[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7482-7483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03455]


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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: Family-
to-Family Health Information Center Feedback Surveys, OMB No.: 0906-
xxxx--New

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection 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 Information Collection Request must be received 
no later than April 23, 2018.

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 Lisa Wright-
Solomon, 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: Family-to-Family Health 
Information Center Feedback Surveys, OMB Control Number: 0906-xxxx--
New.
    Abstract: The Family-to-Family Health Information Center (F2F HIC) 
program is authorized by the Social Security Act, Title V, Sec.  501(c) 
(42 U.S.C. 701(c)), as amended by the Medicare Access and CHIP 
Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Pub. L. 114-10), Sec.  216. The goal of 
the F2F HIC program is to promote optimal health for children and youth 
with special health care needs (CYSHCN) by facilitating their access to 
an effective health delivery system and by meeting the health 
information and support needs of families of CYSHCN and the 
professionals who serve them. HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau 
(MCHB) funds 51 F2F HICs in each of the 50 United States and the 
District of Columbia. On average, these Centers provide information, 
education, technical assistance, and peer support to approximately 
160,000 families of CYSHCN and approximately 68,000 health 
professionals each year. F2F HICs are staffed by families of CYSHCN who 
are uniquely positioned to provide such services, and by health 
professionals. F2F HIC staff also assist in ensuring families and 
health professionals are partners in decision making at all levels of 
care and service delivery.
    HRSA has developed feedback surveys to determine the extent to 
which F2F HICs provide service to families of CYSHCN and health 
professionals who serve such families. Each F2F HIC will administer the 
surveys and report data back to HRSA. Survey respondents will be asked 
to answer questions about how useful they found the information, 
assistance, or resources received from the F2F HICs. The purpose of 
this notice is to solicit comments regarding the proposed feedback 
surveys.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Data from the feedback 
surveys will support the HHS Secretary's priorities of engagement and 
performance and will provide mechanisms to capture consistent 
performance data from F2F HIC grant recipients. The data will also 
allow F2F HICs to evaluate the effectiveness of their interventions and 
improve services provided to families and the providers who serve 
CYSHCN families. This notice is subject to the appropriation of funds, 
and is a contingency action taken to ensure that, should funds become 
available for this purpose, information collection can be completed in 
a timely manner.
    Likely Respondents: Likely respondents are users of F2F HIC 
services, which include family members of CYSHCN and health 
professionals who serve such families.
    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; to process and to maintain, information; and to disclose 
and provide information; to train personnel 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.

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    The estimated respondent count per year is approximately 3,000 
families and 1,000 professionals.

                                     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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F2F HIC Feedback Survey.........           4,000               1           4,000            0.15             600
F2F HIC Grant Recipient Activity              51               1              51              89           4,539
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    Total.......................           4,051  ..............           4,051  ..............           5,139
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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.

Amy McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2018-03455 Filed 2-20-18; 8:45 am]
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