[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 236 (Monday, December 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67275-67276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26440]


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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; Data Collection Tool for 
State Offices of Rural Health Grant Program, OMB No. 0915-0322--
Revision

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with 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. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day 
comment period for this Notice has closed.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than January 8, 
2020.

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: Data Collection Tool for 
State Offices of Rural Health Grant Program, OMB No. 0915-0322--
Revision.
    Abstract: The mission of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy 
(FORHP) is to sustain and improve access to quality care services for 
rural communities. In its authorizing language (Section 711 of the 
Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 912]), Congress charged FORHP with 
administering grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to provide 
technical assistance and other activities as necessary to support 
activities related to improving health care in rural areas. In 
accordance with the Public Health Service Act, Section 338J (42 U.S.C. 
254r), HRSA proposes to continue the State Offices of Rural Health 
(SORH) Grant Program data collection process.
    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on June 28, 2019, 
vol. 84, No. 125; pp. 31073-74. There were no public comments.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: FORHP seeks to continue 
gathering information from grantees on their efforts to provide 
technical assistance to clients within their State. SORH grantees 
submit a Technical Assistance Report that includes: (1) The total 
number of technical assistance encounters provided directly by the 
grantee, and (2) the total number of unduplicated clients that received 
direct technical assistance from the grantee. These measures will 
continue with additional measures being added in the following three 
categories: (1) Information disseminated; (2) information created; and 
(3) collaborative efforts by topic area and

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type of audience. These proposed new measures are being added to obtain 
a more accurate depiction of the breadth of SORH work and are based on 
recommendations from the grantees. Submission of the Technical 
Assistance Report is submitted via the HRSA Electronic Handbook no 
later than 30 days after the end of each 12 month budget period.
    Likely Respondents: Fifty State Offices of Rural Health.
    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    Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)         hours
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Technical Assistance Report.....              50               1              50            13.5             675
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    Total.......................              50  ..............              50  ..............             675
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2019-26440 Filed 12-6-19; 8:45 am]
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