Notice2022-05719
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Rural Health Clinic COVID-19 Reporting Portal, OMB No. 0906-0056-Revision
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Published
March 18, 2022
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
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 53 (Friday, March 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15440-15441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05719]
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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; Rural Health Clinic COVID-
19 Reporting Portal, OMB No. 0906-0056--Revision
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 18,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent 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
[[Page 15441]]
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#5b2b3a2b3e292c3429301b3329283a753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="552534253027223a273e153d2726347b323a23">[email protected]</span></a> or
call (301) 443-9094.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: Rural Health Clinic COVID-19
(RHC COVID-19) Reporting Portal, OMB No. 0906-0056--Revision.
Abstract: In October 2020, HRSA's Federal Office of Rural Health
Policy (FORHP) created a monthly, aggregate data report to collect
information on COVID-19 testing and related expenses conducted by
funded organizations participating in the RHC COVID-19 Testing (RHCCT)
Program funded through the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care
Enhancement Act (Pub. L. 116-139). FORHP is expanding this data report
to collect information on COVID-19 testing, COVID-19 mitigation, and
related expenses conducted by funded organizations participating in the
RHC COVID-19 Testing and Mitigation (RHCCTM) Program funded through the
American Rescue Plan Act (Pub. L. 117-2). Funded organizations were
identified by Tax Identification Number (TIN), and a TIN organization
may operate one or more RHC sites which were identified by unique CMS
Certification Numbers. Respondents are TIN organizations who received
funding for COVID-19 testing, COVID-19 mitigation, and related
expenses. HRSA issued RHCCTM funding as one-time payments to 2,301 TIN
organizations based on the number of certified RHC sites they operate,
providing $100,000 per clinic site (4,459 RHC sites total across the
country). Data report information is needed to comply with federal
requirements to monitor funds distributed under the Paycheck Protection
Program and Health Care Enhancement Act and the American Rescue Plan
Act.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register, 87 FR 103
(January 3, 2022). There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The RHC COVID-19
Reporting Portal collects information from RHC-funded providers who use
RHCCT Program funding and RHCCTM Program funding to support COVID-19
testing, expand access to testing in rural communities, and other
related expenses. The RHC COVID-19 Reporting Portal also collects
information from RHC-funded providers who use RHCCTM Program funding to
support COVID-19 mitigation and other related expenses. These data are
critical to meet FORHP's requirements to monitor and report on how
federal funding is being used and to measure the effectiveness of the
RHCCT Program and RHCCTM Program. Revisions include a confirmation page
for TIN organization self-certification following completion of each
program after the period of availability. Specifically, these data will
be used to assess the following:
<bullet> Whether program funds are being spent for their intended
purposes;
<bullet> COVID-19 testing or testing related use(s) of RHCCTM
funds;
<bullet> COVID-19 mitigation or mitigation related use(s) of RHCCTM
funds;
<bullet> Where COVID-19 testing supported by these funds is
occurring;
<bullet> Number of at-home (i.e., home collection; direct-to-
consumer; over-the-counter) COVID-19 tests distributed (optional);
<bullet> Number of COVID-19 tests;
<bullet> Number of positive COVID-19 tests;
<bullet> TIN organizations self-certification of complete
expenditure of RHCCT Program funds and/or full or partial return of
RHCCT Program funds; and
<bullet> TIN organizations self-certification of complete
expenditure of RHCCTM Program funds and/or full or partial return of
RHCCTM Program funds.
Likely Respondents: Respondents are TIN organizations who own or
operate one or more RHC who received funding for COVID-19 testing,
COVID-19 mitigation, and related expenses.
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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RHC COVID-19 Reporting Portal... 2,301 19 43,719 0.33 14,427
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Total....................... 2,301 .............. 43,719 .............. 14,427
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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. 2022-05719 Filed 3-17-22; 8:45 am]
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