Notice2022-20359
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural Payment Reporting Activities, OMB No. 0906-0068-Revision.
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Published
September 21, 2022
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
In compliance with of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA has 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57703-57704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20359]
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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; COVID-19 Provider Relief
Fund 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 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
HRSA has 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 October
21, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7606170613040119041d361e04051758111900"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f08091809582879f829bb098828391de979f86">[email protected]</span></a> or call
(240) 276-7189.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund
(PRF) Reporting Activities OMB No. 0906-0068--Revision.
Abstract: HRSA disburses the PRF and American Rescue Plan (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 and Conditions
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.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register, 87, FR pp. 20441
(April 7, 2022). There was one request for program information.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Recipients of a PRF and
ARP Rural payment agreed to a set of Terms & Conditions (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.
Included in this revision are the following:
<bullet> A new funding source is now included in the data collection
form (the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. 117-2) (ARP Rural))
<bullet> Additional reporting periods are added for reporting entities
to report on use of funds (Reporting Period 5, 6, and 7)
<bullet> Updated burden estimates to include ARP Rural payment
reporting in Reporting Period 4
<bullet> Updated burden estimates to reflect the number of reporting
entities and additional reporting periods
<bullet> Adjusted burden estimates for providers who have additional
reporting requirements
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.
Period 6.................... July 1, 2022, to January 1, 2024, to
December 31, 2022. March 31, 2024.
Period 7.................... January 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024, to
June 30, 2023. September 30, 2024.
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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
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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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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 20,493 1 20,493 6.1 125,007
Period 3 (Providers who
received payments, January 1,
2021, to June 30, 2021)........
PRF and ARP Rural Reporting 51,622 1 51,622 5.6 289,083
Portal, Reporting Period 4
(Providers who received
payments July 1, 2021, to
December 31, 2021).............
PRF and ARP Rural Reporting 4,256 1 4,256 5.5 23,408
Portal, Reporting Period 5
(Providers who received
payments January 1, 2022, to
June 30, 2022).................
PRF and ARP Rural Reporting 1,300 1 1,300 5.4 7,020
Portal, Reporting Period 6
(Providers who received
payments July 1, 2022, to
December 31, 2022).............
PRF and ARP Rural Reporting 3,690 1 3,690 5.4 19,926
Portal, Reporting Period 7
(Providers who received
payments January 1, 2023, to
June 30, 2023).................
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Total....................... 328,728 .............. 328,728 .............. 1,680,949
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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. 2022-20359 Filed 9-20-22; 8:45 am]
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