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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
[OMB No. 0906–00XX–New]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request Information
Collection Request Title: Application
for Federally Supported Health Centers
Assistance Act/Federal Tort Claims Act
Particularized Determination of
Coverage
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 must be
received no later than May 8, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or by mail at: the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 10–29, 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 Samantha Miller, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, at 301–594–4394.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Application for Federally Supported
Health Centers Assistance Act/Federal
Tort Claims Act Particularized
Determination of Coverage. OMB No.
0906–00XX–New
Abstract: Section 224(g)–(n) of the
Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42
U.S.C. 233(g)–(n)), as amended,
authorizes the Secretary to ‘‘deem’’
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entities receiving funds under section
330 of the PHS Act (HRSA’s Health
Center Program) as PHS employees for
the purposes of establishing eligibility
for liability protections under Federally
Supported Health Centers Assistance
Act (FSHCAA), including Federal Tort
Claims Act (FTCA) coverage, for
covered activities and individuals.
Health centers submit deeming
applications annually to HRSA’s Bureau
of Primary Health Care, which
administers the Health Center Program
and the Health Center FTCA Program, in
the prescribed form and manner to
obtain deemed PHS employee status for
this purpose.
FSHCAA and 42 CFR 6.6(d) authorize
FTCA coverage for the provision of
medical services to non-health center
patients in certain situations. Section
224(g)(1)(C) of the PHS Act and 42 CFR
6.6(d) explain the criteria by which the
Secretary will determine whether
FSHCAA’s liability protections,
including FTCA coverage, will extend to
the provision of medical care to
individuals who are not patients of the
health center. 42 CFR 6.6(e) identifies
examples that are approvable for FTCA
coverage under 42 CFR 6.6(d) and
section 224(g)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act if
there is compliance with all other
coverage requirements under FSHCAA.
42 CFR 6.6(e)(4) provides examples of
specific activities that the Department
has determined are eligible for
FSCHAA’s liability protections,
including FTCA coverage, without the
need for a specific application for a
coverage determination. As indicated in
42 CFR 6.6(e)(4), if any element of an
activity or arrangement does not fit
squarely into the examples listed in 42
CFR 6.6(e), the covered entity should
request a particularized determination
of coverage. Acts and omissions related
to services provided to individuals who
are not patients of a covered entity that
do not fit squarely within the examples
in 42 CFR 6.6(e)(4) will be covered only
if the Secretary makes a coverage
determination under 42 CFR 6.6(d).
The FTCA Program uses a web-based
application system within HRSA’s
Electronic Handbooks (EHBs) system for
deeming applications. These electronic
application forms decrease the time and
effort required to complete the older,
paper-based approved deeming
application forms. HRSA is proposing a
new paper application that will be
transitioned into an electronic
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application within the EHB system for
Particularized Determinations (PD). PDs
extend liability protections under
FSCHAA, including FTCA coverage, for
certain medical services provided to
individuals who are not patients of a
covered entity. This application will
help ensure health centers provide all
the necessary information required to
make determinations appropriately and
efficiently in response to their requests.
By including the application within the
EHBs, health centers will have access to
all information from prior applications
and have that information readily
available if making future requests. The
paper form of the application is an
interim solution to support health
centers until the electronic application
becomes available in the FTCA module
of the EHBs. After the electronic
application is available in the EHBs, all
PD requests will be submitted
electronically, and the paper application
will no longer be used for submissions.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: PDs of coverage
applications are provided in compliance
with 42 CFR 6.6 and must address
certain specified criteria for coverage
determinations to be issued. The
application provides the Bureau of
Primary Health Care with the
information that is essential for
evaluation of compliance with legal
requirements and making a deeming
determination of coverage under 42 CFR
6.6.
Likely Respondents: Respondents
include recipients of Health Center
Program funds with deemed PHS
employee status under Section 224(g)–
(n) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 233(g)–
(n)).
