[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34506-34507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11418]


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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: Health 
Workforce Connector

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 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 31, 
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 301-443-3983.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Health Workforce Connector 
OMB No. 0906-0031--Revision.
    Abstract: The Health Workforce Connector's (HWC) goal is to help 
connect skilled professionals to communities in need by allowing 
approved Site Points of Contact (POCs) at National Health Service Corps 
(NHSC), Nurse Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs (Nurse 
Corps), Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Loan 
Repayment Program, Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program (PS), 
Nursing Training, and Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education 
(THCGME) sites to post available opportunities and update site 
profiles. The HWC provides a central platform to connect participants, 
including but not limited to those in the NHSC, Nurse Corps, STAR, PS, 
Nursing Training, and THCGME programs with facilities that are approved 
for performance of their service obligation. The HWC has become a 
resource that connects any health care professional or student 
interested in providing primary care services in underserved 
communities with facilities in need of health care providers. The HWC 
also allows users to create a profile, search for approved sites, find 
job and training opportunities, and connect with other clinicians who 
are similarly interested in working with underserved populations. The 
HWC is searchable by Site POCs. Individuals can use the HWC's search 
capability with Google Maps.
    The burden estimates below have changed from the estimates of 
burden provided in the previous notice (60-day notice published on 
August 12, 2020, vol. 85, No. 156, pp. 48708-09). The estimated burden 
total is significantly lower in this revised notice because it is based 
on the estimated total number of new users who will create accounts and 
publish profiles and does not include many existing program 
participants and site POCs who already have existing accounts.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Information will be 
collected from users in the following two ways:
    (1) Account Creation: For job seekers, creating an account is 
optional. To create an account the user must enter their first name, 
last name, and email address. Those mandatory fields will be used to 
send an automated email allowing the user to validate their login 
credentials. In addition, for job seekers participating in the programs 
listed above, their HWC account will be linked to their existing 
program file in the Bureau of Health Workforce Management Information 
Systems Solution database and allow an initial import of existing data 
at the request of the user.
    (2) Profile Completion: Users may fill out a profile, but this 
function will be optional and includes fields such as location, 
discipline, specialty, and languages spoken. The information collected, 
if published by the user, can be searched by approved Site POCs seeking 
potential candidates for health care job opportunities at their site. 
Job seekers also can set their security and privacy settings on their 
accounts to make their profiles searchable by other end users or 
private at any time. In addition, all information collected through the 
HWC will be stored within existing secure the Bureau of Health 
Workforce Management Information Systems Solution databases and will be 
used internally for report generation on an as-needed basis.
    Likely Respondents: Potential users include individuals searching 
for a health care job opportunity at a NHSC, Nurse Corps, STAR, PS, 
Nursing Training, or THCGME approved health care facility and health 
care facility POCs searching for potential candidates to fill open 
health care job opportunities at their sites.
    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 is summarized in the table below.


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                                     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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Account Creation................           5,008               1           5,008             .08          400.64
Complete Profile................           4,164               1           4,164            1.00           4,164
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    Total.......................       \1\ 5,008  ..............           5,008  ..............        4,564.64
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\1\ The 4,164 respondents who complete their profiles are a subset of the 5,008 respondents who create accounts.

    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. 2023-11418 Filed 5-26-23; 8:45 am]
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