[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 52 (Friday, March 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16453-16454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05485]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

[OMB No. 0915-0322--Extension]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Data 
Collection Tool for State Offices of Rural Health Grant Program

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with of 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.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than April 17, 
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: Data Collection Tool for 
State Offices of Rural Health Grant Program, OMB No. 0915-0322--
Extension.
    Abstract: HRSA is requesting OMB approval to continue use of a 
Technical Assistance (TA) Data Form for the State Offices of Rural 
Health (SORH) Grant program established by section 338J of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254r). In its authorizing language (sec. 
711 of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 912]), Congress charged 
HRSA's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) with administering 
grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to provide TA and other 
activities as necessary to support activities related to improving 
health care in rural areas. The mission of FORHP is to sustain and 
improve access to quality health care services for rural communities. 
This electronic form is used collect information from SORH grantees on 
the amount of direct technical assistance they provide to clients 
within their state.
    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on December 28, 
2022, vol. 87, No. 248; pp. 79891-79892. There were no public comments.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: FORHP seeks to continue 
gathering information from grantees on their efforts to provide TA to 
clients within their state. SORH grantees submit a TA Report that 
includes: (1) the total number of TA encounters provided directly by 
the grantee; and (2) the total number of unduplicated clients that 
received direct TA from the grantee. These measures will continue in 
these three categories: (1) information disseminated, (2) information 
created, and (3) collaborative efforts by topic area and type of 
audience. These measures are used to obtain an accurate depiction of 
the breadth of SORH work, based on recommendations from the grantees. 
Submission of the TA Report is submitted via the HRSA Electronic 
Handbook no later than 60 days after the end of each 12-month budget 
period.
    Grant dollars are awarded annually; therefore, this information is 
needed annually by the program in order to measure effective use of 
grant dollars consistently among all the grantees.
    Likely Respondents: 50 State Offices of Rural Health 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.

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                                     Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                     Number of                    Average burden
         Instrument name             Number of     responses per       Total       per response    Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)         hours
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Technical Assistance Report.....              50               1              50            13.5             675
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    Total.......................              50  ..............              50  ..............             675
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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. 2023-05485 Filed 3-16-23; 8:45 am]
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