[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12494-12495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05414]


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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 April 8, 
2015.

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 Program Measures OMB No. 0906-XXXX--New.

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    Abstract: The Rural Health Care Services Outreach (Outreach) 
Program is authorized by section 330A(e) of the Public Health Service 
(PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 254c(e)), as amended, 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 
goals for the Outreach Program are the following: (1) Expand the 
delivery of health care services to include new and enhanced services 
exclusively in rural communities; (2) deliver health care services 
through a strong consortium, in which every consortium member 
organization is actively involved and engaged in the planning and 
delivery of services; (3) utilize and/or adapt an evidence-based or 
promising practice model(s) in the delivery of health care services; 
and (4) improve population health and demonstrate health outcomes and 
sustainability.
    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 required by Congress 
under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. These 
measures cover the principal topic areas of interest to the Federal 
Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), including: (a) Access to care; 
(b) population demographics; (c) staffing; (d) consortium/network; (e) 
sustainability; and (f) project specific domains. Several measures will 
be used for the Outreach Program. All measures will speak to FORHP's 
progress toward meeting the goals.
    A 60-day Federal Register Notice was published in the Federal 
Register on December 22, 2014, (79 FR 76334). There were no comments.
    Likely Respondents: The respondents would be recipients of the 
Rural Health Care Services Outreach grant funding.
    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
                  Form name                   respondents   responses per   responses     response      burden
                                                             respondent                  (in hours)     hours
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Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant              50               1           50            3          150
 Program Measures...........................
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    Total...................................           50               1           50            3          150
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Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2015-05414 Filed 3-6-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4165-15-P