Notice2025-16732
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program Eligible Resident or Fellow Full-Time Equivalent Chart, OMB No. 0915-0367-Extension
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Published
September 2, 2025
Issuing agencies
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 167 (Tuesday, September 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42413-42415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16732]
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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; the Teaching Health Center
Graduate Medical Education Program Eligible Resident or Fellow Full-
Time Equivalent Chart, OMB No. 0915-0367--Extension
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
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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 October 2,
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 Samantha Miller, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2e5e4f5e4b5c59415c456e465c5d4f00494158"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9aeafbeaffe8edf5e8f1daf2e8e9fbb4fdf5ec">[email protected]</span></a> or call
(301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: The Teaching Health Center
Graduate Medical Education Program Eligible Resident or Fellow Full-
Time Equivalent Chart, OMB No. 0915-0367--Extension
Abstract: The Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education
(THCGME) Program, Section 340H of the Public Health Service Act, was
established by Section 5508 of Public Law 111-148. The Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 116-260) and the American Rescue Plan
Act of 2021 (Pub. L. 117-2) provided continued funding for the THCGME
Program. The THCGME Program awards payment for both direct and indirect
expenses to support training for primary care residents in community-
based ambulatory patient care settings. The THCGME Program Eligible
Resident or Fellow full-time equivalent (FTE) Chart, published in the
THCGME Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), is a means for determining
the number of eligible resident or fellow FTEs in an applicant's
primary care residency program. The FTE Chart will continue to collect
the number of resident or fellow FTEs from previous academic years and
capture the number of resident or fellow FTEs requested within the NOFO
application. There are no changes to the FTE chart itself.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on May 28, 2025,
vol. 90, No. 101; pp. 22495-96. HRSA received two public comments
during the 60-day public comment period. Below is a summary of key
themes raised in the comments and HRSA's response:
<bullet> Commenters expressed strong support of HRSA's use of the
THCGME Eligible Resident-Fellow FTE Chart to collect data from Teaching
Health Center (THC) applicants. They state that this data collection is
crucial for ensuring accurate information needed on projected growth of
community health center-based residency programs, enabling informed
decisions about funding needs.
<bullet> Commenters encouraged HRSA to consider use of previous
applicants' FTE charts for ongoing data collection, to improve
projections for future growth.
<bullet> Commenters leveraged the Federal Register Notice comment
period as an opportunity to express support for program expansion.
HRSA directly responded to each stakeholder who submitted comments,
acknowledging the considerations raised. HRSA recognizes and
appreciates the amount of work that applicants put into completing the
THCGME Eligible Resident-Fellow FTE chart. The average burden hours
provided is based on our grant recipients' responses. For items outside
the scope of this notice, such as program expansion and other program
policies, HRSA will take those comments into consideration for future
policy development.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The THCGME Program
Eligible Resident or Fellow FTE Chart requires applicants to provide
(a) data related to the size and/or growth of the residency program
over previous academic years, (b) the number of residents enrolled in
the program during the baseline academic year, and (c) a projection of
the program's proposed expansion over the next 5 academic years. It is
imperative that applicants complete this chart to quantify the total
supported residents. THCGME funding is used to support expanded numbers
of residents in existing residency programs, to establish new residency
training programs, or to maintain filled positions at existing
residency training programs. Utilization of a chart to gather this
important information has decreased the number of errors in the
eligibility review process, resulting in a more accurate review and
funding process. This ICR comports with the regulatory requirement
imposed by 45 CFR 75.206(a), ``[s]tandard application requirements,
including forms for applying for [Department of Health and Human
Services] financial assistance, and state plans.''
Likely Respondents: Teaching Health Centers applying for THCGME
funding through a THCGME NOFO process, which may include new applicants
and existing awardees.
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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THCGME Program Eligible Resident 90 1 90 1.25 112.50
or Fellow FTE Chart............
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Total....................... 90 .............. 90 .............. 112.50
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2025-16732 Filed 8-29-25; 8:45 am]
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