81 FR 13377 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 49 (March 14, 2016)

In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has 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.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 49 (Monday, March 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13377-13378]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05602]


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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

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) has 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.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than April 13, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the Information Collection 
Request Title, to the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to 
[email protected] or by fax to 202-395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance 
requests submitted to OMB for review, email the HRSA Information 
Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or call (301) 443-
1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Information Collection Request Title: Bureau of Health Workforce 
Performance Data Collection

OMB No. 0915-0061--Revision

    Abstract: Over 40 Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) 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 
authorized by the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.), 
specifically Titles III, VII, and VIII. Performance information 
regarding these programs is collected in the HRSA Performance Report 
for Grants and Cooperative Agreements (PRGCA). Data collection 
activities consisting of an annual progress and annual performance 
report satisfy statutory and programmatic requirements for performance 
measurement and evaluation (including specific Title III, VII and VIII 
requirements), as well as Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) 
requirements. The performance measures were last revised in 2013 to 
ensure they addressed programmatic changes, met evolving program 
management needs, and responded to emerging workforce concerns--
especially as a result of the changes in the Affordable Care Act (Pub. 
L. 111-148). As these revisions were successful, BHW will continue to 
use the same progress and performance forms. BHW is reducing the 
reporting burden by eliminating the semi-annual performance report and 
moving to annual progress and performance reporting.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The purpose of the data 
collection is to analyze and report grantee training activities and 
education, identify intended practice locations, and report outcomes of 
funded initiatives. Data collected from these grant programs also 
provide a description of the program activities of approximately 1,700 
reporting grantees to better inform policymakers on the barriers, 
opportunities, and outcomes involved in health care workforce 
development. The measures focus on five key outcomes: (1) Increasing 
the workforce supply of diverse well-educated practitioners, (2) 
increasing the number of practitioners that practice in underserved and 
rural areas, (3) enhancing the quality of education, (4) increasing the 
recruitment, training, and placement of under-represented groups in the 
health workforce, and (5) supporting educational infrastructure to 
increase the capacity to train more health professionals.
    Likely Respondents: Respondents are awardees of BHW 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

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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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                                                                                      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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Direct Financial Support Program             618               1             618           3.117           1,926
Infrastructure Program..........             149               1             149            4.57             681
Multipurpose or Hybrid Program..             790               1             790           4.285           3,385
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    Total.......................           1,557  ..............           1,557  ..............           5,992
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Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2016-05602 Filed 3-11-16; 8:45 am]
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