Notice2023-05485
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Data Collection Tool for State Offices of Rural Health Grant Program
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Published
March 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 52 (Friday, March 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16453-16454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05485]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
[OMB No. 0915-0322--Extension]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Data
Collection Tool for State Offices of Rural Health Grant Program
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.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than April 17,
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#4c3c2d3c293e3b233e270c243e3f2d622b233a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="abdbcadbced9dcc4d9c0ebc3d9d8ca85ccc4dd">[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: Data Collection Tool for
State Offices of Rural Health Grant Program, OMB No. 0915-0322--
Extension.
Abstract: HRSA is requesting OMB approval to continue use of a
Technical Assistance (TA) Data Form for the State Offices of Rural
Health (SORH) Grant program established by section 338J of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254r). In its authorizing language (sec.
711 of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 912]), Congress charged
HRSA's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) with administering
grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to provide TA and other
activities as necessary to support activities related to improving
health care in rural areas. The mission of FORHP is to sustain and
improve access to quality health care services for rural communities.
This electronic form is used collect information from SORH grantees on
the amount of direct technical assistance they provide to clients
within their state.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on December 28,
2022, vol. 87, No. 248; pp. 79891-79892. There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: FORHP seeks to continue
gathering information from grantees on their efforts to provide TA to
clients within their state. SORH grantees submit a TA Report that
includes: (1) the total number of TA encounters provided directly by
the grantee; and (2) the total number of unduplicated clients that
received direct TA from the grantee. These measures will continue in
these three categories: (1) information disseminated, (2) information
created, and (3) collaborative efforts by topic area and type of
audience. These measures are used to obtain an accurate depiction of
the breadth of SORH work, based on recommendations from the grantees.
Submission of the TA Report is submitted via the HRSA Electronic
Handbook no later than 60 days after the end of each 12-month budget
period.
Grant dollars are awarded annually; therefore, this information is
needed annually by the program in order to measure effective use of
grant dollars consistently among all the grantees.
Likely Respondents: 50 State Offices of Rural Health award
recipients.
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.
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Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Instrument name Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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Technical Assistance Report..... 50 1 50 13.5 675
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Total....................... 50 .............. 50 .............. 675
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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. 2023-05485 Filed 3-16-23; 8:45 am]
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