[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 151 (Friday, August 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51919-51920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18609]


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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 September 
6, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the ICR 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: The Teaching Health Center 
Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program Eligible Resident/Fellow 
FTE Chart.
    OMB No. 0915-0367--Revision.
    Abstract: The Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education 
(THCGME) Program, section 340H of the Public

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Health Service (PHS) Act, was established by section 5508 of Public Law 
111-148. Public Law 114-10, the Medicare Access and CHIP 
Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) provided continued funding for the 
THCGME Program. THCGME Program awards payment for both direct and 
indirect expenses to support training for primary care residents in 
community-based ambulatory patient care settings. THCGME Program 
Eligible Resident/Fellow FTE Chart, published in the THCGME Funding 
Opportunity Announcements (FOAs), is a means for determining the number 
of eligible resident/fellow full-time equivalents (FTEs) in an 
applicant's primary care residency program. The current THCGME Program 
Eligible Resident/Fellow FTE Chart received OMB clearance on September 
16, 2013. HRSA is revising the chart to provide clearer projections 
over a longer period of time.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The THCGME Program 
Eligible Resident/Fellow FTE Chart requires applicants to provide data 
related to the size and/or growth of the residency program over 
previous academic years, the number of residents enrolled in the 
program during the baseline academic year, and a projection of the 
program's proposed expansion over the next 5 academic years. It is 
imperative that applicants complete this chart and provide evidence of 
a planned expansion, as per the statute, THCGME funding may only be 
used to support an expanded number of residents in a residency program 
or to establish a new residency training program. Utilization of a 
chart to gather this important information has decreased the number of 
errors in the eligibility review process resulting in a more accurate 
review and funding process. In the proposed revisions, the content of 
the information collected has not changed; however, the order in which 
the information is presented on the chart has been modified to provide 
clearer projections over a longer period of time. This extended time 
frame would allow programs the flexibility to project the variations 
that occur during the natural expansion and scaling up of residency 
programs. This would better equip HRSA to make more accurate future 
funding projections.
    Likely Respondents: Teaching Health Centers applying for THCGME 
funding through a THCGME FOA, which may include new applicants and 
existing awardees.
    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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                                                                                      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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Teaching Health Center GME                    90               1              90               1              90
 Program Eligible Resident/
 Fellow FTE Chart...............
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    Total.......................              90  ..............              90  ..............              90
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Jackie Painter,
Senior Advisor, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2016-18609 Filed 8-4-16; 8:45 am]
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