[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52069-52070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13665]


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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: Rural 
Health Care Services Outreach Program Measures

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 August 20, 
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: Rural Health Care Services 
Outreach Program Measures, OMB No. 0906-0009-Revision
    Abstract: The Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program is 
authorized by section 330A(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 254c(e)) to ``promote rural health care services outreach by 
improving and expanding the delivery of health care services to include 
new and enhanced services in rural areas.'' The goals for the Rural 
Health Care Services Outreach Program are as follows: (1) expand the

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delivery of health care services in rural communities; (2) deliver 
health care services through a strong consortium, in which every 
consortium member organization is actively involved and engaged in the 
planning and delivery of services; (3) utilize and/or adapt an 
evidence-based or innovative, evidence-informed model(s) in the 
delivery of health care services; and (4) improve population health and 
demonstrate health outcomes and sustainability. HRSA collects 
information from grant recipients that participate in this program 
using an OMB-approved set of performance measures and seeks to extend 
its approved information collection.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: For this program, 
performance measures were drafted to provide data to the program and to 
enable HRSA to provide aggregate program data required by Congress 
under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993. These 
measures cover the principal topic areas of interest to the Federal 
Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), including: (1) access to care, 
(2) population demographics, (3) consortium/network, (4) 
sustainability, (5) project specific domains, and (6) clinical 
measures. All measures will speak to FORHP's progress toward meeting 
the goals set. FORHP collects this information to quantify the impact 
of grant funding on access to health care, quality of services, and 
improvement of health outcomes. FORHP uses the data for program 
improvement and grantees use the data for performance tracking. No 
substantive changes are proposed from the current data collection 
effort; FORHP proposes updating hyperlinks for the clinical measures 
and including an option for text entry to capture names of counties for 
the number of counties served measure.
    Likely Respondents: The respondents would be recipients of the 
Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program grants.
    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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Rural Health Care Services                    61               1              61             7.5           457.5
 Outreach Performance
 Improvement Measurement System.
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    Total.......................              61  ..............              61  ..............           457.5
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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. 2024-13665 Filed 6-20-24; 8:45 am]
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