Notice2026-10472
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Performance Measures, OMB No. 0906-XXXX-New
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May 27, 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 101 (Wednesday, May 27, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31464-31465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10472]
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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
Communities Opioid Response Program Performance Measures, 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 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 July 27,
2026.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#502031203522273f223b10382223317e373f26"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7d0d1c0d180f0a120f163d150f0e1c531a120b">[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#b4c4d5c4d1c6c3dbc6dff4dcc6c7d59ad3dbc2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bfcfdecfdacdc8d0cdd4ffd7cdccde91d8d0c9">[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 Communities Opioid
Response Program Performance Measures, OMB No. XXXX-XXX--New.
Abstract: HRSA administers the Rural Communities Opioid Response
Program (RCORP), which is authorized by Section 711(b)(5) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 912(b)(5)) and is a multi-initiative program
that aims to: (1) support treatment for and prevention of substance use
disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD); and (2) reduce
morbidity and mortality associated with SUD, including OUD, by
improving access to and delivering prevention, treatment, and recovery
support services to high-risk rural communities. To support this
purpose, RCORP grant initiatives include:
<bullet> RCORP--Northern Border Rural Workforce: This program aims
to improve health care in rural areas within the Northern Border
Regional Commission's service area by enhancing behavioral health
workforce capacity.
<bullet> RCORP--Pathways: This program aims to create innovative
new youth-focused behavioral health care support programs, while also
offering behavioral health care career pathway opportunities in rural
communities.
<bullet> RCORP--Overdose Response: This program addresses immediate
needs in rural areas through improving access to, capacity for, and
sustainability of prevention, treatment, and recovery services for SUD.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Due to the growth in the
number of grant initiatives included within RCORP, as well as emerging
SUD and other behavioral health trends in rural communities, HRSA is
submitting a new ICR that includes performance measures for the new
RCORP--Northern Border Rural Workforce, Pathways, and Overdose Response
grant programs. HRSA developed performance measures to provide data on
each RCORP initiative and to enable HRSA to provide aggregate program
data required by Congress under the Government Performance and Results
Act of 1993. This collection supplements the approved RCORP grantee
data collection, which covers all other RCORP grant initiatives (OMB
Control No. 0906-0044; expires February 28, 2029).
These measures cover the principal topic areas of interest to HRSA,
including: (a) provision of, and referral to, rural behavioral health
care services, including SUD prevention, treatment and recovery support
services; (b) behavioral health care, including SUD prevention,
treatment, and recovery process and outcomes; (c) provider prevention,
treatment, and recovery services; (d) sustainability; and (e)
development of workforce/career pathway programs. Performance measures
for the RCORP initiative include common elements about consortium/
network activities, direct services provided and service access,
workforce, and sustainability while also capturing tailored measures
for each specific program.
Likely Respondents: The respondents will be recipients of RCORP--
Northern Border Rural Workforce, Pathways, and Overdose Response grant
programs.
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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RCORP--Northern Border Rural 8 1 8 1.21 9.68
Workforce......................
RCORP--Pathways................. 12 1 12 2.72 32.64
RCORP--Overdose Response........ 37 1 37 0.70 25.90
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Total....................... 57 .............. 57 .............. 68.22
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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. 2026-10472 Filed 5-26-26; 8:45 am]
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