[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 57 (Thursday, March 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16753-16754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06255]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New]


Agency Information Collection Request. 60-Day Public Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and 
Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed 
collection for public comment.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before May 23, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or by calling 
(202) 795-7714.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the document identifier 0990-New-60D and 
project title for reference, to Sherrette A. Funn, email: 
[email protected], or call (202) 795-7714 the Reports Clearance 
Officer.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested persons are invited to send 
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this 
collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (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.
    Title of the Collection: Health Care Readiness Collections.
    Type of Collection: Revision.
    OMB No.: 0990-0391.
    Abstract: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness 
and Response (ASPR) in the Department of Health and Human Services 
(HHS) administers a portfolio of health care readiness programs and 
activities, including the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) 
authorized under Section 319C-2 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act. 
HPP is a cooperative agreement program that strengthens national health 
care readiness, supports health care resilience, and enables rapid 
recovery.
    Through the Health Care Readiness Portfolio, ASPR provides awards 
to 62 health departments in all 50 states, territories, freely 
associated states, and four metropolitan areas to support the health 
care delivery system through over 320 health care coalitions (HCCs) 
with nearly 45,000 members. An HCC is a network of public and private 
organizations that partner to conduct planning, training, and 
preparedness activities within a state or locality, building that 
area's overall readiness.
    ASPR's Health Care Readiness Portfolio aligns preparedness 
activities across health care and also includes the Regional Disaster 
Health Response System (RDHRS) demonstration sites that establish 
regional partnerships to develop promising practices in coordinating 
disaster readiness and regional medical response; the National Special 
Pathogen System, a nationwide systems-based network approach for 
special pathogen care; workforce capacity activities; and other 
initiatives.
    ASPR collects data annually to understand how federal funding has 
been spent, measure performance, and monitor adherence with program 
requirements. These data additionally support ASPR to develop funding 
opportunities, improve programmatic operations, and inform decision-
making. ASPR is also responsible for allocating and monitoring 
emergency and supplemental funding, understanding recipient and sub-
recipient real-time needs, and maintaining situational awareness of the 
current state of preparedness, response, and recovery activities. When 
circumstances require rapid information gathering, it is necessary for 
ASPR to also collect data

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on an ad hoc basis to advance these goals. ASPR is changing the title 
of this collection from ``Hospital Preparedness Program Data 
Collection'' to ``Health Care Readiness Collections'' to better reflect 
the scope of data collected under this approval.

                                          Annualized Burden Hour Table
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                                                                     Number of
     Forms (If necessary)        Respondents (If     Number of     responses per  Average burden   Total burden
                                   necessary)       respondents     respondents    per response        hours
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HPP Recipient End-of-Year       HPP Recipients..              62               1              21           1,302
 Performance Report Collection.
HPP Sub-Recipient End-of-Year   HPP Sub-                     321               1               4           1,284
 Performance Report Collection.  Recipients.
Ad hoc Information Collections  ASPR Health Care           5,296               1               1           5,296
                                 Readiness
                                 Portfolio
                                 Stakeholders.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............               3  ..............           7,882
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Sherrette A. Funn,
Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the 
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-06255 Filed 3-23-22; 8:45 am]
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