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B. Length of Support
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
The award will provide 1 year of
support and include future
recommended support for four
additional years, contingent upon
satisfactory performance in the
achievement of project and program
reporting objectives during the
preceding year and the availability of
Federal fiscal year appropriations.
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:
III. Electronic Application,
Registration, and Submission
Only electronic applications will be
accepted. To submit an electronic
application in response to this FOA,
applicants should first review the full
announcement located at https://www.
fda.gov/food/newsevents/default.htm.
(FDA has verified the Web site
addresses throughout this document,
but FDA is not responsible for any
subsequent changes to the Web sites
after this document publishes in the
Federal Register.) For all electronically
submitted applications, the following
steps are required.
• Step 1: Obtain a Dun and Bradstreet
(DUNS) Number
• Step 2: Register With System for
Award Management (SAM)
• Step 3: Obtain Username & Password
• Step 4: Authorized Organization
Representative (AOR) Authorization
• Step 5: Track AOR Status
• Step 6: Register With Electronic
Research Administration (eRA)
Commons
Steps 1 through 5, in detail, can be
found at https://www07.grants.gov/
applicants/organization_
registration.jsp. Step 6, in detail, can be
found at https://commons.era.nih.gov/
commons/registration/registration
Instructions.jsp. After you have
followed these steps, submit electronic
applications to: https://www.grants.gov.
Dated: June 19, 2014.
Leslie Kux,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
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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 July 25, 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:
Rural Health Information Technology
(HIT) Workforce Program Performance
Measures.
OMB No.: 0915–xxxx—New.
Abstract: The purpose of the Rural
HIT Workforce Program is to support
formal rural health networks that focus
on activities relating to the recruitment,
education, training, and retention of HIT
specialists. This program will also
provide support to rural health
networks that can leverage and enhance
existing HIT training materials to
develop formal training programs,
which will provide instructional
opportunities to current health care
staff, local displaced workers, rural
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residents, veterans, and other potential
students. These formal training
programs will result in the development
of a cadre of HIT workers who can help
rural hospitals and clinics implement
and maintain systems such as electronic
health records (EHR), telehealth, home
monitoring, and mobile health
technology; and meet EHR meaningful
use standards.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: For this program,
performance measures were drafted to
provide data useful to the program and
to enable HRSA to provide aggregate
program data required by Congress
under the Government Performance and
Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 (Pub. L.
103–62). These measures cover the
principal topic areas of interest to the
Office of Rural Health Policy, including:
(a) Service area; (b) demographics; (c)
network; (d) sustainability; (e) access to
education; (f) education and training;
and (g) workforce recruitment and
retention. Several measures will be used
for this program. These measures will
speak to the Office of Rural Health
Policy’s progress toward meeting the
goals set.
Summary of Prior Comments and
Agency Response: A 60-day Federal
Register notice was published in the
Federal Register on February 11, 2014
(see, 79 FR 8197). There were no
comments.
Likely Respondents: Rural Health
Information Technology Workforce
Program award recipients.
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.
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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
Rural Health Information Technology (HIT) Workforce Program Performance Measures ...........................................
15
1
15
3.6
54
Total ..............................................................................
15
1
15
3.6
54
Dated: June 19, 2014.
Jackie Painter,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and
Information Coordination.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Lists of Designated Primary Medical
Care, Mental Health, and Dental Health
Professional Shortage Areas
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice advises the public
of the published lists of all geographic
areas, population groups, and facilities
designated as primary medical care,
mental health, and dental health
professional shortage areas (HPSAs) as
of May 23, 2014, available on the Health
Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) Web site at https://www.hrsa.
gov/shortage/.
HPSAs are designated or withdrawn
by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (HHS) under the authority of
section 332 of the Public Health Service
(PHS) Act and 42 CFR part 5.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: Section 332 of the PHS
Act, 42 U.S.C. 254e, provides that the
Secretary of HHS shall designate HPSAs
based on criteria established by
regulation. HPSAs are defined in section
332 to include (1) urban and rural
geographic areas with shortages of
health professionals, (2) population
groups with such shortages, and (3)
facilities with such shortages. Section
332 further requires that the Secretary
annually publish a list of the designated
geographic areas, population groups,
and facilities. The lists of HPSAs are to
be reviewed at least annually and
revised as necessary. HRSA’s Bureau of
Health Workforce (BHW) has the
responsibility for designating and
updating HPSAs.
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Public or private nonprofit entities are
eligible to apply for assignment of
National Health Service Corps (NHSC)
personnel to provide primary care,
mental, or dental health services in or
to these HPSAs. NHSC health
professionals with a service obligation
may enter into service agreements to
serve only in federally designated
HPSAs. Entities with clinical training
sites located in HPSAs are eligible to
receive priority for certain residency
training program grants administered by
the BHW. Many other federal programs
also utilize HPSA designations. For
example, under authorities
administered by the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services,
certain qualified providers in
geographic area HPSAs are eligible for
increased levels of Medicare
reimbursement.
