Notice2023-01917
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; HRSA AIDS Drug Assistance Program Data Report
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Published
January 31, 2023
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA 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 88, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6286-6287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01917]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
[OMB No. 0915-0345 Revision]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; HRSA AIDS Drug Assistance
Program Data Report
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA
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 must be received no later than March 2,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">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#7707160712050018051c371f05041659101801"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e99988998c9b9e869b82a9819b9a88c78e869f">[email protected]</span></a> or call
301-594-4394.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: HRSA AIDS Drug Assistance
Program
[[Page 6287]]
Data Report, OMB No. 0915-0345 Revision.
Abstract: HRSA's Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) AIDS Drug
Assistance Program (ADAP) is authorized under Part B of the RWHAP
legislation, codified in sections 2611 to 2631 of the Public Health
Service Act, which provides grants to U.S. states and territories.
RWHAP ADAP is a state and territory-administered program that provides
Food and Drug Administration-approved medications to low-income people
with HIV who have limited or no health coverage from private insurance,
Medicaid, or Medicare. RWHAP ADAP funds may also be used to purchase
health care coverage for eligible clients and for services that enhance
access, adherence, and monitoring of drug treatments.
All 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the
U.S. Virgin Islands, and the five U.S. Pacific Territories or
Associated Jurisdictions receive RWHAP Part B grant awards, including
funds for RWHAP ADAP. RWHAP Part B reporting requirements include the
annual submission of an ADAP Data Report (ADR), including a Recipient
Report and a Client Report. The Recipient Report is a collection of
basic information about grant recipient characteristics and policies
including program administration, purchasing mechanisms, funding, and
expenditures. The Client Report is a collection of client-level records
(one record for each client enrolled in the RWHAP ADAP), which includes
the client's encrypted unique identifier, basic demographic data,
enrollment information, services received, and clinical data.
HRSA is proposing two revisions and one re-installment of questions
to the ADR Recipient and Client Reports to reflect program practices
and support HRSA's analysis and understanding of program impact.
Specifically, the Recipient Report includes the following proposed
changes:
<bullet> Replacement of the Recertification Date variable with the
Last Date of Eligibility Confirmation will remove the previous 6 month
recertification requirement, which is no longer required by policy, see
Policy Clarification Notice 21-02, and allow Recipients to report the
latest eligibility confirmation date for existing clients;
<bullet> Reinstate a question that was inadvertently removed from
the 2021 ADR that is needed to assess the quality of medication data;
and
<bullet> Change the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number
variable to Unique Entity Identifier. On April 4, 2022, the federal
government stopped using DUNs numbers, making it less burdensome for
entities to do business with the federal government. As a result,
Recipients no longer have to report the DUNs number in the ADR.
HRSA does not anticipate these proposed revisions resulting in a
change in the reporting burden. New and revised data elements require
reporting of information that should already be collected by recipients
to meet legislative or programmatic requirements for the proper
oversight and administration of the program.
A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register on November
9, 2022 (Vol. 87, No. 216, pp. 67702-03). No comments were received.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: RWHAP requires the
submission of annual reports by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services to the appropriate committees of Congress. HRSA uses the ADR
to evaluate the national impact of the RWHAP ADAP by providing
deidentified client-level data on individuals being served, services
being delivered, and costs associated with these services. The client-
level data is used to monitor health outcomes of people with HIV
receiving care and treatment through the RWHAP ADAP, to monitor the use
of RWHAP ADAP funds in addressing the HIV epidemic and its impact on
communities, and to track progress toward achieving the goals
identified in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
Likely Respondents: State ADAPs of RWHAP Part 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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Recipient Report................ 54 1 54 6 324
Client Report................... 54 1 54 81 4,374
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Total....................... 54 .............. 54 .............. 4,698
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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. 2023-01917 Filed 1-30-23; 8:45 am]
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