Notice2026-18553
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Rural Health Network Development Program Performance Improvement and Measurement System, OMB No. 0906-0010-Revision
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September 11, 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 175 (Friday, September 11, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57897-57898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18553]
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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 Network Development Program Performance Improvement and
Measurement System, OMB No. 0906-0010--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
10, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#700011001502071f021b30180203115e171f06"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87f7e6f7e2f5f0e8f5ecc7eff5f4e6a9e0e8f1">[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#c4b4a5b4a1b6b3abb6af84acb6b7a5eaa3abb2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="720213021700051d0019321a0001135c151d04">[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: Rural Health Network
Development Program Performance Improvement and Measurement System, OMB
No. 0906-0010--Revision.
Abstract: The Rural Health Network Development (RHND) program is
authorized under section 330A(f) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 254c(f)). The purpose of this program is to support integrated
health care networks that collaborate to achieve efficiencies; expand
access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of basic health care
services and associated health outcomes; and strengthen the rural
health care system as a whole. RHND award recipients currently collect
data using an OMB approved set of performance measures.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The purpose of the data
collection is for HRSA to assess RHND awardees' progress in meeting the
program goals, and how well each awardee meets their community needs.
These measures cover the principal topic areas of interest to HRSA,
including: (1) network collaboration, (2) demographics and services,
(3) health
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information technology and telehealth, and (4) project specific
domains. All measures will evaluate HRSA's progress toward achieving
its goals.
HRSA seeks to revise the approved information collection, which
RHND awardees will submit to HRSA on an annual basis. There are no
substantive changes to the actual current OMB approved form/measures.
The proposed revisions are administrative in nature, which include:
<bullet> Reducing the total number of respondents to 43 as one
award recipient relinquished their funding in Fiscal Year 2025.
<bullet> Decreasing the estimated average burden per response. The
decrease in burden is largely due to current RHND award recipients who
are now in their fourth and final year of the grant and have systems in
place to capture and report data.
Likely Respondents: Respondents will be award recipients of the
Rural Health Network Development Program.
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 responses per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) hours
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Performance Improvement and Measurement System Database............ 43 1 43 9 387
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Total.......................................................... 43 1 43 9 387
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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. 2026-18553 Filed 9-10-26; 8:45 am]
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