[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 135 (Monday, July 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57419-57421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15441]


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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; Rural Communities Opioid 
Response Program Performance Measures, OMB No 0906-0044, Revision

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

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 August 14, 
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: 

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    Information Collection Request Title: Rural Communities Opioid 
Response Program (RCORP) Performance Measures, OMB No. 0906-0044-
Revision
    Abstract: HRSA administers RCORP, which is authorized by Section 
711(b)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 912(b)(5)) and is a 
multi-initiative program that aims to: (1) support treatment for and 
prevention of substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use 
disorder (OUD); and (2) reduce morbidity and mortality associated with 
SUD, including OUD, by improving access to and delivering prevention, 
treatment, and recovery support services to high-risk rural 
communities. To support this purpose, RCORP grant initiatives include:
     RCORP--Implementation grants fund established networks and 
consortia to deliver SUD/OUD prevention, treatment, and recovery 
activities in high-risk rural communities;
     RCORP--Psychostimulant Support grants aim to strengthen 
and expand access to prevention, treatment, and recovery services for 
individuals in rural areas who misuse psychostimulants, to enhance 
their ability to access treatment and move toward recovery;
     RCORP--Medication Assisted Treatment Access grants aim to 
establish new access points in rural facilities where none currently 
exist;
     RCORP--Behavioral Health Care support grants aim to expand 
access to and quality of behavioral health care services at the 
individual-, provider-, and community-levels;
     RCORP--Overdose Response recipients address immediate 
needs in rural areas through improving access to, capacity for, and 
sustainability of prevention, treatment, and recovery services for SUD;
     RCORP--Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health grants aim 
to establish and expand sustainable behavioral health care services for 
children and adolescents aged 5-17 years who live in rural communities; 
and
     RCORP--Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome grants aim to reduce 
the incidence and impact of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in rural 
communities by improving systems of care, family supports, and social 
determinants of health.
    Note that additional grant initiatives may be added pending fiscal 
year 2025 and future fiscal year appropriations.
    HRSA currently collects information about RCORP grants using 
approved performance measures. HRSA developed separate performance 
measures for RCORP's new Overdose Response, Behavioral Health, and 
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome grants and seeks OMB approval for the new 
performance measures.
    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on May 7, 2024, 
vol. 89, No. 89; pp. 38163-64. There were no public comments.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Due to the growth in the 
number of grant initiatives included within RCORP, as well as emerging 
SUD and other behavioral health trends in rural communities, HRSA is 
submitting a revised ICR that includes measures for RCORP's new 
Overdose Response, Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health, and Neonatal 
Abstinence Syndrome grants.
    For this program, performance measures were developed to provide 
data on each RCORP initiative 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 HRSA's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, including: 
(a) provision of, and referral to, rural behavioral health care 
services, including SUD prevention, treatment and recovery support 
services; (b) behavioral health care, including SUD prevention, 
treatment, and recovery, process and outcomes; (c) education of health 
care providers and community members; (d) emerging trends in rural 
behavioral health care needs and areas of concern; and (e) consortium 
strength and sustainability. All measures will speak to the progress on 
meeting the set goals of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.
    Likely Respondents: The respondents will be the recipients of the 
RCORP 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      Number of        Total     burden per    Total
                  Form name                     respondents   responses per    responses    response     burden
                                                                respondent                 (in hours)    hours
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RCORP--Implementation........................           290                2         580         1.24     719.20
RCORP--Psychostimulant Support...............            15                1          15         1.30      19.50
RCORP--Medication Assisted Treatment Access..            11                1          11         1.95      21.45
RCORP--Behavioral Health Care Support........            58                1          58         2.02     117.16
Rural Communities Opioid Response--Overdose              47                3         141         0.56      78.96
 Response (NEW)..............................
RCORP--Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health             9                2          18         0.48       8.64
 (NEW).......................................
RCORP--Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NEW)....            41                4         164         2.31     378.84
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    Total....................................           471  ...............         987  ...........   1,343.75
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-15441 Filed 7-12-24; 8:45 am]
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