[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64797-64798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23341]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Expedited Review and Public Comment: Monitoring and Compliance 
for Office of Refugee Resettlement Care Provider Facilities (OMB #: 
0970-0564)

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and 
Families, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for 
Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services, is requesting expedited review of an information collection 
request from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This 
information collection will allow the ORR Unaccompanied Children (UC) 
Program to enhance monitoring efforts at care provider facilities that 
are not licensed by the state. A separate notice will be published 
inviting public comments on the proposed collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: ACF is requesting emergency review and approval of 
this information collection by OMB, as authorized under 44 U.S.C. 3507 
(subsection j). The proposed forms are necessary to allow the ORR UC 
Program to enhance monitoring efforts at care provider facilities that 
are not licensed by the state. The information collected is essential 
to the mission of the agency and an unanticipated event occurred that 
could reasonably result in public harm if normal Paperwork Reduction 
Act (PRA) clearance procedures are followed. A recent proclamation in 
Texas (Proclamation by the Governor of the State of Texas, May 31, 
2021) and recent emergency rule in Florida (Emergency Rule 65CER21-3, 
December 10, 2021) has resulted in a large number of ORR facilities no 
longer being licensed by the states. To help mitigate the issue, ORR 
plans to perform quarterly health and safety monitoring visits to Texas 
and Florida programs. The quarterly monitoring visits are in addition 
to and do not take the place of ORR's existing monitoring activities as 
described in UC Policy Guide Section 5.5. In order to implement 
quarterly health and safety site visits for unlicensed programs, ORR is 
seeking emergency approval to begin use of instruments related to this 
effort as soon as possible. ORR plans to make minor edits to 15 
existing forms in this information collection to create the following 
alternate versions:

 Unlicensed Facility Site Visit Guide (Form M-7A-UF)
 Unlicensed Facility Personnel File Checklist (Form M-10A-UF)
 Unlicensed Facility Program Director Questionnaire (Form M-
11A-UF)
 Unlicensed Facility Clinician Questionnaire (Form M-11C-UF)
 Unlicensed Facility Case Manager Questionnaire (Form M-11E-UF)
 Unlicensed Facility Education Staff Questionnaire (Form M-11G-
UF)
 Unlicensed Facility Medical Coordinator Questionnaire (Form M-
11I-UF)
 Unlicensed Facility Youth Care Worker Questionnaire (Form M-
11J-UF)
 Unlicensed Facility Prevention of Sexual Abuse Compliance 
Manager Staff Questionnaire (Form M-11K-UF)
 Unlicensed Facility Interpreter Questionnaire (Form M-11P-UK)
 Unlicensed Facility UC Questionnaire--Ages 6-12 Years Old 
(Forms M-12A-UF and M-12As-UF)
 Unlicensed Facility UC Questionnaire--Ages 13 and Older (Forms 
M-12B-UF and M-12Bs-UF)
 Unlicensed Facility UC Questionnaire--Ages 5 and Under (Form 
M-12E-UF and M-12Es-UF)
 Unlicensed Facility Legal Service Provider Questionnaire (Form 
M-13C-UF)
 Unlicensed Facility Case Coordinator Questionnaire (Form M-
13E-UF)

    Additionally, ORR plans to add the below form (currently approved 
under OMB #0970-0558) to this information collection as well as the 
alternate version listed above to facilitate the quarterly monitoring 
on unlicensed programs.

 Interpreter Questionnaire (Form M-11P)

    Finally, ORR plans to use the following forms with more than nine 
respondents. These were previously approved by OMB but were removed 
from the information collection due to the number of respondents.

