Notice2025-01150
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Maternal and Child Health Jurisdictional Survey Instrument for the Title V MCH Block Grant Program
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January 17, 2025
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the review and approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day comment period for this notice has closed.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5913-5915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01150]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Maternal and Child Health
Jurisdictional Survey Instrument for the Title V MCH Block Grant
Program
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA
submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted
during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB
will accept further comments from the public during the review and
approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day
comment period for this notice has closed.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than February
18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Joella Roland, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at
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<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9cecfdecf9eeebf3eef7dcf4eeeffdb2fbf3ea"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9feffeeffaede8f0edf4dff7edecfeb1f8f0e9">[email protected]</span></a> or call (301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: Maternal and Child Health
Jurisdictional Survey Instrument for the Title V MCH Block Grant
Program, OMB No. 0906-0042--Revision.
Abstract: The purpose of the Title V Maternal and Child Health
(MCH) Services Block Grant is to improve the health of the nation's
mothers, infants, children, including children with special health care
needs, and their families by creating Federal/State partnerships that
provide each State/jurisdiction with needed flexibility to respond to
its individual MCH population needs. Unique to the MCH Block Grant is a
commitment to performance accountability, while assuring State
flexibility. Using a three-tiered national performance measure
framework, which includes National Outcome Measures, National
Performance Measures, and Evidence-Based and -Informed Strategy
Measures, State MCH Block Grant programs report annually on their
performance relative to the selected national performance and outcome
measures. Such reporting enables the State and Federal program offices
to assess the progress achieved in key MCH priority areas and to
document MCH Block Grant program accomplishments.
By legislation (section 505(a) and 506(a) of title V of the Social
Security Act), the MCH Block Grant Application/Annual Report must be
developed by, or in consultation with, the State MCH health agency. In
establishing State reporting requirements, HRSA considers the
availability of national data from Federal agencies. Data for the
National Performance and Outcome Measures are pre-populated for States
in the Title V Information System. Such national data sources often do
not include data from the title V jurisdiction grantees, with the
exception of the District of Columbia. As a result, the eight remaining
jurisdictions (i.e., American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, Puerto Rico, the
Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia,
and U.S. Virgin Islands) have limited access to significant data and
MCH indicators, with limited resources for collecting these data.
Sponsored by HRSA, the MCH Jurisdictional Survey is designed to
produce data on the physical and emotional health of mothers and
children under 18 years of age in the following eight jurisdictions:
American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
the Republic of Palau, Puerto Rico, the Republic of the Marshall
Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
More specifically, the MCH Jurisdictional Survey collects information
on factors related to the well-being of children, including health
status, visits to health care providers, health care costs, and health
insurance coverage. In addition, the MCH Jurisdictional Survey collects
information on factors related to the well-being of mothers, including
health risk behaviors, health conditions, and preventive health
practices. Collecting these data will enable the jurisdictions to meet
Federal performance reporting requirements and demonstrate the impact
of MCH Block Grant funding on MCH outcomes.
The MCH Jurisdictional Survey was designed based on information-
gathering activities with title V leadership and program staff in the
jurisdictions, Federal experts, and organizations with relevant data
collection experience. Survey items are based on the National Survey of
Children's Health, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, the
Youth Behavior Surveillance System, and selected other Federal studies.
The Survey is designed as a core questionnaire to be administered
across all jurisdictions with a supplemental set of survey questions
customized to the needs of each jurisdiction.
The MCH Jurisdictional Survey has been conducted annually since
2019, with several modifications to address emerging issues and
challenges related to survey questions and methods. The 2022 extension
(ICR 202203-0906-002) enhanced the detail in collecting demographic
data through race and ethnicity survey questions in response to
jurisdictional feedback. Since the 2022 extension, two non-substantive
change requests (ICRs: 202211-0906-001, and 202404-0906-002) allowed
for adjustments, such as refining hurricane-related questions, to make
them more general and increasing sample sizes.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on October 31,
2024, 89 FR 86822 and 86823. There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: There is an ongoing need
for future data collections, as data from the MCH Jurisdictional Survey
is used to measure progress on national performance and outcome
measures under the Title V MCH Services Block Grant Program. This
survey instrument is critical to collect information on factors related
to the well-being of all mothers, children, and their families in the
jurisdiction MCH Block Grant programs, which address their unique MCH
needs.
