[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 87 (Friday, May 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29135-29137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09635]


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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: Title V 
Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to States Program: 
Guidance and Forms for the Title V Application/Annual Report, OMB No. 
0915-0172--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 July 5, 
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) 443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Title V Maternal and Child 
Health Services Block Grant to States Program: Guidance and Forms for 
the Title V Application/Annual Report, OMB No. 0915-0172--Revision.
    Abstract: The Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services 
Block Grant to States Program is authorized by Sections 501-509 of 
Title V of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701-709). HRSA is 
updating the Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to 
States Program: Guidance and Forms for the Title V Application/Annual 
Report. This Guidance is used annually by the 50 states and nine 
jurisdictions \1\ (hereafter referred to as ``State'') in applying for 
Block Grants under Title V of the Social Security Act and in preparing 
the required Annual Report. The updates being proposed by HRSA's 
Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) for this edition of the 
Guidance continue to support the Federal-State partnership that is 
supported by the Title V MCH Services Block Grant and the state's role 
in developing a 5-Year Action Plan that addresses its individual 
priority needs. These proposed updates build on and further refine the 
reporting structure and vision that was outlined in the previous 
edition. As such, they are intended to enable a state to articulate a 
comprehensive description of its Title V program activities and its 
leadership efforts in advancing and assuring a public health system 
that serves the MCH population. HRSA's proposed updates to this edition 
of the Guidance were informed by consultation with State Title V 
maternal and child health agencies, and by comments received from State 
Title V program leadership, national Maternal and Child Health leaders 
and other stakeholders.
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    \1\ The following nine jurisdictions receive Title V Maternal 
and Child Health Block Grant Program funding: the District of 
Columbia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States 
of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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    Specific updates to this edition of the Title V Maternal and Child 
Health Services Block Grant to States Program: Guidance and Forms for 
the Title V Application/Annual Report include the following:
    (1) Requirements for narrative reporting have been adjusted to 
allow for streamlined reporting in the four interim years after the 
needs assessment, giving states the flexibility to update certain 
sections if they choose. Reporting for all narrative sections is 
required in the year of the Five-Year Needs Assessment.
    (2) The requirements for state and program capacity narrative 
reporting have been reorganized and streamlined to eliminate 
duplication.
    (3) Expectations around state Title V reporting on family and 
community partnerships have been clarified. These expectations include 
enhanced

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discussion on program and financial planning and activities, the impact 
they have on the MCH population, and their value in improving outcomes.
    (4) A greater emphasis on health equity as a guiding principle of 
the Title V program is noted. Discussion on this principle is 
incorporated in the needs assessment sections and the state action plan 
for each MCH population. States have the option to identify and set 
annual targets for priority populations under each National Performance 
Measure (NPM) and use prepopulated, stratified data to report annual 
progress.
    (5) Reporting on the state's implementation of the Blueprint for 
Change: A National Framework for a System of Services for Children and 
Youth with Special Health Care Needs has been added for the children 
with special health care needs (CSHCN) domain, which includes reporting 
on the four critical areas in the Blueprint: health equity, family and 
child well-being and quality of life, access to services, and financing 
of services.
    (6) The performance measure framework has been maintained; however, 
the NPMs and National Outcome Measures (NOMs) have been updated to 
reflect salient and emergent priorities at the state and national 
levels. The framework has been updated to include measure domain types 
for the NPMs. All NPMs are categorized by one of three types: clinical 
health systems; health behaviors; and social determinants of health. 
Within each MCH population health domain, there are at least three NPM 
options, with at least one NPM for each measure domain type. The 
exception is for CSHCN, where there is a greater focus on the need to 
improve clinical health systems.
    (7) Two NPMs are identified as Universal NPMs that every state is 
required to address and report on in its Title V MCH Block Grant 
Application/Annual Report. The Universal NPMs serve to accelerate 
progress on priority areas with a focus on access and quality of 
primary and preventive care. The two Universal NPMs are: (1) NPM 1-
Postpartum Visit in the Women/Maternal Health domain and (2) NPM 17-
Medical Home in the Child Health and CSHCN domains. A state must report 
on a minimum of five NPMs, which includes the two Universal NPMs, with 
at least one NPM for each of the five MCH population domains. States 
have the flexibility to select as many NPMs and State Performance 
Measures (SPMs) as necessary to address each of its priority needs 
including the other NPMs within the Women/Maternal Health and CSHCN 
domains. There is no maximum for the number of NPMs that a state can 
select.
    (8) A new set of Standardized Measures are available to select as 
SPMs. Similar to NOMs and NPMs, annual performance data for these SPMs 
will be prepopulated by MCHB from national data sources, if available, 
and provided to the states for their use. States will be able to target 
priority populations for MCH outcomes. The Standardized Measures set 
contains measures that were NPMs in the previous Guidance as well as 
former NOMs that function better as performance measures.
    (9) A new form, Form 7: Title V Program Workforce, has been added 
to quantify the Title V-funded positions in the state. This form will 
be required only in the year of the Five-Year Needs Assessment, and 
these data will help assist technical assistance efforts to support 
workforce development.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Each year, all states are 
required to submit an Application/Annual Report for Federal funds for 
their Title V MCH Services Block Grant to States Program to HRSA's MCHB 
(sections 505(a) and 506(a)(1) of Title V of the Social Security Act). 
In addition, the state MCH Services Block Grant programs are required 
to conduct a state-wide, comprehensive needs assessment every five 
years. The information and instructions for the preparation and 
submission of this Application/Annual Report are contained in the Title 
V MCH Services Block Grant to States Program: Guidance and Forms for 
the Title V Application/Annual Report.
    Likely Respondents: Likely respondents are state MCH agencies and 
other MCH stakeholders.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the 
information requested. This estimate 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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Application and Annual Report                 59               1              59             115           6,785
 without Five-Year Needs
 Assessment Summary.............
Application and Annual Report                 59               1              59             181          10,679
 with Five Year Needs Assessment
 Summary........................
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    Total.......................              59  ..............              59  ..............          17,464
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    States will use the updated edition of the Title V MCH Services 
Block Grant to States Program: Guidance and Forms for the Title V 
Application/Annual Report to prepare and submit the fiscal year (FY) 
2025, FY 2026, and FY 2027 Applications/FY 2023, FY 2024, and FY 2025 
Annual Report. In calendar year 2025, states will use the updated 
edition of the Title V MCH Services Block Grant to States Program: 
Guidance and Forms for the Title V Application/Annual Report to submit 
the next five-year needs assessment summary, as part of the FY 2026 
Application/FY 2024 Annual Report.
    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

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technology to minimize the information collection burden.

Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2023-09635 Filed 5-4-23; 8:45 am]
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