[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 137 (Thursday, July 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41689-41690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16765]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier HHS-OS-0990-New-30D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, has submitted an Information Collection 
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR is for a new collection. 
Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be 
provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public on 
this ICR during the review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before August 18, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or via 
facsimile to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance 
staff, [email protected] or (202) 690-6162.
    Information Collection Request Title: Title X Family Planning 
Outreach and Enrollment Data Collection Form.
    Abstract: The Office of Population Affairs within the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Health seeks to collect data from the Title X 
service delivery grantees on efforts related to outreach and enrollment 
to assist individuals in obtaining health insurance available as a 
result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Grantees will be asked to 
collect and report information on the numbers of individuals who are; 
(1) Assisted by a trained health center worker; (2) number of 
individuals who receive an eligibility determination for the 
marketplace, Medicaid or CHIP with the assistance of a trained worker; 
and (3) number of individuals who enroll in an insurance program with 
the assistance of a trained worker. For each of the data points above, 
respondents will have the option to break out the data for partial 
Medicaid (i.e. waiver programs), full Medicaid, and private marketplace 
plans. The detailed data will be optional for those who are able to 
provide it. The information will be reported for all sites in their 
grantee network.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The Title X Family 
Planning Program (``Title X program'' or ``program'') is the only 
Federal grant program dedicated solely to providing individuals with 
comprehensive family planning and related preventive health services 
(e.g., screening for breast and cervical cancer, sexually transmitted 
diseases (STDs), and human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]). By law, 
priority is given to persons from low-income families (Section 1006[c] 
of Title X of the Public Health Service Act, 42 USC 300). The Office of 
Population Affairs (OPA) within the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Health administers the Title X program.
    In fiscal year 2013, Congress appropriated approximately $296.8

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million for Title X family planning activities. In accordance with the 
statute and regulations (42 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] Part 59), 
at least 90% of the appropriation is used for clinical family planning 
services. In 2012, 98 Title X grantees provided family planning 
services to five million women and men through a network of 4,400 
community-based clinics that include state and local health 
departments, tribal organizations, and other public and private 
nonprofit agencies. There is at least one clinic that receives Title X 
funds and provides services as required under the Title X statute in 
73% of U.S. counties.
    Sixty percent of the clients seen at Title X funded service sites 
self-identify as being uninsured. Seventy percent of the total clients 
are under the age 30. Thus Title X service sites see a large proportion 
of young and uninsured individuals. Over the past years, OPA has 
encouraged grantees to develop enrollment programs to ensure that 
clients who are currently uninsured understand new health insurance 
options that are available as a result of the ACA. Some sites already 
assist individuals with enrolling in Medicaid and other public 
insurance programs. With the availability of the health insurance 
marketplace, many more service delivery sites are assisting clients 
enroll in health insurance programs.
    OPA does not have any data on how many sites are assisting and 
enrolling clients into health insurance programs. Thus we seek to 
collect this data in order to understand the impact of Title X funded 
service sites on assisting and enrolling clients into insurance 
programs. We will utilize this information to guide strategic planning 
around how Title X service sites and prepare for, and assist with, the 
full implementation of the ACA. Through a separate data collection 
process called the Family Planning Annual Report (FPAR) (OMB No. 0990-
0221, expiration January 31, 2016), OPA collects information on the 
insurance status of the clients served. With the implementation of the 
ACA, many of the traditional clients served by Title X service sites 
will qualify for health insurance.
    Likely Respondents: This annual reporting requirement is for family 
planning services delivery projects authorized and funded by the Title 
X Family Planning Program.
    Burden Statement: 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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                                                                  Number of      Average burden
              Form name                Number of respondents    responses per     per response     Total burden
                                                                  respondent       (in hours)         hours
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Outreach and Enrollment Activities..  4200 service sites.....               1             0.20              840
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Darius Taylor,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-16765 Filed 7-16-14; 8:45 am]
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