Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Updates to Uniform Standard for Waiver of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Core Medical Services Expenditure Requirement, OMB No. 0906-XXXX-NEW, 20499-20500 [2021-08017]
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Families, Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE
Reports Clearance Officer. All requests,
emailed or written should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The FCL evaluation has
three equally important aims. The first
is to describe promising strategies for
engaging fathers and paternal relatives
in the child welfare system. The second
is to assess the promise of the BSC as
a continuous quality improvement
framework for addressing challenges in
the child welfare system, including
whether and to what extent the BSC has
potential, and if so, how it may be
applied to other child welfare
challenges. The third is to assess the
extent to which agencies experienced a
shift in organizational culture in terms
of the importance of father engagement.
The descriptive evaluation will build
on the findings of the pilot study
conducted under the umbrella generic:
Formative Data Collections for ACF
Program Support (OMB #0970–0531).
(Site selection for the pilot study was
conducted under the umbrella generic:
Formative Data Collections for ACF
Research (OMB #0970–0356.) It will
focus on organizational changes and
network supports for father and paternal
relative engagement, changes in staff
attitudes and skills for engaging fathers
and paternal relatives, and father and
paternal relative engagement outcomes.
This evaluation will explore the
implementation of father and paternal
relative engagement strategies by
examining process outcomes. By
examining process outcomes, the
evaluation is designed to indicate
whether strategies developed in the BSC
are likely to lead to placement stability
and permanency outcomes.
Data collection will take place with
stakeholders in as many as five child
welfare agencies implementing the BSC.
Data collection activities include
discussions with participating agency
staff and key partners during site visits,
focus groups with fathers and paternal
relatives with relatively recent
experience with the focal child welfare
agencies, and web surveys of
participating agency staff.
Respondents: Child welfare agency
leaders, child welfare agency program
staff and key partner staff involved in
implementing the engagement
strategies, and father and paternal
relative clients of the agencies. Program
staff may include senior leaders,
managers, and frontline staff.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
Number of
respondents
(total over
request period)
Number of
responses per
respondent
(total over
request period)
180
72
90
1
1
2
Interview topic guide ........................................................
Father and paternal relative focus group protocol ..........
Staff survey ......................................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 146.
Comments: The Department
specifically requests comments 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) 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. Consideration will be given
to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Authority Sec. 403. [42 U.S.C. 603] and
Sec. 426. [42 U.S.C. 626].
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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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: Updates to
Uniform Standard for Waiver of the
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Core
Medical Services Expenditure
Requirement, OMB No. 0906–XXXX–
NEW
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
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 or
any other aspect of the ICR.
SUMMARY:
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Avg. burden
per response
(in hours)
1.5
1.5
0.33
Total burden
(in hours)
270
108
59
Annual burden
(in hours)
90
36
20
Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than June 21, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 14N39, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 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.
Information Collection Request Title:
Updates to Uniform Standard for Waiver
of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
Core Medical Services Expenditure
Requirement, OMB No. 0906–XXXX–
NEW.
Abstract: In accordance with sections
2604(c), 2612(b), and 2651(c) of the
Public Health Service Act, Ryan White
HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) recipients
are required to spend not less than 75
percent of grant funds on core medical
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services for individuals with HIV
identified and eligible under the statute,
after reserving statutory permissible
amounts for administrative and clinical
quality management costs. The RWHAP
statute also grants the Secretary
authority to waive this requirement for
RWHAP Parts A, B, or C recipients if a
number of requirements are met and a
waiver request is submitted to HRSA for
approval. RWHAP Part A, B, and C core
medical services waiver requests—if
approved—are effective for a 1-year
budget period, and apply to funds
awarded under the Minority AIDS
Initiative.
Currently, for a core medical services
waiver request to be approved, (1) core
medical services must be available and
accessible to all individuals identified
and eligible for the RWHAP in the
recipient’s service area within 30 days,
without regard to payer source; (2) there
cannot be any AIDS Drug Assistance
Program waiting lists in the recipient’s
service area; and (3) a public process to
obtain input on the waiver request from
impacted communities, including
clients and RWHAP-funded core
medical services providers, on the
availability of core medical services and
the decision to request the waiver must
have occurred. The public process may
be a part of the same one used to seek
input on community needs as part of the
annual priority setting and resource
allocation, comprehensive planning,
statewide coordinated statement of need
(SCSN), public planning, and/or needs
assessment processes.
