[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 181 (Monday, September 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57278-57279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23416]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement for the opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data
collection plans and draft instruments, e-mail [email protected] or
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program: Client-Level Data
Reporting System: (OMB No. 0915-0323)--Extension
The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program's client-level data reporting
system, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Services Report or Ryan White
Services Report (RSR), created in 2008 by HRSA, is designed to collect
information from grantees, as well as their subcontracted service
providers, funded under Parts A, B, C, and D, and the Part F Minority
AIDS Initiative of the Title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act
(Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program). The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program provides
the programs with the flexibility to respond effectively to the
changing HIV epidemic. Its emphasis is on providing life-saving and
life-extending services for people living with HIV/AIDS across the
country, and on targeting resources to areas that have the greatest
needs.
All parts of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program specify 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 the quality of care. Accurate records of the providers
receiving Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funding, the services provided,
and the clients served continue to be critical to the implementation of
the legislation and thus are necessary for HRSA to fulfill its
responsibilities.
The RSR provides data on the characteristics of Ryan White HIV/AIDS
Program-funded grantees, their contracted service providers, and the
clients being served with program funds. The reporting system consists
of two online data forms: the Grantee Report, completed by all
grantees, and the Service Provider Report, completed by all
subcontracted service providers. Each provider that delivers direct
client services also submits a data file containing one de-identified
record for each client that received a Ryan White-funded service during
the year. The client record contains information on demographic status,
HIV medical and support services received, and HIV clinical
information.
The RSR provides the grantees with the requisite information to
assess quality of care and unmet need, and the ability to more
accurately and efficiently report these figures to HRSA and other
funding agencies than is possible with an aggregate data reporting
system. In addition, HRSA will be able to perform detailed analyses and
to characterize accurately the number of clients served by the Ryan
White HIV/AIDS Program and the outcomes of the program services on a
national scale. Because grantees associate a unique client identifier
that is encrypted before transfer to each client record, HRSA is able
to link data for clients across Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program-funded
grantees and their subcontracted service providers.
With an increased emphasis on grantee accountability and linking
performance to budget, the RSR will be used to ensure compliance with
the requirements of the legislation; to evaluate the progress of
programs; to monitor grantee and provider performance; to measure the
Government Performance and Result 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 RSR
is critical for HRSA, State and local grantees, and individual
providers. Through the RSR, these groups will assess the status of
existing HIV-related service delivery systems, investigate trends in
service utilization, and identify areas of greatest need.
The response burden for grantees is estimated as:
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Number of Responses per Hours per Total hour
Component Source of funding respondents grantee response burden
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Grantee Report................................ Part A.......................... 56 1 1.02 57
Part B.......................... 59 1 1.50 89
Part C.......................... 354 1 0.32 113
Part D.......................... 98 1 0.33 32
Part A MAI...................... 56 1 1.02 57
Part B MAI...................... 30 1 2.00 60
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Subtotal........................ 653 ................ ................ 408
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The response burden for service providers is estimated as:
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Number of Responses per Hours per Total burden
Component respondents provider Total responses response hours
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Provider Report............................................... 2,080* 1 2,080* 2.30 4,784
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Electronic data Number of Responses per Hours per Total burden
Component system respondents provider Total responses response hours
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Client Report............................... No 56 1 56 106.25 5,950
Yes 1,822 1 1,822 3.75 6,832.5
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Subtotal \**\1,878 ................ \**\1,878 ................ 12,782.5
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\*\ All providers, including providers of administrative support services and direct client services.
\**\ Providers of direct client services only.
Total Burden Hours: 17,974.5
E-mail comments to [email protected] or mail comments to the HRSA
Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland, 20857. Written comments should be received
within 60-days of this notice. Information can also be accessed at
http://datasupport.hab.hrsa.gov/.
Dated: September 14, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-23416 Filed 9-17-10; 8:45 am]
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