Notice2022-26846
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network Program Data Collection-OMB No. 0915-xxxx-NEW
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December 9, 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 236 (Friday, December 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75639-75641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26846]
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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: Rural
Public Health Workforce Training Network Program Data Collection--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 February
7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#146475647166637b667f547c6667753a737b62"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="087869786d7a7f677a6348607a7b69266f677e">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N39, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 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#354554455047425a475e755d4746541b525a43"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2757465742555048554c674f55544609404851">[email protected]</span></a> or call Samantha Miller,
the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 594-4394.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Rural Public Health Workforce
Training Network (RPHWTN) Program Data Collection--OMB No. 0915-xxxx-
NEW.
Abstract: The RPHWTN program is authorized by Section 330A(f) of
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
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254c(f)). Furthermore, section 2501 of the American Rescue Plan Act of
2021 (ARP, Pub. L. 117-2) provides funding for the Department of Health
and Human Services to carry out activities related to expanding and
sustaining a public health workforce, including to respond to COVID-19.
The RPHWTN program, which is managed by the Federal Office of Rural
Health Policy at HRSA, intends to expand public health capacity by
supporting health care job development, training, and placement in
rural communities. This grant program intends to address the ongoing
critical need for trained public health professionals in health care
facilities serving rural communities by establishing networks that will
develop formal training/certification programs. The long-term objective
of this program is to enhance clinical and operational capacity to
adequately address population health needs of rural communities
negatively impacted by COVID-19, including long COVID-19. The HRSA
Office of Planning, Analysis, and Evaluation will work with the Federal
Office of Rural Health Policy to design and distribute surveys to
RPHWTN grantees and trainees, which will serve as program data
collection tools. Grantees will establish networks that support health
care job development, training, and placement in rural communities.
Trainees are individuals participating in the training programs made
possible through the RPHTWN-supported networks established by program
grantees.
To accomplish RPHWTN program goals, HRSA would like to collect the
following type of information from respondents:
<bullet> From grantees: training content, count of trainings and
attendees, specific strategies in supporting patients with long COVID-
19 and behavioral health needs, and trainee retention/completion.
<bullet> From trainees: limited demographic information (age, ZIP
code, race, and ethnicity), skills needed to fulfill roles in specific
tracks selected, skill assessment, professional and/or educational
experience, and career goals/intentions.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Per OMB memo M-21-20, the
ARP provides funding for critical resources to respond to the public
health crisis the nation faces resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The memo emphasizes the need for a swift government-wide response,
underscoring the need to ensure the public's trust in how the Federal
Government implements ARP programs and distributes ARP funding.
Accountability and transparency of Federal Government spending and
achieving results are necessary for effective stewardship of these
funds. To this end, Federal awarding agencies must collect recipient
performance reports in a manner that enables the Federal Government to
articulate the outcomes of Federal financial assistance to the American
people. HRSA seeks to collect performance information that measures
progress in achieving program goals and objectives, ensures payment
integrity, and demonstrates equity-oriented results--all while
minimizing the reporting burden to Federal financial assistance
recipients.
Data from grantees is necessary for understanding programmatic
activities supported by this HRSA investment, providing program
monitoring and oversight, assessing the sustainability of program-
supported activities, and ultimately affording HRSA the insights and
ability to make specific, evidence-informed policy and program
recommendations moving forward. To successfully accomplish the goals of
this program in supporting job development and training, it is also
crucial that HRSA receives a clear understanding of trainees' existing
and needed skillsets, their reception to/feedback about the trainings
they receive, and a sense of their potential career trajectories as
they pertain to the workforce training tracks specified by HRSA in the
program Notice of Funding Opportunity (HRSA-22-117).
There are several consequences of the Federal Government not
collecting the data for the RPHWTN program as described herein. These
include: (1) the inability to monitor grant activities and therefore
inability to ensure sufficient oversight of and accountability for this
HRSA investment, (2) a lost opportunity to better understand the
workforce capacity-building needs of the rural communities that HRSA
serves, and (3) a failure to gather key information that could
ultimately lead to more evidence-informed policy and program
recommendations in the future.
Likely Respondents: Respondents of these surveys will be RPHWTN
grantees and trainees.
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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Grantee Surveys................. 32 4 128 0.25 32
Trainee Surveys................. 500 4 2,000 0.25 500
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Total....................... 532 .............. 2,128 .............. 532
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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.
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2022-26846 Filed 12-8-22; 8:45 am]
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