Notice2023-27895
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Implement Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program 2022 Legislative Changes: Assessment of Administrative Burden
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Published
December 20, 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 243 (Wednesday, December 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88084-88085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27895]
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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: Implement
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program 2022
Legislative Changes: Assessment of Administrative Burden
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 February
20, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6e1e0f1e0b1c19011c052e061c1d0f40090118"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d1a1b0a1b4a3a6bea3ba91b9a3a2b0ffb6bea7">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N39, 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#f787968792858098859cb79f858496d9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ee9e8f9e8b9c99819c85ae869c9d8fc0898198">[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 ICR title for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Implement Maternal, Infant,
and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program 2022 Legislative Changes:
Assessment of Administrative Burden, OMB No. 0906-xxxx--[New].
Abstract: The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Public Law
117-328, Section 6101, the Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home
Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022 (Section 6101 of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2023) extended funding for the Maternal, Infant,
and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program for an additional 5
years and adopted new program requirements. This included a new
requirement for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to assess
and reduce burden on MIECHV funding recipients in administering the
program by (1) eliminating duplication and streamlining reporting
requirements; (2) analyzing ways, in consultation with administering
agencies (i.e., MIECHV funding recipients) to reduce the number of
hours spent on complying with paperwork requirements by at least 15
percent; (3) reviewing paperwork and data collection requirements for
tribal MIECHV funding recipients and exploring, in consultation with
tribes and tribal organizations, ways to reduce administrative burden,
respect sovereignty, and acknowledge the different focus points for
tribal funding recipients; (4) collecting input from relevant state
fiscal officials to align fiscal requirements and oversight for states
and eligible entities to ensure consistency with standards and
guidelines for other federal formula grant programs; and (5) consulting
with administering agencies and service delivery model representatives
on needed and unneeded data elements regarding the dashboards provided
for in newly added Social Security Act subsection 511(d)(1)(B),
consistent with the data requirements of such subsection.
Through this ICR, HRSA aims to survey state, jurisdiction, and
tribal MIECHV funding recipients to obtain feedback regarding potential
ways to reduce administrative burden, as described above. Home visiting
model developers will also be surveyed on potential ways to reduce
administrative burden in their work to refine data collection
requirements that align with MIECHV Program requirements.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Section 511(h)(6)(A) of
the Social Security Act requires the Secretary of Health and Human
Services to assess and reduce administrative burden on MIECHV funding
recipients. Information gained from this information collection will
inform recommendations to reduce administrative burden.
Likely Respondents: State and jurisdiction MIECHV Program funding
recipients that are states, territories, and, where applicable,
nonprofit organizations receiving MIECHV funding to provide home
visiting services within states; tribal MIECHV Program funding
recipients that are tribes and tribal organizations; and developers of
home visiting models that are eligible for MIECHV funding.
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.
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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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State and Jurisdiction MIECHV 56 1 56 1.25 70
Funding Recipient Survey.......
Tribal MIECHV Funding Recipient 28 1 28 1.25 35
Survey.........................
Home Visiting Model Developer 24 1 24 1.25 30
Survey.........................
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Total....................... 108 1 108 .............. 135
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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. 2023-27895 Filed 12-19-23; 8:45 am]
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