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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,067.
Authority
Division C, Title III, Public Law 117–43,
135 Stat. 374
Division B, Title III, Public Law 117–70,
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Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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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
Workforce Connector
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirement 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 July 31, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the 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 HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, at 301–443–3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title
for reference.
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SUMMARY:
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Information Collection Request Title:
Health Workforce Connector OMB No.
0906–0031—Revision.
Abstract: The Health Workforce
Connector’s (HWC) goal is to help
connect skilled professionals to
communities in need by allowing
approved Site Points of Contact (POCs)
at National Health Service Corps
(NHSC), Nurse Corps Scholarship and
Loan Repayment Programs (Nurse
Corps), Substance Use Disorder
Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Loan
Repayment Program, Pediatric Specialty
Loan Repayment Program (PS), Nursing
Training, and Teaching Health Center
Graduate Medical Education (THCGME)
sites to post available opportunities and
update site profiles. The HWC provides
a central platform to connect
participants, including but not limited
to those in the NHSC, Nurse Corps,
STAR, PS, Nursing Training, and
THCGME programs with facilities that
are approved for performance of their
service obligation. The HWC has
become a resource that connects any
health care professional or student
interested in providing primary care
services in underserved communities
with facilities in need of health care
providers. The HWC also allows users to
create a profile, search for approved
sites, find job and training
opportunities, and connect with other
clinicians who are similarly interested
in working with underserved
populations. The HWC is searchable by
Site POCs. Individuals can use the
HWC’s search capability with Google
Maps.
The burden estimates below have
changed from the estimates of burden
provided in the previous notice (60-day
notice published on August 12, 2020,
vol. 85, No. 156, pp. 48708–09). The
estimated burden total is significantly
lower in this revised notice because it
is based on the estimated total number
of new users who will create accounts
and publish profiles and does not
include many existing program
participants and site POCs who already
have existing accounts.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: Information will be
collected from users in the following
two ways:
(1) Account Creation: For job seekers,
creating an account is optional. To
create an account the user must enter
their first name, last name, and email
address. Those mandatory fields will be
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used to send an automated email
allowing the user to validate their login
credentials. In addition, for job seekers
participating in the programs listed
above, their HWC account will be linked
to their existing program file in the
Bureau of Health Workforce
Management Information Systems
Solution database and allow an initial
import of existing data at the request of
the user.
(2) Profile Completion: Users may fill
out a profile, but this function will be
optional and includes fields such as
location, discipline, specialty, and
languages spoken. The information
collected, if published by the user, can
be searched by approved Site POCs
seeking potential candidates for health
care job opportunities at their site. Job
seekers also can set their security and
privacy settings on their accounts to
make their profiles searchable by other
end users or private at any time. In
addition, all information collected
through the HWC will be stored within
existing secure the Bureau of Health
Workforce Management Information
Systems Solution databases and will be
used internally for report generation on
an as-needed basis.
Likely Respondents: Potential users
include individuals searching for a
health care job opportunity at a NHSC,
Nurse Corps, STAR, PS, Nursing
Training, or THCGME approved health
care facility and health care facility
POCs searching for potential candidates
to fill open health care job opportunities
at their sites.
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 is
summarized in the table below.
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TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
responses
Total burden
hours
Account Creation .................................................................
Complete Profile ..................................................................
5,008
4,164
1
1
5,008
4,164
.08
1.00
400.64
4,164
Total ..............................................................................
1 5,008
........................
5,008
........................
4,564.64
1 The
4,164 respondents who complete their profiles are a subset of the 5,008 respondents who create accounts.
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: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment
Request; Rural Public Health
Workforce Training Network Program
Data Collection
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:
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Number of
responses per
respondent
Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than June 29, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
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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
Samantha Miller, the HRSA Information
Collection Clearance Officer, at
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 594–
4394.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
Rural Public Health Workforce Training
Network Program Data Collection—
OMB No. 0915–xxxx–NEW.
Abstract: The Rural Public Health
Workforce Training Network (RPHWTN)
Program Data Collection is authorized
by section 330A(f) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c(f)).
Furthermore, section 2501 of the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
(ARP, Pub. L. 117–2) provides funding
for the Department of Health and
Human Services to carry out activities
related to expanding and sustaining a
public health workforce, including to
respond to COVID–19. The RPHWTN
program, which is managed by the
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy at
HRSA, intends to expand public health
capacity by supporting health care job
development, training, and placement
in rural communities. This grant
program intends to address the ongoing
critical need for trained public health
professionals in health care facilities
serving rural communities by
establishing networks that will develop
formal training/certification programs.
The long-term objective of this program
is to enhance clinical and operational
capacity to adequately address
population health needs of rural
communities negatively impacted by
COVID–19, including long COVID–19.
