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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: October 31, 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
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 no later than December 15,
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
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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:
Title V Maternal and Child Health
Services Block Grant to States Program:
Guidance and Forms for the Title V
Application/Annual Report OMB No.
0915–0172—Revision.
Abstract: The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) is
revising the Title V Maternal and Child
Health Services Block Grant to States
Program: Guidance and Forms for the
Title V Application/Annual Report. The
Guidance is used annually by the 50
states and nine jurisdictions in applying
for Block Grants under Title V of the
Social Security Act and in preparing the
required Annual Report. In partnership
with the leadership in State Title V
Maternal and Child Health (MCH)
programs as well as with other national
MCH leaders and stakeholders, HRSA’s
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
(MCHB) has been working over the past
year to develop and refine a vision for
transforming the MCH Block Grant to
States program to better meet current
and future challenges facing our
nation’s mothers and children,
including children with special health
care needs (CSHCN) and their families.
The proposed revisions to the
Application and Annual Reporting
requirements and to the data forms that
are contained in the revised guidance
reflect this transformative vision.
Relative to the state’s submission of a
yearly Application, Annual Report and
5-year Needs Assessment, the aims of
the MCH Block Grant to States program
transformation are threefold: (1) Reduce
burden to states, (2) maintain state
flexibility, and (3) improve
accountability. Revisions to this edition
are intended to enable the state to tell
a more cohesive and comprehensive
Title V story and to better reflect on the
program’s leadership role and its
contributions to the state’s public health
system in building improved and
expanded systems of care for the MCH
population. It is recognized that the full
extent of the anticipated burden
reduction will be realized over time as
states become more familiar with the
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new instructions and reporting
requirements. The burden estimates
presented in the table below are based
on previous burden estimates,
consultations with a few states on the
proposed changes, and comments
received during the 60-day public
comment period.
Specific changes to this edition of the
Title V Maternal and Child Health
Services Block Grant to States Program:
Guidance and Forms for the Title V
Application/Annual Report include the
following:
(1) Narrative reporting will be
organized by six population health
domains (i.e., Women’s/Maternal
Health; Perinatal/Infant’s Health; Child
Health; CSHCN; Adolescent Health and
Cross-cutting or Life Course); (2)
Revised National Performance Measure
(NPM) framework will be implemented
with states selecting 8 of 15 NPMs for
their programmatic focus; (3) state-level
program data, such as breakdowns of
MCH populations by race/ethnicity,
health indicator data, and national
performance and outcome measure data
will be provided by MCHB, as available,
from national data sources, thus,
reducing the annual reporting burden
for states; (4) Given that most MCH
issues are multifactorial, the state will
establish evidence based or evidence
informed strategies to address each of
the selected NPMs and will report on
one or more of the Evidence-based or
informed Strategy Measures (ESMs)
developed for each NPM; (5) Revised
instructions and the inclusion of a logic
model for the State Title V MCH Block
Grant Application/Annual Report
process will provide greater emphasis
on the need for the state priority needs
and national MCH priority areas to drive
the state’s reporting on the 5-year (and
ongoing) Needs Assessment findings,
the selection of eight (8) NPMs which
target the state-identified priority needs,
the development of evidence based or
informed strategies and related ESMs for
addressing each of the selected NPMs,
and the establishment of between three
(3) and five (5) State Performance
Measures (SPMs) which respond to the
state’s identified unique needs; (6) State
Application/Annual Report will include
a 5-year Action Plan for addressing the
identified MCH priority areas; (7) An
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Executive Summary (up to five pages in
length) will be included with each
submitted Application/Annual Report;
(8) A 5-year Needs Assessment
Summary (up to 20 pages in length) will
be integrated into the state’s MCH Block
Grant Application/Annual Report and
will replace the more comprehensive,
stand-alone 5-year Needs Assessment
document that the state previously
submitted; (9) Health System Capacity
Indicators will be eliminated; and (10)
Federal and State Title V program
budget and expenditures will be
reported separately by the state.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: Each year, all states and
jurisdictions are required to submit an
Application/Annual Report for federal
funds for their Title V MCH Services
Block Grant to States Program to the
HRSA’s MCHB [Section 505(a) of Title
V of the Social Security Act.) In
addition, the state/jurisdictional MCH
Block Grant programs are required to
conduct a statewide, comprehensive
Needs Assessment every 5 years. The
information and instructions for the
preparation and submission of this
Application/Annual Report are
contained in the Title V Maternal and
Child Health Services Block Grant to
States Program: Guidance and Forms for
the Title V Application/Annual Report.
