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the information to identify
opportunities for strengthening its
dissemination channels and resources to
improve care and health outcomes for
program participants. A 60-day notice
was published in the Federal Register
on July 12, 2023, Vol. 88, No. 132, pp.
44371–44373 (88 FR 44371). HRSA
received no comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: Currently, HRSA does not
systematically gather information about
the resources accessed by RWHAP
providers, RWHAP recipients, or AIDS
Education and Training Center (AETC)
staff and the extent to which they use
those resources to inform
implementation of interventions.
The mixed-methods RUDI evaluation
will help HRSA systematically assess
and understand (1) how, where, and
why recipients of RWHAP funding
access and use its disseminated
resources and products; and (2) the
utility and effectiveness of the
disseminated resources and products in
caring for and treating people with HIV.
HRSA will use the findings from the
RUDI evaluation to develop strategies to
maximize the uptake and impact of its
disseminated resources and products,
contributing to ending the HIV epidemic
in the United States.
Likely Respondents: The mixedmethods RUDI evaluation includes a
web-based survey of all RWHAP
recipients and subrecipients nationally,
individual and small group interviews
with a sample of RWHAP recipients,
virtual site visits with a sample of
RWHAP providers, and individual
interviews with all AETCs. The RUDI
web-based survey design includes two
versions of the survey that will be
administered to non-overlapping
respondents—the RUDI Recipients
Survey for RWHAP Part A and B
recipient administrative entities—and
the RUDI Providers Survey for Part A
and B subrecipients and Part C, D, and
F recipients who provide direct care.
Both versions ask about respondents’
use of HRSA-disseminated resources,
how they were helpful, what could be
improved, and reasons for non-use
where applicable. In addition, the RUDI
Recipients Survey asks about the
recipients’ role in guiding their
subrecipients to needed resources, and
the RUDI Providers Survey asks about
the providers’ experience implementing
interventions for which they used the
resources. Both surveys are designed to
be followed up with additional sets of
interviews with a sample of the survey
respondents to provide deeper
understanding of their experience to
support development of actionable
recommendations pertaining to
dissemination. Virtual site visits to
RWHAP providers include interviews
with an average of three staff within
each provider organization that were
part of an intervention implementation
with assistance from HRSA resources.
Individual interviews for Part A and B
recipient administrative entities and
AETCs will generate a complete picture
of how those organizations use HRSA
resources and how the resources or their
dissemination could be improved for
the future, especially when considered
together with the survey responses and
virtual site visit data from the RWHAP
providers.
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
(RWHAP
sites)
Respondent
Data collection
RWHAP recipients ..............
RWHAP provider .................
RWHAP recipients ..............
RWHAP provider .................
AETC providers ...................
RUDI—Recipient Survey ....
RUDI—Provider Survey .....
Interviews ...........................
Virtual site visit interviews ..
Interviews ...........................
Number of
responses
per
respondent
56
1,066
20
40
8
Total
responses
1
1
3
3
1
56
1,066
60
120
8
1,190
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
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Comment Request; Information
Collection Request Title: Bureau of
Health Workforce Performance Data
Collection, OMB No. 0915–0061—
Revision
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Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
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Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
0.33
0.33
0.75
1.00
1.00
Total burden
hours
18.48
351.78
45.00
120.00
8.00
543.26
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 December 18,
2023.
SUMMARY:
Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
ADDRESSES:
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Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 14N136B, 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 Joella Roland, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer
at (301) 443–3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
information request collection title for
reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Bureau of Health Workforce
Performance Data Collection, OMB No.
0915–0061—Revision.
Abstract: Over 50 Bureau of Health
Workforce (BHW) programs award
grants to health professions schools and
training programs across the United
States to develop, expand, and enhance
training, and to strengthen the
distribution of the health workforce.
These programs are governed by titles
III, VII, and VIII of the Public Health
Service Act. Performance information is
collected in the HRSA Performance
Report for Grants and Cooperative
Agreements. Data collection activities
consisting of an annual progress report
and an annual performance report
satisfy statutory and programmatic
requirements for performance
measurement and evaluation (including
specific title III, VII and VIII
requirements), as well as Government
Performance and Results Act of 1993
(GPRA), the GPRA Modernization Act of
2010, and the Foundations for EvidenceBased Policymaking Act of 2018
requirements. The performance
measures were last revised in 2022 to
ensure they addressed programmatic
changes, met evolving program
management needs, and responded to
emerging workforce concerns. As these
changes were successful, BHW will
continue with its current performance
management strategy and make
additional changes that reduce burden,
simplify reporting, reflect new
Department of Health and Human
Services and HRSA priorities, and
enable longitudinal analysis of program
performance. Specifically, an Excel
upload feature was implemented for all
programs to reduce burden. Questions
on partnerships were revised and
standardized across forms to understand
the type and purposes of partnerships
associated with grant funding.
