[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11838-11840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03092]


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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; 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.

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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 March 18, 
2024.

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 Joella Roland, the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at [email protected] or call 
(301) 443-3983.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    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)), authorizing the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services (Secretary) to pay Federally Qualified Health 
Centers (FQHC) and Rural Health Clinics (RHC) 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 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services certified 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.
    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on December 4, 
2023, vol. 88, No. 231; pp. 84149-50. There were no public comments.
    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 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 
certified 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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                                                                                              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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DATA 2000 Waiver Training Payment Program                  300               1         300          0.5    150.0
 Application for Payment......................
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    Total.....................................             300               1         300  ...........    150.0
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-03092 Filed 2-14-24; 8:45 am]
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