Likely Respondents: By legislation
[Section 505(a) of Title V of the Social
Security Act], the MCH Block Grant
Application/Annual Report must be
developed by, or in consultation with,
the state MCH Health agency.
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.
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
responses
Total burden
hours
Application and Annual Report without 5-Year Needs Assessment ..........................................................................
Application and Annual Report with 5-Year Needs Assessment ..................................................................................
59
1
59
123
7,257
59
1
59
189.3
11,169
Average Total Annual Burden ......................................
59
........................
59
........................
* 8,561
* Reflects the average of one Application/Annual Report with Needs Assessment and two Application/Annual Reports without Needs
Assessment
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In fiscal year (FY) 2016, states and
jurisdictions will be submitting an
application and annual report with a 5year Needs Assessment for a total
estimated burden of 11,169 hours. In FY
2017 and FY 2018, states and
jurisdictions will be submitting an
Application and Annual Report without
a 5-year needs assessment for a total
estimated burden of 14,514.
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: October 31, 2014
Jackie Painter,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and
Information Coordination.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Eye Institute; Notice of Closed
Meetings
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 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: National Eye Institute
Special Emphasis Panel, NEI Anterior Eye
and Glaucoma Grant Applications.
Date: December 1, 2014.
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
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Place: National Institutes of Health, Suite
1300, 5635 Fishers Lane, Bethesda, MD
20892 (Telephone Conference Call).
Contact Person: Brian Hoshaw, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, National Eye
Institute, National Institutes of Health,
Division of Extramural Research, 5635
Fishers Lane, Suite 1300, Rockville, MD
20892; 301–451–2020; hoshawb@
mail.nih.gov
Name of Committee: National Eye Institute
Special Emphasis Panel, NEI Pediatric,
Glaucoma and Neuro-Ophthalmology Grant
Applications.
Date: December 3, 2014.
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health, 5635
Fishers Lane, Suite 1300, Bethesda, MD
20892 (Telephone Conference Call).
Contact Person: Brian Hoshaw, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, National Eye
Institute, National Institutes of Health,
Division of Extramural Research, 5635
Fishers Lane, Suite 1300, Rockville, MD
20892; 301–451–2020; hoshawb@
mail.nih.gov.
Name of Committee: National Eye Institute
Special Emphasis Panel, NEI Retinal Disease
Epigenetic Grant Applications.
Date: December 5, 2014.
Time: 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
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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 December
15, 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: Title
V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to States Program:
Guidance and Forms for the Title V Application/Annual Report OMB No.
0915-0172--Revision.
Abstract: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
is revising the Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant
to States Program: Guidance and Forms for the Title V Application/
Annual Report. The Guidance is used annually by the 50 states and nine
jurisdictions in applying for Block Grants under Title V of the Social
Security Act and in preparing the required Annual Report. In
partnership with the leadership in State Title V Maternal and Child
Health (MCH) programs as well as with other national MCH leaders and
stakeholders, HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) has been
working over the past year to develop and refine a vision for
transforming the MCH Block Grant to States program to better meet
current and future challenges facing our nation's mothers and children,
including children with special health care needs (CSHCN) and their
families. The proposed revisions to the Application and Annual
Reporting requirements and to the data forms that are contained in the
revised guidance reflect this transformative vision.
Relative to the state's submission of a yearly Application, Annual
Report and 5-year Needs Assessment, the aims of the MCH Block Grant to
States program transformation are threefold: (1) Reduce burden to
states, (2) maintain state flexibility, and (3) improve accountability.
