Notice2023-03388
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request
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Published
February 17, 2023
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
In compliance with of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA 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 88, Number 33 (Friday, February 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10358-10359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03388]
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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: Healthy Start Evaluation and
Quality Improvement, OMB No. 0915-0338--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 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 March 20,
2023.
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 a copy of the clearance
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Samantha Miller, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c8b8a9b8adbabfa7baa388a0babba9e6afa7be"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4b3b2a3b2e393c2439200b2339382a652c243d">[email protected]</span></a> or call
301-594-4394.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Healthy Start Evaluation and
Quality Improvement OMB No. 0915-0338--Revision.
Abstract: The National Healthy Start Program, authorized by 42
U.S.C. 254c-8 (section 330H of the Public Health Service Act), and
funded through HRSA, has the goal to improve health outcomes before,
during, and after pregnancy, and reduce racial/ethnic differences in
rates of infant death and adverse perinatal outcomes. The program began
as a demonstration project with 15 grantees in 1991 and has expanded
since then to 101 grantees across 35 states; Puerto Rico; and
Washington, DC. Healthy Start grantees operate in communities with
rates of infant mortality at least 1.5 times the U.S. national average
and high rates for other adverse perinatal outcomes. These communities
are often low-income and located in geographically, racially,
ethnically, and linguistically diverse areas. Healthy Start offers
services during the perinatal period (before, during, after pregnancy)
and the program works with women, men, and infants/children through the
first 18 months after birth. The Healthy Start program pursues four
goals: (1) improve women's health, (2) improve family health and
wellness, (3) promote systems change, and (4) assure impact and
effectiveness. Over the past few years, HRSA has sought to implement a
uniform set of data elements for monitoring and conducting an
evaluation to assess grantees' progress towards these program goals.
Under the current OMB approval, the data collection instruments for the
program's reporting requirements include three participant-level
screening tools: (1) Background, (2) Prenatal, and (3) Parenting
Information.
In this proposed revision, HRSA plans to retain the participant-
level tools as approved by OMB in 2020; however, HRSA did introduce
minor changes to the forms. These changes included only the following:
correction of typos, addition of response options (e.g., ``don't
know,'' ``declined to answer''), and clarification of instructions. The
purpose of these minor changes is to improve the quality of the
instruments and make it easier for the respondents to complete the
forms. The improved instructions should reduce confusion in completing
the forms. Adding additional response options will eliminate forced
responses that do not represent the participant's intent and will
increase response accuracy.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register, Vol. 87, No.
203, FR 64065-64066 (Friday, October 21, 2022). There were no public
comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The purpose of the
revised data collection instruments will be to assess grantee and
participant-level progress towards meeting Healthy Start program
performance measures. The data will be used to conduct ongoing
performance monitoring of the program, thus meeting program needs for
accountability, programmatic decision-making, and ongoing quality
assurance.
Likely Respondents: For the General Background, Prenatal, and
Parenting Information participant-level forms, respondents include
pregnant women, women of reproductive age, and men who are served by
the Healthy Start program.
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 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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General Background Form......... * 45,700 1 45,700 .30 13,710
Prenatal........................ * 30,300 1 30,300 .10 3,030
Parenting....................... * 30,300 1 30,300 .25 7,575
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Total....................... 106,300 .............. 106,300 .............. 24,315
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* All adult participants (45,700) complete the General Background form, and a subset of these same individuals
(30,300) also complete the Prenatal or Parenting forms for total of 106,300 responses.
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 and utility 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. 2023-03388 Filed 2-16-23; 8:45 am]
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