[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 54 (Monday, March 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15113-15114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06318]


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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 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) 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'' (Public Law 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, 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 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

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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       per response    Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses      (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. 2016-06318 Filed 3-18-16; 8:45 am]
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