[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 178 (Thursday, September 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46504-46505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19903]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request; Forms for Use With Applications to the Maternal 
and Child Health Bureau Research and Training Grants, OMB No. 0906--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 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 November 13, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 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: Forms for Use with 
Applications to the Maternal and Child Health Bureau Research and 
Training Grants, OMB No. 0906-xxxx--New.
    Abstract: HRSA currently utilizes the National Institute of 
Health's (NIH) Biographical Sketch and Public Health Service (PHS) 
Inclusion Enrollment forms (0925-0001) for HRSA's SF424 Research & 
Related application package research grants. In order to update the 
forms to meet HRSA's needs, HRSA plans to remove the NIH-specific 
references and obtain its own OMB control number for the collection of 
this information.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA's Maternal and Child 
Health Bureau (MCHB) plans to modify the Biographical Sketch and the

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PHS Inclusion Enrollment Form in slightly different ways in order to 
meet the needs of its own research and training grant programs. In 
MCHB's research grant programs, the modified Biographical Sketch form 
will be used by applicants to summarize the qualifications of each key 
personnel on their proposed research team, and grant reviewers will use 
this information to assess the capabilities of the research team to 
carry out the research project as planned. Monitoring inclusion 
enrollment is one important component of ensuring demographic diversity 
(race, ethnicity, and gender) among research study participants in 
MCHB's research grant portfolio. MCHB's modified PHS Inclusion 
Enrollment form will be used by applicants to summarize their expected 
population of research study participants at the time of submission of 
their proposal, and it will also be used for Enrollment Reporting 
during the annual Noncompeting Continuation Award.
    Likely Respondents: Respondents are applicants to MCHB's research 
programs.
    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 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.

                                     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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Biographical Sketch for MCHB                 200               5           1,000             2.0           2,000
 research grant applicants......
PHS Inclusion Enrollment form                200               1             200             0.5             100
 for MCHB research grant
 applications...................
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    Total.......................             400  ..............           1,200  ..............           2,100
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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. 2018-19903 Filed 9-12-18; 8:45 am]
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