Notice2022-20717
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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Published
September 26, 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 185 (Monday, September 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58359-58360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20717]
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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 October
26, 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
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
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#681809180d1a1f071a0328001a1b09460f071e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bfcfdecfdacdc8d0cdd4ffd7cdccde91d8d0c9">[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 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.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on May 25, 2022
(87 FR 31893). There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: 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 would close a
data gap in program performance.
The Public Health Service (PHS) Act authorizes the 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)). PHS Act section 799(c)
specifically authorizes the Secretary to ensure that such data
collection takes
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into account age, sex, race, and ethnicity and sections 806(b) and (f)
specifically provide 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 expand the workforce
and help increase access to health care.
The SDS Application Program Specific Form seeks to assist HRSA in
assessing applicants for the SDS Program, which is to make 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 PHS 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 three 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 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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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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BHW Program Specific Form....... 2,069 1 2,069 14 28,966
SDS Application Program Specific 323 1 323 31 10,013
Form...........................
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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. 2022-20717 Filed 9-23-22; 8:45 am]
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