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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 652(a)(9), which
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individuals.
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ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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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; Shortage Designation
Management System
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
HRSA 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. OMB may act on
HRSA’s ICR only after the 30 day
comment period for this Notice has
closed.
SUMMARY:
Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than June 10, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under Review—Open for
Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
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To
request a copy of the clearance requests
submitted to OMB for review, email Lisa
Wright-Solomon, the HRSA Information
Collection Clearance Officer at
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 443–
1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
information request collection title for
reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Shortage Designation Management
System OMB No. 0906-0029—Revision.
Abstract: HRSA’s Bureau of Health
Workforce 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. The
authorizing statute for the National
Health Service Corps (NHSC) created
HPSAs to fulfill the statutory
requirement that NHSC personnel be
directed to areas of greatest need. To
further differentiate areas of greatest
need, HRSA calculates a score for each
HPSA. There are three categories of
HPSAs based on health discipline:
Primary care, dental health, and mental
health. Scores range from 1 to 25 for
primary care and mental health and
from 1 to 26 for dental, with higher
scores indicating greater need. They are
used to prioritize applications for NHSC
Loan Repayment Program award
funding, and determine service sites
eligible to receive NHSC Scholarship
and Students-to-Service participants.
MUA/P designations are geographic
areas, or population groups within
geographic areas, that are experiencing
a shortage of primary care health care
services based on the Index of Medical
Underservice (IMU). MUAs are
designated for the entire population of
a particular geographic area. MUA/P
designations are limited to particular
subset of the population within a
geographic area. Both designations were
created to aid the federal government in
identifying areas with healthcare
workforce shortages.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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As part of HRSA’s cooperative
agreement with the State Primary Care
Offices (PCOs), the State PCOs conduct
needs assessment in their states,
determine what areas are eligible for
designations, and submit designation
applications for HRSA review via the
Shortage Designation Management
System (SDMS). Requests that come
from other sources are referred to the
PCOs for their review, concurrence, and
submission via SDMS. 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 HRSA. Both the HPSA
and MUA/P application 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 qualifying shortages.
In addition, interested parties,
including the Governor, the State
Primary Care Association, state
professional associations, etc. are
notified of each designation request
submitted via SDMS for their comments
and recommendations.
HRSA reviews the HPSA applications
submitted by the State PCOs, and—if
they meet the designation eligibility
criteria for the type of HPSA or MUA/
P the application is for—designates the
HPSA or MUA/P on behalf of the
Secretary. HPSAs are statutorily
required to be annually reviewed and
revised as necessary after initial
designation to reflect current data.
HPSAs scores, therefore may and do
change from time to time. Currently,
MUA/Ps do not gave a statutorily
mandated review period.
The lists of designated HPSAs are
published annually in the Federal
Register. In addition, lists of HPSAs are
updated on the HRSA website, https://
data.hrsa.gov/tools/shortage-area, so
that interested parties can access the
information.
A 60-day notice published in the
Federal Register on February 26, 2020,
vol. 85, No. 38; pp. 11094–95. There
was one public comment.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: In 2014, SDMS was
launched to facilitate the collection of
information needed to designate HPSAs
and MUA/Ps. The information obtained
from the SDMS Application is used to
determine which areas, populations,
and facilities have critical shortages of
health professionals per PCO
application submission. The SDMS
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HPSA application and SDMS MUA/P
Application are used for these
designation determinations. Applicants
must submit a SDMS application to
HRSA to obtain a federal shortage
designation. The application asks for
local, state, and national data required
to determine the application’s eligibility
to obtain a federal shortage designation.
In addition, applicants must enter in
detailed information explaining how the
area, population, or facility faces a
critical shortage of health professionals.
Likely Respondents: State Primary
Care Offices 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.
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
responses
Total burden
hours
Designation Planning and Preparation ................................
SDMS Application ................................................................
54
54
48
83
2,592
4,482
8.00
4.00
20,736
17,928
Total ..............................................................................
54
........................
7,074
........................
38,664
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.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Findings of Research Misconduct;
Correction
ACTION:
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
Correction of notice.
This document corrects errors
that appeared in the notice published in
the April 29, 2020, Federal Register
entitled ‘‘Findings of Research
Misconduct.’’ The document contained
an incorrect title and signature date.
DATES:
Applicable Date: May 11, 2020.
Applicability Date: The correction
notice is applicable for the Findings of
Research Misconduct notice published
on April 29, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elisabeth A. Handley at 240–453–8200.
SUMMARY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In FR Doc. 2020–09086 of April 29,
2020 (85 FR 23834–23835), there were
errors involving the title and signature
date of the document. The errors are
identified and corrected in the
Correction of Errors section below.
II. Correction of Errors
In FR Doc. 2020–09086 of April 29,
2020 (85 FR 23834–23835), make the
following corrections:
1. On page 23834, third column, in FR
Doc. 2020–09086, Title section, correct
line 33 to read ‘‘Request for Information
and Comments on the Sequestration of
Evidence during Research Misconduct
Proceedings.’’
