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Report has decreased since the data 

collection frequency is changing from 

monthly to quarterly. In addition, the 

information collected from grantees in 

the Performance Improvement and 

Measurement System more closely 

aligns measures with the Notice of 

Funding Opportunity and will assist in 

clarifying program measures and 

impact. These adjustments allow OAT 

to gain a more thorough understanding 

of how to utilize telehealth technologies 

through telehealth to improve access to, 

and improve the quality of, health care 

services. 

A 60-day notice published in the 

Federal Register on August 18, 2023, 88 

FR 56640–41. There were no public 

comments, but OAT made minor 

adjustments to the numbering, wording, 

and some categories on the Rural 

Telehealth Research Center Data 

Dictionary and accompanying Direct-toConsumer Telehealth Evidence 

Collection tool to increase ease of use. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: The measures will enable 

HRSA and OAT to capture data that 

illustrate the impact and scope of 

federal funding along with assessing 

these efforts. The measures cover the 

principal topic areas of interest to OAT, 

including: (1) population demographics, 

(2) access to health care, (3) cost savings 

and cost-effectiveness, and (4) clinical 

outcomes. 

Likely Respondents: The likely 

respondents are award recipients of the 

Evidence Based Telehealth Network 

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: instrument 

name 

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Evidence-Based Telehealth Network Program Report ........ 11 4 44 31 1,364 

Telehealth Performance Measurement Report ................... 11 1 11 5 55 

Total .............................................................................. * 11 ........................ 55 ........................ 1,419 

* HRSA estimates 11 unique respondents, each completing the two forms. 

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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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; Rural Health Network 

Development Program Performance 

Improvement Measurement System, 

OMB No. 0906–0010–Revision 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

HRSA submitted an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. 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. OMB may act on 

HRSA’s ICR only after the 30-day 

comment period for this notice has 

closed. 

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be 

received no later than December 29, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request a copy of the clearance requests 

submitted to OMB for review, email 

Joella Roland, the HRSA Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, at 

paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 443– 

3983. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Rural Health Network Development 

Program Performance Improvement 

Measurement System, OMB No. 0906– 

0010–Revision. 

Abstract: The Rural Health Network 

Development (RHND) program is 

authorized under section 330A(f) of the 

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

254c(f)). The purpose of this program is 

to support integrated health care 

networks that collaborate to achieve 

efficiencies; expand access to, 

coordinate, and improve the quality of 

basic health care services and associated 

health outcomes; and strengthen the 

rural health care system as a whole. The 

program supports networks as they 

address gaps in service, enhance 

systems of care, and expand capacity of 

the local health care system. 

RHND-funded programs promote 

population health management and the 

transition towards value-based care 

through diverse network participants 

that include traditional and 

nontraditional network partners. 

Evidence of program impact 

demonstrated by outcome data and 

program sustainability are integral 

components of the program. This is a 4- 

year competitive program for networks 

composed of at least three participants 

that are existing health care providers. 

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participants must be located in a HRSAdesignated rural area. 

HRSA currently collects information 

about RHND awards using an OMBapproved set of performance measures 

and seeks to revise that approved 

collection. The proposed revisions are 

being implemented to better gather 

award recipient data in response to 

previously accumulated award recipient 

feedback, peer-reviewed research, and 

information gathered from the 

previously approved RHND measures. 

A 60-day notice was published in the 

Federal Register on July 20, 2023, 88 FR 

46800–46801. There was one public 

comment. No changes were made to the 

information collection since the 

comment was outside the scope of this 

ICR. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: This program needs 

measures that will 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 HRSA, 

including: (1) access to care, (2) 

population demographics, (3) staffing, 

(4) consortium/network, (5) 

sustainability, and (6) project specific 

domains. All measures will evaluate 

HRSA’s progress toward achieving its 

goals. 

The proposed changes include 

additional components under questions 

surrounding the network’s benefits and 

funding strategies, as well as the types 

of participant organizations. Questions 

surrounding Health Information 

Technology and Telehealth have been 

modified to reflect an updated 

telehealth definition based on renewed 

knowledge on the use of both Health 

Information Technology and Telehealth, 

and to improve understanding of how 

these important technologies are 

affecting HRSA award recipients. The 

Demographics and Services section now 

includes a question requesting grantees 

to identify which counties they have 

served during the project. Finally, 

revised National Quality Forum and 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services measures were included to 

allow uniform collection efforts 

throughout the HRSA Federal Office of 

Rural Health Policy. 

The total number of responses has 

remained at 44 since the previous ICR. 

While the new RHND grant cycle 

maintained the same number of award 

recipients and number of respondents, 

in consideration of the new cohort of 

awardees, HRSA has increased the 

estimated average burden per response. 

The increase in burden is largely due to 

the amount of time it takes to build 

systems to capture and report data at the 

start of a new project. Larger networks 

or consortiums with multiple partners 

and programs across different 

organizations also reported higher 

burdens due to the wait time in between 

requests. 

Likely Respondents: Respondents will 

be award recipients of the Rural Health 

Network Development 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: 

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Performance Improvement and Measurement System 

Database .......................................................................... 44 1 44 48.8 2,147.2 

Total .............................................................................. 44 1 44 48.8 2,147.2 

Maria G. Button, 

Director, Executive Secretariat. 

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COMMISSION 

[Investment Company Act Release No. 

35061] 

Deregistration Under Section 8(f) of the 

Investment Company Act of 1940 

November 24, 2023. 

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘SEC’’). 

ACTION: Notice of Applications for 

Deregistration under Section 8(f) of the 

Investment Company Act of 1940. 

The following is a notice of 

applications for deregistration under 

section 8(f) of the Investment Company 

Act of 1940 for the month of November 

2023. A copy of each application may be 

obtained via the Commission’s website 

by searching for the applicable file 

number listed below, or for an applicant 

using the Company name search field, 

on the SEC’s EDGAR system. The SEC’s 

EDGAR system may be searched at 

https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/ 

legacy/companysearch.html. You may 

also call the SEC’s Public Reference 

Room at (202) 551–8090. An order 

granting each application will be issued 

unless the SEC orders a hearing. 

Interested persons may request a 

hearing on any application by emailing 

the SEC’s Secretary at SecretarysOffice@sec.gov and serving the relevant 

applicant with a copy of the request by 

email, if an email address is listed for 

the relevant applicant below, or 

personally or by mail, if a physical 

address is listed for the relevant 

applicant below. Hearing requests 

should be received by the SEC by 5:30 

p.m. on December 19, 2023, and should 

be accompanied by proof of service on 

applicants, in the form of an affidavit or, 

for lawyers, a certificate of service. 

Pursuant to Rule 0–5 under the Act, 

hearing requests should state the nature 

of the writer’s interest, any facts bearing 

upon the desirability of a hearing on the 

matter, the reason for the request, and 

the issues contested. Persons who wish 

to be notified of a hearing may request 

notification by writing to the 

Commission’s Secretary at SecretarysOffice@sec.gov. 

ADDRESSES: The Commission: 

Secretarys-Office@sec.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shawn Davis, Assistant Director, at 

(202) 551–6413 or Chief Counsel’s 

Office at (202) 551–6821; SEC, Division 


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