[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48439-48440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19124]


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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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Information Collection Request Title: Analyzing Title V Programs in 
the Context of the Affordable Care Act
    OMB No.: 0915-xxxx--New
    Abstract: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) will make affordable health 
coverage available to all legal U.S. residents, as well as guide 
transformation in the delivery of medicine and public health services. 
For children, expanded coverage has come about gradually over the past 
two decades and implementation of major coverage provisions of the ACA 
in 2014 will result in some shifts in child health coverage.
    The Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block Grant, 
administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration's 
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, provides the foundation for ensuring 
the health of the nation's mothers, women, children, and youth, 
including children and youth with special health care needs and their 
families. Many ACA provisions, like state Medicaid expansions and 
mandatory health insurance, will change the face of health insurance 
demand and services provided. In response, State Title V programs will 
focus on increasing access, equality, and health equity.
    A proposed data collection form has been developed to collect 
health care services budget information from Title V MCH Block Grant 
recipients to better understand the types of direct services currently 
provided by Title V MCH programs. This form will request information on 
expenditures for medical services in addition to data on the 
individuals served.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: As children shift between 
coverage categories as a result of implementation of the ACA, HRSA 
would like to quantify the impact of these shifts on the federal 
investment in Title V funding specifically through the federal funds 
provided via the Title V MCH Block Grant. To do this, HRSA will need to 
survey states to collect information on whether they use federal Title 
V MCH Block Grant funds to reimburse health care practitioners who 
provide services to children and pregnant women.
    Likely Respondents: The respondents to the survey will be the Title 
V Program Directors in the states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto 
Rico.
    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.

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                                                        Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                  Number of                           Average burden
                        Form name                              Number of        responses per     Total responses   per response  (in     Total burden
                                                              respondents         respondent                              hours)             hours
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Title V Health Care Services Budget Survey...............                 52                  1                 52                 36              1,872
    Total................................................                 52                  1                 52                 36              1,872
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    Dated: August 1, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-19124 Filed 8-7-13; 8:45 am]
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