[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 73 (Thursday, April 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20501-20502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08707]


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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.

DATES: Comments on this Information Collection Request must be received 
no later than June 15, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 10C-03, 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: Maternal, Infant, and 
Childhood Home Visiting (Home Visiting) Program fiscal year (FY) 2015, 
FY2016, FY2017 Non-Competing Continuation Progress Report for Formula 
Grant.
    OMB No. 0915-0355--Extension.
    Abstract: The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting 
(Home Visiting) Program, administered by the Health Resources and 
Services Administration (HRSA), in close partnership with the 
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), supports voluntary, 
evidence-based home visiting services during pregnancy and to parents 
with young children up to kindergarten entry. The purpose of this 
formula grant program is to support the delivery of coordinated and 
comprehensive voluntary early childhood home visiting program services 
and effective implementation of high-quality evidence-based practices. 
Fifty states, the District of Columbia, 5 territories, and eligible 
nonprofit organizations are eligible for formula grants and submit non-
competing continuation progress reports annually. There are 56 
jurisdictions/entities eligible for formula awards, and 56 formula 
awards are issued annually.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: This information 
collection is needed for grantees to report progress under the Home 
Visiting Program annually. On March 23, 2010, the President signed into 
law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Section 2951 
of the ACA amended title V of the Social Security Act by adding a new 
section, 511, which authorized the Home Visiting Program (http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h3590enr.txt.pdf, pages 216-
225). Congress extended funding for the Home Visiting Program by the 
Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-93). A portion 
of funding provided under this program is awarded to participating 
states, jurisdictions, and entities by formula.
    The information collected will be used to review grantee progress 
on proposed project plans to assess whether the project is performing 
adequately to achieve the goals and objectives that were previously 
approved. This report will also provide implementation plans for the 
upcoming year, to permit assessment of whether the plan is consistent 
with the grant as approved, and is expected to, will result in, 
implementation of a high-quality project that will complement the Home 
Visiting Program as a whole. Progress Reports are submitted through the 
Electronic Handbooks. Failure to collect this information would impair 
federal monitoring and oversight of the use of grant funds in keeping 
with legislative and policy requirements. Grantees are required to 
provide a performance narrative with the following sections: Project 
identifier information; accomplishments and barriers; Home Visiting 
Program goals and objectives; update on the Home Visiting Program 
promising approach; implementation of the Home Visiting Program in 
targeted at-risk communities; progress toward meeting legislatively-
mandated reporting on benchmark areas; home visiting quality 
improvement efforts; and updates on the administration of the Home 
Visiting Program.
    Likely Respondents: Grantees with Home Visiting Formula Awards 
Awarded in Federal FY 2013-FY 2017.
    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

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information. The total annual burden hours estimated for this 
Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below.
    Total Estimated Annualized burden hours:
    The burden estimates presented in the table below are based on 
consultations with a few states on the guidance. Grantees receive a new 
formula grant annually and are expected to report on progress annually, 
so the expectation is that grantees would submit non-competing 
continuation progress reports four times between federal FY 2015 and FY 
2018. Only seven grantees are currently implementing a promising 
approach and require an annual update on the promising approach.

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                                                     Number of
     Information collection          Number of     responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Formula Grant Award.............              56               1              56              42           2,352
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    Total.......................              56               1              56              42           2,352
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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.

Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2015-08707 Filed 4-15-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4165-15-P