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TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS—Continued
Number of
respondents
Form name
Total ..............................................................................
Jackie Painter,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and
Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2014–29520 Filed 12–16–14; 8:45 am]
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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 January 16, 2015.
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
SUMMARY:
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Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
........................
........................
........................
HRSA Information Collection Clearance
Officer at paperwork@hrsa.gov or call
(301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC)
Uniform Data System.
OMB No.: 0915–0193—Revision.
Abstract: The Uniform Data System
(UDS) is the Bureau of Primary Health
Care’s (BPHC’s) annual reporting system
for HRSA-supported health centers. The
UDS includes reporting requirements
for Health Center Program grantees and
look-alikes of the following programs:
the Community Health Center program,
the Migrant Health Center program, the
Health Care for the Homeless program,
and the Public Housing Primary Care
program.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: HRSA collects UDS data
which are used to ensure compliance
with legislative and regulatory
requirements, improve health center
performance and operations, and report
overall program accomplishments. The
data help to identify trends over time,
enabling HRSA to establish or expand
targeted programs and identify effective
services and interventions to improve
the health of underserved communities
and vulnerable populations. UDS data
are compared with national healthrelated data, including the National
Health Interview Survey and the
National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey, to review
differences between the health center
patient populations and the U.S.
population at large and those
individuals and families who rely on
the health care safety net for primary
care. UDS data also inform Health
Center Programs, partners, and
communities about the patients served
Total Burden
Hours
2275
by health centers. To meet these
objectives, BPHC requires a core set of
data collected annually. The UDS data
collection for 2015 will be revised in
three ways. A new line will be added to
identify patients that are dually eligible
for Medicare and Medicaid, a new
measure will be added to collect the
number of children with dental sealants
on their first molar tooth, and the
existing diabetes clinical measure will
be streamlined to align with the
National Quality Forum (NQF) endorsed
measure and Healthy People 2020
national benchmark. Specifically, health
centers will no longer report three
categories: Hba1c less than 8%; Hba1c
greater than or equal to 8% and less
than or equal to 9%; and Hba1c greater
than 9%. Health centers will report two
categories: Hba1c less than 8% and
Hba1c greater than 9%.
Likely Respondents: The respondents
will be HRSA BPHC Health Center
Program grantees and look-alikes.
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
Number of
respondents
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Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
Universal Report ..................................................................
Grant Report ........................................................................
1,302
499
1
1
1302
499
170
22
221,340
10,978
Total ..............................................................................
1,801
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........................
192
232,318
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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 242 / Wednesday, December 17, 2014 / Notices
Jackie Painter,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and
Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2014–29505 Filed 12–16–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165–15–P
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
estimate, below, or any other aspect of
the ICR.
DATES: Comments on this Information
Collection Request must be received no
later than February 17, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
SUMMARY:
Officer, Room 10C–03, 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:
Voluntary Partner Surveys to Implement
Executive Order 12862 in the Health
Resources and Services Administration
OMB No. 0915–0212—Extension
Abstract: In response to Executive
Order 12862, the Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) is
proposing to conduct voluntary
customer surveys of its partners to
assess strengths and weaknesses in
program services and processes. HRSA
partners are typically state or local
governments, health care facilities,
health care consortia, health care
providers, and researchers. HRSA is
requesting a generic approval from OMB
to conduct the partner surveys.
Partner surveys to be conducted by
HRSA might include, for example, mail
or telephone surveys of grantees to
determine satisfaction with grant
processes or technical assistance
provided by a contractor, or in-class
evaluation forms completed by
providers who receive training from
HRSA grantees, to measure satisfaction
with the training experience. Results of
these surveys will be used to plan and
redirect resources and efforts as needed
to improve services and processes.
Focus groups may also be used to gain
partner input into the design of mail
and telephone surveys. Focus groups,
in-class evaluation forms, mail surveys,
and telephone surveys are expected to
be the preferred data collection
methods.
A generic approval allows HRSA to
conduct a limited number of partner
surveys without a full-scale OMB
review of each survey. If generic
approval is approved, information on
each individual partner survey will not
be published in the Federal Register.
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
Total responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
burden
hours
40,000
12,000
250
1
1
1
40,000
12,000
250
.05
.25
1.5
2,000
3,000
375
Total ...........................................................................................
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In-class evaluations ..........................................................................
Mail/Telephone surveys ....................................................................
Focus groups ....................................................................................
52,250
1
52,250
.103
5,375
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
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collection burden.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Jackie Painter,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and
Information Coordination.
Health Resources and Services
Administration
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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 January
16, 2015.
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: Bureau of Primary Health Care
(BPHC) Uniform Data System.
OMB No.: 0915-0193--Revision.
Abstract: The Uniform Data System (UDS) is the Bureau of Primary
Health Care's (BPHC's) annual reporting system for HRSA-supported
health centers. The UDS includes reporting requirements for Health
Center Program grantees and look-alikes of the following programs: the
Community Health Center program, the Migrant Health Center program, the
Health Care for the Homeless program, and the Public Housing Primary
Care program.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA collects UDS data
which are used to ensure compliance with legislative and regulatory
requirements, improve health center performance and operations, and
report overall program accomplishments. The data help to identify
trends over time, enabling HRSA to establish or expand targeted
programs and identify effective services and interventions to improve
the health of underserved communities and vulnerable populations. UDS
data are compared with national health-related data, including the
National Health Interview Survey and the National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey, to review differences between the health center
patient populations and the U.S. population at large and those
individuals and families who rely on the health care safety net for
primary care. UDS data also inform Health Center Programs, partners,
and communities about the patients served by health centers. To meet
these objectives, BPHC requires a core set of data collected annually.
The UDS data collection for 2015 will be revised in three ways. A new
line will be added to identify patients that are dually eligible for
Medicare and Medicaid, a new measure will be added to collect the
number of children with dental sealants on their first molar tooth, and
the existing diabetes clinical measure will be streamlined to align
with the National Quality Forum (NQF) endorsed measure and Healthy
People 2020 national benchmark. Specifically, health centers will no
longer report three categories: Hba1c less than 8%; Hba1c greater than
or equal to 8% and less than or equal to 9%; and Hba1c greater than 9%.
Health centers will report two categories: Hba1c less than 8% and Hba1c
greater than 9%.
Likely Respondents: The respondents will be HRSA BPHC Health Center
Program grantees and look-alikes.
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 Total burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per responses response (in hours
respondent hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Universal Report................ 1,302 1 1302 170 221,340
Grant Report.................... 499 1 499 22 10,978
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Total....................... 1,801 .............. .............. 192 232,318
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Jackie Painter,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2014-29505 Filed 12-16-14; 8:45 am]
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