Notice2026-08094
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Data Collection Tool for State Offices of Rural Health Program, OMB No. 0915-0322-Revision
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Published
April 24, 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 79 (Friday, April 24, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22157-22158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-08094]
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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 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 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 May 26,
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#621203120710150d1009220a1011034c050d14"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3a4a5b4a5f484d5548517a5248495b145d554c">[email protected]</span></a> or call
(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 Program, OMB No. 0915-0322--Revision.
Abstract: HRSA is requesting OMB approval to continue use of a
Technical Assistance (TA) Data Form (Technical Assistance Report) for
the State Offices of Rural Health (SORH) 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 HRSA's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on January 29,
2026, vol. 91, No. 19; pp. 3897-3898. There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: FORHP seeks to continue
gathering information from grantees on their efforts to provide TA to
clients within their states. 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.
After the 60-day FRN comment period, FORHP made minor revisions to
the form to align with administration priorities. FORHP proposes the
following minor revisions: removal of ``Type of audience collaborated
with'' section, an edit to response categories under ``Topic area
collaborations'' section, and adding two responses under the ``Types of
Clients that Received TA'' to capture the number of new and returning
organizations receiving TA during the reporting period. These measures
are used to obtain an accurate depiction of the breadth of SORH work,
based on recommendations from the grantees.
Submission of the TA Report is submitted via FORHP's Data
Collection Platform 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 in order 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
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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
Instrument name Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) 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. 2026-08094 Filed 4-23-26; 8:45 am]
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