82_FR_52526 82 FR 52309 - 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

82 FR 52309 - 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

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 217 (November 13, 2017)

Page Range52309-52311
FR Document2017-24491

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.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 217 (Monday, November 13, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 217 (Monday, November 13, 2017)]
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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

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than December 
13, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the ICR Title, to the desk 
officer for HRSA, either by email to [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 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 long-term 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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specialist, or from a care team that includes both? Understanding the 
most effective models of care is important for HIV specialists, primary 
care physicians, and other clinicians who care for PLWH as they design 
and coordinate a full array of primary care and support services for 
their patients. These primary care and support services have a direct 
impact on HIV viral suppression, which in turn improves life expectancy 
and quality of life and prevents HIV transmission.
    The two studies inform each other in that the degree to which 
clients achieve and sustain viral suppression may be attributed partly 
to the model of care practiced at their clinic. Likewise, the degree to 
which its clients have achieved viral suppression may drive a clinic to 
practice a particular model of care. The two studies will collect 
several identical data elements through their individual collection 
instruments, allowing data to be aggregated across the two studies. The 
aggregation of data across the two studies 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.
    A 60-day Federal Register Notice was published in the Federal 
Register on May 18, 2017 (Volume 82, page 22838) which solicited 
comments on this data collection. Four comments were received that 
focused on how facilities will be selected for participation and the 
importance of adequate nutrition for PLWH.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The Assessing Client 
Factors Associated with Detectable HIV Viral Loads study will identify 
characteristics of RWHAP clients and health facilities that are 
associated with the ability to achieve and sustain an undetectable 
viral load as compared to the characteristics that are associated with 
sub-optimal viral suppression. This study will enable the development 
of better targeted services for improved viral suppression rates. The 
Models of Care and the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program study will compare 
HIV and primary health outcomes across various models of care to 
determine which are most effective in responding to HIV to improve 
health outcomes for people living with HIV and to prevent HIV 
transmissions. The results from this study will enable improvements or 
redesigns of effective delivery of HIV care among Ryan White HIV/AIDS 
Program providers, which will in turn improve HIV clinical outcomes 
such as viral suppression.
    In both studies, an analysis of the perceptions of providers and 
clients will further support the understanding of the impact of 
individual and system-wide factors on achieving health outcomes. The 
two studies will share data to inform both studies' objectives, allow 
for a larger sample size from which to generalize conclusions, and 
reduce the overall burden of response on RWHAP providers and clients. 
The objectives of both studies will be achieved through collection of 
the following data:
     RWHAP client records abstraction--Medical chart and 
administrative records (e.g., service utilization and health outcomes 
data);
     RWHAP provider interviews--Site staff interviewees (in 
person);
     RWHAP client focus groups (Models of Care study sites 
only)--Clients at selected clinics that represent a given model of 
care;
     RWHAP client surveys (HIV Viral Suppression study sites 
only)--Clients with detectable and undetectable viral load at each 
clinic; and
     RWHAP client semi-structured interviews (HIV Viral 
Suppression study sites only)--Clients with detectable and undetectable 
viral load.
    These studies will build upon and complement HAB's study focusing 
on RWHAP outcomes within the context of the changing health care 
landscape; and will use the RWHAP site survey and chart abstraction 
instruments that were submitted as part of that study. The data will be 
collected by a HRSA contractor.
    Likely Respondents: RWHAP Administrators, RWHAP Service Providers, 
and RWHAP Clients.
    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 ICR are summarized in the table below. Both research studies are 
included in the table, with burden proportional to the number of RWHAP 
provider sites from which each study will collect data: 25 distinct 
facilities for Assessing Client Factors Associated with Detectable HIV 
Viral Loads and 50 distinct facilities for Models of Care and the Ryan 
White HIV/AIDS Program. The table below provides the level of burden 
inclusive of both studies.
    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours.

