[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 91 (Monday, May 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26975-26976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10875]


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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 no later than June 11, 
2014.

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: Rural Health Care Services 
Outreach Supplement Performance Measures.
    OMB No.: 0915-xxxx--NEW.
    Abstract: The fiscal year (FY) 2013 Supplemental Funding to the 
Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program grantees is a one-time 
supplemental funding under Section 330A(e) of the Public Health Service 
(PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 254c(e)) to promote rural health care services 
outreach by expanding the delivery of health care services to include 
new and enhanced services in rural areas. The supplemental funding will 
specifically focus on supporting the current scope of their project, 
allowing grantees to further enhance outreach and enrollment assistance 
activities in their communities. This supplemental funding will support 
the Affordable Care Act's outreach and enrollment activities to the 
Health Insurance Marketplaces. Grantees will be able to raise awareness 
of affordable insurance options and provide assistance and

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information to the uninsured about enrolling in available sources of 
insurance, such as Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance 
Program, and private insurance in the Marketplace through this 
supplemental funding.
    The overarching goal is to increase the number of eligible 
individuals educated about their coverage options and enrollees to the 
Health Insurance Marketplaces or other available sources of insurance, 
such as Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program 
as a result of this supplemental funding.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: For this program, 
performance measures were drafted to provide data to the program and to 
enable HRSA to provide aggregate program data. These measures cover the 
principal topic areas of interest to the Office of Rural Health Policy, 
including: (a) Organizational information; (b) outreach and enrollment 
personnel; (c) outreach and education; (d) enrollment; and (e) 
additional resources. Several measures will be used for this program. A 
60-day Federal Register notice was published in the Federal Register on 
February 18, 2014 (see, 79 Fed. Reg. 9235). There were no comments.
    Likely Respondents: The respondents would be recipients of the 
Rural Health Care Services Outreach supplemental funding award.
    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
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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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Rural Health Care Services                    52               1              52             1.5              78
 Outreach Supplement Performance
 Measures.......................
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    Total.......................              52               1              52             1.5              78
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    Dated: May 6, 2014.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2014-10875 Filed 5-9-14; 8:45 am]
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