 1, 2023, to
December 31, 2021. March 31, 2023.
Period 5.................... January 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023, to
June 30, 2022. September 30, 2023.
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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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Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per responses response hours
respondent (in hours)
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PRF Reporting Portal, Reporting Period 1 126,831 1 126,831 5.6 710,254
(Providers who received payments April
10, 2020, to June 30, 2020).............
PRF Reporting Portal, Reporting Period 2 120,536 1 120,536 4.2 506,251
(Providers who received payments July 1,
2020, to December 31, 2020).............
PRF Reporting Portal, Reporting Period 3 20,493 1 20,493 6.1 125,565
(Providers who received payments,
January 1, 2021, to June 30, 2021)......
PRF and ARP Rural Reporting Portal, 51,622 1 51,622 5.6 287,514
Reporting Period 4 (Providers who
received payments July 1, 2021, to
December 31, 2021)......................
PRF and ARP Rural Reporting Portal, 4,256 1 4,256 5.5 23,288
Reporting Period 5 (Providers who
received payments January 1, 2022, to
June 30, 2022)..........................
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Total................................ 323,738 .............. 323,738 ........... 1,652,872
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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. 2022-07408 Filed 4-6-22; 8:45 am]
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