[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44902-44903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18425]


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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: Delta 
States Rural Development Network Grant Program; OMB No. 0915-0386--
Extension

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

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 must be received no later than October 28, 
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, the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 
443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Delta States Rural 
Development Network Grant Program, OMB No. 0915-0386--Extension
    Abstract: The Delta States Rural Development Network Grant (Delta) 
Program is authorized by the Public Health Service Act, Section 330A(f) 
(42 U.S.C. 254c(f)), as Public Law 114-53. The Delta Program supports 
projects that demonstrate evidence based and/or promising approaches 
around cardiovascular disease, diabetes, acute ischemic stroke or 
obesity in order to improve health status in rural communities 
throughout the Delta Region. Key features of Delta Program-supported 
projects are collaboration, adoption of an evidence-based approach, 
demonstration of health outcomes, program replicability, and 
sustainability.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: For this program, 
performance measures were drafted to provide data useful to the program 
and to enable HRSA to provide aggregate program data required by 
Congress under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (Pub. 
L. 103-62). These measures cover the principal topic areas of interest 
to the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) including the 
following: (a) Access to care, (b) population demographics, (c) 
staffing, (d) sustainability, (e) project specific domains, and (f) 
health related clinical measures. These measures speak to FORHP's 
progress toward meeting the goals set.
    Likely Respondents: Recipients of the Delta States Rural 
Development 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.

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                                     Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                     Number of       Number of         Total        burden per     Total  burden
            Form name               respondents    responses per     responses     response  (in       hours
                                                    respondent                        hours)
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Delta States Rural Development                12               1              12            1.66            * 20
 Network Program Performance
 Improvement Measurement System.
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    Total.......................              12  ..............              12  ..............              20
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* Number is rounded to the nearest whole number.

    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. 2019-18425 Filed 8-26-19; 8:45 am]
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