Revisions to this edition are intended to enable the state to tell a
more cohesive and comprehensive Title V story and to better reflect on
the program's leadership role and its contributions to the state's
public health system in building improved and expanded systems of care
for the MCH population. It is recognized that the full extent of the
anticipated burden reduction will be realized over time as states
become more familiar with the new instructions and reporting
requirements. The burden estimates presented in the table below are
based on previous burden estimates, consultations with a few states on
the proposed changes, and comments received during the 60-day public
comment period.
Specific changes to this edition of the Title V Maternal and Child
Health Services Block Grant to States Program: Guidance and Forms for
the Title V Application/Annual Report include the following:
(1) Narrative reporting will be organized by six population health
domains (i.e., Women's/Maternal Health; Perinatal/Infant's Health;
Child Health; CSHCN; Adolescent Health and Cross-cutting or Life
Course); (2) Revised National Performance Measure (NPM) framework will
be implemented with states selecting 8 of 15 NPMs for their
programmatic focus; (3) state-level program data, such as breakdowns of
MCH populations by race/ethnicity, health indicator data, and national
performance and outcome measure data will be provided by MCHB, as
available, from national data sources, thus, reducing the annual
reporting burden for states; (4) Given that most MCH issues are
multifactorial, the state will establish evidence based or evidence
informed strategies to address each of the selected NPMs and will
report on one or more of the Evidence-based or informed Strategy
Measures (ESMs) developed for each NPM; (5) Revised instructions and
the inclusion of a logic model for the State Title V MCH Block Grant
Application/Annual Report process will provide greater emphasis on the
need for the state priority needs and national MCH priority areas to
drive the state's reporting on the 5-year (and ongoing) Needs
Assessment findings, the selection of eight (8) NPMs which target the
state-identified priority needs, the development of evidence based or
informed strategies and related ESMs for addressing each of the
selected NPMs, and the establishment of between three (3) and five (5)
State Performance Measures (SPMs) which respond to the state's
identified unique needs; (6) State Application/Annual Report will
include a 5-year Action Plan for addressing the identified MCH priority
areas; (7) An
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Executive Summary (up to five pages in length) will be included with
each submitted Application/Annual Report; (8) A 5-year Needs Assessment
Summary (up to 20 pages in length) will be integrated into the state's
MCH Block Grant Application/Annual Report and will replace the more
comprehensive, stand-alone 5-year Needs Assessment document that the
state previously submitted; (9) Health System Capacity Indicators will
be eliminated; and (10) Federal and State Title V program budget and
expenditures will be reported separately by the state.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Each year, all states and
jurisdictions are required to submit an Application/Annual Report for
federal funds for their Title V MCH Services Block Grant to States
Program to the HRSA's MCHB [Section 505(a) of Title V of the Social
Security Act.) In addition, the state/jurisdictional MCH Block Grant
programs are required to conduct a statewide, comprehensive Needs
Assessment every 5 years. The information and instructions for the
preparation and submission of this Application/Annual Report are
contained in the Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant
to States Program: Guidance and Forms for the Title V Application/
Annual Report.
Likely Respondents: By legislation [Section 505(a) of Title V of
the Social Security Act], the MCH Block Grant Application/Annual Report
must be developed by, or in consultation with, the state MCH Health
agency.
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.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Burden per
Form name Number of responses per Total response (in Total burden
respondents respondent responses hours) hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Application and Annual Report 59 1 59 123 7,257
without 5-Year Needs Assessment
Application and Annual Report 59 1 59 189.3 11,169
with 5-Year Needs Assessment...
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Average Total Annual Burden. 59 .............. 59 .............. * 8,561
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* Reflects the average of one Application/Annual Report with Needs Assessment and two Application/Annual Reports
without Needs Assessment
In fiscal year (FY) 2016, states and jurisdictions will be
submitting an application and annual report with a 5-year Needs
Assessment for a total estimated burden of 11,169 hours. In FY 2017 and
FY 2018, states and jurisdictions will be submitting an Application and
Annual Report without a 5-year needs assessment for a total estimated
burden of 14,514.
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: October 31, 2014
Jackie Painter,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2014-26855 Filed 11-12-14; 8:45 am]
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