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
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...
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION:
Notice.
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
paperwork@hrsa.gov
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
paperwork@hrsa.gov
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:
Reducing the total number of respondents to 43 as one award recipient relinquished their funding in Fiscal Year 2025.
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:
Form name
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
burden
hours
Performance Improvement and Measurement System Database
43
1
43
9
387
Total
43
1
43
9
387
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.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 57897
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“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,” thefederalregister.org (September 11, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-18553/agency-information-collection-activities-proposed-collection-public-comment-request-information-collection-request-title.
42 U.S.C. 254c(f)