[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 32 (Thursday, February 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9257-9258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3710]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 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 Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.
    Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information 
for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency; (b) the 
accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting 
Program Information System (OMB No. 0915-xxxx)--[New]

    On March 23, 2010, the President signed into law the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-148), historic 
and transformative legislation designed to make quality, affordable 
health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health 
care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health 
care workforce. Through a provision authorizing the creation of the 
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program, 
the Act responds to the diverse needs of children and families in 
communities at risk and provides an unprecedented opportunity for 
collaboration and partnership at the Federal, State and community 
levels to improve health and development outcomes for at-risk children 
through evidence-based home visiting programs. The MIECHV Program is 
designed: (1) To strengthen and improve the programs and activities 
carried out under Title V; (2) to improve coordination of services for 
at-risk communities; and (3) to identify and provide comprehensive 
services to improve outcomes for families who reside in at-risk 
communities.
    The Social Security Act, Title V, Section 511 (42 U.S.C. 711), as 
amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, 
requires that MIECHV grantees collect data to measure improvements for 
eligible families in six specified areas (referred to as ``benchmark 
areas'') that encompass the major goals for the program. The 
Supplemental Information Request for the Submission of the Updated 
State Plan for a State Home Visiting Program (SIR), published on 
February 8, 2011, further listed a variety of constructs under each 
benchmark area for which grantees were to select and submit relevant 
performance measures. Per Section 511(d)(1)(B)(i) of the legislation, 
no later than 30 days after the end of the third year of the program, 
grantees are required to demonstrate improvement in at least four of 
the six benchmark areas. The SIR and subsequent MIECHV guidance 
documents for both competitive and formula grants also require that 
grantees report annually on the constructs under each benchmark area, 
as well as on demographic, service utilization, budgetary and other 
administrative data related to program implementation.
    The proposed data collection and reporting forms were developed by 
an internal MIECHV workgroup in consultation with Home Visiting Model 
Developers and selected grantees. The data collected from the proposed 
forms will be used to track the grantees' progress in demonstrating 
improvement under each benchmark area and to provide an overall picture 
of the population being served. The proposed data collection forms are 
as follows:
    Form 1--Demographic and Service Utilization Data for Enrollees and 
Children: This form will request data to determine the unduplicated 
number of participants and of participant groups by primary insurance 
coverage. This form will also request data on the demographic 
characteristics of program participants. For example, data will be

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collected on the race/ethnicity of program participants and household 
demographics including income data.
    Form 2--State Performance Measures Template: Grantees have already 
selected relevant performance measures for the legislatively identified 
benchmark areas. This form provides a template for grantees to report 
aggregate data on their State-selected performance measures.
    While there will be variation in the data collection and reporting 
burden to the grantees based on the number of families served and state 
data system capacity, the estimated average annual burden is as 
follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total       Burden hours    Total burden
       Reporting document           respondents     respondent       responses     per response        hours
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Form 1: Demographic and Service               56               1              56             731          40,936
 Utilization Data for Enrollees
 and Children...................
Form 2: State Performance                     56               1              56             313          17,528
 Measures Template..............
    Total.......................              56  ..............              56  ..............          58,464
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    Email comments to [email protected] or by mail to the HRSA Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

    Dated: February 10, 2012.
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
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