Notice2022-11230
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request Bureau of Health Workforce Program Specific Form; OMB No. 0915-XXXX-New
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May 25, 2022
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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 87, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31893-31894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11230]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request Bureau of Health Workforce Program Specific
Form; OMB No. 0915-XXXX-New
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 July 25,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e49485948196938b968fa48c969785ca838b92"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83f3e2f3e6f1f4ecf1e8c3ebf1f0e2ade4ecf5">[email protected]</span></a> or by mail to 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#d4a4b5a4b1a6a3bba6bf94bca6a7b5fab3bba2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e797869782959088958ca78f959486c9808891">[email protected]</span></a> or call Samantha Miller,
the acting HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-
9094.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the information collection request title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Bureau of Health Workforce
(BHW) Program Specific Form OMB No. 0915-XXXX-New
Abstract: HRSA seeks to collect disparity related data on two
forms, the Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) Program Specific Form and
the Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) Application Program
Specific Form. This clearance request is for approval of both forms.
The SDS Application Program Specific Form is currently approved under
OMB Approval No. 0915-0149 with the expiration date of November 30,
2022. For programmatic efficiency, HRSA is consolidating this previous
separate ICR with this new ICR and will be discontinuing OMB No. 0915--
0149.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Currently, disparity
related data is not uniformly collected from applicants across all BHW
programs. Historically, only the SDS Program collects disparity related
data from applicants. In addition to the SDS data, HRSA seeks to obtain
general demographic data for its other health workforce programs to
assess the experience and performance of applicants in strengthening
the health workforce and the populations in which they serve. Examples
of this data include but are not limited to:
<bullet> Demographic Information: Students/trainees gender, race,
and ethnicity;
<bullet> Class Enrollment Information: Student/trainees from
disadvantaged backgrounds; and
<bullet> Graduate Service Information: Graduates or program
completers serving in Medically Underserved Communities, rural
communities and in primary care.
Collecting disparity related data from BHW applicants will close an
important data gap.
The Public Health Service Act authorizes the Secretary of Health
and Human Services (Secretary) to collect data for workforce
information and analysis activities for BHW's Title VII and VIII
programs in sections 799(c) and 806(b) and (f) (42 U.S.C. 295o-1(c); 42
U.S.C 296e(b) and (f)). The Public Health Service Act section 799(c)
specifically authorizes the Secretary to ensure that such data
collection takes into account age, sex, race, and ethnicity and
sections 806(b) and (f) specifically provides the Secretary with
authority to collect information and carry out workforce analytical
activities. Collecting these data in the HRSA Electronic Handbook will
help grant reviewers, policy makers, and HRSA staff make decisions that
promote the health equity mission of the Department.
The SDS Application Program Specific Form seeks to assist HRSA in
assessing applicants for the SDS Program, which makes grant awards to
eligible schools to provide scholarships to full-time, financially
needy students from disadvantaged backgrounds enrolled in health
professions programs. To qualify for participation in the SDS program,
a school must be carrying out a program for recruiting and retaining
students from disadvantaged backgrounds, including students who are
members of racial and ethnic minority groups, as required by section
737(d)(1)(B) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C 293a(d)(1)(B)).
To meet this requirement, a school must provide data via the SDS
Application Program Specific Form that at least 20 percent of the
school's full-time enrolled students and graduates are from a
disadvantaged background.
The SDS Application Program Specific form previously approved under
OMB Control No. 0915-0149 does not include substantive changes. Both
forms will be used to collect 3 years of student and participant data
from BHW program applicants only.
Likely Respondents: Respondents vary by the specific program and
are determined by each program's eligibility, to include but are not
limited to the following: Accredited schools of
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nursing with advanced education nursing programs; accredited allopathic
schools of medicine; accredited schools of osteopathic medicine,
dentistry, pharmacy, and graduate programs in behavioral or mental
health; schools of nursing; nurse managed health clinics/centers;
academic health centers; state or local governments; public or private
nonprofit entities determined appropriate by the Secretary; and
consortiums and partnerships of eligible entities when applicable.
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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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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BHW Program Specific Form....... 2,069 1 2,069 14 28,966
SDS Application Program Specific 323 1 323 31 10,013
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Total....................... 2,392 .............. 2,392 .............. 38,979
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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. 2022-11230 Filed 5-24-22; 8:45 am]
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