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2. Panel discussions on using an 

online device labeling site. 

3. Discuss the types of devices whose 

labeling should be on the site. 

Dated: December 31, 2012. 

Leslie Kux, 

Assistant Commissioner for Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection: 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

Summary: In compliance with the 

requirement for opportunity for public 

comment on proposed data collection 

projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Title 

44, United States Code, as amended by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Pub. L. 104–13), the Health Resources 

and Services Administration (HRSA) 

publishes periodic summaries of 

proposed projects being developed for 

submission to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 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 the HRSA 

Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443– 

1984. 

HRSA especially 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. 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr) 

Performance Data Collection (OMB No. 

0915–0061)—Revision 

Abstract: Over 40 BHPr 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. 

Many of these programs are governed by 

the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

201 et seq.), specifically Titles III, VII, 

and VIII. Performance information is 

collected in the HRSA Performance 

Report for Grants and Cooperative 

Agreements (PRGCA). Data collection 

activities at application, progress, and 

annual performance 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 (GPRA) requirements. The 

Affordable Care Act impacted a broad 

range of health workforce programs 

administered by BHPr. It reauthorized 

many of these programs and, in some 

cases, expanded eligibility, modified 

program activities, and/or established 

new requirements. The Affordable Care 

Act also created new health professions 

programs. Therefore, it was necessary to 

reexamine BHPr’s existing performance 

measures to ensure that they address 

these changes, meet evolving program 

management needs, and respond to 

emerging workforce concerns. 

The purpose of the proposed revised 

data collection is to enhance analysis 

and reporting of grantee training 

activities and education, identify 

intended practice locations, and report 

outcomes of funded initiatives. Data 

collected from these grant programs will 

also provide a description of the 

program activities of more than 1,600 

reporting grantees to better inform 

policymakers on the barriers, 

opportunities, and outcomes involved 

in health care workforce development. 

The proposed measures focus on five 

key outcomes: (1) Increasing the 

workforce supply of diverse welleducated practitioners, (2) influencing 

the distribution of practitioners to 

practice in underserved and rural areas, 

(3) enhancing the quality of education, 

(4) diversifying the pipeline for new 

health professionals, and (5) supporting 

educational infrastructure to increase 

the capacity to train more health 

professionals. 

Revisions to the current reporting will 

require the collection of baseline data at 

the grant application and award stages 

and will include improved performance 

reporting at three levels of 

measurement: individual-level, 

program-specific, and program clusterlevel. 

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 Information 

Collection Request are summarized in 

the table below. 

The annual estimate of burden is as 

follows: 

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Application ............................................................................ 2,500 1 2,500 8 20,000 

Program Aggregate Data Collection * ................................. 500 1 500 10 5,000 

Individual-level Data Collection ............................................ 800 1 800 5 4,000 

Total .............................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 29,000 

* Program aggregate data collection will only be required for programs that do not provide direct financial support to students.


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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA 

Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10–29, 

Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 

Rockville, MD 20857. 

Deadline: Comments on this 

Information Collection Request must be 

received within 60 days of this notice. 

Dated: December 26, 2012. 

Bahar Niakan, 

Director, Division of Policy and Information 

Coordination. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00033 Filed 1–4–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection: 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

Summary: In compliance with the 

requirement for opportunity for public 

comment on proposed data collection 

projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Title 

44, United States Code, as amended by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Pub. L. 104–13), the Health Resources 

and Services Administration (HRSA) 

publishes periodic summaries of 

proposed projects being developed for 

submission to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 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 the HRSA 

Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443– 

1984. 

HRSA especially 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. 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Analyzing Title V Programs in the 

Context of the Affordable Care Act 

(OMB No. 0915-xxxx)—[New] 

Abstract: The Affordable Care Act 

(ACA) will make affordable health 

coverage available to all legal U.S. 

residents, as well as guide 

transformation in the delivery of 

medicine and public health services. 

For children, expanded coverage has 

come about gradually over the past two 

decades, and implementation of major 

coverage provisions of the ACA in 2014 

will result in some shifts in child health 

coverage. 

The Title V Maternal and Child 

Health (MCH) Block Grant, 

administered by the Health Resources 

and Services Administration’s Maternal 

and Child Health Bureau, provides a 

foundation for ensuring the health of the 

nation’s mothers, women, children, and 

youth, including children and youth 

with special health care needs, and their 

families. Many ACA provisions, like 

State Medicaid expansions and 

mandatory health insurance, will 

change the face of health insurance 

demand and services provided. In 

response, State Title V programs will 

focus on increasing access, equality, and 

health equity. 

A proposed data collection form has 

been developed to collect health care 

services budget information from Title V 

MCH Block Grant recipients to better 

understand the types of direct services 

currently provided by Title V MCH 

programs. This form will request 

information on medical services and 

program support services in addition to 

data on the individuals served. 

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. 

The annual estimate of burden is as 

follows: 

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden 

hours 

Title V Health Care Services Budget Survey ...................... 59 1 59 8 472 

Total .............................................................................. 59 ........................ 59 ........................ 472 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA 

Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10–29, 

Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 

Rockville, MD 20857. 

Deadline: Comments on this ICR must 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Dated: December 26, 2012. 

Bahar Niakan, 

Director, Division of Policy and Information 

Coordination. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00030 Filed 1–4–13; 8:45 am] 

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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 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35), the Health Resources and 

Services Administration (HRSA) will 

submit an Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). 

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. 

To request a copy of the clearance 

requests submitted to OMB for review, 

email paperwork@hrsa.gov or call the 

HRSA Reports Clearance Office at (301) 

443–1984. 


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