Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Performance Measures, OMB No. 0906-XXXX-New
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approv...
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA 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. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day comment period for this notice has closed.
DATES:
Comments on this ICR should be received no later than October 5, 2026.
ADDRESSES:
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
To request a copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, email Samantha Miller, the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at
paperwork@hrsa.gov
or call (301) 443-9094.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Performance Measures, OMB No. 0906-XXXX-New.
Abstract:
HRSA administers the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP), which is authorized by Section 711(b)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 912(b)(5)) and is a multi-initiative program that aims to: (1) support treatment for and prevention of substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD); and (2) reduce morbidity and mortality associated with SUD, including OUD, by improving access to and delivering prevention, treatment, and recovery support services to high-risk rural communities. To support this purpose, RCORP grant initiatives include:
RCORP-Northern Border Rural Workforce which aims to improve health care in rural areas within the Northern Border Regional Commission's service area by enhancing behavioral health workforce capacity.
RCORP-Pathways which aims to create innovative new youth-focused behavioral health care support programs, while also offering behavioral health care career pathway opportunities in rural communities.
RCORP-Overdose Response recipients address immediate needs in rural areas through improving access to capacity for, and sustainability of prevention, treatment, and recovery services for SUD.
A 60-day notice published in the
Federal Register
on May 27, 2026, vol. 91, No.101; pp. 31464-65. There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information:
Due to the growth in the number of grant initiatives included within RCORP, as well as emerging SUD and other behavioral health trends in rural communities, HRSA is submitting a new ICR that includes performance measures for the new RCORP-Northern Border Rural Workforce, Pathways, and Overdose Response grant programs. HRSA developed performance measures to provide data on each RCORP initiative and to enable HRSA to provide aggregate program data required by Congress under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993. These measures cover the principal topic areas of interest to HRSA, including: (a) provision of, and referral to, rural behavioral health care services, including SUD prevention, treatment, and recovery support services; (b) behavioral health care, including SUD prevention, treatment, and recovery, process and outcomes; (c) provider prevention, treatment, and recovery services; (d) sustainability; and (e) development of workforce/career pathway programs. Performance measures for the RCORP initiative include common elements about consortium/network activities, direct services provided and service access, workforce, and sustainability while also capturing tailored measures for each specific program.
Likely Respondents:
The respondents will be the recipients of RCORP-Northern Border Rural Workforce, Pathways, and Overdose Response grant programs
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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.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 56889
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42 U.S.C. 912(b)(5)