37876 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 121 / Friday, June 24, 2022 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

[OMB No. 0915–0367—Revision] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection: Public 

Comment Request Information 

Collection Request Title: The Teaching 

Health Center Graduate Medical 

Education Program Eligible Resident/ 

Fellow FTE Chart 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirement of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity 

for public comment on proposed data 

collection projects, 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, below, or any other aspect of 

the ICR. 

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be 

received no later than August 23, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail them to 

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 Samantha Miller, the acting 

HRSA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer at (301) 443–9094. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When 

submitting comments or requesting 

information, please include the 

information request collection title for 

reference. 

Information Collection Request Title: 

The Teaching Health Center Graduate 

Medical Education (THCGME) Program 

Eligible Resident/Fellow FTE Chart 

OMB No. 0915–0367—Revision 

Abstract: The THCGME Program, 

Section 340H of the Public Health 

Service Act, was established by Section 

5508 of Public Law 111–148. The 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 

(Pub. L. 116–260) and the American 

Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. 117– 

2) provided continued funding for the 

THCGME Program. The THCGME 

Program awards payment for both direct 

and indirect expenses to support 

training for primary care residents in 

community-based ambulatory patient 

care settings. The THCGME Program 

Eligible Resident/Fellow FTE Chart, 

published in the THCGME Notice of 

Funding Opportunity (NOFO), is a 

means for determining the number of 

eligible resident/fellow full-time 

equivalents (FTEs) in an applicant’s 

primary care residency program. The 

FTE Chart revisions will now collect the 

number of resident/fellow FTEs from 

previous academic years and will 

further clarify the number of resident/ 

fellow FTEs positions requested with 

the NOFO application. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: The THCGME Program 

Eligible Resident/Fellow FTE Chart 

requires applicants to provide: (a) data 

related to the size and/or growth of the 

residency program over previous 

academic years, (b) the number of 

residents enrolled in the program during 

the baseline academic year, and (c) a 

projection of the program’s proposed 

expansion over the next 5 academic 

years. It is imperative that applicants 

complete this chart to quantify the total 

supported residents. THCGME funding 

is used to support expanded numbers of 

residents in existing residency 

programs, to establish new residency 

training programs, or to maintain filled 

positions at existing residency training 

programs. Utilization of a chart to gather 

this important information has 

decreased the number of errors in the 

eligibility review process resulting in a 

more accurate review and funding 

process, and this ICR comports with the 

regulatory requirement imposed by 45 

CFR 75.206(a) ‘‘Standard application 

requirements, including forms for 

applying for HHS financial assistance, 

and state plans’’. 

Likely Respondents: Teaching Health 

Centers applying for THCGME funding 

through a THCGME NOFO process, 

which may include new applicants and 

existing awardees. 

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 

THCGME Program Eligible Resident/Fellow FTE Chart ..... 90 1 90 1.25 112.50 

Total .............................................................................. 90 ........................ 90 ........................ 112.50 

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. 2022–13487 Filed 6–23–22; 8:45 am] 

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