[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 24, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35683-35684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15699]


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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: Health 
Center Patient Survey, OMB No. 0915-0368--Reinstatement

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 September 
23, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 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, 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: Health Center Patient Survey, 
OMB No. 0915-0368--Reinstatement
    Abstract: The Health Center Program, administered by HRSA, is 
authorized under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, most 
recently amended by section 50901(b) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 
2018, Public Law 115-123. Health centers are community-based and 
patient-directed organizations that deliver affordable, accessible, 
quality, and cost-effective primary health care services to patients 
regardless of their ability to pay. Nearly 1,400 health centers operate 
approximately 12,000 service delivery sites that provide primary health 
care to more than 27 million people in every U.S. state, the District 
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Pacific 
Basin. In the past, HRSA has conducted the Health Center Patient Survey 
(HCPS), which surveys patients of HRSA-supported health centers. The 
HCPS collects information about sociodemographic characteristics, 
health conditions, health behaviors, access to and utilization of 
health care services, and satisfaction with health care received at 
HRSA-supported health centers. The reinstatement of the HCPS will 
utilize the same modules from the 2014 HCPS (OMB #0915-0368). 
Overarching improvements to the survey instrument will streamline the 
questionnaire to minimize burden and standardize questions with other 
national surveys to enable comparative analyses with a particular focus 
on HHS and HRSA priority areas (e.g., mental health and substance use). 
Survey results come from in-person, one-on-one interviews with patients 
who are selected as nationally representative of the Health Center 
Program patient population.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The HCPS is unique 
because it focuses on comprehensive, nationally representative, 
individual level data from the perspective of health center patients. 
By investigating how well HRSA-supported health centers meet health 
care needs of the medically underserved and how patients perceive their 
quality of care, the HCPS serves as an empirically based resource to 
inform HRSA policy, funding, and planning decisions.
    Likely Respondents: Patients at HRSA-supported health centers.
    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. Compared to the previous HCPS, the estimated 
burden hours for an individual respondent remain the same in this 
reinstatement. However, the total annual burden hours and number of 
survey respondents is anticipated to increase in order to reflect the 
growing number of patients served by the Health Center Program. The 
total annual burden hours estimated for this ICR are summarized in the 
table below.

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                                     Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                 NATIONAL STUDY
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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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Grantee Recruitment.............             220               1             220            2.00          440.00
Site Recruitment and Training...             700               1             700            3.15        2,205.00
Patient Screening...............          13,120               1          13,120             .17        2,230.40
Patient Survey..................           9,058               1           9,058            1.25       11,322.50
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    Total National Study........          23,098  ..............          23,098  ..............       16,197.90
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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.

Maria G. Button,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2019-15699 Filed 7-23-19; 8:45 am]
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