Notice2023-12608
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request: Information Collection Request Title: Evaluation of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau's Autism CARES Act Initiative, OMB No. 0915-0335-Revision
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Published
June 13, 2023
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
In compliance with 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 113 (Tuesday, June 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38518-38519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12608]
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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:
Evaluation of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau's Autism CARES Act
Initiative, OMB No. 0915-0335-Revision
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with 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 July 13,
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, contact Samantha Miller, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9eeeffeefbece9f1ecf5def6ecedffb0f9f1e8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="304051405542475f425b70584243511e575f46">[email protected]</span></a> or call
301-443-3938.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the information request collection title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Evaluation of the Maternal
and Child Health Bureau's Autism CARES Act Initiative, OMB No. 0915-
0335--Revision.
Abstract: HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) provides
funds to support several programs related to autism, as authorized by
42 U.S.C. 280i-1 (title III, section 399BB of the Public Health Service
Act), as amended by the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research,
Education, and Support (CARES) Act of 2019 (Pub. L. 116-60). The Autism
CARES Act of 2019 emphasizes improving health outcomes and the well-
being of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental
Disabilities across the lifespan.
MCHB's programs related to autism fall within three distinct but
complementary areas--research, state systems, and training. The awards
advance research on early screening and interventions for autism and
developmental disabilities; improve the capacity of state public health
agencies to build and maintain coordinated systems of services for
individuals with autism and developmental disabilities; and train the
health care workforce to screen, refer, and provide services for
children and youth with autism and developmental disabilities. MCHB
currently funds 12 programs and 95 awardees. HRSA seeks to implement
annual comprehensive evaluations of MCHB's Autism CARES Initiative
investments.
This ICR is a revision to an existing package; this study is the
fifth evaluation of HRSA's autism activities and employs similar data
collection methodologies as the prior studies. Grantee interviews
remain the primary form of data collection. Minor proposed revisions to
the data collection process include modifications to the interview
questions and grantee survey based on current legislation and HRSA's
Notices of Funding Opportunity for programs authorized under the Autism
CARES Act. In addition, the previous data collection compiled survey
responses from all grantees, whereas this revised data collection will
only seek survey responses from the Research and State Systems
grantees. The previous data collection also included a quantitative
data collection form for the Research grantees that the current data
collection will not collect. These changes result in fewer burden hours
estimated across all primary data collection activities.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on March 21,
2023, vol. 88, No. 54; pp. 16995-16996. There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The purpose of this data
collection is to implement a comprehensive evaluation that describes
the activities, accomplishments, outcomes, barriers, and challenges of
the grant programs in implementing the provisions of the Autism CARES
Act. The data will be used to (1) conduct performance monitoring of the
programs; (2) provide credible and rigorous evidence of program
effectiveness; (3) meet program needs for accountability, decision-
making, and quality assurance; and (4) strengthen the evidence base for
best practices.
Likely Respondents: The survey respondents will include Principal
Investigators/Project Directors from the research programs and networks
(Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health, Autism
Intervention Research Network on Behavioral Health, MCHB Secondary Data
Analysis Research Program, Autism Field-Initiated Innovative Research
Studies Program, Autism Single Investigator Innovation Program, the
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Research Network, and the Healthy
Weight Research Network for Children with Autism and Other
Developmental Disabilities); and state systems programs (State
Innovations) and coordinating center (State Public Health Coordinating
Center for Autism). The respondents for the interviews will include
Principal Investigators/Project Directors from the research and state
systems programs above, and the training programs (Leadership Education
in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities program, the
Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics program, and the National
Interdisciplinary Training Resource Center).
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
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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 Average burden
Grant program/instrument Number of of responses Total per response Total hour
respondents per respondent responses (in hours) burden
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Research: Survey for individual 12 1 12 0.5 6.0
grantees.......................
Research: Survey for research 4 1 4 0.5 2.0
networks.......................
Research: Interview guide for 12 1 12 1.5 18.0
individual grantees............
Research: Interview guide for 4 1 4 1.5 6.0
research networks..............
State Systems: Survey for state 5 1 5 0.5 2.5
innovation grants..............
State Systems: Interview guide 5 1 5 1.5 7.5
for the state innovation grants
State Systems: Interview guide 1 1 1 1.5 1.5
for the state coordinating
center.........................
Training: Interview guide for 72 1 72 1.5 108.0
the individual training
grantees.......................
Training: Interview Guide for 1 1 2 1.5 3.0
the Resource Center............
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Total....................... 116 .............. 116 .............. 154.5
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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. 2023-12608 Filed 6-12-23; 8:45 am]
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