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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection
projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the
Health Resources and Services
Administration (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
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estimate below, or any other aspect of
the ICR.
DATES: Comments on this Information
Collection Request must be received
within 60 days of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 10–29, Parklawn
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 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 paperwork@hrsa.gov
or call the HRSA Information Collection
Clearance Officer at (301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
information request collection title for
reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Uniform Project Description and
Application Guide—SF 424 NonConstruction.
OMB No. 0915-xxxx—New.
Abstract: The Health Resources and
Services Administration is requesting
clearance for the Uniform Project
Description (UPD) and Application
Guide to be used in conjunction with
the SF–424 Non-Construction
application kit by program offices to
solicit application information for grants
and cooperative agreements.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The HRSA SF–424
Application Guide provides detailed
standard instructions to help applicants
prepare and submit applications
electronically to HRSA through
Grants.gov. The Guide is used in
conjunction with the HRSA UPD that
provides a menu of narratives from
which the program office can select for
inclusion within a program-specific
grant or cooperative agreement funding
opportunity announcement (FOA). UPD
text options selected for use in a given
FOA define the required project
description portion to the applicant.
The ability to pick and choose standard
language that is appropriate for any
given FOA reduces the burden
associated with application preparation
by eliminating irrelevant portions of the
application for a given announcement.
In addition, it provides consistency in
the application review process.
Much of the information required in
applications for project grants and
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cooperative agreements is required by
HHS Uniform Administrative
Requirements for Grants and
Cooperative Agreements at the
following citations: 45 CFR part 74, 45
CFR part 92, applicable program
regulations in 42 CFR chapters I and IV,
and applicable administrative
regulations in 45 CFR subtitle A.
HRSA program offices, grants
management officials, and expert nonfederal and federal panel reviewers use
the collected information provided
through grant applications to select and
award discretionary grants. Program
offices use the information to ensure
that the authorizing legislation and
applicable program regulations will be
implemented through any funded
project, and that applicant entities are
eligible to receive HRSA funds. Expert
non-federal and federal objective review
panelists score the information provided
in applications as they evaluate
applications in the context of the FOA’s
published criteria to ensure that the best
proposed projects are recommended for
funding. Grants management officials
use the information to ensure
appropriate federal stewardship of
federal grant funds and that proposed
budgeted project costs are allowable,
allocable, and reasonable.
Likely Respondents: Eligible
organizations may include state, local,
and Indian Tribal governments;
institutions of higher education; other
non-profit organizations (including
faith-based, community-based, and
Tribal organizations); and hospitals. In
limited cases, foreign organizations may
apply.
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 Information
Collection Request are summarized in
the table below.
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TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
SF–424 Non-Construction UPD and SF–424 Application
Guide ................................................................................
3,500
1
3,500
145
507,500
Total ..............................................................................
3,500
1
3,500
145
507,500
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.
Dated: September 5, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information
Coordination.
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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
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with Section
3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Health
Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) has 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.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be
received within 30 days of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
including the Information Collection
Request Title, to the desk officer for
HRSA, either by email to OIRA_
submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to
202–395–5806.
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To
request a copy of the clearance requests
submitted to OMB for review, email the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance
Officer at paperwork@hrsa.gov or call
(301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
Evaluation and Initial Assessment of
HRSA Teaching Health Centers.
OMB No. 0915–xxxx—NEW.
Abstract: Section 5508 of the
Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA)
amended section 340H of the Public
Health Service (PHS) Act to establish
the Teaching Health Center Graduate
Medical Education (THCGME) program
to support the expansion of new and
existing primary care residency training
programs in community-based settings.
The primary goals of the THCGME
program are to increase the production
of primary care doctors who are well
prepared to practice in community
settings, particularly with underserved
populations, and to improve the overall
number and geographic distribution of
primary care providers. To ensure these
goals are achieved, the George
Washington University (GW) will
conduct an evaluation of the training,
administrative and organizational
structures, clinical service, challenges,
innovations, costs associated with
training, and outcomes of teaching
health centers (THCs). GW has
developed a program data collection
tool that assesses basic organizational
and training characteristics of the
programs (including program specialty,
numbers trained, training sites,
educational partners, and residency
program financing), educational
initiatives (particularly around training
for changing health care delivery
systems and community experiences),
and health center characteristics
(including current workforce and
vacancies, clinical service provided by
residents, and participation in
workforce programs such as the
National Health Service Corps).
