[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 244 (Monday, December 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79347-79348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31936]


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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 January 
20, 2016.

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) 594-
4306.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Information Collection Request Title: The Maternal, Infant, and 
Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Performance Measurement 
Information System.
    OMB No.: 0906-xxxx--NEW.
    Abstract: The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting 
Program (MIECHV), administered by HRSA in 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. States and territories 
(as well as nonprofit organizations selected to provide services in 
non-participating states and territories) are eligible to receive 
funding from the Home Visiting Program and have flexibility to tailor 
the program to serve the specific needs of their communities.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA will use the 
proposed information to demonstrate program accountability and 
continuously monitor and provide oversight to state and territory Home 
Visiting Program grantees. The information will also be used to provide 
quality improvement guidance and technical assistance to grantees and 
help inform the development of early childhood systems at the national, 
state, and local level. HRSA is seeking to collect demographic, service 
utilization, and select clinical indicators for participants enrolled 
in home visiting services. In addition, HRSA will collect a set of 
standardized performance and system outcome indicators that correspond 
with the statutorily identified benchmark areas.
    Demographic, Service Utilization, and Clinical Indicators Data: 
These data will describe the population served by the Home Visiting 
Program, including the unduplicated count of the number of participants 
and participant groups by race and ethnicity. These data will provide 
other socio-demographic characteristics of program participants and 
their utilization of services, such as program retention. Additionally, 
these data will describe several select clinical indicators of program 
participants, such as a child's usual source of medical care. This 
information will be collected from participants at enrollment in home 
visiting services and aggregated and reported to HRSA by state/
territory grantees once annually.
    Performance and System Outcome Benchmark Data: These data 
constitute a discrete set of standardized performance and system 
outcome indicators that correspond with the statutorily identified 
benchmark areas. These data will provide aggregate totals, percentages, 
and rates for performance and system outcome indicators that are 
salient to the Home Visiting Program, home visiting services more 
generally, and the at-risk populations served. These data will be 
collected from participants based on the appropriate measurement period 
defined for each measure and aggregated and reported to HRSA by state/
territory grantees once annually.
    This information will be used to demonstrate accountability with 
legislative and programmatic requirements. It will also be used to 
monitor and provide continued oversight for grantee performance and to 
target technical assistance resources to grantees. In the future, it is 
anticipated that Home Visiting Program funding decisions may be 
allocated based on grantee performance, including on benchmark 
performance areas.
    Likely Respondents: Home Visiting Program grantees.
    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.

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                                    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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Form 1: Demographic, Service                  56               1              56             425          23,800
 Utilization, and Clinical
 Indicators Data................
Form 2: Performance and System                56               1              56             425          23,800
 Outcome Benchmark Data.........
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    Total.......................              56  ..............              56  ..............          47,600
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Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2015-31936 Filed 12-18-15; 8:45 am]
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