2. On page 23835, third column, in FR
Doc. 2020–09086, SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section, correct line 44 to
read ‘‘Dated: April 22, 2020.’’
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Redesignation of the Delivery Area for
the Havasupai Tribe
Indian Health Service, HHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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Notice is hereby given that
the Indian Health Service has decided to
expand the geographic boundaries of the
Purchased/Referred Care (PRC) Delivery
Area for the Havasupai Tribe in the
State of Arizona to include Mohave
County in the State of Arizona. The final
PRC delivery area for the Havasupai
Tribe is now the counties of Coconino
and Mohave in the State of Arizona. The
sole purpose of this expansion is to
authorize Havasupai to cover additional
Tribal members and beneficiaries under
Havasupai’s PRC.
DATES: This expansion is effective as of
the publication date of this notice.
ADRESSES: This notice can be found at
https://www.federalregister.gov. Written
requests for information should be
delivered to: CDR John Rael, Director,
Office of Resource Access and
Partnerships, Indian Health Service,
5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop 10E85C,
Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443–0609
(This is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The IHS currently
provides services under regulations in
effect on September 15, 1987, and
republished in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 42 CFR part 136,
subparts A–C. Subpart C defines a
Contract Health Service Delivery Area
(CHSDA), now referred to as a
Purchased/Referred Care delivery area
(PRCDA), as the geographic area within
which PRC will be made available by
the IHS to members of an identified
Indian community who reside in the
area. Residence in a PRCDA by a person
who is within the scope of the Indian
health program, as set forth in 42 CFR
SUMMARY:
Dated: May 5, 2020.
Elisabeth A. Handley,
Director, Office of Research Integrity, Office
of the Assistant Secretary for Health.
AGENCY:
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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; Shortage Designation
Management System
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA
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. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30 day
comment period for this Notice has closed.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than June 10,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Lisa Wright-Solomon, the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or
call (301) 443-1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the information request collection title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Shortage Designation
Management System OMB No. 0906-0029--Revision.
Abstract: HRSA's Bureau of Health Workforce 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. The authorizing
statute for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) created HPSAs to
fulfill the statutory requirement that NHSC personnel be directed to
areas of greatest need. To further differentiate areas of greatest
need, HRSA calculates a score for each HPSA. There are three categories
of HPSAs based on health discipline: Primary care, dental health, and
mental health. Scores range from 1 to 25 for primary care and mental
health and from 1 to 26 for dental, with higher scores indicating
greater need. They are used to prioritize applications for NHSC Loan
Repayment Program award funding, and determine service sites eligible
to receive NHSC Scholarship and Students-to-Service participants.
MUA/P designations are geographic areas, or population groups
within geographic areas, that are experiencing a shortage of primary
care health care services based on the Index of Medical Underservice
(IMU). MUAs are designated for the entire population of a particular
geographic area. MUA/P designations are limited to particular subset of
the population within a geographic area. Both designations were created
to aid the federal government in identifying areas with healthcare
workforce shortages.
As part of HRSA's cooperative agreement with the State Primary Care
Offices (PCOs), the State PCOs conduct needs assessment in their
states, determine what areas are eligible for designations, and submit
designation applications for HRSA review via the Shortage Designation
Management System (SDMS). Requests that come from other sources are
referred to the PCOs for their review, concurrence, and submission via
SDMS. 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 HRSA. Both the HPSA
and MUA/P application 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 qualifying shortages.
In addition, interested parties, including the Governor, the State
Primary Care Association, state professional associations, etc. are
notified of each designation request submitted via SDMS for their
comments and recommendations.
HRSA reviews the HPSA applications submitted by the State PCOs,
and--if they meet the designation eligibility criteria for the type of
HPSA or MUA/P the application is for--designates the HPSA or MUA/P on
behalf of the Secretary. HPSAs are statutorily required to be annually
reviewed and revised as necessary after initial designation to reflect
current data. HPSAs scores, therefore may and do change from time to
time. Currently, MUA/Ps do not gave a statutorily mandated review
period.
The lists of designated HPSAs are published annually in the Federal
Register. In addition, lists of HPSAs are updated on the HRSA website,
https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/shortage-area, so that interested parties
can access the information.
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on February 26,
2020, vol. 85, No. 38; pp. 11094-95. There was one public comment.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: In 2014, SDMS was
launched to facilitate the collection of information needed to
designate HPSAs and MUA/Ps. The information obtained from the SDMS
Application is used to determine which areas, populations, and
facilities have critical shortages of health professionals per PCO
application submission. The SDMS
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HPSA application and SDMS MUA/P Application are used for these
designation determinations. Applicants must submit a SDMS application
to HRSA to obtain a federal shortage designation. The application asks
for local, state, and national data required to determine the
application's eligibility to obtain a federal shortage designation. In
addition, applicants must enter in detailed information explaining how
the area, population, or facility faces a critical shortage of health
professionals.
Likely Respondents: State Primary Care Offices 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.
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 48 2,592 8.00 20,736
Preparation....................
SDMS Application................ 54 83 4,482 4.00 17,928
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Total....................... 54 .............. 7,074 .............. 38,664
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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.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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