[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 129 (Friday, July 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 43360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14325]



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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; Rural Maternity and 
Obstetrics Management Strategies Program, OMB No. 0915-xxxx--NEW.

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 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. 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: Rural Maternity and 
Obstetrics Management Strategies Program OMB No. 0915-xxxx--NEW.
    Abstract: HRSA administers the Rural Maternity and Obstetrics 
Management Strategies (RMOMS) Program, which is authorized by sections 
501(a)(2) and 711(b)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701(a)(2) 
and 912(b)(5), respectively), and sections 330A(e) and 330A-2 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c(e) and 254c-1b, 
respectively). These authorities allow HRSA to, among other things, 
award grants to promote rural health care services outreach by 
improving and expanding the delivery of health care services to include 
new and enhanced services in rural areas, through community engagement 
and evidence-based or innovative, evidence-informed models; as well as 
establish or continue collaborative improvement and innovation networks 
to improve access to, and delivery of, maternity and obstetrics care in 
rural areas.
    The RMOMS program grants support networks that improve access to, 
and continuity of, maternal and obstetrics care in rural communities. 
The goals of the RMOMS program are to: (1) improve maternal and 
neonatal outcomes within a rural region; (2) develop a sustainable 
network approach to increase the delivery and access of preconception, 
prenatal, pregnancy, labor and delivery, and postpartum services; (3) 
develop a safe delivery environment with the support and access to 
specialty care for perinatal patients and infants; and (4) develop 
sustainable financing models for the provision of maternal and 
obstetrics care in rural hospitals and communities.
    HRSA seeks OMB approval to collect information about RMOMS program 
grants using performance measures in HRSA's Electronic Handbooks via 
the Performance Improvement and Measurement System.
    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on April 7, 2023, 
vol. 88, No. 67; pp. 20893-20894. There were no public comments.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: For this program, 
performance measures were drafted to provide data to the program and 
enable HRSA to provide aggregate program data required by Congress 
under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993. These 
measures cover the principal topic areas of interest to the Federal 
Office of Rural Health Policy, including: (1) consortium/network; (2) 
sustainability; (3) population demographics; (4) project specific 
domains. The annual collection of this information helps further inform 
and substantiate the focus and objectives of the RMOMS program.
    Likely Respondents: The respondents will be recipients of the Rural 
Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program awards.
    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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Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management              10               1           10            9           90
 Strategies Program Performance
 Improvement and Measurement System......
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    Total................................              10  ..............           10  ...........           90
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2023-14325 Filed 7-6-23; 8:45 am]
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