Notice2023-07275
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program
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Published
April 7, 2023
Issuing agencies
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 88, Number 67 (Friday, April 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20893-20894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07275]
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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
Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program
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 June 6,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fc8c9d8c998e8b938e97bc948e8f9dd29b938a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a8d8c9d8cddadfc7dac3e8c0dadbc986cfc7de">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 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#99e9f8e9fcebeef6ebf2d9f1ebeaf8b7fef6ef"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="adddccddc8dfdac2dfc6edc5dfdecc83cac2db">[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 Maternity and
Obstetrics Management Strategies Program, OMB No. 0906-xxxx-New.
Abstract: HRSA administers the Rural Maternity and Obstetrics
Management Strategies (RMOMS) Program, which is authorized by sections
501(a)(2) and 711(b)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701(a)(2)
and 912(b)(5), respectively), and sections 330A(e) and 330A-2 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c(e) and 254c-1b,
respectively). These authorities allow HRSA to, among other things,
award grants to promote rural health care services outreach by
improving and expanding the delivery of health care services to include
new and enhanced services in rural areas, through community engagement
and evidence-based or innovative, evidence-informed models; as well as
establish or continue collaborative improvement and innovation networks
to improve access to, and delivery of, maternity and obstetrics care in
rural areas.
The RMOMS program grants support networks that improve access to,
and continuity of, maternal and obstetrics care in rural communities.
The goals of the RMOMS program are to: (1) improve maternal and
neonatal outcomes within a rural region; (2) develop a sustainable
network approach to increase the delivery and access of preconception,
prenatal, pregnancy, labor and delivery, and postpartum services; (3)
develop a safe delivery environment with the support and access to
specialty care for perinatal patients and infants; and (4) develop
sustainable financing models for the provision of maternal and
obstetrics care in rural hospitals and communities.
HRSA seeks OMB approval to collect information about RMOMS program
grants using performance measures in HRSA's Electronic Handbooks via
the Performance Improvement and Measurement System.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: For this program,
performance measures were drafted to provide data to the program and
enable HRSA to provide aggregate program data required by Congress
under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993. These
measures cover the principal topic areas of interest to the Federal
Office of Rural Health Policy, including: (1) consortium/network; (2)
sustainability; (3) population demographics; (4) project specific
domains. The annual collection of this information helps further inform
and substantiate the focus and objectives of the RMOMS program.
Likely Respondents: The respondents will be recipients of the Rural
Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program awards.
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
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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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Rural Maternity and Obstetrics 10 1 10 9 90
Management Strategies Program
Performance Improvement and
Measurement System.............
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10 .............. 10 .............. 90
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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. 2023-07275 Filed 4-6-23; 8:45 am]
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