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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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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: 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
requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection
projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 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 ICR should be
received no later than March 6, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail to:
Samantha Miller, HRSA Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Room
14N39, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
Maryland 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 Samantha Miller, the acting
HRSA Information Collection Clearance
Officer at (301) 594–4394.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
information request collection title for
reference.
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Information Collection Request Title:
Shortage Designation Management
System OMB No. 0906–0029—
Extension.
Abstract: HRSA 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. HRSA
uses these scores 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. 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 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. To obtain a federal shortage
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designation for an area, population, or
facility, PCOs must submit a shortage
designation application through SDMS
for HRSA’s review and approval. 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. HRSA uses the
information collected on the
applications to determine which areas,
populations, and facilities have
qualifying shortages.
In addition, HRSA notifies interested
parties, including the governor, the state
primary care association, state
professional associations, etc., of each
designation request submitted via SDMS
for their comments and
recommendations.
HRSA reviews the HPSA applications
submitted by the PCOs, and—if they
meet the designation eligibility
criteria—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. HPSA scores, therefore, may and
do change from time to time. Currently,
MUA/Ps do not have 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.
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
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
detailed information explaining how the
area, population, or facility faces a
critical shortage of health professionals.
Likely Respondents: 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,
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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
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
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.
[FR Doc. 2022–28572 Filed 1–3–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request; Information
Collection Request Title: Health Center
Patient Survey, OMB No. 0915–0368—
Extension
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection
projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 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 ICR should be
received no later than March 6, 2023.
SUMMARY:
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Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 14N39, 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 Samantha Miller, the acting
HRSA Information Collection Clearance
Officer at 301–594–4394.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
information request collection title for
reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Health Center Patient Survey.
OMB No.: 0915–0368—Extension.
Abstract: The Health Center Program,
administered by HRSA, is authorized
under section 330 of the Public Health
Service Act. Health centers are
community-based and patient-directed
organizations that deliver affordable,
accessible, quality, and cost-effective
primary health care services to patients
regardless of their ability to pay. Nearly
1,400 health centers operate over 14,000
service delivery sites that provide
primary health care to more than 30
million people in every U.S. state, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the
U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Pacific
Basin. In the past, HRSA has conducted
the Health Center Patient Survey
(HCPS), which surveys patients of
HRSA supported health centers. The
HCPS collects information about
sociodemographic characteristics,
health conditions, health behaviors,
access to and utilization of health care
services, and satisfaction with health
care received at HRSA supported health
centers. The renewal of the HCPS will
utilize the same modules from the 2022
HCPS (OMB #0915–0368). There is no
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change to the current survey
instruments. Survey results come from
in-person, one-on-one interviews with
patients who are selected as
representative of the Health Center
Program patient population nationally.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The HCPS is unique
because it focuses on comprehensive,
nationally representative, individual
level data from the perspective of health
center patients. By investigating how
well HRSA supported health centers
meet health care needs of the medically
underserved and how patients perceive
their quality of care, the HCPS serves as
an empirically based resource to inform
HRSA policy, funding, and planning
decisions.
Likely Respondents: Staff and patients
at HRSA supported health centers.
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. Compared to the previous
HCPS, the estimated burden hours for
an individual respondent remains the
same in this renewal. The total annual
burden hours and number of survey
respondents is anticipated to remain the
same for the survey instruments in this
renewal. The total annual burden hours
estimated for this ICR are summarized
in the table below.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
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 requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 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 ICR should be received no later than March 6,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail to:
Samantha Miller, HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room
14N39, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 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 [email protected] or call Samantha Miller,
the acting HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 594-
4394.
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--Extension.
Abstract: HRSA 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. HRSA uses these scores 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.
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 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. To obtain a federal shortage designation for an area, population,
or facility, PCOs must submit a shortage designation application
through SDMS for HRSA's review and approval. 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. HRSA uses the information collected on the
applications to determine which areas, populations, and facilities have
qualifying shortages.
In addition, HRSA notifies interested parties, including the
governor, the state primary care association, state professional
associations, etc., of each designation request submitted via SDMS for
their comments and recommendations.
HRSA reviews the HPSA applications submitted by the PCOs, and--if
they meet the designation eligibility criteria--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. HPSA scores, therefore, may and do change from
time to time. Currently, MUA/Ps do not have 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.
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 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 detailed
information explaining how the area, population, or facility faces a
critical shortage of health professionals.
Likely Respondents: 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,
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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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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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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.
[FR Doc. 2022-28572 Filed 1-3-23; 8:45 am]
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