[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26063-26064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12005]


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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; Office of the Advancement 
of Telehealth Outcome Measures, OMB No. 0915-0311--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. This proposed 
information collection was previously published in the Federal Register 
on January 10, 2018 (83 FR 1264), and allowed 60-days for public 
comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this notice 
is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. 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 July 5, 
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 the HRSA Information 
Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or call (301) 443-
1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Information Collection Request Title: Office for the Advancement of 
Telehealth Outcome Measures, OMB No. 0915-0311--Revision.
    Abstract: In order to help carry out its mission, the Office for 
the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT) created a set of performance 
measures that grantees can use to evaluate the effectiveness of their 
services programs and monitor their progress through the use of 
performance reporting data.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: As required by the 
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, all federal agencies 
must develop strategic plans describing their overall goal and 
objectives. OAT has worked with its grantees to develop performance 
measures used to evaluate and monitor the progress of the grantees. 
Grantee goals are to improve access to needed services, reduce rural 
practitioner isolation, improve health system productivity and 
efficiency, and improve patient outcomes.
    In each of these categories, specific indicators were designed to 
be reported through a performance monitoring website. New measures are 
being added to the Telehealth Network Grant Program and all measures 
speak to OAT's progress toward meeting the goals, specifically 
telehealth services delivered through rural schools.
    Likely Respondents: Telehealth Network Grantees.
    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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Performance Improvement                       21               1              21               7             147
 Measurement System (PIMS)......
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    Total.......................              21  ..............              21  ..............             147
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Amy P. McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2018-12005 Filed 6-4-18; 8:45 am]
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