[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 14 (Friday, January 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3313-3314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01114]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

[OMB No. 0915-0298--Revision]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request; Maternal and Child Health Bureau Performance 
Measures for Discretionary Grant Information System

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 should be received no later than March 22, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or by mail to the 
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 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 Samantha Miller, 
the acting HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-
9094.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information collection request title 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Maternal and Child Health 
Bureau (MCHB) Performance Measures for Discretionary Grant Information 
System (DGIS), OMB No. 0915-0298--Revision.
    Abstract: Approval from OMB is sought to implement minor revisions 
to the MCHB Performance Measures for DGIS. Most of these measures are 
specific to certain types of programs and are not required of all 
grantees. The measures are categorized by domain (Adolescent Health, 
Capacity Building, Child Health, Children with Special Health Care 
Needs, Lifecourse/Crosscutting, Maternal/Women Health, and Perinatal/
Infant Health), in addition to some program-specific measures. Grant 
programs are assigned domains based on their activities and individual 
grantees respond to only a limited number of performance measures that 
are relevant to their specific program.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The performance data 
collected through the DGIS serves several purposes, including grantee 
monitoring, program planning, performance reporting, and the ability to 
demonstrate alignment between MCHB discretionary programs and the Title 
V MCH Services Block Grant program. HRSA is making the following 
changes to the current OMB package for MCHB DGIS to more closely align 
data collection forms with current program activities:
    Removing the following existing forms: Core 1 (Grant Impact), 
Capacity Building 2 (Technical Assistance), Capacity Building 7 (Direct 
Annual Access to Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Data), Training Form 
13 (Diverse Adolescent Involvement (LEAH-specific)), Financial Form 2 
(Project Funding Profile), and Financial Form 4 (Project Budget and 
Expenditures);
    Adding the following new form: Training Form 14 (Teleconsultation 
and Training for Mental and Behavioral Health) and Leadership, 
Education, and Advancement in Undergraduate Pathways Training Program 
Trainee Information Form;
    Revising the following existing forms: F2F (Family to Family Form 
1), Financial Form 1 (MCHB Project Budget Details), Financial Form 4 
(new name: MCH Discretionary Grant Project Abstract), and MCH Training 
Program Data Forms;
    Revising and Renumbering the following forms: Core 3 (Health 
Equity) will become the new Core 1 (Health Equity), Financial Form 3 
(Budget Details by Types of Individuals Served) will become the new 
Financial Form 2 (Budget Details by Types of Individuals Served), 
Financial Form 5 (Number of Individuals Served (Unduplicated)) will 
become the new Financial Form 3 (Number of Individuals Served 
(Unduplicated)), and Financial Form 6 (Project Abstract) will become 
the new Financial Form 4 (Project Abstract); and
    Renumbering the following forms: Core 2 (Quality Improvement) will 
become the new Capacity Building 4 (Quality Improvement), Capacity 
Building 3 (Impact Measurement) will become the new Capacity Building 2 
(Impact Measurement), Capacity Building 4 (Sustainability) will become 
the new Capacity Building 3 (Sustainability), and Training 14 (Medium-
Term Trainees Skill and Knowledge (PPC-Specific)) will become the new 
Training 13 (Medium-Term Trainees Skill and Knowledge (PPC-Specific)).
    Non-substantive revisions also include updates to terminology, 
goals, benchmark data sources, and significance sections included in 
the measures' detail sheets. A performance measure detail sheet defines 
and describes each performance measure. Forms and detail sheets showing 
the proposed revisions are available upon request.
    This revision will facilitate more efficient and accurate reporting 
of information related to capacity building activities, financial and 
demographic data, and training activities.
    Likely Respondents: The grantees for MCHB Discretionary Grant 
Programs.
    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     Responses per       Total       Burden hours    Total burden
              Form                  respondents     respondent       responses     per response        hours
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Grant Report....................             700               1             700              36          25,200
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    Total.......................             700  ..............             700  ..............          25,200
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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. 2022-01114 Filed 1-20-22; 8:45 am]
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