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questions—processes that ultimately
produce the survey data. As such, the
method offers an insight that can
transform understanding of question
validity and response error.
Documented findings from these
studies represent tangible evidence of
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There are no costs to respondents other
than their time.
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 Information
Collection Request are summarized in
the table below.
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Type of information collection
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
Mail/email 1 ...........................................................................
Telephone ............................................................................
Web-based ...........................................................................
Focus Groups ......................................................................
In-person ..............................................................................
Automated 2 ..........................................................................
Cognitive Testing .................................................................
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
60,000
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
60,000
0.5
0.5
0.5
2.0
1.0
1.0
2.0
10,000
10,000
10,000
40,000
20,000
20,000
120,000
Total ..............................................................................
180,000
........................
180,000
........................
230,000
1 May
include telephone non-response follow-up in which case the burden will not change.
2 May include testing of database software, CAPI software, or other automated technologies.
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.
Dated: December 5, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information
Coordination.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection
projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
SUMMARY:
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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the
Health Resources and Services
Administration (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 Information
Collection Request must be received
within 60 days of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 10–29, Parklawn
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 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 paperwork@hrsa.gov
or call the HRSA Information Collection
Clearance Officer at (301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
information request collection title for
reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program:
Program Allocation and Expenditure
Forms.
OMB No. 0915–0318—Extension.
PO 00000
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Abstract: HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau
(HAB) administers the Ryan White HIV/
AIDS Program authorized under Title
XXVI of the Public Health Service Act
as amended by the Ryan White HIV/
AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009.
The purpose of this legislation is to
provide emergency assistance to
localities that are disproportionately
affected by the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic
and to make financial assistance
available for the development,
organization, coordination, and
operation of more effective and costefficient systems for the delivery of
essential services to persons with HIV
disease. It also provides grants to states
for the delivery of services to HIV
positive individuals and their families.
Under the law, grantees receiving funds
under Parts A, B, and C must spend at
least 75 percent of funds on ‘‘core
medical services.’’ The proposed forms
will collect information from grantees
documenting the use of funds to ensure
compliance with the Act.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The Ryan White HIV/AIDS
Program Allocation and Expenditure
Reports enable the Health Resources
and Services Administration’s HIV/
AIDS Bureau to track spending
requirements for each program. Grantees
funded under Parts A, B, C, and D of the
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
(codified under Title XXVI of the Public
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Health Service Act) are required to
report financial data to HRSA at the
beginning and end of their grant cycle.
All Parts of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS
Program specify HRSA’s responsibilities
in the administration of grant funds.
Accurate allocation and expenditure
records of the grantees receiving Ryan
White HIV/AIDS Program funding are
critical to the implementation of the
legislation and thus are necessary for
HRSA to fulfill its responsibilities.
The forms require grantees to report
on how funds are allocated and spent on
core and non-core services, and on
various program components, such as
administration, planning and
evaluation, and quality management.
The two forms are identical in the types
of information they collect. However,
the allocation report provides data on
how grantees allocate funding at the
beginning of their grant cycle and the
second report or the expenditure reports
track actual expenditures (including
carryover dollars) at the end of their
grant cycle.
The primary purposes of these forms
are to: (1) Provide information on the
number of grant dollars spent on various
services and program components; and
(2) oversee compliance with the intent
of congressional appropriations in a
timely manner. In addition to meeting
the goal of accountability to Congress,
clients, advocacy groups, and the
general public, information collected on
these reports is critical for HRSA, state
and local grantees, and individual
providers to evaluate the effectiveness
of these programs.
Likely Respondents: All Ryan White
HIV/AIDS Program Grantees (Part A,
Part B, Part C, and Part D)
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 Information
Collection Request are summarized in
the table below.
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
grantee
respondents
Program under which grantee is funded
Part
Part
Part
Part
Part
Part
Responses
per grantee
Total
responses
Average burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
A ...................................................................................
B ...................................................................................
A MAI ...........................................................................
B MAI ...........................................................................
C ...................................................................................
D ...................................................................................
56
59
56
59
361
90
2
2
2
2
2
2
112
118
112
118
722
180
8
12
4
4
7
7
896
1,416
448
472
5,054
1,260
Total ..............................................................................
