Notice2026-18235
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Bureau of Health Workforce Performance Data Collection, OMB No. 0906-0086-Revision
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September 8, 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 172 (Tuesday, September 8, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57155-57156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18235]
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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: Bureau of
Health Workforce Performance Data Collection, OMB No. 0906-0086-
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 November
9, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c1b1a0b1a4b3b6aeb3aa81a9b3b2a0efa6aeb7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="057564756077726a776e456d7776642b626a73">[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#bacadbcadfc8cdd5c8d1fad2c8c9db94ddd5cc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c7b7a6b7a2b5b0a8b5ac87afb5b4a6e9a0a8b1">[email protected]</span></a> or call Samantha Miller,
the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at (301) 443-9094.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Bureau of Health Workforce
Performance Data Collection, OMB No. 0906-0086-Revision.
Abstract: Over 50 Bureau of Health Workforce programs award grants
to health professions schools and training programs across the United
States to develop, expand, and enhance training, and to strengthen the
distribution of the health workforce. These programs are governed by
Titles III, VII, and VIII of the Public Health Service Act. Performance
information is collected in the HRSA Performance Report for Grants and
Cooperative Agreements. Data collection activities consisting of an
annual progress report and an annual performance report satisfy
statutory and programmatic requirements for performance measurement and
evaluation (including specific Titles III, VII and VIII requirements),
as well as the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of
2010 and the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018
requirements. The performance measures were last revised in 2026 to
ensure they addressed programmatic changes, met evolving program
management needs, and reflected agency priorities. HRSA will continue
with its current performance management strategy and make additional
changes that reduce burden, simplify reporting, reflect new legislative
or Department of Health and Human Services priorities, and enable
longitudinal analysis of program performance. To further align with
Administration priorities, this request seeks to make changes to the
previously approved data collection method to include an additional
dropdown option for three questions. These options are applicable to
only Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) applicants
and grantees (T23). These updates impact data related to sex rejecting
procedures and services for minors that is collected for the purposes
of CHGME grantee reporting periods and project outcomes. Changes to the
previously approved instrument include
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adding ``Sex Rejecting Procedures and Services for Minors'' as a
dropdown option for Program Curriculum Changes form, adding
``Individuals Receiving Training on Sex Rejecting Procedures and
Services for Minors'' as a dropdown option for the Individual
Characteristics form and adding ``This Site Offers Sex Rejecting
Procedures and Services for Minors'' as a dropdown option for the
Experiential Training Sites form.
The CHGME specific report seeks to add an affirmation statement
regarding adherence to Centers for Medicaid and Medicare price
transparency rules as well as an attestation upon report submission
that the CHGME hospital certifies the following:
``I ___ certify that I am authorized to submit this report to HRSA
for grant ___, wherein:
<bullet> The hospital complies with all applicable federal grants
regulations, including 2 CFR part 200.
<bullet> The hospital complies with all terms and conditions of the
CHGME award.
<bullet> The hospital complies with all applicable federal civil
rights laws.
<bullet> The hospital complies with HIPAA and federal data security
requirements.
<bullet> The hospital complies with the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services Hospital Price Transparency requirements at 45 CFR
part 180.''
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The purpose of the
proposed data collection is to continue analysis and reporting of
grantee training activities and education, identify details about the
practice locations where trainees work after program completion, and
report outcomes of funded initiatives. Data collected from these grant
programs will also provide a description of the program activities of
almost 2,000 reporting grantees to inform policymakers on the barriers,
opportunities, and outcomes involved in health care workforce
development. The proposed measures focus on four key outcomes:
(1) increasing the workforce supply of well-educated practitioners
in needed professions,
(2) increasing the number of practitioners that practice in
underserved and rural areas,
(3) enhancing the quality of education, and
(4) supporting educational infrastructure to increase the capacity
to train more health professionals in high demand areas.
Failure to respond to, or provide accurate information in response
to, this collection may result in a reduction in federal funding
pursuant to section 340e(b)(3)(A) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 256e(b)(3)(A)).
Likely Respondents: Respondents are grantees of Bureau of Health
Workforce health professions 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.
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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Direct Financial Support Program 602 1 602 2.7 1,625.4
Infrastructure Program.......... 159 1 159 4.1 651.9
Multipurpose or Hybrid Program.. 1,207 1 1,207 2.8 3,379.6
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Total....................... 1,968 .............. 1,968 .............. 5,656.9
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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. 2026-18235 Filed 9-3-26; 4:15 .08SE3.]
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