                                                         12A--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                             Number of                    Average burden
            Type of respondent                        Form name              Number of     responses per       Total       per response    Total burden
                                                                            respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)         hours
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RWHAP Site Administrators (Private Sector)  Medical Records Sample                    75               1              75               1              75
                                             Selection Guide *.
RWHAP Service Providers (Private Sector)..  Provider Interview Guide                 125               1             125               2             250
                                             (HIV Viral Suppression).
RWHAP Service Providers (Private Sector)..  Provider Interview Guide                 250               1             250               2             500
                                             (Models of Care).
RWHAP Clients (Individual/Household)......  Focus Groups Guide..........             240               1             240             1.5             360
RWHAP Clients (Individual/Household)......  Client Survey...............             500               1             500             0.5             250
RWHAP Clients (Individual/Household)......  Client Semi-Structured                   150               1             150             0.5              75
                                             Interview.
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    Total.................................  ............................           1,340  ..............           1,340  ..............           1,510
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* The medical records sample selection instrument has been previously submitted as part of the RWHAP Outcomes Study proposed data collection project.

    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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                                                    needed to review instructions; to                                          maintaining information, and disclosing                       the collection of information; and to
                                                    develop, acquire, install and utilize                                      and providing information; to train                           transmit or otherwise disclose the
                                                    technology and systems for the purpose                                     personnel and to be able to respond to                        information. The total annual burden
                                                    of collecting, validating and verifying                                    a collection of information; to search                        hours estimated for this ICR are
                                                    information, processing and                                                data sources; to complete and review                          summarized in the table below.

                                                                                                                       TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Average
                                                                                                                                                                    Number of
                                                                                                                                                  Number of                                     Total         burden per              Total burden
                                                                                       Form name                                                                  responses per
                                                                                                                                                 respondents                                 responses         response                  hours
                                                                                                                                                                    respondent                                 (in hours)

                                                    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

                                                          Total ..............................................................................         52,250     ........................        52,250   ........................          5,375



