[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 62 (Friday, March 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13763-13764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06442]


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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; Rural Health Care Services 
Outreach Program Performance Improvement and Measurement Systems 
Measures, OMB No. 0915-0009--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 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. This proposed information collection was previously 
published in the Federal Register on November 27, 2017, and allowed 60-
days for public comment. No public comments were received.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than April 30, 
2018.

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 Lisa Wright-Solomon, the 
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or 
call (301) 443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Information Collection Request Title: Rural Health Care Services 
Outreach Program Performance Improvement and Measurement Systems (PIMS) 
Measures.
    OMB No.: 0915-0009--Revision.
    Abstract: The Rural Health Care Services Outreach (Outreach) 
Program is authorized by Section 330A(e) of the Public Health Service 
(PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 254c(e)), as amended, to ``promote rural health 
care services outreach by expanding the delivery of health care 
services to include new and enhanced services in rural areas.'' The 
goals for the Outreach Program are as follows: (1) Expand the delivery 
of health care services in rural communities; (2) deliver health care 
services through a strong consortium, in which every consortium member 
organization is actively involved and engaged in the planning and 
delivery of services; (3) utilize and/or adapt an evidence-based or 
promising practice model(s) in the delivery of health care services; 
and (4) improve population health, demonstrate health outcomes and 
sustainability.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The PIMS measures for the 
Outreach Program enable HRSA and the Federal Office of Rural Health 
Policy to capture awardee-level and aggregate data that illustrate the 
impact and scope of federal funding. The collection of this information 
helps further inform and substantiate the focus and objectives of the 
grant program. The measures encompass the following topics: (a) Access 
to care; (b) population demographics; (c) consortium/network; (d) 
sustainability; and (f) project specific domains.
    There are proposed revisions to the previously approved Outreach 
Program PIMS measures. The proposed Outreach PIMS measures reflect a 
reduced number of measures including the following: 16 process measures 
applicable to all awardees (previously 22), consolidation of the 
project-specific measures (currently 7, previously 8), and 8 clinical 
measures (previously 9). In addition, the proposed measures include the 
addition of two Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
calculators: The CDC Heart Age calculator and the CDC BMI Percentile 
Calculator for Child and Teen. Data for both calculators will be 
collected on an aggregate level and only from awardees with applicable 
projects; the CDC Heart Age calculator is specific to awardees 
participating in the Health Improvement Special Project while the CDC 
BMI calculator is for projects focusing on childhood obesity.
    Likely Respondents: The respondents would be award recipients of 
the Rural Health Care Services Outreach 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. 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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Rural Health Care Services                    25               1              25             3.5            87.5
 Outreach Program Performance
 Improvement and Measurement
 Systems (PIMS) Measures........
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    Total.......................              25  ..............              25  ..............            87.5
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Amy McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2018-06442 Filed 3-29-18; 8:45 am]
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