Employment-related questions were
standardized across programs and forms
to provide consistent outcomes on
employment location, type of
employment, and hiring organization.
New questions were added for programs
using apprenticeships. Specifically,
questions were added to measure
additional employment outcomes
including role at the employment site
and vulnerable populations served and
to measure program satisfaction and
types of competencies graduates were
ready to perform.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The purpose of the
proposed data collection is to continue
analysis and reporting of grantee
training activities and education,
identify details about the practice
locations where trainees work (or plan
to work) after program completion, and
report outcomes of funded initiatives.
Data collected from these grant
programs will also provide a description
Number of
respondents
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Number of
responses per
respondent
of the program activities of
approximately 1,828 reporting grantees
to inform policymakers on the barriers,
opportunities, and outcomes involved
in health care workforce development.
The proposed measures focus on four
key outcomes:
(1) increasing the workforce supply of
well-educated practitioners in needed
professions,
(2) increasing the number of
practitioners that practice in
underserved and rural areas,
(3) enhancing the quality of
education, and
(4) supporting educational
infrastructure to increase the capacity to
train more health professionals in high
demand areas.
Likely Respondents: Respondents are
awardees of BHW health professions
grant programs.
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:
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
burden hours
Direct Financial Support Program .......................................
Infrastructure Program .........................................................
Multipurpose or Hybrid Program ..........................................
619
219
1,044
1
1
1
619
219
1,044
2.7
4.8
3.1
1,671.3
1,051.2
3,236.4
Total ..............................................................................
1,882
........................
1,882
........................
5,958.9
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
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technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
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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; Information Collection Request Title: Bureau of
Health Workforce Performance Data Collection, OMB No. 0915-0061--
Revision
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 December
18, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA
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Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 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 Joella Roland, the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the information request collection title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Bureau of Health Workforce
Performance Data Collection, OMB No. 0915-0061--Revision.
Abstract: Over 50 Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) programs award
grants to health professions schools and training programs across the
United States to develop, expand, and enhance training, and to
strengthen the distribution of the health workforce. These programs are
governed by titles III, VII, and VIII of the Public Health Service Act.
Performance information is collected in the HRSA Performance Report for
Grants and Cooperative Agreements. Data collection activities
consisting of an annual progress report and an annual performance
report satisfy statutory and programmatic requirements for performance
measurement and evaluation (including specific title III, VII and VIII
requirements), as well as Government Performance and Results Act of
1993 (GPRA), the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010, and the Foundations
for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 requirements. The
performance measures were last revised in 2022 to ensure they addressed
programmatic changes, met evolving program management needs, and
responded to emerging workforce concerns. As these changes were
successful, BHW will continue with its current performance management
strategy and make additional changes that reduce burden, simplify
reporting, reflect new Department of Health and Human Services and HRSA
priorities, and enable longitudinal analysis of program performance.
Specifically, an Excel upload feature was implemented for all programs
to reduce burden. Questions on partnerships were revised and
standardized across forms to understand the type and purposes of
partnerships associated with grant funding. Employment-related
questions were standardized across programs and forms to provide
consistent outcomes on employment location, type of employment, and
hiring organization. New questions were added for programs using
apprenticeships. Specifically, questions were added to measure
additional employment outcomes including role at the employment site
and vulnerable populations served and to measure program satisfaction
and types of competencies graduates were ready to perform.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The purpose of the
proposed data collection is to continue analysis and reporting of
grantee training activities and education, identify details about the
practice locations where trainees work (or plan to work) after program
completion, and report outcomes of funded initiatives. Data collected
from these grant programs will also provide a description of the
program activities of approximately 1,828 reporting grantees to inform
policymakers on the barriers, opportunities, and outcomes involved in
health care workforce development. The proposed measures focus on four
key outcomes:
(1) increasing the workforce supply of well-educated practitioners
in needed professions,
(2) increasing the number of practitioners that practice in
underserved and rural areas,
(3) enhancing the quality of education, and
(4) supporting educational infrastructure to increase the capacity
to train more health professionals in high demand areas.
Likely Respondents: Respondents are awardees of BHW health
professions grant programs.
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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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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Direct Financial Support Program 619 1 619 2.7 1,671.3
Infrastructure Program.......... 219 1 219 4.8 1,051.2
Multipurpose or Hybrid Program.. 1,044 1 1,044 3.1 3,236.4
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Total....................... 1,882 .............. 1,882 .............. 5,958.9
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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. 2023-23031 Filed 10-18-23; 8:45 am]
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