Notice2026-01763
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Data Collection Tool for State Offices of Rural Health Grant Program, OMB No. 0915-0322-Revision
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Published
January 29, 2026
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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 91, Number 19 (Thursday, January 29, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3897-3898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-01763]
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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: Data
Collection Tool for State Offices of Rural Health Grant Program, OMB
No. 0915-0322--Revision
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 March 30,
2026.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#384859485d4a4f574a5378504a4b59165f574e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="354554455047425a475e755d4746541b525a43">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 13N82, 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#8afaebfaeff8fde5f8e1cae2f8f9eba4ede5fc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="354554455047425a475e755d4746541b525a43">[email protected]</span></a> or call Samantha Miller,
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: Data Collection Tool for
State Offices of Rural Health Grant Program, OMB No. 0915-0322--
Revision.
Abstract: HRSA is requesting OMB approval to continue use of a
Technical Assistance (TA) Data Form for the State Offices of Rural
Health (SORH) Grant program established by section 338J of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254r). In its authorizing language (sec.
711 of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 912]), Congress charged the
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) with administering
grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to provide TA and other
activities as necessary to support activities related to improving
health care in rural areas. The mission of FORHP is to sustain and
improve access to quality health care services for rural communities.
This electronic form is used to collect information from SORH grantees
on the amount of direct TA they provide to clients within their state.
Need and Proposed Use of Information: FORHP seeks to continue
gathering information from grantees on their efforts to provide TA to
clients within their state. SORH grantees submit a TA Report that
includes: (1) the total number of TA encounters provided directly by
the grantee and (2) the total number of unduplicated clients that
received direct TA from the grantee. These measures will continue in
these three categories: (1) information disseminated, (2) information
created, and (3) collaborative efforts by (a) topic area and (b) type
of audience. These measures are used to obtain an accurate depiction of
the breadth of SORH work, based on recommendations from the grantees.
Submission of the TTA Report is submitted via FORHP's Data Collection
Platform system no later than 60 days after the end of each 12-month
budget period.
Grant dollars are awarded annually; therefore, this information is
needed annually by the program to measure effective use of grant
dollars consistently among all the grantees.
Likely Respondents: Fifty SORH award recipients.
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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Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden
Instrument name respondents responses per responses response (in hours
respondent hours)
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Technical Assistance Report............. 50 1 50 13.5 675
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Total............................... 50 .............. 50 ............ 675
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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. 2026-01763 Filed 1-28-26; 8:45 am]
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