Notice2022-04413
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; MCH Jurisdictional Survey Instrument for the Title V MCH Block Grant Program, OMB No. 0906-0042-Extension
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March 3, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
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In compliance with of 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. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day comment period for this notice has closed.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 42 (Thursday, March 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12179-12181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04413]
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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; MCH Jurisdictional Survey
Instrument for the Title V MCH Block Grant Program, OMB No. 0906-0042--
Extension
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with of 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. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the
30-day comment period for this notice has closed.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than April 4,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
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within 30 days of publication of this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information collection by selecting
``Currently under Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Samantha Miller, the acting
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dfafbeafbaada8b0adb49fb7adacbef1b8b0a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fc8c9d8c998e8b938e97bc948e8f9dd29b938a">[email protected]</span></a> or
call (301) 443-9094.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: Maternal and Child Health
(MCH) Jurisdictional Survey Instrument for the Title V MCH Block Grant
Program, OMB No. 0906-0042--Extension.
Abstract: The purpose of the title V MCH Block Grant is to improve
the health of the Nation's mothers, infants, children, including
children with special health care needs, and their families by creating
federal/state partnerships that provide each state/jurisdiction with
needed flexibility to respond to its individual MCH population needs.
Unique to the MCH Block Grant is a commitment to performance
accountability, while assuring state flexibility. Utilizing a three-
tiered national performance measure framework, which includes National
Outcome Measures, National Performance Measures, and Evidence-Based and
-Informed Strategy Measures, State Title V programs report annually on
their performance relative to the selected national performance and
outcome measures. Such reporting enables the state and federal program
offices to assess the progress achieved in key MCH priority areas and
to document Title V program accomplishments.
By legislation (section 505(a) and 506(a) of title V of the Social
Security Act), the MCH Block Grant Application/Annual Report must be
developed by, or in consultation with, state MCH health agencies. In
establishing state reporting requirements, HRSA's Maternal and Child
Health Bureau considers the availability of national data from other
federal agencies. Data for the national performance and outcome
measures are pre-populated for states in the title V Information
System. National data sources identified for the National Performance
Measures and National Outcome Measures in the MCH Block Grant program
seldom include data from the Title V jurisdictions, with the exception
of the District of Columbia. The eight remaining jurisdictions (i.e.,
American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands,
Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands)
have limited access to significant data and MCH indicators, with
limited capacity for collecting these data.
Sponsored by HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the MCH
Jurisdictional Survey is designed to produce data on the physical and
emotional health of mothers and children under 18 years of age in the
following eight jurisdictions--American Samoa, Federated States of
Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau,
Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. More specifically, the MCH
Jurisdictional Survey collects information on factors related to the
well-being of children, including health status, visits to health care
providers, health care costs, and health insurance coverage. In
addition, the MCH Jurisdictional Survey collects information on factors
related to the well-being of mothers, including health risk behaviors,
health conditions, and preventive health practices. Collecting this
data will enable the jurisdictions to meet federal performance
reporting requirements and to demonstrate the impact of Title V funding
relative to MCH outcomes for the U.S. jurisdictions in reporting on
their unique MCH priority needs.
The MCH Jurisdictional Survey was designed based on information-
gathering activities with Title V leadership and program staff in the
jurisdictions, experts at the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and other organizations with relevant data collection
experience. Survey items are based on the National Survey of Children's
Health; the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; the Youth
Behavior Surveillance System; and selected other federal studies. The
Survey is designed as a core questionnaire to be administered across
all jurisdictions with a supplemental set of survey questions
customized to the needs of each jurisdiction.
A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register, 86 FR 50365
(September 8, 2021). There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Data from the MCH
Jurisdictional Survey will be used to measure progress on national
performance and outcome measures under the Title V MCH Block Grant
Program. This survey instrument is critical in order to collect
information on factors related to the well-being of all mothers,
children, and their families in the jurisdictional Title V programs,
and which address their unique MCH needs.
HRSA is asking to update the previously approved question and
response options for, ``What is this child's race?'' The updated
question would ask, ``What is this child's race and ethnicity?''
