[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46143-46144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11567]



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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: 
Evaluation of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau Pediatric Mental 
Health Care Access Program and the Screening and Treatment for Maternal 
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Program

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 July 29, 
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: Evaluation of the Maternal 
and Child Health Bureau Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program and 
the Screening and Treatment for Maternal Mental Health and Substance 
Use Disorders Program, OMB No. 0906-xxxx--New.
    Abstract: This notice describes information collection requests for 
two of HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau programs: the Pediatric 
Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) program and the Screening and 
Treatment for Maternal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders 
(MMHSUD) program. The PMHCA program aims to promote behavioral health 
integration into pediatric primary care by developing and supporting 
state, regional, and tribal pediatric mental health care 
teleconsultation access programs. The MMHSUD program aims to support 
maternity care providers and clinical practices by supporting the 
development, improvement, and/or maintenance of statewide or regional 
behavioral health networks. Both programs support health professionals 
(HPs) \1\ in their delivery of high-quality and timely screening, 
assessment, treatment, and referrals for their targeted populations 
(e.g., children, adolescents, and young adults for PMHCA programs; 
pregnant and postpartum people for MMHSUD programs) through the 
provision of clinical behavioral health teleconsultation, care 
coordination support/navigation (e.g., resource identification and 
referrals), and training and education. Additionally, the PMHCA and 
MMHSUD programs focus on reducing racial, ethnic, and geographic 
disparities in access to care, especially in rural and other 
underserved areas.
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    \1\ Health professionals may include, but are not limited to, 
pediatricians, family physicians, adult primary care clinicians, 
obstetrician-gynecologists, physician assistants, advanced practice 
nurses/nurse practitioners, licensed practical nurses, registered 
nurses, nurse midwives, counselors, behavioral health clinicians, 
social workers, care coordinators, medical assistants, and patient 
care navigators.
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    The information will be collected from PMHCA and MMHSUD award 
recipient programs funded in 2021, 2022, or 2023 and from participants 
in and stakeholders of those programs:
     The 2021 and 2022 PMHCA programs are authorized by 42 
U.S.C 254c-19 (sec. 330M of the Public Health Service Act), using 
funding provided by section 2712 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 
2021 (Pub. L. 117-2).
     The 2023 PMHCA programs are authorized by 42 U.S.C 254c-19 
(sec. 330M of the Public Health Service Act), as amended by section 
11005 of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (Pub. L. 117-159).
     The 2023 MMHSUD programs are authorized by 42 U.S.C. 247b-
13a; (sec. 317L-1 of the Public Health Service Act).
    To evaluate progress made toward the programs' goals, this data 
collection will use the following eight instruments: (1) HP Survey, (2) 
Practice-Level Survey, (3) Program Implementation Survey, (4) 
Behavioral Health Consultation Provider Semi-Structured Interview 
(SSI), (5) Care Coordinator SSI, (6) Champion SSI, (7) Community-Based 
and Other Resources SSI, and (8) Program Implementation SSI.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA needs this 
information to evaluate the PMHCA and MMHSUD programs to guide future 
decisions regarding increasing HPs' capacity to address patients' 
behavioral health and access to behavioral health services. 
Specifically, data collected for the evaluation will be used to study 
the efforts of the PMHCA and MMHSUD programs to achieve key outcomes 
(e.g., increase in access to behavioral health services; HPs trained; 
identification of community-based resources, including counselors or 
family service providers) and to measure whether and to what extent 
awardee programs are associated with changes in these outcomes. The 
evaluation will examine changes over time within and/or across the 
PMHCA and MMHSUD programs, regarding PMHCA- and MMHSUD-enrolled/
participating HPs' and practices': (1) capacity to address patients' 
behavioral health and access to behavioral health care, through 
screening, assessment, treatment, and referral for behavioral health 
conditions and (2) use of program services (e.g., consultation, care 
coordination, training).

Likely Respondents

     HP Survey: Pediatricians, family physicians, obstetrician-
gynecologists, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses/nurse 
practitioners, licensed practical nurses, registered nurses, 
counselors, social workers, medical assistants, and patient care 
navigators.
     Practice-Level Survey: Practice managers (e.g., office 
managers, office leadership, nurse champions).
     Program Implementation Survey: Cooperative agreement-
funded project directors/principal investigators.
     Behavioral Health Consultation Provider SSI: PMHCA and 
MMHSUD program-level behavioral health consultation providers.
     Care Coordinator SSI: PMHCA- and MMHSUD-program-level care 
coordinators.
     Champion SSI: PMHCA and MMHSUD program champions (e.g., 
HPs, community and social service specialists).
     Community-Based and Other Resources SSI: PMHCA and MMHSUD 
program-level community resource partner representatives (e.g., 
counselors, social workers, other community and social service 
specialists, other HPs/

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support workers, practice/organization managers).
     Program Implementation SSI: Cooperative agreement-funded 
project directors/principal investigators.
    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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HP Survey.......................          23,177               1          23,177            0.33        7,648.41
Practice-Level Survey...........           6,164               1           6,164            0.33        2,034.12
Program Implementation Survey...              66               1              66            0.33           21.78
Behavioral Health Consultation                66               1              66            0.75           49.50
 Provider SSI...................
Care Coordinator SSI............              66               1              66            0.75           49.50
Champion SSI....................              66               1              66            0.50           33.00
Community-Based and Other                     50               1              50            0.50           25.00
 Resources SSI..................
Program Implementation SSI......             132               1             132            1.00          132.00
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    Total.......................          29,787  ..............          29,787  ..............        9,993.31
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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. 2024-11567 Filed 5-24-24; 8:45 am]
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