[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 100 (Thursday, May 23, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23796-23797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10807]


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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: Maternal and Child Health Bureau Performance Measures 
for Discretionary Grant Information System (DGIS), OMB No. 0915-0298--
Revision

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with of 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. 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 June 24, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the Information Collection 
Request 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 Lisa Wright-Solomon, the 
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at [email protected] or 
call (301) 443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Information Collection Request Title: Maternal and Child Health 
Bureau Performance Measures for Discretionary Grant Information System 
(DGIS), OMB No. 0915-0298--Revision.

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    Abstract: This Information Collection Request is for continued 
approval of performance measures for HRSA's Maternal and Child Health 
Bureau (MCHB) discretionary grants, specifically, the continued use of 
reporting requirements for grant programs administered by MCHB in 
accordance with the ``Government Performance and Results Act of 1993'' 
(Pub. L. 103-62). This Act requires the preparation of an annual 
performance plan covering each program activity set forth in the 
agency's budget, which includes establishment of measurable goals that 
may be reported in an annual financial statement to support the linkage 
of funding decisions with performance. Performance measures for MCHB 
discretionary grants were initially approved in 2003, and the latest 
approval was obtained in 2016 for significant revisions. OMB approval 
is currently being sought to continue the use of performance measures 
with minor revisions. Most of these measures are specific to certain 
types of programs and are not required of all grantees. The measures 
are categorized by domains (Adolescent Health, Capacity Building, Child 
Health, Children with Special Health Care Needs, Lifecourse/
Crosscutting, Maternal/Women Health, and Perinatal/Infant Health). In 
addition, there are some program-specific measures. Grant programs are 
assigned domains based on their activities. HRSA is proposing to make 
changes to the DGIS to more closely align data collection forms with 
current program activities. These revisions will facilitate more 
accurate reporting of descriptive information related to Long-term 
Trainees in Maternal and Child Health, as well as activities related to 
Technical Assistance for programs. Proposed changes include the 
following:
     Trainee Information (Long-term Trainees Only) form:
    [cir] Changes will incorporate options and titles that were omitted 
from the final submission of the previous OMB package, providing 
clarification for the reporting of specific descriptive information 
about Long-term Trainees on the form.
    [cir] Changes will list the following options for ``Type'': ``Non-
Degree Seeking,'' ``Undergraduate,'' ``Masters,'' ``Doctoral,'' Post-
doctoral,'' ``Other.''
    [cir] Changes will list the title ``Student Status'' next to the 
options for ``Part-time student'' and ``Full-time student.''
     Technical Assistance/Collaboration form:
    [cir] Add a field asking for the ``Total number of TA recipients.'' 
This change will allow for better alignment with this data that was 
previously collected by program, but omitted due to a DGIS paper form 
error.
    [cir] Add an ``Other'' category to List B under ``Topic of 
Technical Assistance/Collaboration.'' This change would facilitate more 
accurate data reporting by providing programs an additional category to 
choose from if their current Technical Assistance activities do not 
closely align with the existing categories in List B.
    A 60-day Federal Register Notice was published in the Federal 
Register on November 13, 2018 Vol. 83, No. 219, pp. 56353-54). No 
public comments were received.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The performance data 
collected through the DGIS serves several purposes, including grantee 
monitoring, program planning, performance reporting, and the ability to 
demonstrate alignment between MCHB discretionary programs and the Title 
V MCH Services Block Grant program. This revision will facilitate more 
accurate reporting of descriptive information related to Long-term 
Trainees in Maternal and Child Health, as well as activities related to 
Technical Assistance for programs.
    Likely Respondents: The grantees for Maternal and Child Health 
Bureau Discretionary 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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Grant Report....................             700               1             700              36          25,200
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    Total.......................             700  ..............             700  ..............          25,200
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Amy P. McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2019-10807 Filed 5-22-19; 8:45 am]
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