Notice2024-06141
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Applications for and Monitoring of New, One-Time Funding Programs Administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration, OMB Control No. 0906-XXXX-New
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Published
March 22, 2024
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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) concerning a proposed authorization to conduct the generic solution for solicitation for awards for HRSA-funded programs that provide one-time funding, including pilot programs. 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 89, Number 57 (Friday, March 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20484-20485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06141]
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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:
Applications for and Monitoring of New, One-Time Funding Programs
Administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration, OMB
Control No. 0906-XXXX--New
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) concerning a proposed authorization to conduct the generic
solution for solicitation for awards for HRSA-funded programs that
provide one-time funding, including pilot programs. 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 May 21,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5727362732252038253c173f25243679303821"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="156574657067627a677e557d6766743b727a63">[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#cdbdacbda8bfbaa2bfa68da5bfbeace3aaa2bb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7b0b1a0b1e090c1409103b1309081a551c140d">[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: Applications for and
Monitoring of New, One-Time Funding Programs Administered by the Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--OMB Control No. 0906-
xxxx--New.
Abstract: HRSA is seeking approval for a generic umbrella clearance
to collect applications for awards for HRSA-funded programs that
provide one-time funding, including pilot programs. Should any of these
pilot
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programs become permanent, HRSA will seek OMB clearance for these
programs using a mechanism outside of this generic umbrella clearance.
OMB guidance allows for the use of generic packages in cases where
there may be a need for a data collection, but the agency ``cannot
determine the details of the specific individual collections until a
later time.'' \1\ HRSA will only use this collection for HRSA-funded
programs that provide one-time funding, including pilot programs. HRSA
would only request OMB approval for collections under this generic
umbrella collection if the collection is low-burden, uncontroversial,
and is a one-time application.
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\1\ Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and
Agencies and Independent Regulatory Agencies (July 2016),
``Flexibilities under the Paperwork Reduction Act for Compliance
with Information Collection Requirements.'' Pages 4-5.
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Furthermore, if Congress appropriates additional funding for such a
program or HRSA uses the information from the applications for policy
decisions not related to funding awards, HRSA will prepare a standard
information collection request for that program, which will include the
required 60- and 30-day Federal Register notices.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA seeks to use an
umbrella generic clearance for HRSA-funded programs that provide one-
time funding, including pilot programs, so that funding can be awarded
expeditiously. Expeditious awarding of funding is helpful not only for
administrative ease, but also for cases where a pilot program or a
program receiving one-time funding has a statutory deadline for
completion. Approval of this proposed generic umbrella collection would
enable HRSA to collect information from individual and site applicants
and enable HRSA to make selection determinations for one-time awards in
a timely manner.
Information collections under this umbrella generic collection
would be applications for funding (solely providing applicants with an
opportunity to demonstrate their capabilities in accordance with HRSA's
statement of work or selection criteria and other related information)
and forms required for monitoring funding recipients. Following the
award, the awardee may also be required to provide progress reports or
additional documents.
Likely Respondents: Each fast-track ICR under this generic umbrella
ICR will specify the specific manner that respondents will be enlisted.
Respondents will vary by the specific program and are determined by
each program's eligibility, to include but are not limited to the
following: health providers and other paraprofessionals, health
facilities, accredited health professions schools or programs, State
and local governments, and other eligible entities.
Respondents will be recruited by means of information listed on
HRSA's website, or advertisements in public venues. The privacy of any
potential or actual respondents will be preserved to the extent
requested by participants and as permitted by law.
Once applicants are selected and awards are made, these awardees
will be respondents for monitoring collections such as progress
reports.
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.
HRSA intends to use this generic umbrella ICR for applications with
a low burden and monitoring awardees. To estimate the burden for this
collection, HRSA estimated how much time it would take for a respondent
to complete a 2-page application with typical fields used in current
collections that may fall under this generic umbrella ICR. HRSA then
calculated the average burden estimate from these ICRs for the purpose
of the estimate for this ICR. To estimate the burden for monitoring
funding recipients, HRSA estimated how much time it would take for
funding recipients to complete the average 2-page form used for program
monitoring. The total burden hours over a 3-year period estimated for
this ICR are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Burden Hours Over 3 Years
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Estimated Average number Estimated Average burden
Instrument name number of of responses total per response Total burden
respondents per respondent responses (in hours) hours
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Program Applications............ 5,000 1.5 7,500 1.75 13,125
Program Monitoring.............. 2,500 1.0 2,500 2.00 5,000
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Total....................... 7,500 .............. 10,000 .............. 18,125
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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. 2024-06141 Filed 3-21-24; 8:45 am]
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