[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 231 (Monday, December 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84149-84150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26554]


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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: DATA 2000 
Waiver Training Payment Program Application for Payment, OMB No. 0906-
0061

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 February 
2, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or by mail to the 
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N39, 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 ICR title for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: DATA 2000 Waiver Training 
Payment Program Application for Payment, OMB No. 0906-0061--Revision.
    Abstract: The Substance Use--Disorder Prevention that Promotes 
Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities (SUPPORT) 
Act (Pub. L. 115-271), section 6083, amended the Social Security Act 
(subsections 1834(o)(3) and 1833(bb)),

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authorizing the HHS Secretary to pay Federally Qualified Health Centers 
(FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) for the average cost of 
training for purposes of receiving a DATA 2000 waiver for their 
physicians and practitioners to furnish opioid use disorder treatment 
services. The SUPPORT Act made $6 million available to FQHCs and $2 
million available to RHCs under the DATA 2000 Waiver Training Payment 
Program. To receive payment, FQHCs and RHCs must submit an application 
in the manner specified by the Secretary. Authority to administer the 
DATA 2000 program has been delegated to HRSA. Further information about 
the program can be found in the link below which provides guidance on 
the requirements of the DATA 2000 program and how qualified FQHCs and 
RHCs can apply to the program: https://help.hrsa.gov/display/public/EHBSKBFG/DATA+2000+Waiver+Training+Payment+Program+FAQs.
    This purpose of this revision is to update the burden estimate for 
the RHC application process because the funding appropriated for FQHC 
DATA 2000 payments has been fully expended. Therefore, no new 
applications for FQHC DATA 2000 payments can be accepted or approved. 
Only Medicare participating RHCs can apply for payments through the 
DATA 2000 program, and pursuant to the authorizing statute and 
subsequent legislation eliminating the DATA 2000 waiver requirement, 
such RHCs may only receive payments with respect to providers who first 
received their DATA 2000 Waiver between January 1, 2019, and December 
29, 2022.
    Applicant entities must provide information identifying the 
submitting organization and the number of practitioners who have 
completed training and obtained a DATA 2000 waiver. The form will also 
require the entity to include information regarding each claimed 
practitioner's name, practitioner type (e.g., physician, physician 
assistant, nurse practitioner, certified nurse midwife, clinical nurse 
specialist, certified registered nurse, or anesthetist), National 
Provider Identifier number, Drug Enforcement Administration number, 
state license number, length of training, date the training was 
completed, date of waiver attainment, and DATA 2000 waiver number. 
Additionally, the form will require signature of an attestation 
statement certifying that: (1) each practitioner for which the entity 
is seeking payment under the application is employed by or working 
under contract for the applicant health facility; (2) it is the first 
time the entity is seeking payment on behalf of the listed 
practitioner(s); (3) the entity is eligible to seek payment under 42 
U.S.C. 1395m(o)(3) or 42 U.S.C. 1395l(bb); (4) each practitioner is 
furnishing opioid use disorder treatment services; and (5) the 
statements herein are true, complete, and accurate to the best of the 
applicant's knowledge.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The Substance Use--
Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for 
Patients and Communities Act requires RHCs to submit to the Secretary 
an application for payment at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as specified by the Secretary in order to receive a 
payment under section 6083. This form will allow RHCs to apply for such 
payments based on the average cost of training to obtain DATA 2000 
waivers, as determined by the Secretary, for their physicians and 
practitioners to furnish opioid use disorder treatment services. The 
form will also provide HRSA with the requisite data to validate 
qualifying DATA 2000 waiver possessions for the purpose of ensuring 
accurate payments to RHCs.
    Likely Respondents: Only Medicare participating RHCs are eligible 
to apply.
    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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DATA 2000 Waiver Training                    300               1             300             0.5           150.0
 Payment Program Application for
 Payment........................
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    Total.......................             300               1             300  ..............           150.0
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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. 2023-26554 Filed 12-1-23; 8:45 am]
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