[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 88 (Friday, May 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27452-27453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10635]


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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 July 5, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N-39, 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.

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    Information Collection Request Title: Data Use Agreement and 
Supplement for 2014 Health Center Patient Survey.
    OMB No.: 0915-xxxx-New.
    Abstract: The Health Center Patient Survey (HCPS), sponsored by the 
Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Bureau of Primary 
Health Care (BPHC), surveys patients who use health centers funded 
under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. HCPS collects data 
on health center patients' sociodemographic characteristics, health 
conditions, health behaviors, access to and utilization of health care 
services, and satisfaction with their health care. Survey results come 
from in-person, one-on-one interviews with patients and are nationally 
representative of the Health Center Program patient population. To 
inform BPHC and HHS policy, funding, and planning decisions, the survey 
investigated how well HRSA-supported sites meet health care needs of 
the medically underserved and assessed how patients perceive the 
quality of their care. HCPS is unique because it focused on 
comprehensive patient-level data. These and other features of the data 
will provide researchers and policymakers the capacity to empirically 
explore policy topics relevant to the Health Center Program using up-
to-date information.
    Prior to releasing information from the survey, BPHC will request 
prospective users to complete the ``Data Use Agreement'' (DUA). BPHC 
uses DUAs as legal binding agreements when an external entity (e.g., 
contractor, private industry, academic institution, other federal 
government agency, or state agency) requests the use of BPHC 
personally/organizationally identifiable data that is covered by the 
Privacy Act of 1974. The agreement delineates the confidentiality 
requirements of the Privacy Act, security safeguards, and BPHC's data 
use policies and procedures. The DUA will serve as both a means of 
informing data users of these requirements and a means of obtaining 
their agreement to abide by these requirements.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Before allowing access to 
unrestricted data that contains sensitive grantee and patient 
information that is protected by the Privacy Act of 1974, prospective 
users will submit a signed DUA and describe what proposed research they 
intend to undertake in using the dataset. A BPHC workgroup will 
determine whether the project is an appropriate and legitimate use of 
the data. The criteria to determine admissible projects will include: 
(1) Relevance of the topic of study to BPHC/HHS policy; (2) feasibility 
of the project given the parameters described in DUA supplemental; and 
(3) the proposed end-use of the research that will be undertaken.
    Likely Respondents: Prospective researchers in academia, private 
contractors, and Primary Care Associations/Health Center Program 
grantee organizations.
    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 Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below.

                                     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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DUA.............................              20               1              20            0.25               5
DUA Supplemental................              20               1              20            1.25              25
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    Total.......................              40  ..............              40  ..............              30
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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. 2016-10635 Filed 5-5-16; 8:45 am]
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