[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 191 (Monday, October 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61105-61106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25339]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review: Comment Request
Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the
HRSA Reports Clearance Office at (301) 443-1129. The following request
has been submitted to OMB for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995:
Proposed Project: ADAP Data Report--[New]
HRSA's AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) is funded through the
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, Part B, of Title XXVI of the Public Health
Service Act, which provides grants to states and territories. Each of
the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and several
territories receive ADAP grants. The ADAP provides medications for the
treatment of HIV/AIDS. Program funds may also be used to purchase
health insurance for eligible clients or for services that enhance
access, adherence, and monitoring of drug treatments.
The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program specifies HRSA's responsibilities
in the administration of grant funds, the allocation of funds, the
evaluation of programs for the population served, and the improvement
of quality of care. Accurate records of the grantees receiving Ryan
White HIV/AIDS Program funding, the services provided, and the clients
served, continue to be critical issues for the implementation of the
legislation and are necessary for HRSA to fulfill its responsibilities.
The ADAP Data Report (ADR) provides data on the characteristics of
ADAP grantees and the clients being served with program funds. The ADR
is
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intended to support clinical quality management, performance
measurement, service delivery, and client monitoring at the system and
client levels. The reporting system consists of an online data form--
the Grantee Report--and a data file containing the client-level data
elements. Data will be submitted every six months. The Grantee Report
includes information about program administration, funding, and
expenditures, in addition to the medication formulary. The client-level
data include demographic, clinical, enrollment, and service data for
each patient who is determined eligible and enrolled in the ADAP.
The legislation specifies grantee accountability and links budget
to performance. The ADR will be used to ensure compliance with the
requirements of the legislation, to evaluate the progress of programs,
to monitor grantee performance, to measure the Government Performance
and Results Act (GPRA) and the Performance Assessment Rating Tool
(PART) goals, and to meet reporting responsibilities to the Department,
Congress, and OMB.
In addition to meeting the goal of accountability to Congress,
clients, advocacy groups, and the general public, information collected
through the ADR is critical to HRSA and grantees for assessing the
status of existing HIV-related service delivery systems, investigating
trends in service utilization, and identifying the areas of greatest
need.
Discussions were held with nine volunteer grantee agencies
representing a variety of ADAP models, as a basis for the burden
estimates for the ADR that follows. These burden estimates are
presented in two tables. The first table represents the estimated
burden for the first year, including the estimated time to adjust
existing or develop new data collection systems to collect the elements
that HRSA is requesting. This is a one-time burden for grantees and
will not be a factor after the first year. The second table represents
the estimated burden for subsequent years. The Grantee Report burden
remains unchanged across the three years of the information collection,
as the submission is consistent with current reporting requirements.
The Client Report burden is expected to decrease slightly in subsequent
years as grantees become more proficient with reporting client-level
data, based on feedback and technical assistance resources that HRSA
will provide.
The annual estimate of burden for the first year of the information
collection is as follows:
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total burden
Instrument respondents respondent responses response hours
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Grantee Report.................. 57 2 114 12.50 1,425.00
Client Report................... 57 2 114 34.19 3,897.66
Data Collection System.......... 57 1 57 826.00 47,082.00
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Total:...................... .............. .............. .............. .............. 52,404.66
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The annual estimate of burden for subsequent years is as follows:
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total burden
Instrument respondents respondent responses response hours
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Grantee Report.................. 57 2 114 12.50 1,425.00
Client Report................... 57 2 114 24.00 2,736.00
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Total:...................... .............. .............. .............. .............. 4,161.00
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to
the desk officer for HRSA, either by e-mail to OIRA--
[email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974. Please direct all
correspondence to the ``attention of the desk officer for HRSA.''
Dated: September 26, 2011.
Wendy Ponton,
Director, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2011-25339 Filed 9-30-11; 8:45 am]
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