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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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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 15, 2016.
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:
Shortage Designation Management
System
OMB No. 0915–xxxx—NEW
Abstract: HRSA’s Bureau of Health
Workforce (BHW) is committed to
improving the health of the nation’s
underserved communities and
vulnerable populations by developing,
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implementing, evaluating, and refining
programs that strengthen the nation’s
health workforce. The Department of
Health and Human Services relies on
two federal shortage designations to
identify and dedicate resources to areas
and populations in greatest need of
providers: Health Professional Shortage
Area (HPSA) designations and
Medically Underserved Area/Medically
Underserved Population (MUA/P)
designations. HPSA designations are
geographic areas, population groups,
and facilities that are experiencing a
shortage of health professionals. MUA/
P designations are areas, or populations
within areas, that are experiencing a
shortage of health care services. MUAs
are designated for the entire population
of a particular geographic area. MUP
designations are limited to particular
groups of underserved people within an
area. These designations are currently
used in a number of Departmental
programs that provide both federal and
state government grant/program benefits
for communities, health care facilities,
and providers. BHW has the
responsibility for designating and dedesignating HPSAs and MUA/Ps on
behalf of the Secretary.
HPSA designations are required to be
reviewed and updated annually to
reflect current data. Individual states—
through their Primary Care Office
(PCO)—have primary responsibility for
initiating an application for a new or
updated HPSA designation, or
withdrawing HPSAs that no longer meet
the designation criteria. HRSA reviews
the application and makes the final
determination on the HPSA designation.
Requests come from the PCOs who have
access to the online application and
review system, Shortage Designation
Management System (SDMS). 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
notified of each request submitted for
their comments and recommendations.
In order to obtain a federal shortage
designation for an area, population, or
facility, PCOs must submit a shortage
designation application through SDMS
for review and approval by BHW. Both
the HPSA and MUA/P applications
request local, state, and national data on
the population that is experiencing a
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shortage of health professionals and the
number of health professionals relative
to the population covered by the
proposed designation. The information
collected on the applications is used to
determine which areas, populations,
and facilities have shortages.
The lists of designated HPSAs are
annually published in the Federal
Register. In addition, lists of HPSAs are
updated on the HRSA Web site, https://
www.hrsa.gov/shortage/, so that
interested parties can access the
information.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The need and purpose of
this information collection is to obtain
information to designate HPSAs and
MUA/Ps. The information obtained
from the SDMS is used to determine
which areas, populations, and facilities
have critical shortages of health
professionals. The SDMS HPSA
application and SDMS MUA/P
application are used for these
designation determinations. Applicants
must submit a SDMS application to
BHW to obtain a federal shortage
designation. The application asks for
local, state, and national data required
for determining the application’s
eligibility to obtain a federal shortage
designation. In addition, applicants
must enter detailed information
explaining how the area, population, or
facility faces a critical shortage of health
professionals.
Likely Respondents: State PCOs
interested in obtaining a primary care,
dental, or mental HPSA designation or
a MUA/P in their state.
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
Designation Planning and Preparation ................................
SDMS Application ................................................................
54
54
57
57
3,078
3,078
23.40
11.33
72,025.20
34,873.74
Total ..............................................................................
54
57
3,078
34.73
106,898.94
Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Health Resources and Services
Administration
Statement of Organization, Functions
and Delegations of Authority
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This notice amends Part R of the
Statement of Organization, Functions
and Delegations of Authority of the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) (60 FR
56605, as amended November 6, 1995;
as last amended at 80 FR 66545–66546
dated October 29, 2015).
This notice reflects organizational
changes in the Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA), Office
of the Administrator (RA), Office of
Planning, Analysis and Evaluation
(RA5) and the Bureau of Health
Workforce (RQ). Specifically, this
notice: (1) Establishes the Office of
Global Health (RAI) within the Office of
the Administrator (RA); (2) transfers the
function of the Office of Global Health
Affairs (RQA1) from the Bureau of
Health Workforce to the Office of the
Administrator (RA); (3) transfers the
Border Health function from the Office
of External Engagement (RA57) within
the Office of Planning, Analysis and
Evaluation (RA5) to the Office of Global
Health (RAI); (4) abolishes the Office of
Global Health Affairs (RQA1) within the
Bureau of Health Workforce (RQ); and
(5) updates the functional statement for
the Bureau of Health Workforce (RQ),
Office of Planning, Analysis and
Evaluation (OPAE) and the Office of the
Administrator (RA).
Chapter RA—Office of the
Administrator (RA)
Section RA–10, Organization
Delete the organizational structure for
the Office of the Administrator (RA) and
replace in its entirety.
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The Office of the Administrator is
headed by the Administrator, who
reports directly to the Secretary,
Department of Health and Human
Services.
(1) Immediate Office of the
Administrator (RA);
(2) Office of Legislation (RAE);
(3) Office of Communications (RA6);
(4) Office of Health Equity (RAB);
(5) Office of Equal Opportunity, Civil
Rights, and Diversity Management
(RA2);
(6) Office of Planning, Analysis and
Evaluation (RA5);
(7) Office of Women’s Health (RAW);
and
(8) Office of Global Health (RAI).