The HRSA Office of Planning, Analysis,
and Evaluation will work with the
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy to
design and distribute surveys to
RPHWTN grantees and trainees, which
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will serve as program data collection
tools. Grantees will establish networks
that support health care job
development, training, and placement
in rural communities. Trainees are
individuals participating in the training
programs made possible through the
RPHTWN-supported networks
established by program grantees. To
accomplish RPHWTN program goals,
HRSA would like to collect the
following type of information from
respondents:
• From grantees: training content,
count of trainings and attendees,
specific strategies in supporting patients
with long COVID–19 and behavioral
health needs, and trainee retention/
completion.
• From trainees: limited demographic
information (age, ZIP code, race, and
ethnicity), skills needed to fulfill roles
in specific tracks selected, skill
assessment, professional and/or
educational experience, and career
goals/intentions.
A 60-day notice was published in the
Federal Register on December 9, 2022,
vol. 87, No. 236; pp. 75639–75640.
There were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: Per OMB memo M–21–20,
the ARP provides funding for critical
resources to respond to the public
health crisis the nation faces resulting
from the COVID–19 pandemic. The
memo emphasizes the need for a swift
government-wide response,
underscoring the need to ensure the
public’s trust in how the federal
government implements ARP programs
and distributes ARP funding.
Accountability and transparency of
federal government spending and
achieving results are necessary for
effective stewardship of these funds. To
this end, federal awarding agencies
must collect recipient performance
reports in a manner that enables the
federal government to articulate the
outcomes of federal financial assistance
to the American people. HRSA seeks to
collect performance information that
measures progress in achieving program
goals and objectives, ensures payment
integrity, and demonstrates equity-
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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
Workforce Connector
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 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 July 31,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the 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 HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at 301-443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Health Workforce Connector
OMB No. 0906-0031--Revision.
Abstract: The Health Workforce Connector's (HWC) goal is to help
connect skilled professionals to communities in need by allowing
approved Site Points of Contact (POCs) at National Health Service Corps
(NHSC), Nurse Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs (Nurse
Corps), Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Loan
Repayment Program, Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program (PS),
Nursing Training, and Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education
(THCGME) sites to post available opportunities and update site
profiles. The HWC provides a central platform to connect participants,
including but not limited to those in the NHSC, Nurse Corps, STAR, PS,
Nursing Training, and THCGME programs with facilities that are approved
for performance of their service obligation. The HWC has become a
resource that connects any health care professional or student
interested in providing primary care services in underserved
communities with facilities in need of health care providers. The HWC
also allows users to create a profile, search for approved sites, find
job and training opportunities, and connect with other clinicians who
are similarly interested in working with underserved populations. The
HWC is searchable by Site POCs. Individuals can use the HWC's search
capability with Google Maps.
The burden estimates below have changed from the estimates of
burden provided in the previous notice (60-day notice published on
August 12, 2020, vol. 85, No. 156, pp. 48708-09). The estimated burden
total is significantly lower in this revised notice because it is based
on the estimated total number of new users who will create accounts and
publish profiles and does not include many existing program
participants and site POCs who already have existing accounts.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Information will be
collected from users in the following two ways:
(1) Account Creation: For job seekers, creating an account is
optional. To create an account the user must enter their first name,
last name, and email address. Those mandatory fields will be used to
send an automated email allowing the user to validate their login
credentials. In addition, for job seekers participating in the programs
listed above, their HWC account will be linked to their existing
program file in the Bureau of Health Workforce Management Information
Systems Solution database and allow an initial import of existing data
at the request of the user.
(2) Profile Completion: Users may fill out a profile, but this
function will be optional and includes fields such as location,
discipline, specialty, and languages spoken. The information collected,
if published by the user, can be searched by approved Site POCs seeking
potential candidates for health care job opportunities at their site.
Job seekers also can set their security and privacy settings on their
accounts to make their profiles searchable by other end users or
private at any time. In addition, all information collected through the
HWC will be stored within existing secure the Bureau of Health
Workforce Management Information Systems Solution databases and will be
used internally for report generation on an as-needed basis.
Likely Respondents: Potential users include individuals searching
for a health care job opportunity at a NHSC, Nurse Corps, STAR, PS,
Nursing Training, or THCGME approved health care facility and health
care facility POCs searching for potential candidates to fill open
health care job opportunities at their sites.
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 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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Account Creation................ 5,008 1 5,008 .08 400.64
Complete Profile................ 4,164 1 4,164 1.00 4,164
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Total....................... \1\ 5,008 .............. 5,008 .............. 4,564.64
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\1\ The 4,164 respondents who complete their profiles are a subset of the 5,008 respondents who create accounts.
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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