[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 77 (Monday, April 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18917-18918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08187]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Delta 
States Rural Development Network Grant Program, OMB No. 0915-0386--
Revision

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, 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 ICR must be received no later than June 23, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N39, 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, in compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
    Information Collection Request Title: Delta States Rural 
Development Network Grant Program, OMB No. 0915-0386--Revision
    Abstract: The Delta States Rural Development Network Grant (Delta) 
Program is authorized by the Public Health Service Act, Section 330A(f) 
(42 U.S.C. 254c(f)), as Public Law 114-53. The Delta Program supports 
projects that demonstrate evidence-based and/or promising approaches 
around cardiovascular disease, diabetes, acute ischemic stroke, or 
obesity to improve health status in rural communities throughout the 
Delta Region. Key features of projects are adoption of an evidence-
based approach, demonstration of health outcomes, program 
replicability, and sustainability.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: For this program, 
performance measures include: (a) Access to care, (b) population 
demographics, (c) staffing, (d) sustainability, (e) project specific 
domains, and (f) health related clinical measures. These performance 
measures enable HRSA's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy to 
aggregate program data required by Congress under the Government 
Performance and Results Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-62). The proposed 
revisions to the performance measures include reducing the number of 
reported measures and showing annual progress compared to baseline data 
submitted in the grant applications. Examples of the measures that will 
be removed include the number of people reached through indirect 
services and the number of quality improvement clinical guidelines/
benchmarks adopted.
    Likely Respondents: The respondents are the recipients of the Delta 
States Rural Development Network Program.
    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.
    As a result of the reduction in performance measures, annualized 
burden is decreasing from 72 hours to 32 hours. 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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                                                     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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Delta States Rural Development                12               1              12            2.66              32
 Network Program Performance
 Improvement Measurement System.
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    Total.......................              12  ..............              12  ..............              32
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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.

Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2017-08187 Filed 4-21-17; 8:45 am]
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