[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23028-23029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06998]


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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: The 
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Performance 
Measurement Information System

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 June 3, 
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: The Maternal, Infant, and 
Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Performance Measurement 
Information System, OMB No. 0906-0017, Revision.
    Abstract: This request is for continued approval of the Maternal, 
Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program Performance 
Measurement Information System. The MIECHV Program is administered by 
the Maternal and Child Health Bureau within HRSA in partnership with 
the Administration for Children and Families and provides support to 
all 56 states and jurisdictions, as well as tribes and tribal 
organizations. Through a needs assessment, states, jurisdictions, 
tribes, and tribal organizations identify target populations and select 
the home visiting service delivery model(s) that best meet their needs. 
There is no proposed change to the previously approved information 
collection instruments. Over the next 3 years, as part of efforts to 
implement new statutory provisions enacted as part of reauthorization 
of the MIECHV program, HRSA intends to engage with MIECHV awardees, 
home visiting model developers, and federal partners to identify 
opportunities to reduce administrative burden related to performance 
reporting, to enhance performance measures to measure disparities, and 
to align performance measures with other programs administered by 
HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA uses performance 
information to demonstrate program accountability and continuously 
monitor and provide oversight to MIECHV Program awardees. The 
information is also used to provide quality improvement guidance and 
technical assistance to awardees and help inform the development of 
early childhood systems at the national, state, and local level. HRSA 
is seeking to continue collecting information on demographic, service 
utilization, and select clinical indicators for participants enrolled 
in home visiting services and a set of standardized performance and 
outcome indicators that correspond with the statutorily identified 
benchmark areas. This information will be used to demonstrate awardees' 
compliance with statutory and programmatic requirements. It will also 
be used to monitor and provide continued oversight for awardee 
performance and to target technical assistance resources to awardees.
    Likely Respondents: MIECHV Program awardees that are states, 
jurisdictions, and, where applicable, nonprofit organizations providing 
home visiting services within states.
    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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Form 1: Demographic, Service                  56               1              56             560          31,360
 Utilization, and Select
 Clinical Indicators............

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Form 2: Performance Indicators                56               1              56             221          12,376
 and Systems Outcome Measures...
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    Total.......................              56  ..............              56  ..............          43,736
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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. 2024-06998 Filed 4-2-24; 8:45 am]
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