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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:
Special Study—Emerging Issues
Related to Affordable Care Act
Implementation: The Future of Ryan
White HIV/AIDS Services: A Snapshot
of Outpatient Ambulatory Medical Care
OMB No. 0915–xxxx–New.
Abstract: The Health Resources and
Services Administration, HIV/AIDS
Bureau (HRSA/HAB) administers the
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
(RWHAP) authorized under Title XXVI
of the Public Health Service Act as
amended by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS
Treatment Extension Act of 2009. This
program provides HIV-related services
in the United States for individuals who
do not have sufficient health care
coverage or financial resources for
coping with HIV disease. Starting
January 1, 2014, the Affordable Care Act
will begin making health care coverage
available to many HIV-positive
individuals who did not previously
have access to such coverage. This
Affordable Care Act expansion of health
coverage will impact a significant
portion of RWHAP’s traditional clients
who will be moving into third party
reimbursement care. The transition will
require increased support and
coordination to ensure clients do not
experience gaps in coverage or gaps in
care. The purpose of this evaluation
study is to assess the current status of
Ryan White HIV/AIDS program services
during the early and later stages of
Affordable Care Act implementation
and to collect information on service
provisions, quality of care, barriers,
gaps, and challenges related to
Affordable Care Act implementation.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The Affordable Care Act
will offer new options for obtaining
health care services for many
individuals with HIV. Due to these
changes, additional information
concerning staffing, continuity and
coordination of care, and utilization of
RWHAP funds to provide essential
services is necessary. Data from this
evaluation study will be used to assess
the current status of Ryan White HIV/
AIDS program services during the early
(January 2014–June 2014) and later (July
2014–December 2014) stages of
Affordable Care Act implementation
and how well the RWHAP is positioned
to improve clinical outcomes, including
viral suppression, retention to care, and
linkage to care services.
Likely Respondents: HIV/AIDS Care
Providers.
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
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
90
90
1
1
90
90
2.0
1.0
180
90
30
1
30
0.5
15
Total ..............................................................................
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Site Staff Interviews—Early Implementation .......................
Site Staff Interviews—Later Implementation .......................
List of Site HIV Outpatient Ambulatory Medicare Care Visit
Activities/Services .............................................................
180
........................
180
........................
285
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 24, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information
Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013–31473 Filed 1–2–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
In compliance with the
requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection
SUMMARY:
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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 Part F
Dental Services Report.
OMB No.: 0915–0151—Revision.
Abstract: The Dental Reimbursement
Program (DRP) and the Community
Based Dental Partnership Program
under Part F of the Ryan White HIV/
AIDS Program offer funding to
accredited dental education programs to
support the provision of oral health
services for HIV-positive individuals.
Institutions eligible for these Ryan
White HIV/AIDS programs are
accredited schools of dentistry, postdoctoral dental education programs, and
dental hygiene programs. The DRP
Application is the Dental Services
Report that schools and programs use to
apply for funding of non-reimbursed
costs incurred in providing oral health
care to patients with HIV, or to report
annual program data. Awards are
authorized under section 2692(b) of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
300ff–111(b). The Dental Services
Report collects data in four different
areas: Program information, patient
demographics and services, funding,
and training. It also requests applicants
to provide narrative descriptions of their
services and facilities, as well as their
links and collaboration with
community-based providers of oral
health services. The form used to collect
this information is being revised to
comply with the National HIV/AIDS
Strategy directive to standardize data
collection and reduce grantee reporting
burden. The revised form implements
data collection standards for race,
ethnicity, and sex and eliminates some
narrative description items; however,
the average burden per response is
anticipated to remain unchanged.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The primary purpose of
collecting this information annually is
to verify eligibility and determine
reimbursement amounts for DRP
applicants, as well as to document the
program accomplishments of
Community-Based Dental Partnership
Program grant recipients. This
information also allows HRSA to learn
about (1) the extent of the involvement
of dental schools and programs in
treating patients with HIV, (2) the
number and characteristics of clients
who receive HIV/AIDS programsupported oral health services, (3) the
types and frequency of the provision of
these services, (4) the non-reimbursed
costs of oral health care provided to
patients with HIV, and (5) the scope of
grant recipients’ community-based
collaborations and training of providers.
In addition to meeting the goal of
accountability to Congress, clients,
advocacy groups, and the general
public, information collected in the
Dental Services Report is critical for
HRSA, state and local grantees, and
individual providers, to help assess the
status of existing HIV-related health
service delivery systems.
Likely Respondents: Accredited
dental education programs, including
schools of dentistry, post-doctoral
dental education programs, and dental
hygiene programs.
