[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 95620-95621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31353]


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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; Evaluation and Assessment 
of HRSA Teaching Health Centers

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, 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 January 
27, 2017.

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: 
Evaluation and Assessment of HRSA Teaching Health Centers.
    OMB No. 0915-0376--Extension.
    Abstract: The Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education 
(THCGME) program supports new and the expansion of existing primary 
care residency training programs in community-based settings. The 
primary goals of the THCGME program are to increase the production of 
primary care doctors and dentists who are well prepared to practice in 
community settings, particularly with underserved populations, and to 
improve the overall number and geographic distribution of primary care 
providers.

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    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: To ensure these goals are 
achieved, the George Washington University (GW) is conducting an 
evaluation of the training, administrative and organizational 
structures, clinical service, challenges, innovations, costs associated 
with training, and outcomes of Teaching Health Centers (THCs). GW has 
developed questionnaires for implementation with all THC matriculating 
residents, graduating residents, and graduated residents at one year 
post-graduation. The matriculation questionnaire aims to collect 
background information on THC residents to better understand the 
characteristics of individuals who apply and are accepted to THC 
programs. The graduation questionnaire collects information on career 
plans. The alumni questionnaire collects information on career outcomes 
(including practice in primary care and in underserved settings) 
following graduation as well as feedback on the quality of training.
    Statute requires that THCGME program award recipients report 
annually on the types of primary care resident approved training 
programs provided, the number of approved training positions, the 
number who completed their residency at the end of the prior academic 
year and care for vulnerable populations living in underserved areas, 
and any other information as deemed appropriate by the Secretary. The 
described data collection activities will serve to meet this statutory 
requirement for the THCGME program award recipients in a uniform and 
consistent manner and will allow comparisons of this group to other 
trainees in non-THC programs. HRSA seeks renewal of these measures with 
no changes.
    Likely Respondents: This data collection includes documents that 
are completed separately by THC Program Directors and residents. THC 
Program Directors who have not already completed the program data 
collection tool will respond to the part of the data collection tool 
related to the characteristics of the programs. Annual updates are made 
on an as-needed basis. THC matriculating residents, graduating 
residents and graduated residents at one year post-graduation will 
respond to the questionnaires related to characteristics of the 
residents.
    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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Program Data Collection Tool....              10               1              10               8              80
THC Alumni Survey...............             200               1             200            0.33              66
THC Matriculant Survey..........             200               1             200            0.25              50
THC Graduation Survey...........             200               1             200            0.25              50
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    Total.......................             610  ..............             610  ..............             246
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Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2016-31353 Filed 12-27-16; 8:45 am]
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