                                                      HRSA specifically requests comments                                      DATES: Comments on this ICR should be                         treatment for HIV has been shown to
                                                    on (1) the necessity and utility of the                                    received no later than December 13,                           greatly reduce associated morbidity and
                                                    proposed information collection for the                                    2017.                                                         mortality, and prevents transmission of
                                                    proper performance of the agency’s                                         ADDRESSES:    Submit your comments,                           HIV. In spite of the known benefit of
                                                    functions, (2) the accuracy of the                                         including the ICR Title, to the desk                          treatment, many individuals remain out
                                                    estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance                                      officer for HRSA, either by email to                          of care or access care only
                                                    the quality, utility, and clarity of the                                   OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by                             intermittently; the CDC estimated that
                                                    information to be collected, and (4) the                                   fax to 202–395–5806.                                          in 2013, approximately 45 percent of
                                                    use of automated collection techniques                                                                                                   people living with HIV (PLWH) in the
                                                                                                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
                                                    or other forms of information                                                                                                            United States were not virally
                                                                                                                               request a copy of the clearance requests                      suppressed, indicating a significant gap
                                                    technology to minimize the information
                                                                                                                               submitted to OMB for review, email Lisa                       in the percentage of PLWH who are
                                                    collection burden.
                                                                                                                               Wright-Solomon, the HRSA Information                          being successfully engaged and retained
                                                    Amy McNulty,                                                               Collection Clearance Officer at                               in care. In spite of the increased
                                                    Acting Director, Division of the Executive                                 paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 443–                         attention on retention in care and the
                                                    Secretariat.                                                               1984.                                                         overarching goal of viral suppression,
                                                    [FR Doc. 2017–24492 Filed 11–9–17; 8:45 am]                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                    little data exist regarding the specific
                                                    BILLING CODE 4165–15–P                                                        Information Collection Request Title:                      individual factors that are associated
                                                                                                                               Assessing Client Factors Associated                           with sub-optimal viral suppression.
                                                                                                                               with Detectable HIV Viral Loads and                           Such information is valuable for
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                                   Models of Care and the Ryan White                             targeting programs to reach populations
                                                    HUMAN SERVICES                                                             HIV/AIDS Program.                                             that are currently not achieving HIV
                                                                                                                                  OMB No.: 0906–xxxx—NEW.                                    viral suppression.
                                                    Health Resources and Services                                                 Abstract: The Ryan White HIV/AIDS                             The second evaluation study, Models
                                                    Administration                                                             Program (RWHAP), first authorized by                          of Care and the Ryan White HIV/AIDS
                                                                                                                               the U.S. Congress in 1990, is                                 Program, seeks to answer the critical
                                                    Agency Information Collection                                              administered by HRSA’s HIV/AIDS                               questions of what individual and
                                                    Activities: Submission to OMB for                                          Bureau (HAB). The RWHAP provides                              system-wide factors, including the
                                                    Review and Approval; Public Comment                                        medical services, treatment, and/or                           models of care employed among
                                                    Request; Assessing Client Factors                                          support services to 533,036 clients in                        RWHAP provider sites, contribute to
                                                    Associated With Detectable HIV Viral                                       2015; 97.0 percent of these clients were                      better health outcomes for PLWH. While
                                                    Loads; and Models of Care and the                                          living with HIV. This information                             advances in treatment have improved
                                                    Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program                                                collection request covers two distinct                        survival in patients with HIV, longer
                                                                                                                               evaluation studies with RWHAP                                 lives are associated with increased
                                                    AGENCY: Health Resources and Services
                                                                                                                               provider sites that will share                                prevalence of adverse effects of HIV
                                                    Administration (HRSA), Department of
                                                                                                                               components of data collection                                 infection and therapeutic complications,
                                                    Health and Human Services.
                                                                                                                               instruments through shared variables.                         concurrent with medical conditions
                                                    ACTION:      Notice.                                                       Sharing data collection instruments will                      related to aging processes that would
                                                                                                                               minimize burden for RWHAP provider                            occur in the absence of HIV. These long-
                                                    SUMMARY:   In compliance with the                                          sites collecting this data and will                           term complications amplify chronic
                                                    Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,                                           increase the sample size for data                             disease management as a major issue for
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                                                    HRSA has submitted an Information                                          analysis thus resulting in more robust                        the HIV population and a challenge for
                                                    Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of                                  data and greater generalizability of                          the delivery of effective health care. Yet
                                                    Management and Budget (OMB) for                                            results.                                                      little is known about how the method of
                                                    review and approval. Comments                                                 The first evaluation study, Assessing                      health services delivery (the ‘‘model of
                                                    submitted during the first public review                                   Client Factors Associated with                                care’’) contributes to better health
                                                    of this ICR will be provided to OMB.                                       Detectable HIV Viral Loads, will explore                      outcomes, including HIV-related
                                                    OMB will accept further comments from                                      individuals’ specific facilitators and                        outcomes. For example, does it make a
                                                    the public during the review and                                           barriers to achieving and sustaining                          difference if a patient receives HIV care
                                                    approval period.                                                           viral suppression. Early and effective                        from a primary care provider, a


