[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14172-14173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04585]


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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; Rural Health Network 
Development Planning Program

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA 
submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted 
during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB 
will accept further comments from the public during the review and 
approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day 
comment period for this notice has closed.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than April 6, 
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: 
    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. 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.
    A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register on December 
9, 2022, vol. 87, No. 236; pp. 75638-39. There were no public comments.
    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 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. 2023-04585 Filed 3-6-23; 8:45 am]
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