Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership, 46942-46943 [2016-17005]

Download as PDF 46942 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 138 / Tuesday, July 19, 2016 / Notices 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 Number of responses per respondent Total responses Hours per response Total hour burden Application ............................................................................ 323 1 323 13 4,199 Total .............................................................................. 323 1 323 13 4,199 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. Jason E. Bennett, Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat. [FR Doc. 2016–17031 Filed 7–18–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165–15–P 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; Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership 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 mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:39 Jul 18, 2016 Jkt 238001 the public during the review and approval period. DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than August 18, 2016. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the ICR 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 Care Coordination Network Partnership Program Performance Improvement Measurement System. OMB No. 0915–xxxx–New. Abstract: The Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership (Care Coordination) Program is authorized under section 330A(f) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254(c)(f)), as amended, to ‘‘support the development of formal, mature rural health networks that focus on care coordination activities for the following chronic conditions: diabetes, congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.’’ This authority permits the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) to support grants for eligible entities to promote, through planning and implementation, the development of integrated health care networks that have combined the functions of the entities participating in the networks to: (i) Achieve efficiencies; (ii) expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of essential health PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 care services; and (iii) strengthen the rural health care system as a whole. Need and Proposed Use of the Information: For this program, performance measures were drafted to provide data 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. These measures cover the principal topic areas of interest to FORHP, including: (a) Access to care; (b) population demographics; (c) staffing; (d) sustainability; (e) health information technology; (f) quality improvement; (g) care coordination; and (h) clinical measures. Several measures will be used for the Outreach Program. All measures will speak to FORHP’s progress toward meeting the goals. Likely Respondents: The respondents would be recipients of the Care Coordination program funding. 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. E:\FR\FM\19JYN1.SGM 19JYN1 46943 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 138 / Tuesday, July 19, 2016 / Notices TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS Number of responses per respondent Number of respondents Form name Average burden per response (in hours) Total responses Total burden hours Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership Grant Program Measures ................................................. 8 1 8 3.5 28 Total .............................................................................. 8 ........................ 8 ........................ 28 Jason E. Bennett, Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat. [FR Doc. 2016–17005 Filed 7–18–16; 8:45 am] parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure Cohort. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES This designation became effective on July 3, 2016. Therefore, beginning on July 3, 2016, members of this class of employees, defined as reported in this notice, became members of the SEC. Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort John Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. BILLING CODE 4165–15–P National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: HHS gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of employees from the Idaho National Laboratory in Scoville, Idaho, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, NIOSH, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C– 46, Cincinnati, OH 45226–1938, Telephone 877–222–7570. Information requests can also be submitted by email to DCAS@CDC.GOV. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b). 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). On June 3, 2016, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C), the Secretary of HHS designated the following class of employees as an addition to the SEC: mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in Scoville, Idaho, and were monitored for external radiation at INL (e.g., having at least one film badge or TLD dosimeter) during the period from March 1, 1970, through December 31, 1974, and were employed for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under employment during the period from March 1, 1970, through December 31, 1974, or in combination with work days within the VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:39 Jul 18, 2016 Jkt 238001 [FR Doc. 2016–17018 Filed 7–18–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–19–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: HHS gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of employees from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, NIOSH, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C– 46, Cincinnati, OH 45226–1938, Telephone 877–222–7570. Information requests can also be submitted by email to DCAS@CDC.GOV. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: contractors and subcontractors who worked in any area at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, during the period from January 1,1974, through December 31, 1989, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment, or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure Cohort. This designation became effective on July 3, 2016. Therefore, beginning on July 3, 2016, members of this class of employees, defined as reported in this notice, became members of the SEC. John Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. [FR Doc. 2016–17019 Filed 7–18–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–19–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: On June 3, 2016, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C), the Secretary of HHS designated the following class of employees as an addition to the SEC: HHS gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of employees from the Argonne National Laboratory-West in Scoville, Idaho, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, NIOSH, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C– 46, Cincinnati, OH 45226–1938, Telephone 877–222–7570. Information requests can also be submitted by email to DCAS@CDC.GOV. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b). 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b). 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\19JYN1.SGM 19JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46942-46943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17005]


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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; Rural Health Care 
Coordination Network Partnership

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 August 18, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the ICR 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 Care 
Coordination Network Partnership Program Performance Improvement 
Measurement System.
    OMB No. 0915-xxxx-New.
    Abstract: The Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership 
(Care Coordination) Program is authorized under section 330A(f) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254(c)(f)), as amended, to 
``support the development of formal, mature rural health networks that 
focus on care coordination activities for the following chronic 
conditions: diabetes, congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive 
pulmonary disease.'' This authority permits the Federal Office of Rural 
Health Policy (FORHP) to support grants for eligible entities to 
promote, through planning and implementation, the development of 
integrated health care networks that have combined the functions of the 
entities participating in the networks to: (i) Achieve efficiencies; 
(ii) expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of essential 
health care services; and (iii) strengthen the rural health care system 
as a whole.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: For this program, 
performance measures were drafted to provide data 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. These 
measures cover the principal topic areas of interest to FORHP, 
including: (a) Access to care; (b) population demographics; (c) 
staffing; (d) sustainability; (e) health information technology; (f) 
quality improvement; (g) care coordination; and (h) clinical measures. 
Several measures will be used for the Outreach Program. All measures 
will speak to FORHP's progress toward meeting the goals.
    Likely Respondents: The respondents would be recipients of the Care 
Coordination program funding.
    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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                                                     Number of                    Average burden
            Form name                Number of     responses per       Total        per response   Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)         hours
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Rural Health Care Coordination                 8               1               8             3.5              28
 Network Partnership Grant
 Program Measures...............
 
    Total.......................               8  ..............               8  ..............              28
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Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2016-17005 Filed 7-18-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4165-15-P
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