[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15438-15439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05717]


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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; SHIP COVID-19 Testing and 
Mitigation Program Data Collection, OMB No. 0906-0066--Extension

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. 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 April 18, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance 
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Samantha Miller, the acting 
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or 
call (301) 443-9094.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Information Collection Request Title: SHIP COVID-19 Testing and 
Mitigation Program Data Collection OMB No. 0906-0066--Extension.
    Abstract: The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. 117-2) 
provided one-time funding for awards that will be carried out under 
section 711 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 912(b)(5)). The Small 
Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) is requesting an extension of 
an information collection request. State grantees will improve health 
care in rural areas by using the funding to provide support to eligible 
rural hospitals to increase COVID-19 testing efforts, expand access to 
testing in rural communities, and expand the range of mitigation 
activities.
    A 60-day Notice published in the Federal Register, 86 FR 74095 
(December 29, 2021). There were no public comments.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The terms and conditions 
for this program specify that, ``hospitals will be required to report 
on the number of tests provided and categories in which the funding is 
spent.'' The data will allow HRSA to ensure SHIP COVID-19 recipients 
are meeting the terms and conditions of their funding, while providing 
HRSA with information on the effectiveness of funds distributed through 
this program.
    Likely Respondents: The respondents will be hospital staff and 
designated Representatives, and State Office of Rural Health Staff.
    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

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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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SHIP COVID-19 Testing and      1,540..........  6..............           9,240             .25  2,310
 Mitigation Data Reporting.    Number of        Reported on a                                    Total hours
                                unique           quarterly                                        spent on
                                organizations    basis during                                     responses for
                                funded through   the 18 month                                     all funded
                                the program.     program or                                       organization
                                                 until the end                                    over a 2-year
                                                 of the public                                    period.
                                                 health
                                                 emergency
                                                 (whichever is
                                                 first).
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    Total....................  1,540..........  ...............           9,240  ..............  2,310
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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. 2022-05717 Filed 3-17-22; 8:45 am]
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