HRSA is proposing to simplify the
waiver request process for RWHAP Parts
A, B, and C recipients by revising Policy
Number 13–07: Uniform Standard for
Waiver of Core Medical Services
Requirement for Grantees Under Part, A,
B, and C. The proposed changes would
reduce the administrative burden for
recipients by lessening the
documentation they must submit to
HRSA when requesting a waiver. Under
the proposed policy, recipients would
be required to submit a one-page ‘‘HRSA
RWHAP Core Medical Services Waiver
Request Attestation Form’’ to HRSA in
lieu of the multiple documents
currently required to submit a waiver
request. Waiver request submission
deadlines would also be revised. When
finalized, the policy would replace HAB
Policy Number 13–07 effective October
1, 2021, and would be named ‘‘Waiver
of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
Core Medical Services Expenditure
Requirement.’’ HRSA is inviting
comments on the proposed policy
change under a separate policy notice
titled, Updates to Uniform Standard for
Waiver of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS
Program Core Medical Services
Expenditure Requirement.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: HRSA uses the
documentation submitted in core
medical services waiver requests to
determine if the grant applicant or
recipient meets the statutory
requirements for waiver eligibility
outlined in Sections 2604(c), 2612(b),
and 2651(c) of the Public Health Service
Act.
Likely Respondents: HRSA expects
responses from RWHAP Parts A, B, and
C grant applicants and recipients. The
number of grant recipients requesting
waivers has fluctuated annually and has
ranged from 15 to up to 22 per year
since the Program’s implementation in
FY 2007. Given the changes in the
health care environment, HRSA
anticipates receiving possibly up to 22
applications in a given year.
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. Public reporting burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average four hours per
response, including the time for
reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, and completing
and reviewing the collection of
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
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
Waiver Request ...................................................................
22
1
22
4
88
Total ..............................................................................
22
........................
22
........................
88
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
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technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
Health Resources and Services
Administration
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Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Request for public comment on
updates to uniform standard for waiver
of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
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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: Updates
to Uniform Standard for Waiver of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Core
Medical Services Expenditure Requirement, OMB No. 0906-XXXX-NEW
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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 or any other aspect of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than June 21,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N39, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 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 [email protected] 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.
Information Collection Request Title: Updates to Uniform Standard
for Waiver of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Core Medical Services
Expenditure Requirement, OMB No. 0906-XXXX-NEW.
Abstract: In accordance with sections 2604(c), 2612(b), and 2651(c)
of the Public Health Service Act, Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP)
recipients are required to spend not less than 75 percent of grant
funds on core medical
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services for individuals with HIV identified and eligible under the
statute, after reserving statutory permissible amounts for
administrative and clinical quality management costs. The RWHAP statute
also grants the Secretary authority to waive this requirement for RWHAP
Parts A, B, or C recipients if a number of requirements are met and a
waiver request is submitted to HRSA for approval. RWHAP Part A, B, and
C core medical services waiver requests--if approved--are effective for
a 1-year budget period, and apply to funds awarded under the Minority
AIDS Initiative.
Currently, for a core medical services waiver request to be
approved, (1) core medical services must be available and accessible to
all individuals identified and eligible for the RWHAP in the
recipient's service area within 30 days, without regard to payer
source; (2) there cannot be any AIDS Drug Assistance Program waiting
lists in the recipient's service area; and (3) a public process to
obtain input on the waiver request from impacted communities, including
clients and RWHAP-funded core medical services providers, on the
availability of core medical services and the decision to request the
waiver must have occurred. The public process may be a part of the same
one used to seek input on community needs as part of the annual
priority setting and resource allocation, comprehensive planning,
statewide coordinated statement of need (SCSN), public planning, and/or
needs assessment processes.
HRSA is proposing to simplify the waiver request process for RWHAP
Parts A, B, and C recipients by revising Policy Number 13-07: Uniform
Standard for Waiver of Core Medical Services Requirement for Grantees
Under Part, A, B, and C. The proposed changes would reduce the
administrative burden for recipients by lessening the documentation
they must submit to HRSA when requesting a waiver. Under the proposed
policy, recipients would be required to submit a one-page ``HRSA RWHAP
Core Medical Services Waiver Request Attestation Form'' to HRSA in lieu
of the multiple documents currently required to submit a waiver
request. Waiver request submission deadlines would also be revised.
When finalized, the policy would replace HAB Policy Number 13-07
effective October 1, 2021, and would be named ``Waiver of the Ryan
White HIV/AIDS Program Core Medical Services Expenditure Requirement.''
HRSA is inviting comments on the proposed policy change under a
separate policy notice titled, Updates to Uniform Standard for Waiver
of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Core Medical Services Expenditure
Requirement.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA uses the
documentation submitted in core medical services waiver requests to
determine if the grant applicant or recipient meets the statutory
requirements for waiver eligibility outlined in Sections 2604(c),
2612(b), and 2651(c) of the Public Health Service Act.
Likely Respondents: HRSA expects responses from RWHAP Parts A, B,
and C grant applicants and recipients. The number of grant recipients
requesting waivers has fluctuated annually and has ranged from 15 to up
to 22 per year since the Program's implementation in FY 2007. Given the
changes in the health care environment, HRSA anticipates receiving
possibly up to 22 applications in a given year.
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. Public reporting burden for this collection
of information is estimated to average four hours per response,
including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data
sources, and completing and reviewing the collection of 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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Waiver Request.................. 22 1 22 4 88
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Total....................... 22 .............. 22 .............. 88
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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.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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