[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44903-44904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18388]


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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; Evidence-Based Telehealth 
Network Program 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 September 
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: Evidence-Based Telehealth 
Network Program Measures, OMB No. 0906-xxxx--NEW.
    Abstract: This ICR is for a new approval of measures for the 
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy's Office of Advancement of 
Telehealth programs. Specifically, grants administered in accordance 
with the following legislative statute (ii) Section 711(b) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 912(b)), as amended. The purpose of 
these programs are to provide grants that demonstrate how telehealth 
programs and networks can improve access to quality health care 
services in rural, frontier, and underserved communities. These grants 
will work to: (a) Expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality 
of health care services; (b) improve and expand the training of health 
care providers; and (c) expand and improve the quality of health 
information available to health care providers and patients and their 
families for decision-making. In addition, these grants will help HRSA 
assess the effectiveness of evidence based practices with the use of 
telehealth for patients, providers, and payers.
    A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register on April 08, 
2019, vol. 84, No. 67; pp. 13936. There were no public comments.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The measures will enable 
HRSA and HRSA to capture awardee-level and aggregate data that 
illustrate the impact and scope of federal funding along with assessing 
these efforts. The measures cover the principal topic areas of interest 
to HRSA including: (a) Population demographics; (b) access to health 
care; (c) cost savings and cost-effectiveness; and (d) clinical 
outcomes.
    Likely Respondents: Award recipients of the Evidence Based 
Telehealth Network Program.
    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       Number of         Total        burden per     Total  burden
            Form name               respondents    responses per     responses     response  (in       hours
                                                    respondent                        hours)
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Evidence-Based Telehealth                     50              12             600              14           8,400
 Network Program Report.........
Telehealth Performance                        50               1              50               5             250
 Measurement Report.............
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                                            * 50  ..............             650  ..............           8,650
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* There are 50 unique respondents. All respondents will be responding to the two forms.


Maria G. Button,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2019-18388 Filed 8-26-19; 8:45 am]
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