This revision enables continued data collection for Federal
reporting and to show the impact of MCH Block Grant funding on
jurisdiction MCH priorities. The current request proposes further
updates to survey questions to align with new Federal data standards,
including updated guidance from OMB on collecting information on race
and ethnicity.\1\ Updates also reflect program oversight and
administration needs.
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\1\ Office of Management and Budget, ``Revisions to OMB's
Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining,
Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity,''
Federal Register, 89 FR 22182 through 22190 (March 29, 2024),
<a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/29/2024-06469/revisions-to-ombs-statistical-policy-directive-no-15-standards-for-maintaining-collecting-and/">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/29/2024-06469/revisions-to-ombs-statistical-policy-directive-no-15-standards-for-maintaining-collecting-and/</a>.
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To continue improving the precision of the data in all
jurisdictions, HRSA also seeks to increase the sample size. Given the
varying populations of children in each jurisdiction, the increased
sample size varies for each jurisdiction. While the target number of
interviews for each jurisdiction may be limited by funding, the maximum
number of completed interviews possible for each jurisdiction is as
follows: American Samoa, 450; Guam, 450; Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, 500; Republic of Palau, 250; Puerto Rico, 1,250;
Republic of the Marshall Islands, 300; Federated States of Micronesia,
450; and U.S. Virgin Islands, 350.
Likely Respondents: The respondent universe is women age 18 or
older who live in one of the eight targeted jurisdictions and who are
mothers or guardians of at least one child aged 0-17 years living in
the same household.
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
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hours estimated for this ICR are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Burden hours Total burden
Type of respondent Form name respondents responses per responses response (in per form hours
respondent hours)
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Adults--Puerto Rico............... Screener............ 5,205 1 5,205 0.03 156.15 1,093.65
Core................ 1,250 1 1,250 0.75 937.50
Adults--U.S. Virgin Islands....... Screener............ 1,457 1 1,457 0.03 43.71 288.71
Core................ 350 1 350 0.70 245
Adults--Guam...................... Screener............ 1,334 1 1,334 0.03 40.02 337.02
Core................ 450 1 450 0.66 297
Adults--American Samoa............ Screener............ 564 1 564 0.03 16.92 345.42
Core................ 450 1 450 0.73 328.50
Adults--Federated States of Screener............ 625 1 625 0.03 18.75 324.75
Micronesia. Core................ 450 1 450 0.68 306.00
Adults--Republic of the Marshall Screener............ 360 1 360 0.03 10.80 205.80
Islands. Core................ 300 1 300 0.65 195.00
Adults--Commonwealth of the Screener............ 670 1 670 0.03 20.10 395.10
Northern Mariana Islands. Core................ 500 1 500 0.75 375
Adults--Republic of Palau......... Screener............ 285 1 285 0.03 8.55 183.55
Core................ 250 1 250 0.70 175
Total......................... Screener............ 10,500 1 10,500 0.03 315.00 \2\ 3,155
Core................ 4,000 1 4,000 0.71 2,840.00
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The table above shows a total annual burden of 3,155 hours, a
decrease from the previously estimated 3,480.52 hours in ICR 202404-
0906-002. Although the total number of interviews has increased, the
burden hours have declined due to two factors: (1) survey timings have
been adjusted to reflect actual survey times from the three completed
rounds of data collection, rather than prior estimates and (2)
eligibility assumptions and response rates have been updated based on
actual results from the same three rounds of data collection
experience.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2025-01150 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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