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
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
70
1
70
20
1,400
Total ..............................................................................
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Dental Services Report ........................................................
70
1
70
20
1,400
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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 27, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information
Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013–31475 Filed 1–2–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
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
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
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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:
Client-Level Data Reporting System.
OMB No.: 0915–0323—Revision.
Abstract: The Ryan White HIV/AIDS
Program’s client-level data reporting
system, entitled the Ryan White HIV/
AIDS Program Services Report or the
Ryan White Services Report (RSR), was
created in 2009 by the Health Resources
and Services Administration (HRSA). It
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 Ryan White HIV/
AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009
(Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program). 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, provides entities
funded by the program with flexibility
to respond effectively to the changing
HIV epidemic, with an emphasis on
providing life-saving and life-extending
services for people living with HIV
across this country, as well as targeting
resources to areas that have the greatest
needs.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: All parts of the Ryan White
HIV/AIDS Program specify HRSA’s
responsibilities in administering grant
funds, allocating funds, evaluating
programs for the populations served,
and improving quality of care. Accurate
records of the providers receiving Ryan
White HIV/AIDS Program funding, the
clients served, and services provided
continue to be critical issues for the
implementation of the legislation and
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 served with program funds. The
RSR is intended to support clinical
quality management, performance
measurement, service delivery, and
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client monitoring at the systems and
client levels. The reporting systems
consist of two online data forms, the
Grantee Report and the Service Provider
Report, as well as a data file containing
the client-level data elements. Data are
submitted annually.
The legislation specifies the
importance of grantee accountability
and linking performance to budget. The
RSR is used to ensure compliance with
the requirements of the legislation, to
evaluate the progress of programs, to
monitor grantee and provider
performance, 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
to assess the status of existing HIVrelated service delivery systems,
investigate trends in service utilization,
and identify areas of greatest need.
Likely Respondents: Ryan White HIV/
AIDS Program Part A, Part B, Part C, and
Part D grantees and their contracted
service providers.
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.
The estimate includes burden hours
associated with revisions and updates to
client-level data (CLD) electronic data
collections systems (60,720 total hours)
and burden hours for the actual
submission of the data (15,749 total
hours). Total Estimated Annualized
burden hours: 76,469.
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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
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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
Part F Dental Services Report.
OMB No.: 0915-0151--Revision.
Abstract: The Dental Reimbursement Program (DRP) and the Community
Based Dental Partnership Program under Part F of the Ryan White HIV/
AIDS Program offer funding to accredited dental education programs to
support the provision of oral health services for HIV-positive
individuals. Institutions eligible for these Ryan White HIV/AIDS
programs are accredited schools of dentistry, post-doctoral dental
education programs, and dental hygiene programs. The DRP Application is
the Dental Services Report that schools and programs use to apply for
funding of non-reimbursed costs incurred in providing oral health care
to patients with HIV, or to report annual program data. Awards are
authorized under section 2692(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 300ff-111(b). The Dental Services Report collects data in four
different areas: Program information, patient demographics and
services, funding, and training. It also requests applicants to provide
narrative descriptions of their services and facilities, as well as
their links and collaboration with community-based providers of oral
health services. The form used to collect this information is being
revised to comply with the National HIV/AIDS Strategy directive to
standardize data collection and reduce grantee reporting burden. The
revised form implements data collection standards for race, ethnicity,
and sex and eliminates some narrative description items; however, the
average burden per response is anticipated to remain unchanged.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The primary purpose of
collecting this information annually is to verify eligibility and
determine reimbursement amounts for DRP applicants, as well as to
document the program accomplishments of Community-Based Dental
Partnership Program grant recipients. This information also allows HRSA
to learn about (1) the extent of the involvement of dental schools and
programs in treating patients with HIV, (2) the number and
characteristics of clients who receive HIV/AIDS program-supported oral
health services, (3) the types and frequency of the provision of these
services, (4) the non-reimbursed costs of oral health care provided to
patients with HIV, and (5) the scope of grant recipients' community-
based collaborations and training of providers. In addition to meeting
the goal of accountability to Congress, clients, advocacy groups, and
the general public, information collected in the Dental Services Report
is critical for HRSA, state and local grantees, and individual
providers, to help assess the status of existing HIV-related health
service delivery systems.
Likely Respondents: Accredited dental education programs, including
schools of dentistry, post-doctoral dental education programs, and
dental hygiene programs.
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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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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Dental Services Report.......... 70 1 70 20 1,400
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Total....................... 70 1 70 20 1,400
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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 27, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-31475 Filed 1-2-14; 8:45 am]
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