Notice2024-13665
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program Measures
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Published
June 21, 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). 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 120 (Friday, June 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52069-52070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13665]
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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: Rural
Health Care Services Outreach Program Measures
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 August 20,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#700011001502071f021b30180203115e171f06"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7b0b1a0b1e090c1409103b1309081a551c140d">[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#eb9b8a9b8e999c849980ab8399988ac58c849d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b7c7d6c7d2c5c0d8c5dcf7dfc5c4d699d0d8c1">[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: Rural Health Care Services
Outreach Program Measures, OMB No. 0906-0009-Revision
Abstract: The Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program is
authorized by section 330A(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 254c(e)) to ``promote rural health care services outreach by
improving and expanding the delivery of health care services to include
new and enhanced services in rural areas.'' The goals for the Rural
Health Care Services Outreach Program are as follows: (1) expand the
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delivery of health care services in rural communities; (2) deliver
health care services through a strong consortium, in which every
consortium member organization is actively involved and engaged in the
planning and delivery of services; (3) utilize and/or adapt an
evidence-based or innovative, evidence-informed model(s) in the
delivery of health care services; and (4) improve population health and
demonstrate health outcomes and sustainability. HRSA collects
information from grant recipients that participate in this program
using an OMB-approved set of performance measures and seeks to extend
its approved information collection.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: For this program,
performance measures were drafted to provide data to the program and to
enable HRSA to provide aggregate program data required by Congress
under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993. These
measures cover the principal topic areas of interest to the Federal
Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), including: (1) access to care,
(2) population demographics, (3) consortium/network, (4)
sustainability, (5) project specific domains, and (6) clinical
measures. All measures will speak to FORHP's progress toward meeting
the goals set. FORHP collects this information to quantify the impact
of grant funding on access to health care, quality of services, and
improvement of health outcomes. FORHP uses the data for program
improvement and grantees use the data for performance tracking. No
substantive changes are proposed from the current data collection
effort; FORHP proposes updating hyperlinks for the clinical measures
and including an option for text entry to capture names of counties for
the number of counties served measure.
Likely Respondents: The respondents would be recipients of the
Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program grants.
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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Rural Health Care Services 61 1 61 7.5 457.5
Outreach Performance
Improvement Measurement System.
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Total....................... 61 .............. 61 .............. 457.5
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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. 2024-13665 Filed 6-20-24; 8:45 am]
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