Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request, 28931-28932 [2014-11686]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 97 / Tuesday, May 20, 2014 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources and Services Administration Administration for Children and Families Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request Administration for Children and Families, 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 no later than June 19, 2014. 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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: Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Information System. OMB No. 0915–0357— Revision. Abstract: On March 23, 2010, the President signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–148), historic and transformative legislation designed to make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce. Through a provision authorizing the creation of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program, the Act responds to the diverse needs of children and families in communities at risk and provides an unprecedented opportunity for collaboration and emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:09 May 19, 2014 Jkt 232001 partnership at the federal, state, and community levels to improve health and development outcomes for at-risk children through voluntary evidencebased home visiting programs. The MIECHV Program is designed: (1) To strengthen and improve the programs and activities carried out under Title V of the Social Security Act; (2) to improve coordination of services for atrisk communities; and (3) to identify and provide comprehensive services to improve outcomes for families who reside in at-risk communities. HRSA and the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) collaborate to implement the MIECHV programs. HRSA administers grants to states, jurisdictions, and eligible non-profits (State MIECHV program) and ACF administers grants to Indian tribes (including consortia of tribes), tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations (Tribal MIECHV program). The Social Security Act, Title V, Section 511 (42 U.S.C. 711), as added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–148), requires that state and tribal MIECHV grantees collect data to measure improvements for eligible families in six specified areas (referred to as ‘‘benchmark areas’’) that encompass the major goals for the program: (1) Improved maternal and newborn health; (2) prevention of child injuries, child abuse, neglect, or maltreatment, and reduction of emergency room visits; (3) improvement in school readiness and achievement;(4) reduction in crime or domestic violence; (5) improvements in family economic self-sufficiency; and (6) improvements in the coordination and referrals for other community resources and supports. The Supplemental Information Request for the Submission of the Updated State Plan for a State Home Visiting Program (SIR), published on February 8, 2011, further listed a variety of constructs under each benchmark area for which state MIECHV grantees were to select and submit relevant performance measures. Per Section 511(d)(1)(B)(i) of the legislation, no later than 30 days after the end of the third year of the program, grantees are required to demonstrate improvement in at least four of the six benchmark areas. Funding opportunity announcements, notices of award, and program guidance documents for competitive, formula, and non-profit grants also require annual reporting on the constructs under each benchmark area, as well as on demographic, service utilization, budgetary, and other administrative data related to program implementation. PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 28931 Tribal MIECHV grantees must also report annually on demographic, service utilization, budgetary, and other administrative data related to program implementation. In addition, tribal MIECHV grantees must propose a plan for meeting the benchmark requirements specified in the legislation and must report on improvement on constructs under each benchmark area at the end of Year 4 and Year 5 of their 5-year grants. Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The data collected from the proposed Home Visiting (HV) forms will be used to track state and tribal MIECHV grantees’ progress in demonstrating improvement under each benchmark area and provide an overall picture of the population being served. The proposed data collection forms are as follows: HV Form 1—Demographic and Service Utilization Data for Enrollees and Children—This form requests data to determine the unduplicated number of participants and of participant groups by primary insurance coverage. This form also requests data on the demographic characteristics of program participants such as race, ethnicity, and income. The form is used by both state and tribal MIECHV grantees. As this form has current approval from OMB and is in use, no changes are proposed. HV Form 2—State Grantee Performance Measures: Grantees have already selected relevant performance measures for the legislatively identified