 Unlicensed Facility Monitoring Notes (Form M-6A-UF)
 Unlicensed Facility UC Case File Checklist (Form M-7A-UF)
 Unlicensed Facility Onsite Monitoring Checklist (M-9A-UF)

    At this time, ACF is requesting that OMB grant a 180-day approval 
for this request under procedures for expedited processing. A request 
for review under normal procedures will be submitted within 180 days of 
the approval for this request. ACF will invite public comment through 
this process. The first comment period, which invites comments over a 
60-day period, begins concurrently with the publication of this notice 
(see notice titled Proposed Information Collection Activity; Monitoring 
and Compliance for Office of Refugee Resettlement Care Provider 
Facilities (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0564) in this issue 
of the Federal Register).
    Respondents: ORR grantee and contractor staff; and UC.
    Annual Burden Estimates:
    The following burden estimates are specific to the forms described 
above and the subject of this request for emergency approval. For 
information about all currently approved forms under this OMB number, 
see:  https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202108-0970-016.

                                     Estimated Burden Hours for Respondents
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                                                                  Annual  number
                                                  Annual  number   of  responses      Average      Annual total
          Information collection title                  of              per        burden hours    burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response
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Unlicensed Facility Site Visit Guide (Form M-7A-              56             4.0            1.00          224.00
 UF)............................................
Unlicensed Facility UC Case File Checklist (Form              56            20.0            1.00        1,120.00
 M-8A-UF).......................................
Interpreter Questionnaire (Form M-11P)..........             115             2.0            0.50          115.00

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Unlicensed Facility Program Staff Questionnaires              56            32.0            1.00        1,792.00
 (Forms M-11A-UF to M-11K-UF)...................
Unlicensed Facility Interpreter Questionnaire                 56             4.0            0.50          112.00
 (Form M-11P-UF)................................
Unlicensed Facility UC Questionnaires (Forms M-            1,120             1.0            0.50          560.00
 12A-UF to M-12B-UF & M-12E-UF).................
Unlicensed Facility Legal Service Provider                   224             1.0            0.75          168.00
 Questionnaire (Form M-13C-UF)..................
Unlicensed Facility Case Coordinator                         224             1.0            1.00          224.00
 Questionnaire (Form M-13E-UF)..................
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    Estimated Annual Burden Hours Total:........  ..............  ..............  ..............        4,315.00
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                                 Estimated Burden Hours for Contractor Monitors
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                                                                  Annual  number
                                                  Annual  number   of  responses      Average      Annual total
          Information collection title                  of              per        burden hours    burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response
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Unlicensed Facility Monitoring Notes (Form M-6A-              18            12.0           12.00        2,592.00
 UF)............................................
Unlicensed Facility Site Visit Guide (Form M-7A-              18            12.0           29.00        6,264.00
 UF)............................................
Unlicensed Facility UC Case File Checklist (Form              18            62.0            6.00        6,696.00
 M-8A-UF).......................................
Unlicensed Facility On-Site Monitoring Checklist              18            12.0            4.00          864.00
 (Form M-9A-UF).................................
Unlicensed Facility Personnel File Checklist                  18            50.0            1.00          900.00
 (Form M-10A-UF)................................
Unlicensed Facility Program Staff Questionnaires              18           100.0            1.00        1,800.00
 (Forms M-11A-UF to M-11K-UF)...................
Unlicensed Facility Interpreter Questionnaire                 18            12.0            0.50          108.00
 (Form M-11P-UF)................................
Unlicensed Facility UC Questionnaires (Forms M-               18            62.0            0.50          558.00
 12A-UF to M-12B-UF & M-12E-UF).................
Unlicensed Facility Legal Service Provider                    18            12.0            0.75          162.00
 Questionnaire (Form M-13C-UF)..................
Unlicensed Facility Case Coordinator                          18            12.0            1.00          216.00
 Questionnaire (Form M-13E-UF)..................
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    Estimated Annual Burden Hours Total:........  ..............  ..............  ..............       20,160.00
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    Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on (a) 
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection 
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication. Comments will be considered and any 
necessary updates to materials made prior to, and responses provided 
in, the submission to OMB that will follow this public comment period.
    Authority: 6 U.S.C. 279; 8 U.S.C. 1232; Flores v. Reno Settlement 
Agreement, No. CV85-4544-RJK (C.D. Cal. 1996); 45 CFR part 411.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-23341 Filed 10-25-22; 8:45 am]
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