Notice2026-02414
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Behavioral Health Integration Evidence Based Telehealth Network Program Integration Telehealth Evidence Collection Tool, OMB No. 0906-xxxx-New
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Published
February 6, 2026
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 91, Number 25 (Friday, February 6, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5502-5503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-02414]
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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; Behavioral Health
Integration Evidence Based Telehealth Network Program Integration
Telehealth Evidence Collection Tool, OMB 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 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 March 9,
2026.
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#304051405542475f425b70584243511e575f46"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="334352435641445c4158735b4140521d545c45">[email protected]</span></a> or call
(301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: Behavioral Health Integration
Evidence Based Telehealth Network Program Integration Telehealth
Evidence Collection Tool, OMB No. 0906-xxxx--NEW.
Abstract: HRSA is requesting OMB approval of a new information
collection, the Behavioral Health Integration Evidence Based Telehealth
Network Program (BHI EB-TNP) Integration Telehealth Evidence Collection
Tool. Under the BHI EB-TNP, HRSA administers grants in accordance with
section 330I(d)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-
14(d)(1)). The purpose of the BHI EP-TNP program is to integrate
behavioral health services into primary care settings using telehealth
technology through telehealth networks and evaluate the effectiveness
of such integration. This program supports evidence-based projects that
utilize telehealth technologies through telehealth networks in rural
and underserved areas to: (1) improve access to integrated behavioral
health services in primary care settings and (2) expand and improve the
quality of health information available to health care providers by
evaluating the effectiveness of integrating telebehavioral health
services into primary care settings and establishing an evidence-based
model that can assist health care providers.
HRSA collaborated with grantees in the development of a set of
outcome measures to evaluate the effectiveness of grantees'
telebehavioral services and monitor grantees' progress/effectiveness by
analyzing performance reporting data. The measures address behavioral
health and substance use disorder priorities and will help to assess
the effectiveness of evidence-based practices with the use of
telehealth for patients, providers, and payers. The data collection
instrument will include 27 total data elements addressing patient
encounter information.
A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register on September
23, 2025, vol. 90, No. 182; pp. 45774-75. There were no public
comments, but HRSA has revised the estimated burden downward to reflect
fewer likely respondents and a lower average burden per response.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA developed the BHI
EB-TNP instrument with the program's four goals in mind:
(1) Improving access to the behavioral health services needed,
(2) Reducing rural and underserved population practitioner
isolation,
(3) Improving health system productivity and efficiency, and
(4) Improving patient outcomes.
HRSA worked with program grantees to develop outcome measures to
evaluate and monitor the progress of the grantees in each of these
categories, with specific indicators to be reported annually through a
performance monitoring data collection platform/website. Measures
capture awardee-level and aggregate data that illustrate the impact and
scope of program funding along with assessing these efforts. The
measures are intended to inform HRSA's progress toward meeting program
goals, specifically improving access to telebehavioral health services
that support primary care providers.
Likely Respondents: BHI EB-TNP 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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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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BHI EB-TNP Outcome Measurement 26 1 26 66 1,716
Report.........................
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Total....................... 26 .............. 26 .............. 1,716
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2026-02414 Filed 2-5-26; 8:45 am]
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