Notice2026-08212
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Rural Northern Border Outreach Program Performance
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Published
April 28, 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 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22843-22844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-08212]
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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; Rural Northern Border
Outreach Program Performance
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 28,
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#0e7e6f7e6b7c79617c654e667c7d6f20696178"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0f7f6e7f6a7d78607d644f677d7c6e21686079">[email protected]</span></a> or call
(301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: Rural Northern Border Region
Outreach Program Performance, OMB No. 0915-xxxx-New.
Abstract: The Rural Northern Border Region Outreach Program (RNBR-
OP) is authorized under 42 U.S.C. 254c(e) (Section 330A(e) of the
Public Health Service Act) to promote the delivery of health care
services to rural underserved populations in Northern Border Regional
Commission counties in Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont.
This authority permits HRSA to ``award grants to eligible entities to
promote rural health care services outreach by improving and expanding
the delivery of health care services to include new and enhanced
services in rural areas through community engagement and evidence-based
or innovative, evidence-informed models'' (42 U.S.C. 254c(e)).
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on February 2,
2026, vol. 91, No. 21; pp. 4569-4570. There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The purpose of the
proposed data collection is to assess RNBR-OP awardees' progress toward
meeting RNBR-OP goals. Additionally, HRSA will be able to monitor and
assess the impact of the RNBR-OP program, and identify improvements
made by RNBR-OP awardees in specific topic areas. RNBR-OP grantees will
submit annual reports to HRSA on performance measures covering the
following topic areas: (1) capacity/organizational information; (2)
workforce training; (3) access/population demographics; (4) direct
clinical services; and (5) sustainability.
Likely Respondents: The respondents will be recipients of the RNBR-
OP funding.
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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RNBR-OP Performance Measures 13 1 13 17 221
Report.........................
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Total....................... 13 .............. 13 .............. 221
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2026-08212 Filed 4-27-26; 8:45 am]
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