Notice2026-05663
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Rural Health Care Coordination Program Performance Improvement Measures, OMB No. 0906-0024-Revision
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Published
March 24, 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 56 (Tuesday, March 24, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14029-14030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05663]
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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 Coordination Program Performance Improvement Measures, OMB
No. 0906-0024--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 May 26,
2026.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#324253425740455d4059725a4041531c555d44"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f18190819483869e839ab199838290df969e87">[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#cabaabbaafb8bda5b8a18aa2b8b9abe4ada5bc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2d2c3d2c7d0d5cdd0c9e2cad0d1c38cc5cdd4">[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: Rural Health Care
Coordination Program Performance Improvement Measures, OMB No. 0906-
0024--Revision.
Abstract: The Rural Health Care Coordination (Care Coordination)
Program is authorized under 42 U.S.C. 254c(e) (section 330A(e) of the
Public Health Service Act) to promote rural health care services
outreach by improving and expanding the delivery of health care
services through comprehensive care coordination strategies addressing
a primary focus area: (1) heart disease, (2) cancer, (3) chronic lower
respiratory disease, (4) stroke, or (5) maternal health. HRSA currently
collects information about Care Coordination Program grants using an
OMB-approved set of performance measures and seeks to revise that
approved collection. The proposed changes are a result of keeping this
instrument relevant, responsive to the Care Coordination Program needs,
and to improve clarity and ease of reporting for respondents.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The purpose of the
revised data collection is to assess Care Coordination Program
awardees' progress in meeting the program goals and how well each
awardee meets their community needs. Additionally, HRSA will be able to
monitor and assess the impact of the Care Coordination Program and
ensure that funds are effectively used to provide services that meet
the needs of the awardees' target population(s).
HRSA revised the performance measures that Care Coordination
Program awardees will submit to HRSA on an annual basis. The proposed
changes include adding one additional response option for the race/
ethnicity measures, one additional measure in the Leadership and
Workforce Composition section, modifying the text of an existing
measure to enhance clarity, and correcting the units of measurement on
two existing measures.
There is a proposed increase in the estimated total burden hours
compared to the current approved information collection. The increase
in burden is to account for changes to the instruments and the time it
takes for awardees to refine their existing processes to coordinate and
collect data from their partner organizations. These organizations vary
in data collection and reporting capacity as well as in the number of
member organizations each must coordinate with to report this data to
HRSA. The amount of time it takes to build processes to coordinate and
collect data from network partners will vary. Larger networks with
multiple partners across different organizations are likely to report
higher burdens due to the wait time in between coordinating data
requests. Networks that already have established working relationships
with member organizations may have existing processes in place to
effectively collect data for this program.
Likely Respondents: Respondents will be the Care Coordination
Program 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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Rural Health Care Coordination 10 1 10 58.18 581.80
Performance Measures...........
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Total....................... 10 1 10 58.18 * 581.80
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* Note: Total Burden Hours round up to 582.
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. 2026-05663 Filed 3-23-26; 8:45 am]
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