[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 162 (Monday, August 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56664-56665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19924]


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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; Data Collection Tool for 
State Offices of Rural Health Grant Program

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 
21, 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: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the ICR title for reference.

Information Collection Request Title: Data Collection Tool for State 
Offices of Rural Health Grant Program

OMB No. 0915-0322--Extension

    Abstract: The mission of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy 
(FORHP) is to sustain and improve access to quality care services for 
rural communities. In its authorizing language (Section 711 of the 
Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 912]), Congress charged FORHP with 
administering grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to provide 
technical assistance and other activities as necessary to support 
activities related to improving health care in rural areas. In 
accordance with the Public Health Service Act, Section 338J (42 U.S.C. 
254r), HRSA proposes to continue the State Offices of Rural Health 
(SORH) Grant Program--Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) and Forms 
for the Application. The FOA is used by 50 states in preparing 
applications for grants under the SORH Grant Program of the Public 
Health Service Act, and in preparing the required report.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: FORHP seeks to continue 
gathering information from grantees on their efforts to provide 
technical assistance to clients within their states. SORH grantees 
submit a Technical Assistance Report that includes: (1) The total 
number of technical assistance encounters provided directly by the 
grantee; and (2) the total number of unduplicated clients that received 
direct technical assistance from the grantee. The Technical Assistance 
Report is submitted via the HRSA Electronic Handbook no later than 30 
days after the end of each 12-month budget period.
    A 60-day Federal Register Notice was published in the Federal 
Register on June 22, 2016 (81 FR 40704). There were no public comments.
    Likely Respondents: Fifty State Offices of Rural Health.
    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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Technical Assistance Report.....              50               1              50            12.5             625
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    Total.......................              50  ..............              50  ..............             625
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Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2016-19924 Filed 8-19-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4165-15-P