80_FR_74005 80 FR 73778 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request

80 FR 73778 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 227 (November 25, 2015)

Page Range73778-73778
FR Document2015-29968

In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services Administration (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.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29968]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (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 January 
25, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 10C-24, Parklawn 
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 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 [email protected] or call the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information request collection title 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Rural Health Care 
Coordination Network Partnership Program Performance Improvement 
Measurement System.
    OMB No. 0915-xxxx--New.
    Abstract: The Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership 
(Care Coordination) Program is authorized under Section 330A(f) of the 
Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 254(c)(f)), as amended, to 
support the development of formal, mature rural health networks that 
focus on care coordination activities for the following chronic 
conditions: Diabetes, congestive heart failure (CHF), and chronic 
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This authority permits the 
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) to support grants for 
eligible entities to promote, through planning and implementation, the 
development of integrated health care networks that have combined the 
functions of the entities participating in the networks in order to: 
(i) Achieve efficiencies; (ii) expand access to, coordinate, and 
improve the quality of essential health care services; and (iii) 
strengthen the rural health care system as a whole.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: For this program, 
performance measures were drafted to provide data to the program and to 
enable HRSA to provide aggregate program data required by Congress 
under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. These 
measures cover the principal topic areas of interest to the Federal 
Office of Rural Health Policy including: (a) Access to care; (b) 
population demographics; (c) staffing; (d) consortium/network; (e) 
sustainability; and (f) project specific domains. Several measures will 
be used for this program. All measures will speak to FORHP's progress 
toward meeting the goals set.
    Likely Respondents: The respondents would be recipients of the 
Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership grant program 
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 Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below.

                                     Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                     Number of       Number of         Total        burden per     Total burden
            Form name               respondents    responses per     responses     response  (in       hours
                                                    respondent                        hours)
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Rural Health Care Coordination                 8               1               8             3.5              28
 Network Partnership Grant
 Program Measures...............
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    Total.......................               8               1               8             3.5              28
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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.

Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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73778 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 227 / Wednesday, November 25, 2015 / Notices Jackie Painter, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To Need and Proposed Use of the Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat. request more information on the Information: For this program, [FR Doc. 2015–29948 Filed 11–24–15; 8:45 am] proposed project or to obtain a copy of performance measures were drafted to BILLING CODE 4165–15–P the data collection plans and draft provide data to the program and to instruments, email paperwork@hrsa.gov enable HRSA to provide aggregate or call the HRSA Information Collection program data required by Congress DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Clearance Officer at (301) 443–1984. under the Government Performance and HUMAN SERVICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. These submitting comments or requesting measures cover the principal topic areas Health Resources and Services information, please include the of interest to the Federal Office of Rural Administration information request collection title for Health Policy including: (a) Access to reference. care; (b) population demographics; (c) Agency Information Collection staffing; (d) consortium/network; (e) Information Collection Request Title: Activities; Proposed Collection: Public sustainability; and (f) project specific Rural Health Care Coordination Comment Request domains. Several measures will be used Network Partnership Program AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Performance Improvement for this program. All measures will Administration, HHS. Measurement System. speak to FORHP’s progress toward OMB No. 0915–xxxx—New. meeting the goals set. ACTION: Notice. Abstract: The Rural Health Care Likely Respondents: The respondents SUMMARY: In compliance with the Coordination Network Partnership (Care would be recipients of the Rural Health requirement for opportunity for public Coordination) Program is authorized Care Coordination Network Partnership comment on proposed data collection under Section 330A(f) of the Public grant program funding. projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. Burden Statement: Burden in this Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the 254(c)(f)), as amended, to support the context means the time expended by Health Resources and Services development of formal, mature rural persons to generate, maintain, retain, Administration (HRSA) announces health networks that focus on care disclose or provide the information plans to submit an Information coordination activities for the following requested. This includes the time Collection Request (ICR), described chronic conditions: Diabetes, congestive needed to review instructions; to below, to the Office of Management and heart failure (CHF), and chronic develop, acquire, install and utilize Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). technology and systems for the purpose ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments This authority permits the Federal of collecting, validating and verifying from the public regarding the burden Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) information, processing and estimate, below, or any other aspect of to support grants for eligible entities to maintaining information, and disclosing the ICR. promote, through planning and and providing information; to train implementation, the development of personnel and to be able to respond to DATES: Comments on this ICR should be integrated health care networks that a collection of information; to search received no later than January 25, 2016. have combined the functions of the data sources; to complete and review ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to entities participating in the networks in the collection of information; and to paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA order to: (i) Achieve efficiencies; (ii) transmit or otherwise disclose the Information Collection Clearance expand access to, coordinate, and information. The total annual burden Officer, Room 10C–24, Parklawn improve the quality of essential health hours estimated for this Information Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, care services; and (iii) strengthen the Collection Request are summarized in MD 20857. rural health care system as a whole. the table below. TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS Average Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden Form name responses per respondents responses response hours respondent (in hours) Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership Grant Program Measures ................................................. 8 1 8 3.5 28 Total .............................................................................. 8 1 8 3.5 28 HRSA specifically requests comments technology to minimize the information DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND on: (1) The necessity and utility of the collection burden. HUMAN SERVICES proposed information collection for the Jackie Painter, proper performance of the agency’s Health Resources and Services functions; (2) the accuracy of the Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat. Administration estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance [FR Doc. 2015–29968 Filed 11–24–15; 8:45 am] tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES the quality, utility, and clarity of the BILLING CODE 4165–15–P Agency Information Collection information to be collected; and (4) the Activities: Proposed Collection: Public use of automated collection techniques Comment Request or other forms of information AGENCY:Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:15 Nov 24, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\25NON1.SGM 25NON1


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesComments on this ICR should be received no later than January 25, 2016.
ContactTo request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, email [email protected] or call the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.
FR Citation80 FR 73778 
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