681
........................
1,362
........................
9,546
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.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Dated: December 5, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information
Coordination.
ACTION:
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment
Request
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
AGENCY:
Notice.
In compliance with Section
3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Health
Resources and Services Administration
(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.
SUMMARY:
Comments on this ICR should be
received within 30 days of this notice.
DATES:
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Submit your comments,
including the Information Collection
Request Title, to the desk officer for
HRSA, either by email to OIRA_
submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to
202–395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request a copy of the clearance requests
submitted to OMB for review, email the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance
Officer at paperwork@hrsa.gov or call
(301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
Stem Cell Therapeutic Outcomes
Database.
OMB #0915–0310—Revision.
Abstract: The Stem Cell Therapeutic
and Research Act of 2005, Public Law
(Pub. L.) 109–129, as amended by the
Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research
Reauthorization Act of 2010, Public Law
111–264 (the Act), provides for the
collection and maintenance of human
blood stem cells for the treatment of
patients and research. HRSA’s
Healthcare Systems Bureau has
established the Stem Cell Therapeutic
Outcomes Database. Operation of this
database necessitates certain record
ADDRESSES:
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (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 Information Collection Request must be received
within 60 days of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 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 paperwork@hrsa.gov or call the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the information request collection title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program:
Program Allocation and Expenditure Forms.
OMB No. 0915-0318--Extension.
Abstract: HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) administers the Ryan White
HIV/AIDS Program authorized under Title XXVI of the Public Health
Service Act as amended by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension
Act of 2009. The purpose of this legislation is to provide emergency
assistance to localities that are disproportionately affected by the
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic and to make financial
assistance available for the development, organization, coordination,
and operation of more effective and cost-efficient systems for the
delivery of essential services to persons with HIV disease. It also
provides grants to states for the delivery of services to HIV positive
individuals and their families. Under the law, grantees receiving funds
under Parts A, B, and C must spend at least 75 percent of funds on
``core medical services.'' The proposed forms will collect information
from grantees documenting the use of funds to ensure compliance with
the Act.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The Ryan White HIV/AIDS
Program Allocation and Expenditure Reports enable the Health Resources
and Services Administration's HIV/AIDS Bureau to track spending
requirements for each program. Grantees funded under Parts A, B, C, and
D of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (codified under Title XXVI of the
Public
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Health Service Act) are required to report financial data to HRSA at
the beginning and end of their grant cycle. All Parts of the Ryan White
HIV/AIDS Program specify HRSA's responsibilities in the administration
of grant funds. Accurate allocation and expenditure records of the
grantees receiving Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funding are critical to
the implementation of the legislation and thus are necessary for HRSA
to fulfill its responsibilities.
The forms require grantees to report on how funds are allocated and
spent on core and non-core services, and on various program components,
such as administration, planning and evaluation, and quality
management. The two forms are identical in the types of information
they collect. However, the allocation report provides data on how
grantees allocate funding at the beginning of their grant cycle and the
second report or the expenditure reports track actual expenditures
(including carryover dollars) at the end of their grant cycle.
The primary purposes of these forms are to: (1) Provide information
on the number of grant dollars spent on various services and program
components; and (2) oversee compliance with the intent of congressional
appropriations in a timely manner. In addition to meeting the goal of
accountability to Congress, clients, advocacy groups, and the general
public, information collected on these reports is critical for HRSA,
state and local grantees, and individual providers to evaluate the
effectiveness of these programs.
Likely Respondents: All Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Grantees (Part
A, Part B, Part C, and Part D)
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 Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Program under which grantee is grantee Responses per Total per response Total burden
funded respondents grantee responses (in hours) hours
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Part A.......................... 56 2 112 8 896
Part B.......................... 59 2 118 12 1,416
Part A MAI...................... 56 2 112 4 448
Part B MAI...................... 59 2 118 4 472
Part C.......................... 361 2 722 7 5,054
Part D.......................... 90 2 180 7 1,260
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Total....................... 681 .............. 1,362 .............. 9,546
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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.
Dated: December 5, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-29511 Filed 12-10-13; 8:45 am]
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