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Dated: December 11, 2015.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2015–31689 Filed 12–16–15; 8:45 am]
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Information Collection Request Title:
Bureau of Health Workforce
Performance Data Collection OMB No.
0915–0061—Revision
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 16, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 10–105, 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
SUMMARY:
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.
Abstract: Over 40 Bureau of Health
Workforce (BHW) programs award
grants to health professions schools and
training programs across the United
States to develop, expand, and enhance
training, and to strengthen the
distribution of the health workforce.
These programs are authorized by the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201
et seq.), specifically Titles III, VII, and
VIII. Performance information regarding
these programs is collected in the HRSA
Performance Report for Grants and
Cooperative Agreements (PRGCA). Data
collection activities consisting of an
annual progress and annual
performance report satisfy statutory and
programmatic requirements for
performance measurement and
evaluation (including specific Title III,
VII and VIII requirements), as well as
Government Performance and Results
Act (GPRA) requirements. The
performance measures were last revised
in 2013 to ensure they addressed
programmatic changes, met evolving
program management needs, and
responded to emerging workforce
concerns—especially as a result of the
changes in the Affordable Care Act (Pub.
L. 111–148). As these revisions were
successful, BHW will continue with its
current performance management
strategy and measures and require
annual progress and performance
reporting.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The purpose of the
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
proposed data collection is to analyze
and report grantee training activities
and education, identify intended
practice locations and report outcomes
of funded initiatives. Data collected
from these grant programs will also
provide a description of the program
activities of approximately 1,700
reporting grantees to better inform
policymakers on the barriers,
opportunities, and outcomes involved
in health care workforce development.
The proposed measures focus on five
key outcomes: (1) Increasing the
workforce supply of diverse welleducated practitioners, (2) increasing
the number of practitioners that practice
in underserved and rural areas, (3)
enhancing the quality of education, (4)
increasing the recruitment, training, and
placement of under-represented groups
in the health workforce, and (5)
supporting educational infrastructure to
increase the capacity to train more
health professionals.
Likely Respondents: Respondents are
awardees of BHW health professions
grant programs.
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:
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
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Program Aggregate Data Collection* ..................................
Individual-level Data Collection ............................................
600
1,100
1
1
600
1,100
6
2
3,600
2,200
Total ..............................................................................
1,700
........................
1,700
........................
5,800
* Program aggregate data collection will only be required for programs that do not provide direct financial support to all trainees.
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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.
Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5815–N–02]
Statutorily Mandated Designation of
Difficult Development Areas and
Qualified Census Tracts: Revision of
Effective Date for 2015 Designations
This Document
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This document revises the
effective date for designations of
‘‘Difficult Development Areas’’ (DDAs)
and ‘‘Qualified Census Tracts’’ (QCTs)
for purposes of the Low-Income
Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) under
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 42
(26 U.S.C. 42) published on October 3,
2014 (79 FR 59855). This Notice extends
from 365 days to 730 days the period for
which the 2015 lists of QCTs and DDAs
are effective for projects located in areas
not on the 2016 list of DDAs or QCTs,
published November 24, 2015, at 80 FR
73201, but having submitted
applications while the area was a 2015
QCT or DDA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions on how areas are designated
and on geographic definitions, contact
Michael K. Hollar, Senior Economist,
Economic Development and Public
Finance Division, Office of Policy
Development and Research, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 Seventh Street SW., Room 8234,
Washington, DC 20410–6000; telephone
number (202) 402–5878, or send an
email to Michael.K.Hollar@hud.gov. For
specific legal questions pertaining to
Section 42, contact Branch 5, Office of
the Associate Chief Counsel,
Passthroughs and Special Industries,
Internal Revenue Service, 1111
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20224; telephone number (202) 317–
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4137, fax number (202) 317–6731. For
questions about the ‘‘HUB Zone’’
program, contact Mariana Pardo,
Director, HUBZone Program, Office of
Government Contracting and Business
Development, U.S. Small Business
Administration, 409 Third Street SW.,
Suite 8800, Washington, DC 20416;
telephone number (202) 205–2985, fax
number (202) 481–6443, or send an
email to hubzone@sba.gov. A text
telephone is available for persons with
hearing or speech impairments at 800–
877–8339. (These are not toll-free
telephone numbers.) Additional copies
of this notice are available through HUD
User at 800–245–2691 for a small fee to
cover duplication and mailing costs.
Copies Available Electronically: This
notice and additional information about
DDAs and QCTs are available
electronically on the Internet at https://
www.huduser.org/datasets/qct.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This notice extends from 365 days to
730 days the period for which the 2015
lists of QCTs and DDAs are effective for
projects located in areas not on the 2016
list of DDAs or QCTs, published
November 24, 2015, at 80 FR 73201, but
having submitted applications while the
area was a 2015 QCT or DDA for each
of the 50 states, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam,
the Northern Mariana Islands, and the
U.S. Virgin Islands. The actual
designations of 2015 QCTs and DDAs
are not affected by this notice. HUD is
revising the effective date of the 2015
QCTs and DDAs at this time to aid the
transition to Small Difficult
Development Areas as announced in a
notice designating 2016 QCTs and DDAs
published at 80 FR 73201 and otherwise
ensure that LIHTC and bond-financed
projects relying on 2015 QCT or DDA
designations and not in areas designated
as 2016 QCTs and DDAs, but unable to
meet the 365-day requirement of the
original effective date of the 2015 QCT
and DDA designations, may still be
completed within 730 days.