Section RA–20, Functions
This notice reflects organizational
changes in the Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA), Office
of the Administrator (RA), Office of
Planning, Analysis and Evaluation
(RA5). Specifically, this notice: (1)
Transfers the function of the Office of
Global Health Affairs (RQA1) to the
Office of the Administrator (RA); (2)
transfers the Border Health function
from the Office of External Engagement
(RA57) within the Office of Planning,
Analysis and Evaluation (RA5) to the
Office of Global Health (RAI); and (3)
updates the functional statement for the
Bureau of Health Workforce (RQ), the
Office of Planning, Analysis and
Evaluation (RA5) and the Office of the
Administrator (RA).
Office of the Administrator (RA)
(1) Leads and directs programs and
activities of the Agency and advises the
Office of the Secretary of Health and
Human Services on policy matters
concerning them; (2) provides
consultation and assistance to senior
Agency officials and others on clinical
and health professional issues; (3)
serves as the Agency’s focal point on
efforts to strengthen the practice of
public health as it pertains to the HRSA
mission; (4) establishes and maintains
verbal and written communications
with health organizations in the public
and private sectors to support the
mission of HRSA; (5) coordinates the
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Agency’s strategic, evaluation and
research planning processes; (6)
manages the legislative and
communications programs for the
Agency; (7) administers HRSA’s equal
opportunity and civil rights activities;
(8) provides overall leadership,
direction, coordination, and planning in
the support of the Agency’s special
health programs; (9) manages the health,
wellness, and safety of women and girls
with the support of the Office of
Women’s Health, through policy,
programming and outreach education;
and (10) provides leadership within
HRSA for the support of global health
and coordinates policy development
with the HHS Office of Global Affairs,
other departmental agencies, bilateral/
multilateral organizations, and other
international organizations and
partners.
Office of Global Health (RAI)
The Office of Global Health serves as
the principal advisor to the
Administrator on global health issues.
Specifically: (1) Provides leadership,
coordination, and advancement of
global health programs relating to
sustainable health systems for
vulnerable and at-risk populations and
for HRSA training programs; (2)
provides support for the agency’s
international travel and the Department
of State’s International Visitors
Leadership Program; (3) provides
management and oversight of
international programs aimed at
-improving quality and innovation in
human resources for health, health
professions recruitment, education,
faculty development, retention, and
applied research systems; (3) provides
leadership within HRSA for the support
of global health and coordinates policy
development with the HHS Office of
Global Affairs, other departmental
agencies, bilateral/multilateral
organizations, and other international
organizations and partners; (4) monitors
HRSA’s border health activities and
investments to promote collaboration
and improve health care access to those
living along the U.S.-Mexico border; and
(5) supports and conducts programs
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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
15, 2016.
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: Shortage Designation
Management System
OMB No. 0915-xxxx--NEW
Abstract: HRSA's Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) is committed to
improving the health of the nation's underserved communities and
vulnerable populations by developing, implementing, evaluating, and
refining programs that strengthen the nation's health workforce. The
Department of Health and Human Services relies on two federal shortage
designations to identify and dedicate resources to areas and
populations in greatest need of providers: Health Professional Shortage
Area (HPSA) designations and Medically Underserved Area/Medically
Underserved Population (MUA/P) designations. HPSA designations are
geographic areas, population groups, and facilities that are
experiencing a shortage of health professionals. MUA/P designations are
areas, or populations within areas, that are experiencing a shortage of
health care services. MUAs are designated for the entire population of
a particular geographic area. MUP designations are limited to
particular groups of underserved people within an area. These
designations are currently used in a number of Departmental programs
that provide both federal and state government grant/program benefits
for communities, health care facilities, and providers. BHW has the
responsibility for designating and de-designating HPSAs and MUA/Ps on
behalf of the Secretary.
HPSA designations are required to be reviewed and updated annually
to reflect current data. Individual states--through their Primary Care
Office (PCO)--have primary responsibility for initiating an application
for a new or updated HPSA designation, or withdrawing HPSAs that no
longer meet the designation criteria. HRSA reviews the application and
makes the final determination on the HPSA designation. Requests come
from the PCOs who have access to the online application and review
system, Shortage Designation Management System (SDMS). 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 notified of each request submitted for their comments and
recommendations.
In order to obtain a federal shortage designation for an area,
population, or facility, PCOs must submit a shortage designation
application through SDMS for review and approval by BHW. Both the HPSA
and MUA/P applications request local, state, and national data on the
population that is experiencing a shortage of health professionals and
the number of health professionals relative to the population covered
by the proposed designation. The information collected on the
applications is used to determine which areas, populations, and
facilities have shortages.
The lists of designated HPSAs are annually published in the Federal
Register. In addition, lists of HPSAs are updated on the HRSA Web site,
https://www.hrsa.gov/shortage/, so that interested parties can access
the information.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The need and purpose of
this information collection is to obtain information to designate HPSAs
and MUA/Ps. The information obtained from the SDMS is used to determine
which areas, populations, and facilities have critical shortages of
health professionals. The SDMS HPSA application and SDMS MUA/P
application are used for these designation determinations. Applicants
must submit a SDMS application to BHW to obtain a federal shortage
designation. The application asks for local, state, and national data
required for determining the application's eligibility to obtain a
federal shortage designation. In addition, applicants must enter
detailed information explaining how the area, population, or facility
faces a critical shortage of health professionals.
Likely Respondents: State PCOs interested in obtaining a primary
care, dental, or mental HPSA designation or a MUA/P in their state.
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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Designation Planning and 54 57 3,078 23.40 72,025.20
Preparation....................
SDMS Application................ 54 57 3,078 11.33 34,873.74
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Total....................... 54 57 3,078 34.73 106,898.94
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Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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