[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11921-11922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03879]


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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; The Teaching Health Center 
Graduate Medical Education Program Reconciliation Tool, OMB No. 0915-
0342--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 March 27, 
2023.

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 HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at [email protected] or call 
301-594-4394.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: The Teaching Health Center 
Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program Reconciliation Tool OMB No. 
0915-0342--Revision.
    Abstract: The THCGME program, authorized by section 340H of the 
Public Health Service Act, was established by section 5508 of Public 
Law 111-148. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 116-
260) and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. 117-2) provide 
continued funding for the THCGME Program.
    The THCGME program awards payment for both direct and indirect 
expenses to support training for primary care residents in community-
based ambulatory patient care settings. Direct expense payments are 
designed to compensate eligible teaching health centers for those 
expenses directly associated with sponsoring resident training 
programs, while indirect expense payments are intended to compensate 
for the additional costs relating to teaching residents in such 
programs.
    HRSA collects information from THCGME program award recipients 
using an OMB-approved reconciliation tool. HRSA seeks to extend its 
approved information collection and is increasing the total estimated 
annual burden hours associated with the collection, due to an increase 
in the number of program award recipients from 58 to 83. A 60-day 
notice published in the Federal Register, 87 FR 76204-05 (December 13, 
2022). There were no public comments.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: THCGME program payments 
are prospective payments, and the statute provides for a reconciliation 
process, through which overpayments may be recouped and underpayments 
may be adjusted at the end of the fiscal year. This data collection 
instrument will gather information relating to the number of resident 
full-time equivalents in Teaching Health Center training programs in 
order to reconcile payments for both direct and indirect expenses.
    Likely Respondents: The likely respondents to the THCGME 
Reconciliation Tool are THCGME 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

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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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THCGME Reconciliation Tool......              83               1              83               2             166
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    Total.......................              83               1              83               2             166
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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. 2023-03879 Filed 2-23-23; 8:45 am]
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