The sections entitled ‘‘Effective Date’’
and ‘‘Interpretive Examples of Effective
Date’’ of the 2015 DDA and QCT
designations as published October 3,
2014 at 79 FR 59855 are hereby revised
to read as follows:
Effective Date
The 2015 lists of QCTs and DDAs are
effective:
(1) For allocations of credit after
December 31, 2014; or
(2) for purposes of IRC Section
42(h)(4), if the bonds are issued and the
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building is placed in service after
December 31, 2014.
If an area is not on a subsequent list
of DDAs, the 2015 lists are effective for
the area if:
(1) The allocation of credit to an
applicant is made no later than the end
of the 730-day period after the applicant
submits a complete application to the
LIHTC-allocating agency, and the
submission is made before the effective
date of the subsequent lists; or
(2) for purposes of IRC Section
42(h)(4), if:
(a) The bonds are issued or the
building is placed in service no later
than the end of the 730-day period after
the applicant submits a complete
application to the bond-issuing agency,
and
(b) the submission is made before the
effective date of the subsequent lists,
provided that both the issuance of the
bonds and the placement in service of
the building occur after the application
is submitted.
An application is deemed to be
submitted on the date it is filed if the
application is determined to be
complete by the credit-allocating or
bond-issuing agency. A ‘‘complete
application’’ means that no more than
de minimis clarification of the
application is required for the agency to
make a decision about the allocation of
tax credits or issuance of bonds
requested in the application.
In the case of a ‘‘multiphase project,’’
the DDA or QCT status of the site of the
project that applies for all phases of the
project is that which applied when the
project received its first allocation of
LIHTC. For purposes of IRC Section
42(h)(4), the DDA or QCT status of the
site of the project that applies for all
phases of the project is that which
applied when the first of the following
occurred: (a) The building(s) in the first
phase were placed in service, or (b) the
bonds were issued.
For purposes of this notice, a
‘‘multiphase project’’ is defined as a set
of buildings to be constructed or
rehabilitated under the rules of the
LIHTC and meeting the following
criteria:
(1) The multiphase composition of the
project (i.e., total number of buildings
and phases in project, with a
description of how many buildings are
to be built in each phase and when each
phase is to be completed, and any other
information required by the agency) is
made known by the applicant in the
first application of credit for any
building in the project, and that
applicant identifies the buildings in the
project for which credit is (or will be)
sought;
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[FR Doc No: 2015-31641]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: 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 16, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 10-105, 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: Bureau of Health Workforce
Performance Data Collection OMB No. 0915-0061--Revision
Abstract: Over 40 Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) programs award
grants to health professions schools and training programs across the
United States to develop, expand, and enhance training, and to
strengthen the distribution of the health workforce. These programs are
authorized by the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.),
specifically Titles III, VII, and VIII. Performance information
regarding these programs is collected in the HRSA Performance Report
for Grants and Cooperative Agreements (PRGCA). Data collection
activities consisting of an annual progress and annual performance
report satisfy statutory and programmatic requirements for performance
measurement and evaluation (including specific Title III, VII and VIII
requirements), as well as Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA)
requirements. The performance measures were last revised in 2013 to
ensure they addressed programmatic changes, met evolving program
management needs, and responded to emerging workforce concerns--
especially as a result of the changes in the Affordable Care Act (Pub.
L. 111-148). As these revisions were successful, BHW will continue with
its current performance management strategy and measures and require
annual progress and performance reporting.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The purpose of the
proposed data collection is to analyze and report grantee training
activities and education, identify intended practice locations and
report outcomes of funded initiatives. Data collected from these grant
programs will also provide a description of the program activities of
approximately 1,700 reporting grantees to better inform policymakers on
the barriers, opportunities, and outcomes involved in health care
workforce development. The proposed measures focus on five key
outcomes: (1) Increasing the workforce supply of diverse well-educated
practitioners, (2) increasing the number of practitioners that practice
in underserved and rural areas, (3) enhancing the quality of education,
(4) increasing the recruitment, training, and placement of under-
represented groups in the health workforce, and (5) supporting
educational infrastructure to increase the capacity to train more
health professionals.
Likely Respondents: Respondents are awardees of BHW health
professions grant programs.
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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Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per responses response (in hours
respondent hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Program Aggregate Data 600 1 600 6 3,600
Collection*....................
Individual-level Data Collection 1,100 1 1,100 2 2,200
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Total....................... 1,700 .............. 1,700 .............. 5,800
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* Program aggregate data collection will only be required for programs that do not provide direct financial
support to all trainees.
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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.
Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2015-31641 Filed 12-16-15; 8:45 am]
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