83 FR 11212 - Proposed Changes to the Graduate Psychology Education Program

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 50 (March 14, 2018)

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FR Document		2018-05064

The Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) Program is authorized by section 756 of the Public Health Service Act and administered by HRSA. The program provides financial support to organizations and institutions that train doctoral-level psychologists. This notice seeks public comment to inform and guide policy and planning associated with the GPE Program.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Proposed Changes to the Graduate Psychology Education Program

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Request for Public Comment on the Graduate Psychology Education 
Program.

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SUMMARY: The Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) Program is authorized 
by section 756 of the Public Health Service Act and administered by 
HRSA. The program provides financial support to organizations and 
institutions that train doctoral-level psychologists. This notice seeks 
public comment to inform and guide policy and planning associated with 
the GPE Program.

DATES: Individuals and organizations interested in providing 
information must submit written comments no later than April 13, 2018. 
To receive consideration, comments must be received no later than 11:59 
p.m. Eastern Time on that date.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should submit their comments to Cynthia 
Harne, Public Health Analyst and Project Officer for the GPE Program, 
Division of Nursing and Public Health, Behavioral and Public Health 
Branch, Bureau of Health Workforce, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 11N-
90C, Rockville, Maryland 20857; phone (301) 443-7661; fax (301) 443-
0791; or email [email protected]. Please include the title of this 
notice, ``Request for Comment: GPE Program'' in the subject line of the 
email. Response to this request is voluntary. Responders are free to 
address any or all of the questions listed below. This request is for 
information and planning purposes only and should not be construed as a 
solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the federal government. 
All submitted comments will be available to the public by request in 
their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Harne, Public Health Analyst, 
Division of Nursing and Public Health, Behavioral and Public Health 
Branch, Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, at the contact information listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GPE Program was established in 2002 to 
assist American Psychological Association (APA) accredited doctoral 
programs and internships in meeting the costs to plan, develop, 
operate, or maintain graduate psychology education programs to train 
health service psychologists to work with vulnerable populations. The 
purpose of the current program (Funding Opportunity Announcement HRSA-
16-059) is to prepare doctoral-level psychologists to provide 
behavioral health care, including mental health and substance use 
disorder prevention and treatment services, in settings that provide 
integrated primary and behavioral health services to underserved and/or 
rural populations. The program is designed to foster an integrated and 
interprofessional approach to address access to behavioral health care 
for underserved and/or rural populations.
    Given the value of feedback from stakeholders, HRSA is seeking 
comments from interested parties including current and former grant 
recipients, former applicants to the program, doctoral psychology 
schools and programs, and health care delivery sites that provide 
behavioral health experiential training to students. The purpose is to 
identify doctoral-level health service psychologist training needs, 
salient issues and challenges in the delivery of behavioral health 
services, including substance use, and to provide individual 
recommendations to maximize the reach, capacity and success of the GPE 
Program in addressing Opioid Use Disorder and other behavioral health 
concerns. This information may be used by HRSA will consider the input 
as it develops future technical assistance and funding opportunities, 
and strategic planning to meet the training demands of the behavioral 
health workforce.

Graduate Psychology Program in FY 2019--Proposal for Public Comment

    HRSA seeks comments on how the GPE program (and the students it 
supports) can help address the opioid epidemic. In your comments, 
please address one or more of the following:
    1. What do you see as the most prevalent behavioral health and 
public health trends or concerns that should be addressed in developing 
the psychologist workforce?
    2. What do you see as the role for doctoral-level health 
psychologists in addressing the opioid epidemic?
    3. What are the didactic and experiential training needs in 
preparing

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doctoral-level health psychologists to effectively address substance 
use disorder (SUD) including opioid use?
    4. If your institution has received in the past, is currently 
receiving, or applied for but did not receive GPE funding, what 
features or requirements of the GPE Program were easy to incorporate 
and/or beneficial in the development and implementation of your 
program, and which ones posed challenges? Please provide specific 
examples. If your institution did not apply for GPE funding, what 
features or requirements of the GPE Program posed challenges to the 
development of your program or dissuaded your institution from applying 
to the program?
    5. What health workforce training strategies within the 
experiential training sites could the GPE Program address to increase 
access to integrated behavioral health/primary care services in 
underserved and/or rural populations? Please provide a description of 
practice.
    6. Type and site including geographic locations (e.g., large health 
system, private practices, group practices, Federally Qualified Health 
Center, etc.).

