[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 41409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16494]



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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 within 30 days of this 
notice.

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.

SUPPLMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Information Collection Request Title: Data Collection Tool for 
State Offices of Rural Health Grant Program (SORH).
    OMB No. 0915-0322--Extension.
    Abstract: The mission of the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) 
is to sustain and improve access to quality care services for rural 
communities. In its authorizing language (Sec. 711 of the Social 
Security Act [42 U.S.C. 912]), Congress charged ORHP with administering 
grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to provide technical 
assistance and other activities as necessary to support activities 
related to improving health care in rural areas.
    In accordance with the Public Health Service Act, Section 338J; 42 
U.S.C. 254r, the Health Resources and Services Administration proposes 
to revise the State Offices of Rural Health Grant Program--Funding 
Opportunity Announcement (FOA) and Forms for the Application. The FOA 
is used annually by 50 states in preparing applications for grants 
under the State Offices of Rural Health Grant Program of the Public 
Health Service Act, and in preparing the required report.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: ORHP seeks to continue 
gathering information from grantees on their efforts to provide 
technical assistance to clients within their state. SORH grantees would 
be required to submit a Technical Assistance Report that includes: (1) 
The total number of technical assistance encounters provided directly 
by the grantee; and, (2) the total number of unduplicated clients that 
received direct technical assistance from the grantee. Submission of 
the Technical Assistance Report would be done via submission to the 
HRSA Electronic Handbook no later than 30 days after the end of each 
twelve month budget period.
    Likely Respondents: Fifty State Offices of Rural Health grantees.
    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 Information Collection Request 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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Technical Assistance Report.....              50               1              50            12.5             625
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    Total.......................              50               1              50            12.5             625
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    Dated: July 2, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-16494 Filed 7-9-13; 8:45 am]
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