[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 236 (Friday, December 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75638-75639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26847]


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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: The Rural 
Health Network Development Planning Performance Improvement and 
Measurement System Database, OMB No. 0915-0384--Revision

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 February 
7, 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 HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 594-4394.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: The Rural Health Network 
Development Planning Performance Improvement and Measurement System 
Database, OMB No. 0915-0384--Revision.
    Abstract: The purpose of the Rural Health Network Development 
Planning Program (Network Planning Program) is to promote the planning 
and development of integrated health care networks to address the 
following legislative aims: (i) achieve efficiencies; (ii) expand 
access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of basic health care 
services and associated health outcomes; and (iii) strengthen the rural 
health care system as a whole. This program supports 1 year of planning 
and brings together key parts of a rural health care delivery system, 
particularly those entities that may not have collaborated in the past, 
to establish and/or improve local capacity in order to strengthen rural 
community health interventions and enhance care coordination. HRSA 
collects information from the Network Planning Program award recipients 
using approved performance measures. HRSA seeks to revise its approved 
information collection by increasing the total estimated annual burden 
hours, due to an increase in the number of program award recipients.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Performance measures for 
the Network Planning Program serve the purpose of quantifying awardee-
level data that conveys the successes and challenges associated with 
the grant award. These measures and aggregate data substantiate and 
inform the focus and objectives of the grant program. The approved 
measures encompass the following principal topic areas: network 
infrastructure, network collaboration, sustainability, and network 
assessment. The total estimated annual burden is increasing by 2 hours 
from the previously approved collection, due to an increase in the 
number of award recipients from 21 to 23.
    Likely Respondents: The respondents for these measures are Rural 
Health Network Development Planning Program award recipients.
    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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                                                                                      Average
                                     Number of       Number of         Total        burden per     Total burden
            Form name               respondents    responses per     responses     response  (in       hours
                                                    respondent                        hours)
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Rural Health Network Development              23               1              23               1              23
 Planning Program Performance
 Improvement Measurement System.
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     Total......................              23  ..............              23  ..............              23
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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. 2022-26847 Filed 12-8-22; 8:45 am]
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