    Dated: March 8, 2018.
George Sigounas,
Administrator.
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Addendum to ICH M7; Assessment and Dated: March 8, 2018. Resources and Services Administration,
Control of DNA Reactive (Mutagenic) Leslie Kux, at the contact information listed above.
Impurities in Pharmaceuticals to Limit Associate Commissioner for Policy. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GPE
Potential Carcinogenic Risk,’’ available [FR Doc. 2018–05118 Filed 3–13–18; 8:45 am] Program was established in 2002 to
at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR- BILLING CODE 4164–01–P assist American Psychological
2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf. The Association (APA) accredited doctoral
notice gave interested persons an programs and internships in meeting the
opportunity to submit comments by DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND costs to plan, develop, operate, or
November 27, 2015. HUMAN SERVICES maintain graduate psychology education
After consideration of the comments programs to train health service
Health Resources and Services psychologists to work with vulnerable
received and revisions to the guideline, Administration populations. The purpose of the current
a final draft of the guideline was
program (Funding Opportunity
submitted to the ICH Assembly and Proposed Changes to the Graduate Announcement HRSA–16–059) is to
endorsed by the regulatory Agencies in Psychology Education Program prepare doctoral-level psychologists to
June 2017. provide behavioral health care,
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services
This final guidance provides guidance including mental health and substance
Administration (HRSA), Department of
on acceptable intake limits derived for use disorder prevention and treatment
Health and Human Services.
some chemicals that are considered to services, in settings that provide
be mutagenic carcinogens and are also ACTION: Request for Public Comment on integrated primary and behavioral
commonly used in the synthesis of the Graduate Psychology Education health services to underserved and/or
pharmaceuticals or are useful examples Program. rural populations. The program is
to illustrate the principles for deriving designed to foster an integrated and
SUMMARY: The Graduate Psychology
compound-specific intakes described in interprofessional approach to address
Education (GPE) Program is authorized
the ICH M7 guidance. This guidance is access to behavioral health care for
by section 756 of the Public Health underserved and/or rural populations.
intended to provide guidance for new Service Act and administered by HRSA.
drug substances and new drug products Given the value of feedback from
The program provides financial support stakeholders, HRSA is seeking
during their clinical development and to organizations and institutions that
subsequent applications for marketing. comments from interested parties
train doctoral-level psychologists. This including current and former grant
The default method from ICH M7 of notice seeks public comment to inform
linear extrapolation from the cancer recipients, former applicants to the
and guide policy and planning program, doctoral psychology schools
potency estimate, TD50 is used as the associated with the GPE Program. and programs, and health care delivery
primary method to derive the acceptable
DATES: Individuals and organizations sites that provide behavioral health
intakes for carcinogens with likely
interested in providing information experiential training to students. The
mutagenic mode of action. After must submit written comments no later purpose is to identify doctoral-level
consideration of the comments received, than April 13, 2018. To receive health service psychologist training
hydroxylamine monograph was deleted consideration, comments must be needs, salient issues and challenges in
from the final guidance. Relevant received no later than 11:59 p.m. the delivery of behavioral health
editorial changes were also made to Eastern Time on that date. services, including substance use, and
improve clarity and to incorporate the to provide individual recommendations
ADDRESSES: Interested parties should
ICH M7(R1) Addendum guidance. to maximize the reach, capacity and
submit their comments to Cynthia
This guidance is being issued Harne, Public Health Analyst and success of the GPE Program in
consistent with FDA’s good guidance Project Officer for the GPE Program, addressing Opioid Use Disorder and
practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). Division of Nursing and Public Health, other behavioral health concerns. This
The guidance represents the current Behavioral and Public Health Branch, information may be used by HRSA will
thinking of FDA on ‘‘M7: Assessment Bureau of Health Workforce, HRSA, consider the input as it develops future
and Control of DNA Reactive 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 11N–90C, technical assistance and funding
(Mutagenic) Impurities in Rockville, Maryland 20857; phone (301) opportunities, and strategic planning to
Pharmaceuticals to Limit Potential 443–7661; fax (301) 443–0791; or email meet the training demands of the
Carcinogenic Risk.’’ It does not establish charne@hrsa.gov. Please include the behavioral health workforce.
any rights for any person and is not title of this notice, ‘‘Request for Graduate Psychology Program in FY
binding on FDA or the public. You can Comment: GPE Program’’ in the subject 2019—Proposal for Public Comment
use an alternative approach if it satisfies line of the email. Response to this
the requirements of the applicable HRSA seeks comments on how the
request is voluntary. Responders are free
statutes and regulations. This guidance GPE program (and the students it
to address any or all of the questions
is not subject to Executive Order 12866. supports) can help address the opioid
listed below. This request is for
epidemic. In your comments, please
II. Electronic Access information and planning purposes only
address one or more of the following:
and should not be construed as a 1. What do you see as the most
Persons with access to the internet solicitation or as an obligation on the prevalent behavioral health and public
may obtain the guidance at https:// part of the federal government. All health trends or concerns that should be
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www.regulations.gov, https:// submitted comments will be available to addressed in developing the
www.fda.gov/Drugs/Guidance the public by request in their entirety. psychologist workforce?
ComplianceRegulatoryInformation/ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 2. What do you see as the role for
Guidances/default.htm, or https:// Cynthia Harne, Public Health Analyst, doctoral-level health psychologists in
www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/ Division of Nursing and Public Health, addressing the opioid epidemic?
GuidanceComplianceRegulatory Behavioral and Public Health Branch, 3. What are the didactic and
Information/Guidances/default.htm. Bureau of Health Workforce, Health experiential training needs in preparing