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, verifying,
processing, maintaining, 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 is
summarized in the table below.
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TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
burden
hours
Application for Federally Supported Health Center Assistance Act (FSHCAA)/Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA)
Particularized Determination ............................................
12
1
12
2
24
Total ..............................................................................
12
1
12
2
24
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: Public Comment Request;
Nurse Faculty Loan Program—
Program Specific Data Form, Annual
Performance Report Financial Data
Form and NFLP Due Diligence Form
OMB No. 0915–0314 Revision
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
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.
SUMMARY:
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Number of
responses per
respondent
Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than May 8, 2023.
DATES:
Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
ADDRESSES:
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Officer, Room 14N136B, 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 HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, at 301–594–4394.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Nurse
Faculty Loan Program—Program
Specific Data Form, Annual
Performance Report Financial Data
Form and Nurse Faculty Loan Program
Due Diligence Form OMB No. 09150314 Revision.
Abstract: This clearance request is for
approval of the Nurse Faculty Loan
Program (NFLP)—Program Specific Data
Form, NFLP—Annual Performance
Report (APR) Financial Data Form, and
the NFLP Due Diligence Form. The
Program Specific Data Form and the
NFLP–APR Financial Data Form are
currently approved under OMB
Approval No. 0915–0314, with the
expiration date of August 31, 2023. The
NFLP Due Diligence Form is a new
form. HRSA seeks to use the NFLP Due
Diligence Form for recipients to
formally notify HRSA of any write-off
amounts due to uncollectible debt and
loan cancellation due to death and
permanent/total disability. For program
efficiency, HRSA is adding the new
NFLP Due Diligence Form to the current
NFLP ICR under OMB No. 0915–0314.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: Section 846A of the Public
Health Service Act provides the
Secretary of HHS with the authority to
enter into agreements with accredited
schools of nursing for the establishment
and operation of student loan funds to
increase the number of qualified nurse
faculty. Under the agreements, HRSA
makes awards to accredited schools of
nursing and the schools provide loans to
students enrolled in advanced
education nursing degree programs who
are committed to becoming nurse
faculty. Following graduation from the
NFLP grant recipient school, NFLP
borrowers may receive up to 85 percent
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NFLP loan cancellation over a 4-year
period in exchange for service as fulltime faculty at a school of nursing. The
NFLP grant recipient school collects any
portion of the loan that is not cancelled
and any loans that go into repayment
and deposits these monies into the
NFLP loan fund to make additional
NFLP loans.
The NFLP—Program Specific Data
Form is a required electronic attachment
within the NFLP application materials.
The data provided in the form is
essential for the formula-based criteria
used to determine the award amount to
the applicant schools. The form collects
application related data from applicants
such as the amount requested, number
of students to be funded, tuition
information, and projected unused loan
fund balance. This data collection
assists HRSA in streamlining the
application submission process,
enabling an efficient award
determination process, and facilitating
reporting on the use of funds and
analysis of program outcomes. There
have been no changes to this form.
