[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4475-4476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01552]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (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.

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DATES: Comments on this Information Collection Request must be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn 
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 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 [email protected] or call the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information request collection title 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Reconciliation Tool for the 
Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program.
    OMB No.: 0915-0342--Extension.
    Abstract: The Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education 
(THCGME) program, Section 340H of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, 
was established by Section 5508 of Public Law 111-148. The program 
supports training for primary care residents (including residents in 
family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine 
pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, general dentistry, 
pediatric dentistry, and geriatrics) in community-based ambulatory 
patient care settings.
    The statute provides that eligible Teaching Health Centers receive 
payments for both direct and indirect expenses associated with training 
residents in community-based ambulatory patient care centers. Direct 
medical expenses payments are designed to compensate eligible teaching 
health centers for those expenses directly associated with resident 
training, while indirect medical expenses payments are intended to 
compensate for the additional expenses of training residents in such 
programs.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: THCGME payments are 
prospective payments, and the statute provides for a reconciliation 
process through which overpayments may be recouped and underpayments 
may be adjusted at the end of the fiscal year. This data collection 
instrument will gather information relating to the numbers of residents 
in THCGME training programs in order to reconcile payments for both 
direct and indirect expenses.
    Likely Respondents: The likely responders to the THCGME 
Reconciliation Tool are existing THCGME awardees.
    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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                                                     Number of                    Average burden
            Form name                Number of     responses per       Total       per response    Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)         hours
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THCGME Reconciliation Tool......              44               1              44               2              88
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    Total.......................              44               1              44               2              88
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    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.

    Dated: January 22, 2014.
Jackie Painter,
Deputy Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2014-01552 Filed 1-27-14; 8:45 am]
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