[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36107-36108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15883]


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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; Rural Communities Opioid 
Response Program Performance Measures, OMB No. 0906-xxxx, New.

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 August 26, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the ICR 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: Rural Communities Opioid 
Response Program Performance Measures, OMB No. 0906-xxxx, New
    Abstract: The Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) is 
a multi-initiative program that aims to: (1) Support treatment for, and 
prevention of, substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use 
disorder (OUD); and (2) reduce morbidity and mortality associated with 
SUD, to include OUD, by improving access to prevention, treatment, and 
recovery support services to high-risk rural communities. To support 
this purpose, RCORP grant initiatives include:
     RCORP-Planning grants to strengthen the capacity of multi-
sector consortia to collaborate and develop plans to deliver SUD/OUD 
prevention, treatment, and recovery services in high-risk rural 
communities;
     RCORP-Implementation grants to fund established networks 
and consortia to deliver SUD/OUD prevention, treatment, and recovery 
activities in high-risk rural communities; and
     RCORP-Medication Assisted Treatment Expansion grants to 
enhance access to medication-assisted treatment within eligible 
hospitals, health clinics, or tribal organizations in high-risk rural 
communities.
    Additionally, all RCORP grant award recipients will be supported by 
five cooperative agreements: RCORP-Technical Assistance, which provides 
extensive technical assistance to award recipients; RCORP-Evaluation, 
which will evaluate the impact of the RCORP initiative on rural 
communities; and three RCORP-Rural Centers of Excellence in Substance 
Use Disorders, which will disseminate best practices related to the 
treatment for, and prevention of, SUD within rural communities. A 60-
day notice was published in the Federal Register on April 12, 2019, 
vol. 84, No. 71; pp. 14949-14950. There were no public comments.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: For this program, 
performance measures were developed to provide data on each RCORP 
initiative and to enable HRSA to provide aggregate program data 
required by Congress under the Government Performance and Results Act 
of 1993. These measures cover the principal topic areas of interest to 
the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), including: (a) 
Provision of, and referral to, SUD treatment and support services; (b) 
SUD prevention, treatment, and recovery process and outcomes; (c) 
education of health care providers and community members; (d) number of 
fatal and non-fatal opioid-related overdoses; and (e) consortium 
strength and sustainability. All measures will speak to FORHP's 
progress toward meeting the goals set.
    Likely Respondents: The respondents will be the grant award 
recipients of RCORP initiatives.
    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.

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                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                     Number of                        Average
                                     Number of     responses per       Total        burden  per    Total burden
            Form name               respondents     respondent       responses     response  (in       hours
                                                    (annually)                        hours)
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Rural Communities Opioid                     243               2             486            5.66           2,750
 Response Program Performance
 Measures.......................
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    Total.......................             243  ..............             486  ..............           2,750
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2019-15883 Filed 7-25-19; 8:45 am]
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