[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 93 (Monday, May 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22272-22273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10182]


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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: Health 
Center Patient Survey, Reinstatement With Change

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 should be received no later than July 13, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Lisa Wright-Solomon, 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.
    Information Collection Request Title: Health Center Patient Survey, 
OMB No. 0915-0368--Reinstatement with Change.
    Abstract: HRSA supported health centers (those entities funded 
under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act) deliver 
comprehensive, affordable, quality primary health care to nearly 26 
million patients nationwide, regardless of their ability to pay. Nearly 
1,400 health centers operate more than 11,000 service delivery sites in 
every U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. 
Virgin Islands, and the Pacific Basin. In the past, HRSA has conducted 
the Health Center Patient Survey (HCPS), which surveys patients of HRSA 
funded health centers. The HCPS collects information about 
sociodemographic characteristics, health conditions, health behaviors, 
access to and use of health care services, and satisfaction with health 
care received at HRSA funded health centers. HRSA will use the same 
overarching modules from the 2014 HCPS but will employ changes designed 
to streamline the questionnaire to minimize burden and to standardize 
questions with other national surveys enabling comparative analyses 
with particular focus on HHS and HRSA priority areas (e.g., mental 
health and substance use). Survey results come from in-person, one-on-
one interviews with patients who are selected as nationally 
representative of the Health Center Program patient population.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The HCPS uniquely focuses 
on comprehensive, nationally representative, individual level data from 
the perspective of health center patients. By investigating how well 
HRSA funded health centers meet the health care needs of the medically 
underserved and how patients perceive their quality of care, the HCPS 
serves as an empirically based resource to inform HRSA policy, funding, 
and planning decisions.
    Likely Respondents: Patients at HRSA supported health centers.
    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. Compared to previous HCPS, the estimated 
burden hours for an individual respondent remains the same in the 
reinstatement. However, the total annual burden hours and number of 
survey respondents is anticipated to increase in order reflect the 
growing number of patients served by the Health Center Program. 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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Grantee Recruitment.............             220               1             220            2.00             440
Site Recruitment and Training...             700               1             700            3.15           2,205
Patient Screening...............          13,120               1          13,120            0.17           2,230
Patient Survey..................           9,058               1           9,058            1.25          11,323
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    Total.......................          23,098  ..............          23,098  ..............          16,198
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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 P. McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2018-10182 Filed 5-11-18; 8:45 am]
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