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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: Voluntary
Partner Surveys To Implement
Executive Order 12862 in the Health
Resources and Services
Administration, OMB No. 0915–0212—
Extension
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 must be
received no later than January 12, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
SUMMARY:
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Officer, 14N39, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857.
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 Lisa Wright-Solomon, 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, in compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
Information Collection Request Title:
Voluntary Partner Surveys to Implement
Executive Order 12862 in the Health
Resources and Services Administration
OMB No. 0915–0212—Extension.
Abstract: In response to Executive
Order 12862, HRSA is proposing to
conduct voluntary customer surveys of
its partners to assess strengths and
weaknesses in program services and
processes. HRSA partners are typically
state or local governments, health care
facilities, health care consortia, health
care providers, and researchers. HRSA
is requesting continued approval for a
generic clearance from OMB to conduct
the partner surveys.
Partner surveys to be conducted by
HRSA might include, for example, mail
or telephone surveys of grantees to
determine satisfaction with grant
processes or technical assistance
provided by a contractor, or in-class
evaluation forms completed by
providers who receive training from
HRSA grantees to measure satisfaction
with the training experience. HRSA will
use the results of these surveys to plan
and redirect resources and efforts as
needed to improve services and
processes.
HRSA may also use focus groups to
gain partner input into the design of
mail and telephone surveys. Focus
groups, in-class evaluation forms, mail
surveys, and telephone surveys are
expected to be the preferred data
collection methods.
A generic approval allows HRSA to
conduct a limited number of partner
surveys without a full-scale OMB
review of each survey. If this request
receives continued approval,
information on each individual partner
survey will not be published in the
Federal Register.
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
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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
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
responses
Total burden
hours
In-class evaluations .............................................................
Mail/Telephone surveys .......................................................
Focus groups .......................................................................
40,000
12,000
250
1
1
1
40,000
12,000
250
.05
.25
1.5
2,000
3,000
375
Total ..............................................................................
52,250
........................
52,250
........................
5,375
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.
Amy McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive
Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment
Request; Assessing Client Factors
Associated With Detectable HIV Viral
Loads; and Models of Care and the
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
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.
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Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than December 13,
2017.
DATES:
Submit your comments,
including the ICR 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 Lisa
Wright-Solomon, the HRSA Information
Collection Clearance Officer at
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 443–
1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
Assessing Client Factors Associated
with Detectable HIV Viral Loads and
Models of Care and the Ryan White
HIV/AIDS Program.
OMB No.: 0906–xxxx—NEW.
Abstract: The Ryan White HIV/AIDS
Program (RWHAP), first authorized by
the U.S. Congress in 1990, is
administered by HRSA’s HIV/AIDS
Bureau (HAB). The RWHAP provides
medical services, treatment, and/or
support services to 533,036 clients in
2015; 97.0 percent of these clients were
living with HIV. This information
collection request covers two distinct
evaluation studies with RWHAP
provider sites that will share
components of data collection
instruments through shared variables.
Sharing data collection instruments will
minimize burden for RWHAP provider
sites collecting this data and will
increase the sample size for data
analysis thus resulting in more robust
data and greater generalizability of
results.
The first evaluation study, Assessing
Client Factors Associated with
Detectable HIV Viral Loads, will explore
individuals’ specific facilitators and
barriers to achieving and sustaining
viral suppression. Early and effective
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treatment for HIV has been shown to
greatly reduce associated morbidity and
mortality, and prevents transmission of
HIV. In spite of the known benefit of
treatment, many individuals remain out
of care or access care only
intermittently; the CDC estimated that
in 2013, approximately 45 percent of
people living with HIV (PLWH) in the
United States were not virally
suppressed, indicating a significant gap
in the percentage of PLWH who are
being successfully engaged and retained
in care. In spite of the increased
attention on retention in care and the
overarching goal of viral suppression,
little data exist regarding the specific
individual factors that are associated
with sub-optimal viral suppression.
Such information is valuable for
targeting programs to reach populations
that are currently not achieving HIV
viral suppression.
The second evaluation study, Models
of Care and the Ryan White HIV/AIDS
Program, seeks to answer the critical
questions of what individual and
system-wide factors, including the
models of care employed among
RWHAP provider sites, contribute to
better health outcomes for PLWH. While
advances in treatment have improved
survival in patients with HIV, longer
lives are associated with increased
prevalence of adverse effects of HIV
infection and therapeutic complications,
concurrent with medical conditions
related to aging processes that would
occur in the absence of HIV. These longterm complications amplify chronic
disease management as a major issue for
the HIV population and a challenge for
the delivery of effective health care. Yet
little is known about how the method of
health services delivery (the ‘‘model of
care’’) contributes to better health
outcomes, including HIV-related
outcomes. For example, does it make a
difference if a patient receives HIV care
from a primary care provider, a
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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: Voluntary
Partner Surveys To Implement Executive Order 12862 in the Health
Resources and Services Administration, OMB No. 0915-0212--Extension
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 must be received no later than January 12,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, 14N39, 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 Lisa Wright-
Solomon, 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, in compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Information Collection Request Title: Voluntary Partner Surveys to
Implement Executive Order 12862 in the Health Resources and Services
Administration OMB No. 0915-0212--Extension.
Abstract: In response to Executive Order 12862, HRSA is proposing
to conduct voluntary customer surveys of its partners to assess
strengths and weaknesses in program services and processes. HRSA
partners are typically state or local governments, health care
facilities, health care consortia, health care providers, and
researchers. HRSA is requesting continued approval for a generic
clearance from OMB to conduct the partner surveys.
Partner surveys to be conducted by HRSA might include, for example,
mail or telephone surveys of grantees to determine satisfaction with
grant processes or technical assistance provided by a contractor, or
in-class evaluation forms completed by providers who receive training
from HRSA grantees to measure satisfaction with the training
experience. HRSA will use the results of these surveys to plan and
redirect resources and efforts as needed to improve services and
processes.
HRSA may also use focus groups to gain partner input into the
design of mail and telephone surveys. Focus groups, in-class evaluation
forms, mail surveys, and telephone surveys are expected to be the
preferred data collection methods.
A generic approval allows HRSA to conduct a limited number of
partner surveys without a full-scale OMB review of each survey. If this
request receives continued approval, information on each individual
partner survey will not be published in the Federal Register.
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
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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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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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In-class evaluations............ 40,000 1 40,000 .05 2,000
Mail/Telephone surveys.......... 12,000 1 12,000 .25 3,000
Focus groups.................... 250 1 250 1.5 375
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Total....................... 52,250 .............. 52,250 .............. 5,375
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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.
Amy McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2017-24492 Filed 11-9-17; 8:45 am]
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