[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 57 (Friday, March 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20484-20485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06141]


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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: 
Applications for and Monitoring of New, One-Time Funding Programs 
Administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration, OMB 
Control No. 0906-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 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) concerning a proposed authorization to conduct the generic 
solution for solicitation for awards for HRSA-funded programs that 
provide one-time funding, including pilot programs. 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 May 21, 
2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N39, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 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: Applications for and 
Monitoring of New, One-Time Funding Programs Administered by the Health 
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--OMB Control No. 0906-
xxxx--New.
    Abstract: HRSA is seeking approval for a generic umbrella clearance 
to collect applications for awards for HRSA-funded programs that 
provide one-time funding, including pilot programs. Should any of these 
pilot

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programs become permanent, HRSA will seek OMB clearance for these 
programs using a mechanism outside of this generic umbrella clearance. 
OMB guidance allows for the use of generic packages in cases where 
there may be a need for a data collection, but the agency ``cannot 
determine the details of the specific individual collections until a 
later time.'' \1\ HRSA will only use this collection for HRSA-funded 
programs that provide one-time funding, including pilot programs. HRSA 
would only request OMB approval for collections under this generic 
umbrella collection if the collection is low-burden, uncontroversial, 
and is a one-time application.
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    \1\ Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and 
Agencies and Independent Regulatory Agencies (July 2016), 
``Flexibilities under the Paperwork Reduction Act for Compliance 
with Information Collection Requirements.'' Pages 4-5.
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    Furthermore, if Congress appropriates additional funding for such a 
program or HRSA uses the information from the applications for policy 
decisions not related to funding awards, HRSA will prepare a standard 
information collection request for that program, which will include the 
required 60- and 30-day Federal Register notices.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA seeks to use an 
umbrella generic clearance for HRSA-funded programs that provide one-
time funding, including pilot programs, so that funding can be awarded 
expeditiously. Expeditious awarding of funding is helpful not only for 
administrative ease, but also for cases where a pilot program or a 
program receiving one-time funding has a statutory deadline for 
completion. Approval of this proposed generic umbrella collection would 
enable HRSA to collect information from individual and site applicants 
and enable HRSA to make selection determinations for one-time awards in 
a timely manner.
    Information collections under this umbrella generic collection 
would be applications for funding (solely providing applicants with an 
opportunity to demonstrate their capabilities in accordance with HRSA's 
statement of work or selection criteria and other related information) 
and forms required for monitoring funding recipients. Following the 
award, the awardee may also be required to provide progress reports or 
additional documents.
    Likely Respondents: Each fast-track ICR under this generic umbrella 
ICR will specify the specific manner that respondents will be enlisted. 
Respondents will vary by the specific program and are determined by 
each program's eligibility, to include but are not limited to the 
following: health providers and other paraprofessionals, health 
facilities, accredited health professions schools or programs, State 
and local governments, and other eligible entities.
    Respondents will be recruited by means of information listed on 
HRSA's website, or advertisements in public venues. The privacy of any 
potential or actual respondents will be preserved to the extent 
requested by participants and as permitted by law.
    Once applicants are selected and awards are made, these awardees 
will be respondents for monitoring collections such as progress 
reports.
    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.
    HRSA intends to use this generic umbrella ICR for applications with 
a low burden and monitoring awardees. To estimate the burden for this 
collection, HRSA estimated how much time it would take for a respondent 
to complete a 2-page application with typical fields used in current 
collections that may fall under this generic umbrella ICR. HRSA then 
calculated the average burden estimate from these ICRs for the purpose 
of the estimate for this ICR. To estimate the burden for monitoring 
funding recipients, HRSA estimated how much time it would take for 
funding recipients to complete the average 2-page form used for program 
monitoring. The total burden hours over a 3-year period estimated for 
this ICR are summarized in the table below.

                                    Total Estimated Burden Hours Over 3 Years
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                                     Estimated    Average number     Estimated    Average burden
         Instrument name             number of     of responses        total       per response    Total burden
                                    respondents   per respondent     responses      (in hours)         hours
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Program Applications............           5,000             1.5           7,500            1.75          13,125
Program Monitoring..............           2,500             1.0           2,500            2.00           5,000
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    Total.......................           7,500  ..............          10,000  ..............          18,125
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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. 2024-06141 Filed 3-21-24; 8:45 am]
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