The NFLP–APR Financial Data Form
is an online form that exists in the
HRSA Electronic Handbooks
Performance Report module. The NFLP–
APR Financial Data Form collects
outcome and financial data to capture
the NFLP loan fund account activity
related to financial receivables,
disbursements, and borrower account
data related to employment status, loan
cancellation, loan repayment and
collections. NFLP grant recipient
schools will provide HHS with current
and cumulative information on: (1)
NFLP loan funds received, (2) number
and amount of NFLP loans made, (3)
number and amount of loans cancelled,
(4) number and amount of loans in
repayment, (5) loan default rate percent,
(6) number of NFLP graduates employed
as nurse faculty, and (7) other related
loan fund costs and activities. NFLP
grant recipient schools must keep
records of all NFLP loan fund
transactions. The NFLP–APR Financial
Data Form is used to monitor grantee
performance by collecting information
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
[OMB No. 0906-00XX-New]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request Information Collection Request Title:
Application for Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act/
Federal Tort Claims Act Particularized Determination of Coverage
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 must be received no later than May 8, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or by mail at:
the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, 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 [email protected] or call Samantha Miller,
the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at 301-594-4394.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Application for Federally
Supported Health Centers Assistance Act/Federal Tort Claims Act
Particularized Determination of Coverage. OMB No. 0906-00XX-New
Abstract: Section 224(g)-(n) of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act
(42 U.S.C. 233(g)-(n)), as amended, authorizes the Secretary to
``deem'' entities receiving funds under section 330 of the PHS Act
(HRSA's Health Center Program) as PHS employees for the purposes of
establishing eligibility for liability protections under Federally
Supported Health Centers Assistance Act (FSHCAA), including Federal
Tort Claims Act (FTCA) coverage, for covered activities and
individuals. Health centers submit deeming applications annually to
HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health Care, which administers the Health
Center Program and the Health Center FTCA Program, in the prescribed
form and manner to obtain deemed PHS employee status for this purpose.
FSHCAA and 42 CFR 6.6(d) authorize FTCA coverage for the provision
of medical services to non-health center patients in certain
situations. Section 224(g)(1)(C) of the PHS Act and 42 CFR 6.6(d)
explain the criteria by which the Secretary will determine whether
FSHCAA's liability protections, including FTCA coverage, will extend to
the provision of medical care to individuals who are not patients of
the health center. 42 CFR 6.6(e) identifies examples that are
approvable for FTCA coverage under 42 CFR 6.6(d) and section
224(g)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act if there is compliance with all other
coverage requirements under FSHCAA. 42 CFR 6.6(e)(4) provides examples
of specific activities that the Department has determined are eligible
for FSCHAA's liability protections, including FTCA coverage, without
the need for a specific application for a coverage determination. As
indicated in 42 CFR 6.6(e)(4), if any element of an activity or
arrangement does not fit squarely into the examples listed in 42 CFR
6.6(e), the covered entity should request a particularized
determination of coverage. Acts and omissions related to services
provided to individuals who are not patients of a covered entity that
do not fit squarely within the examples in 42 CFR 6.6(e)(4) will be
covered only if the Secretary makes a coverage determination under 42
CFR 6.6(d).
The FTCA Program uses a web-based application system within HRSA's
Electronic Handbooks (EHBs) system for deeming applications. These
electronic application forms decrease the time and effort required to
complete the older, paper-based approved deeming application forms.
HRSA is proposing a new paper application that will be transitioned
into an electronic application within the EHB system for Particularized
Determinations (PD). PDs extend liability protections under FSCHAA,
including FTCA coverage, for certain medical services provided to
individuals who are not patients of a covered entity. This application
will help ensure health centers provide all the necessary information
required to make determinations appropriately and efficiently in
response to their requests. By including the application within the
EHBs, health centers will have access to all information from prior
applications and have that information readily available if making
future requests. The paper form of the application is an interim
solution to support health centers until the electronic application
becomes available in the FTCA module of the EHBs. After the electronic
application is available in the EHBs, all PD requests will be submitted
electronically, and the paper application will no longer be used for
submissions.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: PDs of coverage
applications are provided in compliance with 42 CFR 6.6 and must
address certain specified criteria for coverage determinations to be
issued. The application provides the Bureau of Primary Health Care with
the information that is essential for evaluation of compliance with
legal requirements and making a deeming determination of coverage under
42 CFR 6.6.
Likely Respondents: Respondents include recipients of Health Center
Program funds with deemed PHS employee status under Section 224(g)-(n)
of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 233(g)-(n)).
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, verifying,
processing, maintaining, 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 is
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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Application for Federally 12 1 12 2 24
Supported Health Center
Assistance Act (FSHCAA)/Federal
Tort Claims Act (FTCA)
Particularized Determination...
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Total....................... 12 1 12 2 24
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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. 2023-04711 Filed 3-7-23; 8:45 am]
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