Promoting Telehealth for Low-Income Consumers; COVID-19 Telehealth Program

ICR 202004-3060-010

OMB: 3060-1271

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ICR Details
3060-1271 202004-3060-010
Historical Active
FCC WCB
Promoting Telehealth for Low-Income Consumers; COVID-19 Telehealth Program
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)   No
Emergency 04/08/2020
Approved with change 04/06/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 04/03/2020
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
10/31/2020 6 Months From Approved
28,020 0 0
173,326 0 0
0 0 0

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seeks approval of a new collection as part of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. This new collection is designed to obtain information from applicants that will be used by the Bureau to evaluate the applications and select applications to receive funding under the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, make funding determinations and disburse funding. In selecting participants for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, this information is necessary to select applications that target areas hardest hit by COVID-19 where the support will have the most impact on addressing immediate health care needs.
The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) requests OMB approval to submit the information collection described herein under the “emergency processing” provision of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (5 C.F.R. § 1320.13). The Commission is requesting clearance for a new information collection entitled: Promoting Telehealth for Low-Income Consumers and COVID-19 Telehealth Program. We respectfully request OMB approval for this collection by April 8, 2020. On April 1, 2020, the Commission adopted a Report and Order entitled Promoting Telehealth for Low-Income Consumers, COVID-19 Telehealth Program, WC Docket No. 18–213, WC Docket No. 20-89, Report and Order, FCC 20–44 (2020). In the Report and Order, given the growing evidence of the benefits of connected care services provided through broadband connections, the Commission established a Pilot Program to explore whether and how the Universal Service Fund (USF) can help defray health care providers’ costs of providing connected care services to patients in their homes or at their mobile location, particularly to low-income Americans and veteran patients. Additionally, due to the ongoing Coronavirus 2019 Disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Commission also established the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, funded through a $200 million Congressional appropriation under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, to immediately support health care providers responding to the pandemic by providing funding for telecommunications services, information services, and devices necessary to provide critical connected care services for treatment of COVID-19 or other health conditions during the pandemic. The Commission expects that the COVID-19 Telehealth Program will provide immediate assistance to help health care providers provide connected care services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the COVID-19 Telehealth Program is open to eligible health care providers, whether located in rural or non-rural areas, and will provide eligible health care providers support to purchase telecommunications, information services and devices to provide connected care services in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The COVID-19 Telehealth Program will provide selected applicants full funding for these services and devices. Currently the COVID-19 Telehealth Program has a Congressionally appropriated $200 million budget, and these funds will be available until they are expended or until the current pandemic has ended.

US Code: 47 USC 201-205 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 214, 254, 303(r), 403 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 1-4 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   PL: Pub.L. 116 - 136 134 Stat. 281 Name of Law: Division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
   US Code: 47 USC 151-154 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

No

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 28,020 0 0 28,020 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 173,326 0 0 173,326 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yes
Changing Regulations
No
The Commission is reporting program changes/increases to this new information collection. These increases to the total number of respondents of 7,300 and total annual responses of 28,020 and total annual burden hours of 173,326 will be added to OMB’s Active Inventory.

No
    No
    No
No
No
No
Yes
Regina Brown 202 418-0792 [email protected]

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
04/03/2020


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