[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67481-67482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24375]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Maternal, 
Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Home Visiting Budget 
Assistance Tool

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 January 9, 
2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N39, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 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 ICR title for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Maternal, Infant, and Early 
Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program Home Visiting Budget 
Assistance Tool, OMB No. 0906-0025-Revision.
    Abstract: HRSA is requesting continued approval and revision to the 
Home Visiting Budget Assistance Tool (HV-BAT). The tool collects 
information on standardized cost metrics from programs that deliver 
home visiting services, as outlined in the HV-BAT. Entities receiving 
MIECHV formula funds that are states, jurisdictions, and nonprofit 
awardees are required to submit cost data using the HV-BAT to HRSA once 
every 3 years to be reviewed for accuracy and quality control and to 
collect data to estimate national program costs.
    The MIECHV Program, authorized by section 511 of the Social 
Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 711, and administered by HRSA in partnership 
with the Administration for Children and Families, supports voluntary, 
evidence-based home visiting services during pregnancy and for parents 
with young children up to kindergarten entry. States, Tribal entities, 
and certain nonprofit organizations are eligible to receive funding 
from the MIECHV Program and have the flexibility to tailor the program 
to serve the specific needs of their communities. Funding recipients 
may subaward grant funds to local implementing agencies (LIA) in order 
to provide services to eligible families in at-risk communities. HRSA 
is making the following changes to the HV-BAT:
     Updating the burden estimate for completing the HV-BAT 
based on recently gathered information, and
     Translating the HV-BAT data collection instrument into 
Spanish to expand accessibility.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA uses HV-BAT data to 
collect comprehensive home visiting cost data. Awardees submit 
aggregated data from their individual LIA, which provides HRSA with 
information needed to produce state and national cost estimates and 
support procurement activities and subrecipient monitoring. Requiring 
data submission also allows HRSA to ensure the tool is being accurately 
and appropriately used. Because the use of a standardized tool of this 
kind is novel to the field of home visiting, HRSA requires that states 
submit data collected using the HV-BAT to HRSA for the purposes of 
quality control reviews and accuracy checks. Submission will allow HRSA 
to estimate national-level costs for use in conducting research and 
analysis of home visiting costs, understanding cost variation, and 
assessing how comprehensive program cost data can inform other policy 
priorities, such as innovative financing strategies. HRSA is seeking to 
revise burden estimates to ensure accuracy and inform awardee planning 
for this activity. In addition, HRSA is translating the HV-BAT data 
collection instrument into Spanish in response to awardee feedback and 
to increase accessibility for LIA sites that primarily operate in 
Spanish.
    Likely Respondents: One-third of MIECHV Program awardees (n=19, 
annually) that are states, jurisdictions, and, nonprofit organizations 
receiving MIECHV funding to provide home visiting services within 
states.
    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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Home Visiting Budget Assistance               19              13             247              24           5,928
 Tool (HV-BAT)..................
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    Total.......................              19              13             247              24           5,928
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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. 2022-24375 Filed 11-7-22; 8:45 am]
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