Development of the Designation and
Withdrawal Lists: Criteria for
designating HPSAs were published as
final regulations (42 CFR part 5) in
1980. Criteria then were defined for
each of seven health professional types
(primary medical care, dental,
psychiatric, vision care, podiatric,
pharmacy, and veterinary care). The
criteria for correctional facility HPSAs
were revised and published on March 2,
1989 (54 FR 8735). The criteria for
psychiatric HPSAs were expanded to
mental health HPSAs on January 22,
1992 (57 FR 2473). Currently funded
PHS Act programs use only the primary
medical care, mental health, or dental
HPSA designations.
Individual requests for designation or
withdrawal of a particular geographic
area, population group, or a facility as
a HPSA are received and reviewed
continuously by BHW. The majority of
the requests come from the Primary Care
Offices (PCO) in the State Health
Departments, who have access to the online application and review system.
Requests that come from other sources
are referred to the PCOs for their review
and concurrence. In addition, interested
parties, including the Governor, the
State Primary Care Association, and
state professional associations are
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notified of each request submitted for
their comments and recommendations.
Annually, lists of designated HPSAs
are made available to all PCOs, state
medical and dental societies, and
others, with a request to review and
update the data on which the
designations are based. Emphasis is
placed on updating those designations
that are more than 3-years old or where
significant changes relevant to the
designation criteria have occurred.
Recommendations for possible
additions, continuations, revisions, or
withdrawals from a HPSA list are
reviewed by BHW, and the review
findings are provided by letter to the
agency or individual requesting action
or providing data, with copies to other
interested organizations and
individuals. These letters constitute the
official notice of designation as a HPSA,
rejection of recommendations for HPSA
designation, revision of a HPSA
designation, and/or advance notice of
pending withdrawals from the HPSA
list. Designations (or revisions of
designations) are effective as of the date
on the notification letter from BHW.
Proposed withdrawals become effective
only after interested parties in the area
affected have been afforded the
opportunity to submit additional
information to BHW in support of its
continued or revised designation. If no
new data are submitted, or if BHW
review confirms the proposed
withdrawal, the withdrawal becomes
effective upon publication of the lists of
designated HPSAs in the Federal
Register. In addition, lists of HPSAs are
updated daily on the HRSA Web site,
https://www.hrsa.gov/shortage/, so that
interested parties can access the most
accurate and timely information.
Publication and Format of Lists: Due
to the large volume of designations, a
printed version of the list is no longer
distributed. This notice serves to inform
the public of the availability of the
complete listings of designated HPSAs
on the HRSA Web site. The three lists
(primary medical care, mental health,
and dental) of designated HPSAs are
available at a link on the HRSA Web site
at https://www.hrsa.gov/shortage/, and
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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
AGENCY: 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 July 25,
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: Rural Health Information
Technology (HIT) Workforce Program Performance Measures.
OMB No.: 0915-xxxx--New.
Abstract: The purpose of the Rural HIT Workforce Program is to
support formal rural health networks that focus on activities relating
to the recruitment, education, training, and retention of HIT
specialists. This program will also provide support to rural health
networks that can leverage and enhance existing HIT training materials
to develop formal training programs, which will provide instructional
opportunities to current health care staff, local displaced workers,
rural residents, veterans, and other potential students. These formal
training programs will result in the development of a cadre of HIT
workers who can help rural hospitals and clinics implement and maintain
systems such as electronic health records (EHR), telehealth, home
monitoring, and mobile health technology; and meet EHR meaningful use
standards.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: For this program,
performance measures were drafted to provide data useful to the program
and to enable HRSA to provide aggregate program data required by
Congress under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of
1993 (Pub. L. 103-62). These measures cover the principal topic areas
of interest to the Office of Rural Health Policy, including: (a)
Service area; (b) demographics; (c) network; (d) sustainability; (e)
access to education; (f) education and training; and (g) workforce
recruitment and retention. Several measures will be used for this
program. These measures will speak to the Office of Rural Health
Policy's progress toward meeting the goals set.
Summary of Prior Comments and Agency Response: A 60-day Federal
Register notice was published in the Federal Register on February 11,
2014 (see, 79 FR 8197). There were no comments.
Likely Respondents: Rural Health Information Technology Workforce
Program award recipients.
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.
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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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Rural Health Information 15 1 15 3.6 54
Technology (HIT) Workforce
Program Performance Measures...
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Dated: June 19, 2014.
Jackie Painter,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
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