[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 129 (Friday, July 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 43359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14316]


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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; HRSA Telehealth Outcome 
Measures--OMB No. 0915-0311--Extension

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 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 August 7, 
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) 443-3983.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Information Collection Request Title: HRSA 
Telehealth Outcome Measures--OMB No. 0915-0311--Extension.
    Abstract: In order to help carry out its mission, HRSA created a 
set of performance measures that grantees can use to evaluate the 
effectiveness of their services programs and monitor their progress 
through the use of performance reporting data.
    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on February 27, 
2023, vol. 88, No. 38; pp. 12385-86. There were no public comments.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: As required by the 
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, all Federal agencies 
must develop strategic plans describing their overall goal and 
objectives. HRSA worked with its grantees to develop performance 
measures to be used to evaluate and monitor the progress of the 
grantees. Grantee goals are to: improve access to needed services; 
reduce rural practitioner isolation; improve health system productivity 
and efficiency; and improve patient outcomes. In each of these 
categories, specific indicators were designed to be reported through a 
performance monitoring website. In 2020, measures were added to the 
Telehealth Network Grant Program to capture awardee-level and aggregate 
data that illustrate the impact and scope of Federal funding along with 
assessing these efforts. The measures speak to HRSA's progress toward 
meeting the goals, specifically telehealth services delivered through 
Emergency Departments.
    Likely Respondents: Telehealth Network Grantees.
    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
                Form name                    respondents    responses per   responses     response      burden
                                                             respondent                  (in hours)     hours
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Performance Improvement Measurement                    29               1           29            7          203
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    Total................................              29  ..............           29  ...........          203
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2023-14316 Filed 7-6-23; 8:45 am]
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