Notice2021-20650
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Bureau of Health Workforce Performance Data Collection, OMB No. 0915-0061-Revision
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September 24, 2021
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 183 (Friday, September 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53069-53070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20650]
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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: Bureau of
Health Workforce Performance Data Collection, OMB No. 0915-0061--
Revision
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 should be received no later than November
23, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cbbbaabbaeb9bca4b9a08ba3b9b8aae5aca4bd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2e5e4f5e4b5c59415c456e465c5d4f00494158">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#027263726770756d7069426a7071632c656d74"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8fffeeffeafdf8e0fde4cfe7fdfceea1e8e0f9">[email protected]</span></a> or call Samantha Miller,
the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-9094.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the information request collection title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Bureau of Health Workforce
Performance Data Collection, OMB No. 0915-0061--Revision.
Abstract: Over 40 Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) programs award
grants to health professions schools and training programs across the
United States to develop, expand, and enhance training, and to
strengthen the distribution of the health workforce. These programs are
governed by the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.),
specifically Titles III, VII, and VIII. Performance information is
collected in the HRSA Performance Report for Grants and Cooperative
Agreements. Data collection activities consisting of an annual progress
and annual performance report satisfy statutory and programmatic
requirements for performance measurement and evaluation (including
specific Title III, VII and VIII requirements), as well as Government
Performance and Results Act of 1993 and the Government Performance and
Results Act Modernization Act of 2010 requirements. The performance
measures were last revised in 2019 to ensure they addressed
programmatic changes, met evolving program management needs, and
responded to emerging workforce concerns. As these changes were
successful, BHW will continue with its current performance management
strategy and make only minor changes that reduce burden, simplify
reporting, and reflect new Department of Health and Human Services and
HRSA priorities as well as elements to enable longitudinal analysis of
program performance. An Excel upload feature will be implemented for a
majority of programs, discipline-related questions will be split into
two parts to make it easier for respondents to find the appropriate
answer, COVID-related questions are being added, additional information
is being collected for telehealth, and additional loan repayment
questions are being added.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The purpose of the
proposed data collection is to continue analysis and reporting of
grantee training activities and education, identify intended practice
locations, and report outcomes of funded initiatives.
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Data collected from these grant programs will also provide a
description of the program activities of approximately 1,630 reporting
grantees to inform policymakers on the barriers, opportunities, and
outcomes involved in health care workforce development. The proposed
measures focus on five key outcomes:
(1) Increasing the workforce supply of diverse well-educated
practitioners in needed professions,
(2) increasing the number of practitioners that practice in
underserved and rural areas,
(3) enhancing the quality of education,
(4) increasing the recruitment, training, and placement of under-
represented groups in the health workforce, and
(5) supporting educational infrastructure to increase the capacity
to train more health professionals in high demand areas.
Likely Respondents: Respondents are awardees of BHW health
professions grant programs.
Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the
information requested. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for
this ICR are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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Direct Financial Support Program 699 1 699 2.7 1887.3
Infrastructure Program.......... 142 1 142 6.2 880.4
Multipurpose or Hybrid Program.. 789 1 789 3.4 2682.6
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Total....................... 1630 .............. 1630 .............. 5450.3
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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.
[FR Doc. 2021-20650 Filed 9-23-21; 8:45 am]
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