79492 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 238 / Thursday, December 10, 2020 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection: Public 

Comment Request; Information 

Collection Request Title: Rural Health 

Clinic COVID–19 Testing Program Data 

Collection, OMB No. 0906–0056 Ø 

Extension 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 or 

any other aspect of the ICR. 

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be 

received no later than February 8, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

paperwork@hrsa.gov 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 paperwork@hrsa.gov 

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: 

Rural Health Clinic COVID–19 Testing 

Program Data Collection, OMB No. 

0906–0056 ¥ Extension 

Abstract: This ICR is for continued 

approval of the Rural Health Clinic 

(RHC) COVID–19 Testing Program Data 

Collection. HRSA is proposing to 

continue this data collection with no 

changes. The current performance 

measures are collected electronically in 

the RHC COVID–19 Testing Report 

(CTR), which funded provider’s access 

via rhccovidreporting.com. RHC 

COVID–19 Testing Program Data 

Collection supports the HRSA 

requirement to monitor and report on 

funds distributed under the Paycheck 

Protection Program and Health Care 

Enhancement Act. Signed into law on 

April 24, 2020, the Paycheck Protection 

Program and Health Care Enhancement 

Act appropriated $225 million to RHCs 

to support COVID–19 testing efforts, 

expand access to testing in rural 

communities, and other related 

expenses. On May 20, 2020, HRSA 

issued funding as one-time payments to 

2,406 RHC organizations based on the 

number of certified clinic sites they 

operate, providing $49,461.42 per clinic 

site (4,549 RHC clinic sites total across 

the country). 

The RHC CTR collects monthly, 

aggregate data from funded 

organizations. Funded organizations 

provide basic identifying information, 

report on the number of and location of 

testing sites, indicate how they used the 

funds, and report the total number of 

patients tested and the number of tests 

with a positive result. 

Funded organizations must report the 

number of patients tested and the 

number of positive tests on a monthly 

basis for the duration of the reporting 

period. HRSA will use this information 

to evaluate the effectiveness of the 

COVID–19 Testing Program at an 

aggregate level, to understand how the 

RHC COVID–19 Testing Program 

funding is being used to support RHC 

organizations and patients, and to 

ensure that it is compliant with federal 

reporting requirements. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: The RHC CTR is designed 

to collect information from funded 

providers who use the 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: RHC 

organizations who received funding for 

COVID–19 testing and related expenses. 

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 (RHC CTR) ...................... 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. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27063 Filed 12–9–20; 8:45 am] 

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