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basis for the duration of the reporting
period. HRSA will use this information
to evaluate the effectiveness of COVID–
19 Testing Program at an aggregate level,
assist HRSA in understanding how RHC
COVID–19 Testing Program funding is
being used to support RHC
organizations and patients, and ensure
that HRSA is compliant with federal
reporting requirements.
A 60-day notice published in the
Federal Register on December 10, 2020,
vol. 85, No. 238; p. 79492. There were
no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The RHC CTR is designed
to collect information from funded
providers who use RHC COVID–19
Testing Program funding to support
COVID–19 testing efforts, expand access

to testing in rural communities, and
other related expenses. These data are
critical to meet HRSA requirements to
monitor and report on how federal
funding is being used and to measure
the effectiveness of RHC CTR.
Specifically, these data will be used to
assess the following:
• Whether program funds are being
spent for their intended purposes;
• Where COVID–19 testing supported
by these funds is occurring;
• Number of patients tested for
COVID–19; and
• Results of provided COVID–19
tests.
Likely Respondents: Respondents are
RHC organizations who received
funding for COVID–19 testing and
related expenses.

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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
Form name

Number of
respondents

Number of
responses per
respondent

Total
responses

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total burden
hours

RHC COVID–19 Testing Report ..........................................

2,406

12

28,872

.25

7,218

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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Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request Information
Collection Request Title: Small Health
Care Provider Quality Improvement
Program, OMB No. 0915–0387—
Extension
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.

AGENCY:

ACTION:

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In compliance with the
requirement for opportunity for public
comment on the proposed data
collection projects of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA 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 April 26, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
[email protected] or mail the HRSA
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 Lisa Wright-Solomon, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer
at (301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
information request collection title for
reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Small Health Care Provider Quality
Improvement Program, OMB No. 0915–
0387—Extension.
Abstract: This program is authorized
by Title III, Public Health Service Act,
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Section 330A(g) (42 U.S.C. 254c(g)), as
amended. This authority authorizes
HRSA’s Federal Office of Rural Health
Policy to issue grants that expand access
to, coordinate, contain the cost of, and
improve the quality of essential health
care services, including preventive and
emergency services, through the
development of health care networks in
rural and frontier areas and regions.
Across these various programs, the
authority allows HRSA to provide funds
to rural communities to support the
direct delivery of health care and related
services, expand existing services, or
enhance health service delivery through
education, promotion, and prevention
programs.
The purpose of the Small Health Care
Provider Quality Improvement Grant
(Rural Quality) Program is to provide
support to rural primary care providers
for implementation of quality
improvement activities. The goal of the
program is to promote the development
of an evidence-based culture and
delivery of coordinated care in the
primary care setting. Additional
objectives of the program include
improved health outcomes for patients,
enhanced chronic disease management,
and better engagement of patients and
their caregivers. Organizations
participating in the program are
required to use an evidence-based
quality improvement model, perform
tests of change focused on
improvement, and use health

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information technology (HIT) to collect
and report data. HIT may include an
electronic patient registry or an
electronic health record, and is a critical
component for improving quality and
patient outcomes. With HIT it is
possible to generate timely and
meaningful data, which helps providers
track and plan care.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: For this program,
performance measures were drafted to
provide data to the program and to
enable HRSA to provide aggregate
program data required by Congress
under the Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993. These measures
cover the principal topic areas of
interest to the Federal Office of Rural
Health Policy, including: (a) Access to

care; (b) population demographics; (c)
staffing; (d) consortium/network; (e)
sustainability; and (f) project specific
domains. All measures speak to HRSA’s
progress toward meeting the goals set.
HRSA collects this information to
quantify the impact of grant funding on
access to health care, quality of services,
and improvement of health outcomes.
HRSA uses the data for program
improvement and grantees use the data
for performance tracking. No changes
are proposed from the current data
collection effort.
Likely Respondents: The respondents
would be recipients of the Small Health
Care Provider Quality Improvement
Program.
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

Form name

Total
responses

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total burden
hours

Quality Program PIMS Measures ........................................

32

1

32

8

256

Total ..............................................................................

32

........................

32

........................

256

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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Agency Information Collection
Request. 60-Day Public Comment
Request
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In compliance with the
requirement of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Secretary (OS), Department of Health
and Human Services, is publishing the
following summary of a proposed
collection for public comment.

SUMMARY:

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Comments on the ICR must be
received on or before April 26, 2021.

DATES:

Submit your comments to
[email protected] or by calling
(202) 795–7714.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

When submitting comments or
requesting information, please include
the document identifier 0990-New-60D,
and project title for reference, to
Sherrette Funn, the Reports Clearance
Officer, [email protected], or call
202–795–7714.
Interested
persons are invited to send comments
regarding this burden estimate or any
other aspect of this collection of
information, including any of the
following subjects: (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.
Title of the Collection: Advancing the
response to COVID–19 Learning
Community Measure.
Type of Collection: (New).
OMB No. 0990–NEW–Office of the
Secretary/Office of Minority Health.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Abstract: The Office of Minority
Health (OMH) is seeking an approval by
OMB on a new information collection,
advancing the response to COVID–19
Learning Community Measure (hereafter
COVID–19 Learning Community
Measure). The purpose of this data
collection is to gather quantitative and
qualitative data from Learning
Community members to monitor
learning community performance in
achieving process and outcome
measures over the course of the one-year
project. OMH will collect a set of
process and outcome measures from
program participants to assess the
degree to which the learning community
is effective in connecting subject matter
experts and public health leaders,
facilitating networking, and peer-to-peer
information sharing of promising
practices, programs, and/or policy.
The clearance is needed to collect
data to enable OMH to monitor and
evaluate the COVID–19 Learning
Community performance. The data will
be used to report the impact of the
COVID–19 Learning Community. The
ability to monitor and evaluate
performance in this manner, and to
work towards continuous program
improvement are basic functions that
OMH must be able to accomplish in
order to carry out goals for the COVID–
19 Learning Community and to ensure

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