[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 100 (Friday, May 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29784-29785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12042]


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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 23, 
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: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information request collection title 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Delta States Rural 
Development Network Grant Program Performance Improvement Measurement 
System Measures OMB No. 0915-xxxx--New
    Abstract: The Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program 
supports projects that demonstrate evidence based and/or promising 
approaches around cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or obesity in order 
to improve health status in rural communities throughout the Delta 
Region. Key features of programs are collaboration, adoption of an 
evidence-based approach, demonstration of health outcomes, program 
replicability, and sustainability.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: For this program, 
performance measures were drafted to provide data useful to the program 
and to enable HRSA to provide aggregate program data required by 
Congress under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 
1993 (Public Law 103-62). These measures cover the principal topic 
areas of interest to the Office of Rural Health Policy, including: (a) 
access to care; (b) the underinsured and uninsured; (c) workforce 
recruitment and retention; (d) sustainability; (e) health information 
technology; (f) network development; and (g) health related clinical 
measures. Several measures will be used for this program. These 
measures will speak to the Office's progress toward meeting set goals. 
Summary of Prior Comments and Agency Response: A 60-day Federal 
Register Notice was published in the Federal Register on February 11, 
2014 (79 FR 8196). There were no comments.
    Likely Respondents: Delta States Rural Development Network Grant 
Program award recipients.
    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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Delta States Rural Development                12               1              12               6              72
 Network Program Performance
 Measures.......................
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    Total.......................              12               1              12               6              72
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    Dated: May 19, 2014.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2014-12042 Filed 5-22-14; 8:45 am]
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