Questionnaires have also been
developed for implementation with all
THC matriculating residents, graduating
residents, and graduated residents at 1
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year post-graduation. The matriculation
questionnaire aims to collect
background information on THC
residents to better understand the
characteristics of individuals who apply
and are accepted to THC programs. The
graduation questionnaire collects
information on career plans. The alumni
questionnaire collects information on
career outcomes (including practice in
primary care and in underserved
settings) following graduation, as well
as feedback on the quality of training.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: Statute requires that THC
programs report annually on the types
of primary care resident approved
training programs provided, the number
of approved training positions, the
number who completed their residency
at the end of the prior academic year
and care for vulnerable populations
living in underserved areas, and any
other information as deemed
appropriate by the Secretary (Section
340H(h)(1) of the PHS Act). The
described data collection activities will
serve to meet this statutory requirement
for the THC programs in a uniform and
consistent manner and will allow
comparisons of this group to other
trainees in non-THC programs (See also
Section 241 of the PHS Act).
Likely Respondents: THC Program
Directors will respond to the part of the
data collection tool related to the
characteristics of the programs, and
THC matriculating residents, graduating
residents, and graduated residents at 1
year post-graduation will respond to the
questionnaires related to characteristics
of the residents.
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
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (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 Information Collection Request must be received
within 60 days of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 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 paperwork@hrsa.gov or call the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the information request collection title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Uniform Project Description
and Application Guide--SF 424 Non-Construction.
OMB No. 0915-xxxx--New.
Abstract: The Health Resources and Services Administration is
requesting clearance for the Uniform Project Description (UPD) and
Application Guide to be used in conjunction with the SF-424 Non-
Construction application kit by program offices to solicit application
information for grants and cooperative agreements.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The HRSA SF-424
Application Guide provides detailed standard instructions to help
applicants prepare and submit applications electronically to HRSA
through Grants.gov. The Guide is used in conjunction with the HRSA UPD
that provides a menu of narratives from which the program office can
select for inclusion within a program-specific grant or cooperative
agreement funding opportunity announcement (FOA). UPD text options
selected for use in a given FOA define the required project description
portion to the applicant. The ability to pick and choose standard
language that is appropriate for any given FOA reduces the burden
associated with application preparation by eliminating irrelevant
portions of the application for a given announcement. In addition, it
provides consistency in the application review process.
Much of the information required in applications for project grants
and cooperative agreements is required by HHS Uniform Administrative
Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements at the following
citations: 45 CFR part 74, 45 CFR part 92, applicable program
regulations in 42 CFR chapters I and IV, and applicable administrative
regulations in 45 CFR subtitle A.
HRSA program offices, grants management officials, and expert non-
federal and federal panel reviewers use the collected information
provided through grant applications to select and award discretionary
grants. Program offices use the information to ensure that the
authorizing legislation and applicable program regulations will be
implemented through any funded project, and that applicant entities are
eligible to receive HRSA funds. Expert non-federal and federal
objective review panelists score the information provided in
applications as they evaluate applications in the context of the FOA's
published criteria to ensure that the best proposed projects are
recommended for funding. Grants management officials use the
information to ensure appropriate federal stewardship of federal grant
funds and that proposed budgeted project costs are allowable,
allocable, and reasonable.
Likely Respondents: Eligible organizations may include state,
local, and Indian Tribal governments; institutions of higher education;
other non-profit organizations (including faith-based, community-based,
and Tribal organizations); and hospitals. In limited cases, foreign
organizations may apply.
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 Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below.
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Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per responses response (in hours
respondent hours)
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SF-424 Non-Construction UPD and 3,500 1 3,500 145 507,500
SF-424 Application Guide.......
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Total....................... 3,500 1 3,500 145 507,500
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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.
Dated: September 5, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-22111 Filed 9-10-13; 8:45 am]
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