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                                                    specialist, or from a care team that                     undetectable viral load as compared to                    • RWHAP client semi-structured
                                                    includes both? Understanding the most                    the characteristics that are associated                interviews (HIV Viral Suppression study
                                                    effective models of care is important for                with sub-optimal viral suppression.                    sites only)—Clients with detectable and
                                                    HIV specialists, primary care                            This study will enable the development                 undetectable viral load.
                                                    physicians, and other clinicians who                     of better targeted services for improved                  These studies will build upon and
                                                    care for PLWH as they design and                         viral suppression rates. The Models of                 complement HAB’s study focusing on
                                                    coordinate a full array of primary care                  Care and the Ryan White HIV/AIDS                       RWHAP outcomes within the context of
                                                    and support services for their patients.                 Program study will compare HIV and                     the changing health care landscape; and
                                                    These primary care and support services                  primary health outcomes across various                 will use the RWHAP site survey and
                                                    have a direct impact on HIV viral                        models of care to determine which are                  chart abstraction instruments that were
                                                    suppression, which in turn improves                      most effective in responding to HIV to                 submitted as part of that study. The data
                                                    life expectancy and quality of life and                  improve health outcomes for people                     will be collected by a HRSA contractor.
                                                    prevents HIV transmission.                               living with HIV and to prevent HIV                        Likely Respondents: RWHAP
                                                       The two studies inform each other in                  transmissions. The results from this                   Administrators, RWHAP Service
                                                    that the degree to which clients achieve                 study will enable improvements or                      Providers, and RWHAP Clients.
                                                    and sustain viral suppression may be                     redesigns of effective delivery of HIV                    Burden Statement: Burden in this
                                                    attributed partly to the model of care                   care among Ryan White HIV/AIDS                         context means the time expended by
                                                    practiced at their clinic. Likewise, the                 Program providers, which will in turn                  persons to generate, maintain, retain,
                                                    degree to which its clients have                         improve HIV clinical outcomes such as                  disclose or provide the information
                                                    achieved viral suppression may drive a                   viral suppression.                                     requested. This includes the time
                                                    clinic to practice a particular model of                    In both studies, an analysis of the                 needed to review instructions; to
                                                    care. The two studies will collect                       perceptions of providers and clients will              develop, acquire, install, and utilize
                                                    several identical data elements through                  further support the understanding of the               technology and systems for the purpose
                                                    their individual collection instruments,                 impact of individual and system-wide                   of collecting, validating, and verifying
                                                    allowing data to be aggregated across the                factors on achieving health outcomes.                  information, processing and
                                                    two studies. The aggregation of data                     The two studies will share data to                     maintaining information, and disclosing
                                                    across the two studies will minimize                     inform both studies’ objectives, allow                 and providing information; to train
                                                    burden for RWHAP provider sites                          for a larger sample size from which to                 personnel and to be able to respond to
                                                    collecting this data and will increase the               generalize conclusions, and reduce the                 a collection of information; to search
                                                    sample size for data analysis thus                       overall burden of response on RWHAP                    data sources; to complete and review
                                                    resulting in more robust data and greater                providers and clients. The objectives of               the collection of information; and to
                                                    generalizability of results.                             both studies will be achieved through                  transmit or otherwise disclose the
                                                       A 60-day Federal Register Notice was                  collection of the following data:                      information. The total annual burden
                                                    published in the Federal Register on                        • RWHAP client records                              hours estimated for this ICR are
                                                    May 18, 2017 (Volume 82, page 22838)                     abstraction—Medical chart and                          summarized in the table below. Both
                                                    which solicited comments on this data                    administrative records (e.g., service                  research studies are included in the
                                                    collection. Four comments were                           utilization and health outcomes data);                 table, with burden proportional to the
                                                    received that focused on how facilities                                                                         number of RWHAP provider sites from
                                                    will be selected for participation and the                  • RWHAP provider interviews—Site                    which each study will collect data: 25
                                                    importance of adequate nutrition for                     staff interviewees (in person);                        distinct facilities for Assessing Client
                                                    PLWH.                                                       • RWHAP client focus groups                         Factors Associated with Detectable HIV
                                                       Need and Proposed Use of the                          (Models of Care study sites only)—                     Viral Loads and 50 distinct facilities for
                                                    Information: The Assessing Client                        Clients at selected clinics that represent             Models of Care and the Ryan White
                                                    Factors Associated with Detectable HIV                   a given model of care;                                 HIV/AIDS Program. The table below
                                                    Viral Loads study will identify                             • RWHAP client surveys (HIV Viral                   provides the level of burden inclusive of
                                                    characteristics of RWHAP clients and                     Suppression study sites only)—Clients                  both studies.
                                                    health facilities that are associated with               with detectable and undetectable viral                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden—
                                                    the ability to achieve and sustain an                    load at each clinic; and                               Hours.

