[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12107-12108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05070]


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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 7, 
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) 443-
1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Information Collection Request Title: 
Telehealth Resource Center Performance Measurement Tool. OMB No. 0915-
0361--Revision
    Abstract: To ensure the best use of public funds and to meet the 
Government Performance Review Act requirements, the Federal Office of 
Rural Health's Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT) in 
collaboration with the Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs) created a set 
of performance measures that grantees can use to evaluate the technical 
assistance services provided by the TRCs. Grantee goals are to 
customize the provision of telehealth technical assistance across the 
country. The TRCs provide technical assistance to health care 
organizations, health care networks, and health care providers in the 
implementation of cost-effective telehealth programs to serve rural and 
medically underserved areas and populations.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The revised measures will 
be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the technical assistance. The 
tool will also be used to address GPRA requirements and to report to 
Congress the value added from the TRC Grant Program; justification for 
budget request; measure performance relative to the mission of OAT/
HRSA, as well as individual goals and objectives of the program; 
identify topics of interest for future special studies; identify 
changes in healthcare needs within rural communities, allowing programs 
to shift focus in order to meet those needs; and collect uniform 
consistent data and provide guidance to grantees.
    Likely Respondents: The likely respondents will be telehealth 
associations, telehealth providers, rural health providers, clinicians 
that deliver services via telehealth, technical assistance providers, 
research organizations, and academic medical centers.
    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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Telehealth Resource Center                    14              42             588            0.07           41.16
 Performance Data Collection....
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    Total.......................              14              42             588            0.07           41.16
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Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2016-05070 Filed 3-7-16; 8:45 am]
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