[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 201 (Thursday, October 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72086-72087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23031]


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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: Bureau of 
Health Workforce Performance Data Collection, OMB No. 0915-0061--
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 December 
18, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA

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Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, MD 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 Joella Roland, the 
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-3983.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information request collection title 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Bureau of Health Workforce 
Performance Data Collection, OMB No. 0915-0061--Revision.
    Abstract: Over 50 Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) programs award 
grants to health professions schools and training programs across the 
United States to develop, expand, and enhance training, and to 
strengthen the distribution of the health workforce. These programs are 
governed by titles III, VII, and VIII of the Public Health Service Act. 
Performance information is collected in the HRSA Performance Report for 
Grants and Cooperative Agreements. Data collection activities 
consisting of an annual progress report and an annual performance 
report satisfy statutory and programmatic requirements for performance 
measurement and evaluation (including specific title III, VII and VIII 
requirements), as well as Government Performance and Results Act of 
1993 (GPRA), the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010, and the Foundations 
for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 requirements. The 
performance measures were last revised in 2022 to ensure they addressed 
programmatic changes, met evolving program management needs, and 
responded to emerging workforce concerns. As these changes were 
successful, BHW will continue with its current performance management 
strategy and make additional changes that reduce burden, simplify 
reporting, reflect new Department of Health and Human Services and HRSA 
priorities, and enable longitudinal analysis of program performance. 
Specifically, an Excel upload feature was implemented for all programs 
to reduce burden. Questions on partnerships were revised and 
standardized across forms to understand the type and purposes of 
partnerships associated with grant funding. Employment-related 
questions were standardized across programs and forms to provide 
consistent outcomes on employment location, type of employment, and 
hiring organization. New questions were added for programs using 
apprenticeships. Specifically, questions were added to measure 
additional employment outcomes including role at the employment site 
and vulnerable populations served and to measure program satisfaction 
and types of competencies graduates were ready to perform.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The purpose of the 
proposed data collection is to continue analysis and reporting of 
grantee training activities and education, identify details about the 
practice locations where trainees work (or plan to work) after program 
completion, and report outcomes of funded initiatives. Data collected 
from these grant programs will also provide a description of the 
program activities of approximately 1,828 reporting grantees to inform 
policymakers on the barriers, opportunities, and outcomes involved in 
health care workforce development. The proposed measures focus on four 
key outcomes:
    (1) increasing the workforce supply of well-educated practitioners 
in needed professions,
    (2) increasing the number of practitioners that practice in 
underserved and rural areas,
    (3) enhancing the quality of education, and
    (4) supporting educational infrastructure to increase the capacity 
to train more health professionals in high demand areas.
    Likely Respondents: Respondents are awardees of BHW health 
professions grant programs.
    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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                                                     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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Direct Financial Support Program             619               1             619             2.7         1,671.3
Infrastructure Program..........             219               1             219             4.8         1,051.2
Multipurpose or Hybrid Program..           1,044               1           1,044             3.1         3,236.4
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    Total.......................           1,882  ..............           1,882  ..............         5,958.9
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    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. 2023-23031 Filed 10-18-23; 8:45 am]
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