                                                                                                       12A—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
                                                                                                                                                                                        Average
                                                                                                                                                  Number of
                                                                                                                              Number of                               Total           burden per            Total
                                                         Type of respondent                     Form name                                       responses per
                                                                                                                             respondents                           responses           response         burden hours
                                                                                                                                                  respondent                           (in hours)

                                                    RWHAP Site Administrators         Medical Records Sample                               75                 1               75                    1             75
                                                     (Private Sector).                  Selection Guide *.
                                                    RWHAP Service Providers           Provider Interview Guide                            125                 1              125                    2            250
                                                     (Private Sector).                  (HIV Viral Suppression).
                                                    RWHAP Service Providers           Provider Interview Guide                            250                 1              250                    2            500
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                                                     (Private Sector).                  (Models of Care).
                                                    RWHAP Clients (Individual/        Focus Groups Guide ..........                       240                 1              240               1.5               360
                                                     Household).
                                                    RWHAP Clients (Individual/        Client Survey ......................                500                 1              500               0.5               250
                                                     Household).
                                                    RWHAP Clients (Individual/        Client Semi-Structured                              150                 1              150               0.5                75
                                                     Household).                        Interview.




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                                                                                                        12A—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Average
                                                                                                                                                                  Number of
                                                                                                                                                Number of                                     Total         burden per                  Total
                                                         Type of respondent                                 Form name                                           responses per
                                                                                                                                               respondents                                 responses         response               burden hours
                                                                                                                                                                  respondent                                 (in hours)

                                                         Total .............................   .............................................           1,340    ........................         1,340   ........................          1,510
                                                      * The medical records sample selection instrument has been previously submitted as part of the RWHAP Outcomes Study proposed data col-
                                                    lection project.


