[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 125 (Friday, June 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42369-42370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13893]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; 
Revisions to Recordkeeping To Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 in Head 
Start (OMB #: 0970-0583)

AGENCY: Office of Head Start; Administration for Children and Families; 
Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Head Start (OHS), Administration for Children 
and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 
requests public comment on an extension with changes to recordkeeping 
requirements for ACF Head Start grant recipients. A Final Rule 
published on January 6, 2023, added a recordkeeping requirement that 
Head Start grant recipients update their program policies and 
procedures to include an evidence-based COVID-19 mitigation policy. OHS 
requested and received emergency approval from OMB to implement the 
updated recordkeeping requirement as required in the Final Rule. 
Approval was for 6 months. Subsequently, a final rule was published on 
June 26, 2023, which removed all previously approved vaccination 
recordkeeping requirements and the requirement to maintain a testing 
protocol. This request is to remove these requirements from the 
information collection and extend approval of the remaining 
recordkeeping requirement under this OMB number for an additional 3 
years.

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DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB is required to 
make a decision concerning the collection of information between 30 and 
60 days after publication of this document in the Federal Register. 
Therefore, a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB 
receives it within 30 days of publication.

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 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can 
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by 
emailing [email protected]. Identify all emailed requests by 
the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The final rule on January 6, 2023, added a requirement 
that Head Start grant recipients update their program policies and 
procedures to include an evidence-based COVID-19 mitigation policy 
developed in consultation with their Health Services Advisory 
Committee. This is the only remaining recordkeeping requirement in this 
information collection. Vaccination and testing protocol recordkeeping 
requirements and associated burdens have been removed.
    Respondents: Recipients of Head Start funding.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                                 Average burden
                 Instrument                   Total number of   Responses per      hours per      Annual burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
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Grant Recipient Updating Program Policies                160                1                2              320
 and Procedures.............................
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    Authority: 45 CFR part 1302.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-13893 Filed 6-29-23; 8:45 am]
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