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doctoral-level health psychologists to fourth Operating Division, the National apply to all records, not just NIH
effectively address substance use Institutes of Health (NIH), and to records, stating that records may be
disorder (SUD) including opioid use? include three revised and five new used to evaluate accomplishment of
4. If your institution has received in routine uses, some of which will apply HHS functions related to the purposes
the past, is currently receiving, or to all records in the system and some of of this system of records and to evaluate
applied for but did not receive GPE which will apply to only NIH’s records. performance of contractors utilized by
funding, what features or requirements The alterations affect the System HHS to accomplish those functions.
of the GPE Program were easy to Locations, Legal Authorities, Purposes, Minor wording and formatting changes
incorporate and/or beneficial in the Retention, System Manager, and have been made throughout the SORN
development and implementation of Routine Uses sections of the System of to conform to the SORN template
your program, and which ones posed Records Notice (SORN). prescribed in OMB Circular A–108. The
challenges? Please provide specific DATES: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. new and revised routine uses are as
examples. If your institution did not 552a(e)(4) and (11), this notice is follows:
apply for GPE funding, what features or applicable March 14, 2018, subject to a • Routine use 1 has been revised to
requirements of the GPE Program posed 30-day period in which to comment on add ‘‘including ancillary functions, such
challenges to the development of your the new and revised routine uses, as compiling reports and evaluating
program or dissuaded your institution described below. Please submit any program effectiveness and contractor
from applying to the program? comments by April 13, 2018. performance.’’
5. What health workforce training ADDRESSES: The public should submit
• Routine use 2 has been revised to
strategies within the experiential written comments, by mail or email, to add ‘‘including ancillary functions’’ and
training sites could the GPE Program Beth Kramer, HHS Privacy Act Officer, to add a last sentence stating: ‘‘For
address to increase access to integrated 200 Independence Avenue SW, Suite example, disclosure may be made to
behavioral health/primary care services 729H, Washington, DC 20201, or qualified experts not within the
in underserved and/or rural beth.kramer@hhs.gov. Comments definition of HHS employees as
populations? Please provide a received will be available for review at prescribed in HHS regulations, for
description of practice. this location without redaction, unless opinions as a part of the controlled data
6. Type and site including geographic otherwise advised by the commenter. To access process.’’
locations (e.g., large health system, • Routine use 10 has been revised to
review comments in person, please
private practices, group practices, use wording prescribed in OMB
contact Beth Kramer at beth.kramer@
Federally Qualified Health Center, etc.). Memorandum M–17–12 issued January
hhs.gov or (202) 690–6941. 3, 2017.
Dated: March 8, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: • Routine uses 11 through 15 are
George Sigounas, General questions about the system of new. Routine use 11 is a new routine
Administrator. records should be submitted by mail, use prescribed by OMB Memorandum
[FR Doc. 2018–05064 Filed 3–13–18; 8:45 am] email, or phone to Beth Kramer, HHS M–17–12.
BILLING CODE 4165–15–P Privacy Act Officer, at 200 ‘‘Restricted’’ datasets and software
Independence Avenue SW, Suite 729H, products are those that HHS makes
Washington, DC 20201; beth.kramer@ affirmatively available to qualified
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND hhs.gov or (202) 690–6941. members of the public but provides
HUMAN SERVICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This subject to restrictions, because they
