Notice2023-20101
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Maternal Health Portfolio Evaluation Design, OMB No. 0906-0059, Revision
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Published
September 18, 2023
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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 179 (Monday, September 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63965-63966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20101]
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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: Maternal
Health Portfolio Evaluation Design, OMB No. 0906-0059, 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 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 November
17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fa8a9b8a9f888d958891ba9288899bd49d958c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aadacbdacfd8ddc5d8c1eac2d8d9cb84cdc5dc">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 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#9feffeeffaede8f0edf4dff7edecfeb1f8f0e9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="94e4f5e4f1e6e3fbe6ffd4fce6e7f5baf3fbe2">[email protected]</span></a> or call Joella Roland, the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at (301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the information request collection title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Maternal Health Portfolio
Evaluation Design OMB No. 0906-0059--Revision.
Abstract: HRSA programs provide health care to people who are
geographically isolated, economically, or medically vulnerable. HRSA
programs help those in need of high quality primary health care, such
as pregnant women and mothers. Improving maternal health outcomes and
access to quality maternity care services is a key component of the
HRSA mission. HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau provides funding
to address some of the most urgent issues influencing the high rates of
maternal mortality. With this emphasis on improving maternal health
across the life course and promoting optimal health for all mothers,
HRSA is employing a multipronged strategy to address maternal mortality
and severe maternal morbidity through the following programs:
1. The State Maternal Health Innovation Program,
2. The Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health Program,
3. The Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health--Community Care
Initiative,
4. The Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies
Program, and
5. The Supporting Maternal Health Innovation Program.
HRSA is conducting a portfolio-wide evaluation of HRSA-supported
Maternal Health Programs with a primary focus on reducing maternal
mortality. Through this evaluation, HRSA seeks to identify individual
and/or collective strategies, interrelated activities, and common
themes within and across the Maternal Health Programs that may be
contributing to or driving improvements in key maternal health
outcomes. HRSA seeks to ascertain which components should be elevated
and replicated to the national level, as well as inform future
investments to reduce rates of maternal mortality and severe maternal
morbidity.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA seeks to understand
the impact of HRSA's investments into maternal health programs. These
five HRSA maternal health programs represent a total of 12 state-based
grantees and three grantees with the potential for national reach. In
understanding the strategies that are most effective in reducing
maternal morbidity and mortality, HRSA will be able to determine which
program elements could be replicated and/or scaled up nationally.
Likely Respondents: Likely respondents are recipients of the
cooperative agreements mentioned above (State Maternal Health
Innovation Program, Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health Program,
Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health--Community Care Initiative,
and Supporting Maternal Health Innovation Program) which include state
health agencies, national organizations, and academic organizations.
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
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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.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number Average burden
Form name Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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Instrument 1: Interview guide 60 1.0 60 1.125 67.50
for grantee staff..............
Instrument 2: Interview guide 7 1.0 7 1.500 10.50
for HRSA Project Officers......
Instrument 3: Partnership Survey 290 .5 145 0.250 36.25
Instrument 4: Web-based data 12 1.0 12 0.500 6.00
collection tool................
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Total....................... 369 .............. 224 .............. 120.25
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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.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2023-20101 Filed 9-15-23; 8:45 am]
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