Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund (PRF) and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural Payment Reporting Activities, OMB No. 0906-0068-Revision

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June 26, 2025

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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 90, Number 121 (Thursday, June 26, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27324-27326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11746]

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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 (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 August 25,
2025.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d3a3b2a3b6a1a4bca1b893bba1a0b2fdb4bca5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d7a7b6a7b2a5a0b8a5bc97bfa5a4b6f9b0b8a1">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14NWH04, 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#92e2f3e2f7e0e5fde0f9d2fae0e1f3bcf5fde4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="186879687d6a6f776a7358706a6b79367f776e">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> or call Samantha Miller,
the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at (301) 443-3983.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title for reference.

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Information Collection Request Title: COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund
(PRF) and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural Payment Reporting
Activities, OMB No. 0906-0068--Revision.
Abstract: HRSA disbursed the COVID-19 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. Recipients of
PRF and ARP Rural payments agreed to a set of Terms & Conditions
(T&Cs), which, among other requirements, mandate compliance with
certain reporting requirements that facilitate appropriate oversight of
recipients' use of funds. Providers who have attested to the 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,'' and use the PRF Reporting Portal to
submit information about their use of PRF and ARP Rural payments.
There will be no changes to the Data Form Elements submitted by
recipients of PRF and ARP Rural payments. The supplemental document
``Post-Payment Notice of Reporting Requirements'' has been updated to
reflect the removal of reporting periods 8 and 9 (including the
applicable payment received period and period of availability dates),
as the Public Health Emergency ended on May 11, 2023.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: 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.
If the information is not collected, HRSA will not meet its
responsibility to oversee the mandate regarding reporting requirements
that facilitate appropriate oversight of recipients' use of funds. PRF
and ARP Rural recipients will not be able to fulfill their statutory
reporting requirement. HRSA will also not be able to provide reports to
Congress and other stakeholders on the use of more than $178 billion in
PRF funds and $8.5 billion in ARP Rural funds.
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 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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While the standard reporting time periods have ended, there are
still scenarios in which these documents are required. These include:
<bullet> Providers who receive a Final Repayment Notice, based on a
HRSA finding of non-compliance, who submit a Decision Review request
and are provided an Opportunity to Report. The Opportunity to Report
allows providers another chance to submit a report to come into
compliance.
<bullet> Adjudicative orders that would require HRSA to allow a
Provider an opportunity to report.
<bullet> Providers who have prevailed in a dispute or have entered
into a settlement with HRSA may need to submit a report on how funds
were used.
These scenarios make it necessary to retain and extend approval of
the information collection activities associated with required
reporting to support compliance, validation, and enforcement actions.
Providers would provide documentation through the portal based on the
reporting period that they received the funds in question.
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 10 1 10 5.43 54.30
Period 1 (Providers who
received payments April 10,
2020, to June 30, 2020)........
PRF Reporting Portal, Reporting 10 1 10 4.22 42.20
Period 2 (Providers who
received payments July 1, 2020,
to December 31, 2020)..........
PRF Reporting Portal, Reporting 10 1 10 5.88 58.80
Period 3 (Providers who
received payments, January 1,
2021, to June 30, 2021)........

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PRF and ARP Rural Reporting 10 1 10 5.26 52.60
Portal, Reporting Period 4
(Providers who received
payments July 1, 2021, to
December 31, 2021).............
PRF and ARP Rural Reporting 5 1 5 5.18 25.90
Portal, Reporting Period 5
(Providers who received
payments January 1, 2022, to
June 30, 2022).................
PRF and ARP Rural Reporting 50 1 50 7.37 368.50
Portal, Reporting Period 6
(Providers who received
payments July 1, 2022, to
December 31, 2022).............
PRF and ARP Rural Reporting 5 1 5 5.35 26.75
Portal, Reporting Period 7
(Providers who received
payments January 1, 2023, to
June 30, 2023).................
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Total....................... 100 .............. 100 .............. 629.05
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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. 2025-11746 Filed 6-25-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-15-P

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