                                                      HRSA specifically requests comments                                     In the Summary section, correct to                              OMB No.: 0906–0004—Revision.
                                                    on (1) the necessity and utility of the                                 read: The effective date of the renewed                           Abstract: The National Marrow Donor
                                                    proposed information collection for the                                 charter is October 29, 2017.                                   Program®/Be The Match® is a HRSA
                                                    proper performance of the agency’s                                                                                                     contractor dedicated to helping patients
                                                                                                                            Amy McNulty,
                                                    functions, (2) the accuracy of the                                                                                                     and families get the support and
                                                                                                                            Acting Director, Division of Executive
                                                    estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance                                                                                                  information they need to learn about
                                                                                                                            Secretariat.
                                                    the quality, utility, and clarity of the                                                                                               their disease and treatment options,
                                                                                                                            [FR Doc. 2017–24490 Filed 11–9–17; 8:45 am]
                                                    information to be collected, and (4) the                                                                                               prepare for a blood stem cell transplant,
                                                                                                                            BILLING CODE 4165–15–P
                                                    use of automated collection techniques                                                                                                 and thrive after a transplant procedure.
                                                    or other forms of information                                                                                                          The information and resources provided
                                                    technology to minimize the information                                                                                                 help individuals navigate the bone
                                                                                                                            DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                    collection\burden.                                                                                                                     marrow or cord blood transplant
                                                                                                                            HUMAN SERVICES
                                                                                                                                                                                           process. Participant feedback is
                                                    Amy McNulty,                                                            Health Resources and Services                                  essential to understand the needs for
                                                    Acting Director, Division of the Executive                              Administration                                                 transplant support services and
                                                    Secretariat.                                                                                                                           educational information across a diverse
                                                    [FR Doc. 2017–24491 Filed 11–9–17; 8:45 am]                             Agency Information Collection                                  population. This information is used to
                                                    BILLING CODE 4165–15–P                                                  Activities: Submission to OMB for                              determine the helpfulness of existing
                                                                                                                            Review and Approval; Public Comment                            services and resources. Feedback is also
                                                                                                                            Request; Be The Match® Patient                                 used to identify areas for improvement
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                                Services Survey, OMB No. 0906–                                 and develop future programs.
                                                    HUMAN SERVICES                                                          0004—Revision                                                     Need and Proposed Use of the
                                                                                                                                                                                           Information: Barriers to access to bone
                                                                                                                            AGENCY: Health Resources and Services                          marrow or cord blood transplant related
                                                    Health Resources and Services                                           Administration (HRSA), Department of
                                                    Administration                                                                                                                         care and educational information are
                                                                                                                            Health and Human Services.                                     multi-factorial. Feedback from
                                                                                                                            ACTION: Notice.                                                participants is essential to understand
                                                    National Advisory Committee on Rural
                                                    Health and Human Services; Notice of                In compliance with the
                                                                                                                            SUMMARY:
                                                                                                                                                                                           the changing needs for services and
                                                    Correction                               Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,                                                              information as well as to demonstrate
                                                                                             HRSA has submitted an Information                                                             the effectiveness of existing services.
                                                    AGENCY: Health Resources and Services    Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of                                                     The primary use for information
                                                    Administration (HRSA), Department of     Management and Budget (OMB) for                                                               gathered through the survey is to
                                                    Health and Human Services (HHS).         review and approval. Comments                                                                 determine helpfulness of participants’
                                                                                             submitted during the first public review                                                      initial contact with Be The Match®
                                                    ACTION: Notice; correction.                                                                                                            Patient Services Coordinators (PSC) and
                                                                                             of this ICR will be provided to OMB.
                                                                                             OMB will accept further comments from                                                         to identify areas for improvement in the
                                                    SUMMARY: The Health Resources and                                                                                                      delivery of services. In addition,
                                                                                             the public during the review and
                                                    Services Administration published a                                                                                                    stakeholders use this evaluation data to
                                                                                             approval period.
                                                    notice in the Federal Register, FR 2017–                                                                                               make program and resource allocation
                                                                                             DATES: Comments on this ICR should be
                                                    23562 (October 31, 2017), announcing                                                                                                   decisions.
                                                                                             received no later than December 13,
                                                    the charter renewal of the National                                                                                                       The survey includes the following
                                                                                             2017.
                                                    Advisory Committee on Rural Health                                                                                                     items to measure: (1) Reason for
                                                    and Human Services (NACRHHS).            ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,                                                              contacting Be The Match®, (2) if the PSC
                                                                                             including the ICR Title, to the desk                                                          was able to answer questions and easy
                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul officer for HRSA, either by email to
                                                                                                                                                                                           to understand, (3) if the contact helped
                                                    Moore, Designated Federal Officer,       OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by                                                             the participant to feel better prepared to
                                                    NACRHHS, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane,        fax to 202–395–5806.                                                                          discuss transplant with their care team,
                                                    Room 17W41C, Rockville, Maryland         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To                                                           (4) increase in awareness of available
                                                    20857, telephone (301) 443–0835, fax     request a copy of the clearance requests
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                                                                                                                                                                                           resources, (5) timeliness of response,
                                                    (301) 443–2803 or by email at pmoore2@ submitted to OMB for review, email Lisa                                                         and (6) overall satisfaction.
                                                    hrsa.gov.                                Wright-Solomon, the HRSA Information                                                             Proposed changes to the survey
                                                                                             Collection Clearance Officer at                                                               instrument include updated references
                                                    Correction
                                                                                             paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 443–                                                         to the survey title and staff titles.
                                                      In the Federal Register, FR 2017–      1984.                                                                                         Changes to the questions include minor
                                                    23562 (October 31, 2017), please make    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                                                    changes to question one, changes to the
                                                    the following correction:                  Information Collection Request Title:                                                       instructions for questions three and
                                                                                             Be The Match® Patient Services Survey.                                                        four, and minor rewording of question


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesComments on this ICR should be received no later than December 13, 2017.
ContactTo request a copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, email Lisa Wright-Solomon, the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or call (301) 443-1984.
FR Citation82 FR 52309 

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