benchmark areas. This form provides a template for grantees to report aggregate data on their selected performance measures. This form is used by state MIECHV grantees only. As this form has current approval from OMB and is in use, no changes are proposed. HV Form 3—Tribal Grantee Performance Measures: To show quantifiable, measurable improvement in benchmark areas, each tribal MIECHV grantee must submit data demonstrating improvement on constructs in each of the six benchmark areas. The purpose of the proposed collection on HV Form 3 will be to track tribal MIECHV grantees’ progress in demonstrating improvement under each benchmark area. This form will be used by tribal MIECHV grantees only. As this form was not included in the previous submission to OMB, this form is new to the information system. Likely Respondents: HV Form 1 is used by all MIECHV Program grantees. HV Form 2 is used by the states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and non-profit organizations providing services within states through the State E:\FR\FM\20MYN1.SGM 20MYN1 28932 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 97 / Tuesday, May 20, 2014 / Notices 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 MIECHV Program. HV Form 3 will be used by tribal MIECHV grantees. 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 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 Form name HV Form 1: Demographic and Service Utilization Data for Enrollees and Children. HV Form 2: Grantee Performance Measures. HV Form 3: Tribal-Grantee Performance Measures. Total ............................... Number of respondents Number of responses per respondent Average burden per response (in hours) Total responses Total burden hours 81 1 (All MIECHV grantees, including tribal grantees). 1 81 (All MIECHV grantees, including tribal grantees). 731 59, 211 56 2 (state MIECHV grantees). 25 3 (tribal MIECHV grantees). 1 56 (state MIECHV grantees) 313 17, 528 1 25 (tribal MIECHV grantees) 475 11,875 ........................ 88, 614 81 .......................................... ........................ 81 .......................................... 1 In addition to 56 jurisdictions and non-profit organizations, it is estimated that 25 tribal MIECHV program grantees will utilize Form 1 to report on demographic and service utilization data for all participant families. 2 This number does not include tribal MIECHV program grantees. 3 This number reflects the number of tribal MIECHV grantees. Dated: May 12, 2014. Bahar Niakan, Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination, Health Resources and Services Administration. Linda K. Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary and InterDepartmental Liaison for Early Childhood Development, Administration for Children and Families. [FR Doc. 2014–11686 Filed 5–19–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165–15–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given of the following meeting. The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The contract proposals and the discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the contract proposals, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:09 May 19, 2014 Jkt 232001 Name of Committee: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Special Emphasis Panel; NIAID Peer Review Meeting. Date: June 27, 2014. Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate contract proposals. Place: Mayflower Renaissance Hotel, The New York Room, 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20036. Contact Person: Lynn Rust, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer Scientific Review Program Division of Extramural Activities NIAID/NIH/DHHS, 6700B Rockledge Drive, MSC 7616 Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–402– 3938, lr228v@nih.gov. (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.855, Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation Research; 93.856, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS). Dated: May 14, 2014. David Clary, Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. [FR Doc. 2014–11591 Filed 5–19–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given of the following meeting. PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Name of Committee: Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and AIDS Initial Review Group; Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research Committee. Date: June 11–12, 2014. Time: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications Place: National Institutes of Health, Room 3144, 6700B Rockledge Drive Bethesda, MD 20817 (Telephone Conference Call). Contact Person: Frank S. De Silva, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review Program, Division of Extramural Activities, National Institutes of Health/NIAID 6700B Rockledge Drive, MSC 7616, Bethesda, MD 20892–7616, 301–594–1009, fdesilva@ niaid.nih.gov. (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.855, Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation Research; 93.856, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS). E:\FR\FM\20MYN1.SGM 20MYN1

