Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Revisions to Recordkeeping To Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 in Head Start (OMB #: 0970-0583)
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The Office of Head Start (OHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, requests public comment on an extension with changes to recordkeeping requirements for ACF Head Start grant recipients. A Final Rule published on January 6, 2023, added a recordkeeping requirement that Head Start grant recipients update their program policies and procedures to include an evidence-based COVID-19 mitigation policy. OHS requested and received emergency approval from OMB to implement the updated recordkeeping requirement as required in the Final Rule. Approval was for 6 months. Subsequently, a final rule was published on June 26, 2023, which removed all previously approved vaccination recordkeeping requirements and the requirement to maintain a testing protocol. This request is to remove these requirements from the information collection and extend approval of the remaining recordkeeping requirement under this OMB number for an additional 3 years.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 125 (Friday, June 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42369-42370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13893]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review;
Revisions to Recordkeeping To Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 in Head
Start (OMB #: 0970-0583)
AGENCY: Office of Head Start; Administration for Children and Families;
Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Head Start (OHS), Administration for Children
and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
requests public comment on an extension with changes to recordkeeping
requirements for ACF Head Start grant recipients. A Final Rule
published on January 6, 2023, added a recordkeeping requirement that
Head Start grant recipients update their program policies and
procedures to include an evidence-based COVID-19 mitigation policy. OHS
requested and received emergency approval from OMB to implement the
updated recordkeeping requirement as required in the Final Rule.
Approval was for 6 months. Subsequently, a final rule was published on
June 26, 2023, which removed all previously approved vaccination
recordkeeping requirements and the requirement to maintain a testing
protocol. This request is to remove these requirements from the
information collection and extend approval of the remaining
recordkeeping requirement under this OMB number for an additional 3
years.
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DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB is required to
make a decision concerning the collection of information between 30 and
60 days after publication of this document in the Federal Register.
Therefore, a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB
receives it within 30 days of publication.
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 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by
emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1b72757d74787477777e786f7274755b7a787d35737368357c746d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="96fff8f0f9f5f9fafaf3f5e2fff9f8d6f7f5f0b8fefee5b8f1f9e0">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all emailed requests by
the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The final rule on January 6, 2023, added a requirement
that Head Start grant recipients update their program policies and
procedures to include an evidence-based COVID-19 mitigation policy
developed in consultation with their Health Services Advisory
Committee. This is the only remaining recordkeeping requirement in this
information collection. Vaccination and testing protocol recordkeeping
requirements and associated burdens have been removed.
Respondents: Recipients of Head Start funding.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Average burden
Instrument Total number of Responses per hours per Annual burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Grant Recipient Updating Program Policies 160 1 2 320
and Procedures.............................
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Authority: 45 CFR part 1302.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-13893 Filed 6-29-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-40-P
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