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EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form name 

Number of 

respondents/ 

POCs 

Number of 

responses 

per POC 

Hours per 

response 

Total 

burden 

hours 

Eligibility/Registration Form ............................................................................. 340 1 3/60 17 

Data Use Agreement ....................................................................................... 340 1 3/60 17 

Hospital Information Form ............................................................................... 340 3 5/60 85 

Data Files Submission ..................................................................................... 340 1 1 340 

Total .......................................................................................................... N/A N/A N/A 459 

EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN

Form name 

Number of 

respondents/ 

POCs 

Total 

burden hours 

Average 

hourly 

wage rate * 

Total 

cost burden 

Eligibility/Registration Form ............................................................................. 340 17 $61.10 $1,038.70 

Data Use Agreement ....................................................................................... 340 17 61.10 1,038.70 

Hospital Information Form ............................................................................... 340 85 61.10 5,193.50 

Data Files Submission ..................................................................................... 340 340 61.10 20,744.00 

Total .......................................................................................................... N/A N/A N/A 28,044.90 

* Mean hourly wage of $61.10 for Medical and Health Services Managers (SOC code 11–9111) was obtained from the May 2020 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates NAICS 622000—Hospitals, located at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_

622000.htm. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, 

comments on AHRQ’s information 

collection are requested with regard to 

any of the following: (a) Whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

AHRQ’s health care research and health 

care information dissemination 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of 

burden (including hours and costs) of 

the proposed collection(s) of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information upon the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the Agency’s subsequent 

request for OMB approval of the 

proposed information collection. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: May 27, 2022. 

Marquita Cullom, 

Associate Director. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11882 Filed 6–2–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; Office of 

Community Services Data Collection 

for the Low Income Home Energy 

Assistance Program Quarterly 

Performance and Management Reports 

(0970–0589) 

AGENCY: Office of Community Services, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Community 

Services (OCS), Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), is requesting an 

extension of approval for an information 

request to collect data from Low Income 

Home Energy Assistance Program 

(LIHEAP) grant recipients. This 

information collection was originally 

approved for 6 months as an emergency 

approval. 

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of 

publication. OMB is required to make a 

decision concerning the collection of 

information between 30 and 60 days 

after publication of this document in the 

Federal Register. Therefore, a comment 

is best assured of having its full effect 

if OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication. 

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 particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. You can also obtain 

copies of the proposed collection of 

information by emailing infocollection@

acf.hhs.gov. Identify all emailed 

requests by the title of the information 

collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description: The proposed LIHEAP 

Quarterly Performance and Management 

Report will provide OCS information 

necessary to oversee recipients’ 

performance in administering historic 

levels of LIHEAP funding and reaching 

the most vulnerable households. The 

report solicits data on total households 

assisted (and the total households 

assisted during the same quarter of the 

previous FY for comparison); the 

number of occurrences that LIHEAP 

prevented the loss of home energy/the 

number of occurrences that LIHEAP 

restored home energy; estimated use of 

LIHEAP funds by LIHEAP funding 

source; LIHEAP information (e.g., 

training and technical assistance needs, 

changes to program policies, 

collaboration with other federal utility 

assistance programs, etc.); and any 

explanation needed regarding the 

reliability and/or validity of the 

responses in prior sections. The 

quarterly report is not an abbreviated 

version of the LIHEAP Annual Report or 


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Performance Data Form, it is a different 

form that was designed to focus on how 

states are leveraging LIHEAP to mitigate 

rising energy costs this winter and to 

track the spend down of LIHEAP 

supplemental funding. The currently 

approved versions of the LIHEAP 

Quarterly Performance and Management 

Reports can be found here https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202202-0970-003. 

This extension request includes minor 

revisions to the instructions regarding 

submission details and reporting 

deadlines in future fiscal years. 

Respondents: LIHEAP grant 

recipients. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Total number 

of respondents 

Total number 

of responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Quarterly Performance and Management Report ........................................... 206 3 12 7,416 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 7,416. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 8621. 

Mary B. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11948 Filed 6–2–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier: OS–0955–0019] 

Agency Information Collection 

Request; 60-Day Public Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: 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. 

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be 

received on or before August 2, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

Sherrette.Funn@hhs.gov or by calling 

(202) 795–7714. 

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 A. Funn, email: 

Sherrette.Funn@hhs.gov, or call (202) 

795–7714 the Reports Clearance Officer. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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: National 

Survey of Health Information Exchange 

Organizations (HIO). 

Type of Collection: Reinstatement 

with Change. 

OMB No.: 0955–0019. 

Abstract: Electronic health 

information exchange (HIE) was one of 

three goals specified by Congress in the 

2009 Health Information Technology for 

Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) 

Act to ensure that the $30 billion federal 

investment in certified electronic health 

records (CEHRTs) resulted in higherquality, lower-cost care. In subsequent 

rulemaking and regulations, ensuring 

that providers can share data 

electronically across EHRs and other 

health information systems has been a 

top priority. 

Beginning prior to HITECH, there has 

been substantial ongoing assessment of 

trends in the capabilities of health 

information organizations to support 

clinical exchange. These surveys have 

collected data on organizational 

structure, financial viability, geographic 

coverage, scope of services, scope of 

participants, perceptions of information 

blocking, and participation in national 

networks and TEFCA. While past 

surveys assessed HIOs’ capacity to 

support HIE in a variety of ways, they 

did not closely examine how HIOs 

support public health exchange. Each of 

these areas of data collection will be 

useful to constructing a current and 

more comprehensive picture of HIOs’ 

role in addressing public health 

emergencies. 

Given the evolving nature of the 

pandemic, assessing HIOs’ current 

capabilities is critical as there are 

ongoing needs to share varied types of 

information that HIOs may be 

supporting. The survey will collect data 

from HIOs across the nation. These 

organizations facilitate electronic 

exchange of health information across 

disparate providers, labs, pharmacies, 

public health departments, and beyond. 

Little information exists on how HIOs 

can address information gaps related to 

public health. Thus, a first step to 

addressing these gaps, we need to better 

characterize existing capabilities of 

HIOs. The success of managing the 

current pandemic, and future public 

health emergencies, relies on the ability 

to efficiently share key data regarding 

health system capacity, contact tracing, 

testing, detecting new outbreaks, 

vaccine updates, and patient 

demographics to help address 

disparities in our response efforts. 

In addition to measuring the 

capabilities to support public health, it 

is also necessary to understand the 

broader picture of HIO capabilities to 

support electronic health information 

exchange, their maturity and challenges 

they face. There are four key areas that 

require this broader assessment: (1) 

Adoption of technical standards; (2) 

perceptions related to information 

blocking; (3) HIE coordination at the 

federal level; and (4) organizational 

demographics, including technical 

capabilities offered by HIOs and the 

challenges they face in supporting 

electronic health information exchange. 

The ultimate goal of our project is to 

administer a survey instrument to HIOs 

in order to generate the most current 

national statistics and associated 

actionable insights to inform policy 

efforts. The timely collection of national 

data from our survey will assess current 

capabilities to support effective 

electronic information sharing within 

our healthcare system related to 

COVID–19 and other public health 

relevant data. 

This is a 3-year request for OMB 

approval. 

Likely respondents: U.S. based public 

and private HIOs. 


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