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

Administration for Children and Families

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families, Health Resources and
Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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 no later than June 19,
2014.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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: Maternal, Infant, and Early
Childhood Home Visiting Program Information System. OMB No. 0915-0357--
Revision.
Abstract: On March 23, 2010, the President signed into law the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-148),
historic and transformative legislation designed to make quality,
affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs,
improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen
the health care workforce. Through a provision authorizing the creation
of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV)
Program, the Act responds to the diverse needs of children and families
in communities at risk and provides an unprecedented opportunity for
collaboration and partnership at the federal, state, and community
levels to improve health and development outcomes for at-risk children
through voluntary evidence-based home visiting programs. The MIECHV
Program is designed: (1) To strengthen and improve the programs and
activities carried out under Title V of the Social Security Act; (2) to
improve coordination of services for at-risk communities; and (3) to
identify and provide comprehensive services to improve outcomes for
families who reside in at-risk communities.
HRSA and the Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
collaborate to implement the MIECHV programs. HRSA administers grants
to states, jurisdictions, and eligible non-profits (State MIECHV
program) and ACF administers grants to Indian tribes (including
consortia of tribes), tribal organizations, and urban Indian
organizations (Tribal MIECHV program).
The Social Security Act, Title V, Section 511 (42 U.S.C. 711), as
added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Pub.
L. 111-148), requires that state and tribal MIECHV grantees collect
data to measure improvements for eligible families in six specified
areas (referred to as ``benchmark areas'') that encompass the major
goals for the program: (1) Improved maternal and newborn health; (2)
prevention of child injuries, child abuse, neglect, or maltreatment,
and reduction of emergency room visits; (3) improvement in school
readiness and achievement;(4) reduction in crime or domestic violence;
(5) improvements in family economic self-sufficiency; and (6)
improvements in the coordination and referrals for other community
resources and supports.
The Supplemental Information Request for the Submission of the
Updated State Plan for a State Home Visiting Program (SIR), published
on February 8, 2011, further listed a variety of constructs under each
benchmark area for which state MIECHV grantees were to select and
submit relevant performance measures. Per Section 511(d)(1)(B)(i) of
the legislation, no later than 30 days after the end of the third year
of the program, grantees are required to demonstrate improvement in at
least four of the six benchmark areas. Funding opportunity
announcements, notices of award, and program guidance documents for
competitive, formula, and non-profit grants also require annual
reporting on the constructs under each benchmark area, as well as on
demographic, service utilization, budgetary, and other administrative
data related to program implementation.
Tribal MIECHV grantees must also report annually on demographic,
service utilization, budgetary, and other administrative data related
to program implementation. In addition, tribal MIECHV grantees must
propose a plan for meeting the benchmark requirements specified in the
legislation and must report on improvement on constructs under each
benchmark area at the end of Year 4 and Year 5 of their 5-year grants.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The data collected from
the proposed Home Visiting (HV) forms will be used to track state and
tribal MIECHV grantees' progress in demonstrating improvement under
each benchmark area and provide an overall picture of the population
being served. The proposed data collection forms are as follows:
HV Form 1--Demographic and Service Utilization Data for Enrollees
and Children--This form requests data to determine the unduplicated
number of participants and of participant groups by primary insurance
coverage. This form also requests data on the demographic
characteristics of program participants such as race, ethnicity, and
income. The form is used by both state and tribal MIECHV grantees. As
this form has current approval from OMB and is in use, no changes are
proposed.
HV Form 2--State Grantee Performance Measures: Grantees have
already selected relevant performance measures for the legislatively
identified benchmark areas. This form provides a template for grantees
to report aggregate data on their selected performance measures. This
form is used by state MIECHV grantees only. As this form has current
approval from OMB and is in use, no changes are proposed.
HV Form 3--Tribal Grantee Performance Measures: To show
quantifiable, measurable improvement in benchmark areas, each tribal
MIECHV grantee must submit data demonstrating improvement on constructs
in each of the six benchmark areas. The purpose of the proposed
collection on HV Form 3 will be to track tribal MIECHV grantees'
progress in demonstrating improvement under each benchmark area. This
form will be used by tribal MIECHV grantees only. As this form was not
included in the previous submission to OMB, this form is new to the
information system.
Likely Respondents: HV Form 1 is used by all MIECHV Program
grantees. HV Form 2 is used by the states, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands,
American Samoa, and non-profit organizations providing services within
states through the State

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MIECHV Program. HV Form 3 will be used by tribal MIECHV grantees.
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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per Total responses response (in hours
respondent hours)
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HV Form 1: Demographic and 81 \1\ (All 1 81 (All MIECHV 731 59, 211
Service Utilization Data for MIECHV grantees,
Enrollees and Children. grantees, including
including tribal
tribal grantees).
grantees).
HV Form 2: Grantee 56 \2\ (state 1 56 (state 313 17, 528
Performance Measures. MIECHV MIECHV
grantees). grantees).
HV Form 3: Tribal-Grantee 25 \3\ (tribal 1 25 (tribal 475 11,875
Performance Measures. MIECHV MIECHV
grantees). grantees).
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Total.................... 81.............. .............. 81............. .............. 88, 614
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\1\ In addition to 56 jurisdictions and non-profit organizations, it is estimated that 25 tribal MIECHV program
grantees will utilize Form 1 to report on demographic and service utilization data for all participant
families.
\2\ This number does not include tribal MIECHV program grantees.
\3\ This number reflects the number of tribal MIECHV grantees.

Dated: May 12, 2014.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination, Health
Resources and Services Administration.
Linda K. Smith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary and Inter-Departmental Liaison for Early
Childhood Development, Administration for Children and Families.
[FR Doc. 2014-11686 Filed 5-19-14; 8:45 am]
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