Updated response options would include an expanded list of races and
ethnicities prevalent in the Pacific Basin (specifically: Tongan,
Saipanese, Mortlockese, Kosraen, Carolinian, Palauan, Pohnpeian,
Yapese, Chuukese, and Marshallese). These changes are based on feedback
from the program staff in the Jurisdictions and interviewers who
indicated that some respondents were unsure about how to answer since
they did not identify with any of the races and ethnicities listed, as
well as on review of the data from 2019-2022. Participants in the
Pacific Basin often struggled to choose a response from the available
list and would default to selecting ``other Pacific Islander, please
specify.'' Furthermore, the lack of additional race and ethnicity
detail made it difficult for Jurisdictional title V Programs to
properly analyze data and apply results to title V programming. The
additional response options represent the most frequent responses
received from participants to the ``other Pacific Islander, please
specify'' item. This question is asked one time for each child included
in the screener (questions A6, A17, A28, and A39).
1. Is this child of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin?
1. No, not of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin
2. Yes, Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano
3. Yes, Puerto Rican
4. Yes, Cuban
5. Yes, another Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin.
Please specify--------------------------------------------------------
2. What is this child's race or ethnicity? Select one or more:
1. White
2. Black or African American
3. American Indian or Alaska Native
Please specify
4. Asian Indian
5. Chinese
6. Filipino
7. Japanese
8. Korean
9. Vietnamese
10. Other Asian
Please specify--------------------------------------------------------
11. Native Hawaiian
12. Guamanian or Chamorro
13. Samoan
14. Tongan
15. Saipanese
16. Mortlockese
17. Kosraen
18. Carolinian
19. Palauan
20. Pohnpeian
21. Yapese
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22. Chuukese
23. Marshallese
24. Other Pacific Islander
Please specify--------------------------------------------------------
Likely Respondents: The respondent universe is women age 18 or
older who live in one of the eight targeted U.S. jurisdictions (Puerto
Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American
Samoa, Palau, Marshall Islands, or Federated States of Micronesia) and
who are mothers or guardians of at least one child aged 0-17 years
living in the same household.
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.
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Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Burden Total
Type of respondent Form name respondents responses per responses response hours per burden
respondent (in hours) form hours
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Adult Parents--Puerto Rico............... Screener.................... 2,480 1 2,480 0.03 74.40 299.40
Core........................ 250 1 250 0.83 207.50
Jurisdiction Module......... 250 1 250 0.07 17.50
Adult Parents--U.S. Virgin Islands....... Screener.................... 2,153 1 2,153 0.03 64.59 289.59
Core........................ 250 1 250 0.83 207.50
Jurisdiction Module......... 250 1 250 0.07 17.50
Adult Parents--Guam...................... Screener.................... 684 1 684 0.03 20.52 245.52
Core........................ 250 1 250 0.83 207.50
Jurisdiction Module......... 250 1 250 0.07 17.50
Adult Parents--American Samoa............ Screener.................... 426 1 426 0.03 12.78 232.78
Core........................ 250 1 250 0.83 207.50
Jurisdiction Module......... 250 1 250 0.05 12.50
Adult Parents--Federated States of Screener.................... 339 1 339 0.03 10.17 230.17
Micronesia.
Core........................ 250 1 250 0.83 207.50
Jurisdiction Module......... 250 1 250 0.05 12.50
Adult Parents--Marshall Islands.......... Screener.................... 284 1 284 0.03 8.52 236.02
Core........................ 250 1 250 0.83 207.50
Jurisdiction Module......... 250 1 250 0.08 20.00
Adult Parents--Northern Mariana Islands.. Screener.................... 470 1 470 0.03 14.10 241.60
Core........................ 250 1 250 0.83 207.50
Jurisdiction Module......... 250 1 250 0.08 20.00
Adult Parents--Palau..................... Screener.................... 467 1 467 0.03 14.01 226.51
Core........................ 250 1 250 0.83 207.50
Jurisdiction Module......... 250 1 250 0.02 5.00
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Total................................ ............................ 7,303 .............. 7,303 ........... ........... 2,001.59
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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. 2022-04413 Filed 3-2-22; 8:45 am]
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