[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13805-13806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05730]


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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 14, 
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: Maternal and Child Health 
Bureau Performance Measures for Discretionary Grants
    OMB No.: 0915-0298--Revision
    Abstract: The Maternal and Child Health Bureau's (MCHB) 
Discretionary Grant Information System (DGIS) electronically captures 
performance measure, program, financial, and abstract data, and 
products and publications about these discretionary grants from the 
grantees. The data collected are used by MCHB project officers to 
monitor and assess grantee performance as well as assist in monitoring 
and evaluating MCHB's programs.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The Health Resources and 
Services Administration (HRSA) proposes to continue using reporting 
requirements for grant programs administered by MCHB, including 
national performance measures as previously approved by OMB, and in 
accordance with the ``Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 
1993'' (Pub. L. 103-62). This Act requires the establishment of 
measurable goals for Federal Programs that can be reported as part of 
the budgetary process, thus linking funding decisions with performance. 
Performance measures for MCHB discretionary grants were initially 
approved in January 2003. Approval from OMB is being sought to continue 
the use of performance measures for these grants. The revised 
performance measures are categorized by population domains (Adolescent 
Health, Child Health, Children with Special Health Care Needs, 
Lifecourse/Crosscutting, Maternal/Women Health, and Perinatal/Infant 
Health) consistent with Title V,

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with the addition of a Capacity Building domain, specific to DGIS. 
There are also program-specific measures included for a subset of 
discretionary grant programs including the Healthy Start program, 
Emergency Medical Services for Children program, and programs within 
the Division of MCH Workforce Development. Grant programs will be 
assigned measures in the domains that are appropriate for their 
activities. Comments were received related to structure, content, and 
volume of performance measures during the 60-day public comment period 
and those comments were taken into consideration in the final revision 
of the DGIS performance measures and overall DGIS data collection.
    MCHB's purpose in revising the performance measures is to better 
measure progress toward program goals. These program goals include 
alignment with and support of the Title V Block Grant, specifically 
population domains and National Performance Measures, where reasonable. 
Further, the revised measures will more accurately capture the scope of 
services provided through this grant funding. The overall number of 
performance measures has been reduced from prior DGIS data collection, 
and the average number of performance measures each grantee will be 
required to report is reduced as well. Further, the structure of the 
data collection has been revised to better measure the various models 
of programs and the services each funded program provides. This 
revision will allow a more accurate and detailed picture of the full 
scope of services provided through grant programs administered by MCHB. 
The data collected are also used by MCHB project officers to monitor 
and assess grantee performance as well as assist in monitoring and 
evaluating MCHB's programs.
    Likely Respondents: Discretionary grant programs administered by 
the Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
    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        responses per     Total responses     per  response       Total burden
                                                              respondents         respondent                            (in hours)           hours
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Grant Report.............................................                600                  1                600                 36             21,600
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    Total................................................                600                  1                600                 36             21,600
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 Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2016-05730 Filed 3-14-16; 8:45 am]
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