[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 202 (Thursday, October 18, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52840-52841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22708]



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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: Bureau of 

Health Workforce Performance Data Collection, OMB No. 0915-0061--

Revision



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 should be received no later than December 

17, 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.

    Information Collection Request Title: Bureau of Health Workforce 

Performance Data Collection, OMB No. 0915-0061--Revision.

    Abstract: Over 40 Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) programs award 

grants to health professions schools and training programs across the 

United States to develop, expand, and enhance training, and to 

strengthen the distribution of the health workforce. These programs are 

governed by the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.), 

specifically Titles III, VII, and VIII. Performance information about 

these health professions programs is



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collected in the HRSA Performance Report for Grants and Cooperative 

Agreements. Specific performance measurement requirements for each 

program may be found on the HRSA website at https://bhw.hrsa.gov/grants/reportonyourgrant. Data collection activities consist of two 

reports, an annual progress and annual performance report that are 

submitted by awardees to comply with statutory and programmatic 

requirements for performance measurement and evaluation (including 

specific Title III, VII and VIII requirements), as well as the 

Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) and the GPRA 

Modernization Act of 2010 requirements. The performance measures were 

last revised in 2016 to ensure they addressed programmatic changes, met 

evolving program management needs, and responded to emerging workforce 

concerns. As these changes successfully enabled BHW to demonstrate 

accurate outputs and outcomes associated with the health professions 

programs, BHW will continue with its current performance management 

strategy and make only minor changes that reflect new HHS and HRSA 

priorities with the addition of a question asking awardees how many 

trainees received training in telehealth, substance use treatment, and/

or medication-assisted treatment.

    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The purpose of the 

proposed data collection is to continue analysis and reporting of 

awardee training activities and educational programs, identify intended 

practice locations, and report outcomes of funded initiatives. Data 

collected from these grant programs will also provide a description of 

the program activities of approximately 1,500 reporting grantees to 

inform policymakers on the barriers, opportunities, and outcomes 

involved in health care workforce development. The proposed measures 

focus on five key outcomes: (1) Increasing the workforce supply of 

well-educated practitioners in needed professions; (2) increasing the 

number of practitioners that practice in underserved and rural areas; 

(3) enhancing the quality of education; (4) increasing the recruitment, 

training, and placement of under-represented groups in the health 

workforce; and (5) supporting educational infrastructure to increase 

the capacity to train more health professionals in high demand areas.

    Likely Respondents: Respondents are awardees of BHW health 

professions grant 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 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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                                                     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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Direct Financial Support Program             500               1             500             3.1           1,550

Infrastructure Program..........             100               1             100             4.5             450

Multipurpose or Hybrid Program..             900               1             900             4.3           3,870

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                                           1,500  ..............           1,500  ..............           5,870

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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.

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