[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 235 (Friday, December 7, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63182-63183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26524]


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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; Information Collection 
Request Title: Family-to-Family Health Information Center Feedback 
Surveys, OMB Number: 0906-xxxx-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 Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA 
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.

DATES: Comments on this ICR must be received no later than January 7, 
2019.

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, in compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
    Information Collection Request Title: Family-to-Family Health 
Information Center Feedback Surveys, OMB Control Number: 0906-xxxx-New.
    Abstract: The Family-to-Family Health Information Center (F2F HIC) 
program is authorized by the Social Security Act, Title V, Sec.  501(c) 
(42 U.S.C. 701(c)), as amended by Sec.  50501 of the Bipartisan Budget 
Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-123). The goal of the F2F HIC program is to 
promote optimal health for children and youth with special health care 
needs (CYSHCN) by facilitating their access to an effective health 
delivery system and by meeting the health information and support needs 
of families of CYSHCN and the professionals who serve them. F2F HICs 
are staffed by families of CYSHCN who have first-hand knowledge using 
health care services and programs. With this experience, these staff 
are uniquely positioned to provide support to other CYSHCN families and 
help other families like theirs navigate an often complex and confusing 
health care and social service system. They also serve as mentors and 
as a reliable source of health care information to other families.
    During Fiscal Years (FY) 2003 to 2017, HRSA's Maternal and Child 
Health Bureau (MCHB) awarded approximately $4.9 million per FY in 
grants to support 51 F2F HICs in each of the 50 states and the District 
of Columbia. In FY 2017, 49 centers that reported data served and 
trained over 184,000 families and approximately 85,500 health 
professionals. For FYs 2018 and 2019, HRSA MCHB will award 
approximately $6 million per FY to support 59 F2F HICs: One each in the 
50 states and the District of Columbia, 1 each in the 5 U.S. 
Territories (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana 
Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands), and 3 to serve American Indians/
Alaska Natives.
    HRSA has developed feedback surveys to determine the extent to 
which F2F HICs provide service to families of CYSHCN and health 
professionals who serve such families. Each F2F HIC will administer the 
surveys and report data back to HRSA. Survey respondents will be asked 
to answer questions about how useful they found the information, 
assistance, or resources received from the F2F HICs. The purpose of 
this notice is to solicit comments regarding the proposed feedback 
surveys and the F2F HIC grant recipient activity instructions form.

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    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Data from the feedback 
surveys will provide mechanisms to capture consistent performance data 
from F2F HIC grant recipients. The data will also allow F2F HICs to 
evaluate the effectiveness of their interventions and improve services 
provided to families and the providers who serve CYSHCN families.
    Likely Respondents: Likely respondents are users of F2F HIC 
services, which include family members of CYSHCN and health 
professionals who serve such families.
    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; to process and maintain information; to disclose and 
provide 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 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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F2F HIC Feedback Survey.........           1,147               1           1,147            0.15             172
F2F HIC Grant Recipient Activity              59               1              59              89           5,251
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    Total.......................           1,206  ..............           1,206  ..............           5,423
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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. 2018-26524 Filed 12-6-18; 8:45 am]
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