department-wide system of records was contain identifiable data and/or
Privacy Act of 1974; System of established April 2015 (see 80 FR anonymized data that has the potential,
Records 17447) and has not been previously when combined with other data, to
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OS), revised. It covers records about identify the particular individuals, such
Department of Health and Human individuals within and outside HHS as patients or providers, whose
Services (HHS). who request restricted datasets and information is represented in the data.
ACTION: Notice of a modified system of software products from HHS, when HHS The datasets and products are made
records. maintains the requester records in a available through an on-line or paper-
system from which they are retrieved based ordering and delivery system that
SUMMARY: In accordance with the directly by an individual requester’s provides them to qualified requesters
requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, name or other personal identifier. It electronically or by mail.
as amended, HHS is altering an existing currently includes records maintained The restrictions are necessary to
department-wide system of records, by three HHS Operating Divisions. It is protect the privacy of individuals whose
‘‘Records About Restricted Dataset being revised to add records maintained information is represented in the
Requesters,’’ System Number 09–90– by a fourth Operating Division, the datasets or software products. The
1401. This system of records covers National Institutes of Health (NIH), restrictions typically limit the data
records about individuals within and which NIH plans to begin retrieving requester to using the data for research,
outside HHS who request restricted directly by personal identifier, and to analysis, study, and aggregate statistical
datasets and software products from include three revised and five new reporting; prohibit any attempt to
HHS (e.g., for health-related scientific routine uses, some of which will apply identify any individual or establishment
research and study purposes), when to all records in the system and some of represented in the data; and require
HHS maintains the requester records in which will apply to only NIH’s records. specific security measures to safeguard
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a system from which they are retrieved The alterations made to add NIH’s the data from unauthorized access. HHS
directly by an individual requester’s records affect the System Location, is required by law to impose, monitor,
name or other personal identifier. The Legal Authorities, Purposes, Retention, and enforce the restrictions (see, for
system of records currently covers System Manager, and Routine Uses example, provisions in the Confidential
records maintained by three HHS sections of the System of Records Notice Information Protection and Statistical
Operating Divisions. It is being altered (SORN). One new purpose was added to Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA), 44
to include records maintained by a the ‘‘Purposes’’ section, which will U.S.C. 3501 at note). To impose and

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Request for Public Comment on the Graduate Psychology Education Program.
Dates		Individuals and organizations interested in providing information must submit written comments no later than April 13, 2018. To receive consideration, comments must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on that date.
Contact		Cynthia Harne, Public Health Analyst, Division of Nursing and Public Health, Behavioral and Public Health Branch, Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, at the contact information listed above.
FR Citation		83 FR 11212

83 FR 11212 - Proposed Changes to the Graduate Psychology Education Program

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESHealth Resources and Services Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 50 (March 14, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration