[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 201 (Thursday, October 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55579-55580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22636]



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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: 
Evaluation of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau Pediatric Mental 
Health Care Access (PMHCA) Program and the Maternal and Child Health 
Bureau Screening and Treatment for Maternal Depression and Related 
Behavioral Disorders Program, 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 the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data 
collection projects, 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 December 
16, 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 information request collection title 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Evaluation of Maternal and 
Child Health Bureau Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program and the 
Maternal and Child Health Bureau Screening and Treatment for Maternal 
Depression and Related Behavioral Disorders Program, OMB No. 0906-
xxxx--New.
    Abstract: HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau Pediatric Mental 
Health Care Access (PMHCA) and Maternal Depression and Related 
Behavioral Disorders (MDRBD) programs aim to increase identification of 
behavioral health conditions by screening specified populations (e.g., 
children, adolescents, young adults, and pregnant and postpartum women, 
especially those living in rural, isolated, and underserved areas); 
providing clinical behavioral health consultation; care coordination 
support (e.g., communication/collaboration, accessing resources, 
referral services) and training to health care providers; and 
increasing access to clinical interventions including by telehealth. 
Provider education and training will support the knowledge and skills 
acquisition needed to accomplish this goal. PMHCA program is authorized 
by the Public Health Service Act, Sec.  330M (42 U.S.C. 254c-19), as 
amended. The MDRBD program is authorized by the Public Health Service 
Act, Sec.  317L-1 (42 U.S.C. 247b-13a), as amended. In order to 
evaluate progress made toward the programs' goals, this data collection 
will use four instruments: Health Care Provider (HCP) Survey, Practice-
Level Survey, Program Implementation Survey, and Program Implementation 
Semi-Structured Interview.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: This information is 
needed to evaluate the PMHCA and MDRBD Programs by providing HRSA with 
the necessary information to guide future policy decisions regarding 
increasing health care providers capacity to address patient's 
behavioral health and access to behavioral health services. 
Specifically, data collected for the evaluation will be used to study 
the efforts of awardee programs to achieve key awardee outcomes (e.g., 
increase in access to behavioral health services; providers trained; 
available community-based resources, including counselors or family 
service providers) and to measure whether and to what extent awardee 
programs are associated with changes in these key awardee outcomes. The 
evaluation will also examine changes over time, within a state and/or 
across the PMCHA and MDRBD programs, with regard to (1) enrolled 
providers/practices related to screening, referral, and care 
coordination for behavioral health conditions; (2) provision of 
behavioral health services for mental health conditions in primary care 
settings by enrolled health care providers; (3) use of consultative 
services; and (4) facilitation of access to behavioral health services 
for mental health conditions.
    Likely Respondents: Both HCP and Practice-Level Survey responses 
will be collected from health care providers and practices that are 
participating in the PMCHA and MDRBD programs. Likely respondents 
include:

 HCP Surveys: Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician 
assistants, nurse midwives (for MDBRD), other health care professionals 
(e.g., behavioral health providers, case coordinators, nurses, social 
workers)
 Practice-Level Surveys: Practice managers (e.g., office 
managers, office leadership, nurse champions)
 Program Implementation Surveys and Semi-Structured Interviews: 
PMHCA and MDRBD cooperative agreement-funded Project Directors/
Principal Investigators

    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     Tota burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)         hours
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Health Care Provider Survey.....          13,035               3          39,105            0.17           6,648
Practice-Level Survey...........           4,165               3          12,495            0.25           3,124
Program Implementation Survey...              28               3              84            0.50              42

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Program Implementation Semi-                  28               1              28            1.00              28
 Structured Interview...........
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    Total.......................          17,256  ..............          51,712  ..............           9,842
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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, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2019-22636 Filed 10-16-19; 8:45 am]
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