Notice2023-23031
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Bureau of Health Workforce Performance Data Collection, OMB No. 0915-0061-Revision
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Published
October 19, 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 201 (Thursday, October 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72086-72087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23031]
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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: Bureau of
Health Workforce Performance Data Collection, OMB No. 0915-0061--
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 December
18, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ddadbcadb8afaab2afb69db5afaebcf3bab2ab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="95e5f4e5f0e7e2fae7fed5fde7e6f4bbf2fae3">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA
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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#621203120710150d1009220a1011034c050d14"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f48495849186839b869fb49c868795da939b82">[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: Bureau of Health Workforce
Performance Data Collection, OMB No. 0915-0061--Revision.
Abstract: Over 50 Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) programs award
grants to health professions schools and training programs across the
United States to develop, expand, and enhance training, and to
strengthen the distribution of the health workforce. These programs are
governed by titles III, VII, and VIII of the Public Health Service Act.
Performance information is collected in the HRSA Performance Report for
Grants and Cooperative Agreements. Data collection activities
consisting of an annual progress report and an annual performance
report satisfy statutory and programmatic requirements for performance
measurement and evaluation (including specific title III, VII and VIII
requirements), as well as Government Performance and Results Act of
1993 (GPRA), the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010, and the Foundations
for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 requirements. The
performance measures were last revised in 2022 to ensure they addressed
programmatic changes, met evolving program management needs, and
responded to emerging workforce concerns. As these changes were
successful, BHW will continue with its current performance management
strategy and make additional changes that reduce burden, simplify
reporting, reflect new Department of Health and Human Services and HRSA
priorities, and enable longitudinal analysis of program performance.
Specifically, an Excel upload feature was implemented for all programs
to reduce burden. Questions on partnerships were revised and
standardized across forms to understand the type and purposes of
partnerships associated with grant funding. Employment-related
questions were standardized across programs and forms to provide
consistent outcomes on employment location, type of employment, and
hiring organization. New questions were added for programs using
apprenticeships. Specifically, questions were added to measure
additional employment outcomes including role at the employment site
and vulnerable populations served and to measure program satisfaction
and types of competencies graduates were ready to perform.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The purpose of the
proposed data collection is to continue analysis and reporting of
grantee training activities and education, identify details about the
practice locations where trainees work (or plan to work) after program
completion, and report outcomes of funded initiatives. Data collected
from these grant programs will also provide a description of the
program activities of approximately 1,828 reporting grantees to inform
policymakers on the barriers, opportunities, and outcomes involved in
health care workforce development. The proposed measures focus on four
key outcomes:
(1) increasing the workforce supply of well-educated practitioners
in needed professions,
(2) increasing the number of practitioners that practice in
underserved and rural areas,
(3) enhancing the quality of education, and
(4) supporting educational infrastructure to increase the capacity
to train more health professionals in high demand areas.
Likely Respondents: Respondents are awardees of BHW health
professions grant programs.
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.
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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Direct Financial Support Program 619 1 619 2.7 1,671.3
Infrastructure Program.......... 219 1 219 4.8 1,051.2
Multipurpose or Hybrid Program.. 1,044 1 1,044 3.1 3,236.4
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Total....................... 1,882 .............. 1,882 .............. 5,958.9
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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. 2023-23031 Filed 10-18-23; 8:45 am]
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