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Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Teaching Health Center Costing Instrument ....................... 60 1 60 10 600 

Total .............................................................................. 60 1 60 10 600 

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. 

Dated: October 31, 2014. 

Jackie Painter, 

Acting Director, Division of Policy and 

Information Coordination. 

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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 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Health 

Resources and Services Administration 

(HRSA) has 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. 

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be 

received no later than December 15, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

including the Information Collection 

Request Title, to the desk officer for 

HRSA, either by email to OIRA_

submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to 

202–395–5806. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request a copy of the clearance requests 

submitted to OMB for review, email the 

HRSA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer at paperwork@hrsa.gov or call 

(301) 443–1984. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Title V Maternal and Child Health 

Services Block Grant to States Program: 

Guidance and Forms for the Title V 

Application/Annual Report OMB No. 

0915–0172—Revision. 

Abstract: The Health Resources and 

Services Administration (HRSA) is 

revising the Title V Maternal and Child 

Health Services Block Grant to States 

Program: Guidance and Forms for the 

Title V Application/Annual Report. The 

Guidance is used annually by the 50 

states and nine jurisdictions in applying 

for Block Grants under Title V of the 

Social Security Act and in preparing the 

required Annual Report. In partnership 

with the leadership in State Title V 

Maternal and Child Health (MCH) 

programs as well as with other national 

MCH leaders and stakeholders, HRSA’s 

Maternal and Child Health Bureau 

(MCHB) has been working over the past 

year to develop and refine a vision for 

transforming the MCH Block Grant to 

States program to better meet current 

and future challenges facing our 

nation’s mothers and children, 

including children with special health 

care needs (CSHCN) and their families. 

The proposed revisions to the 

Application and Annual Reporting 

requirements and to the data forms that 

are contained in the revised guidance 

reflect this transformative vision. 

Relative to the state’s submission of a 

yearly Application, Annual Report and 

5-year Needs Assessment, the aims of 

the MCH Block Grant to States program 

transformation are threefold: (1) Reduce 

burden to states, (2) maintain state 

flexibility, and (3) improve 

accountability. Revisions to this edition 

are intended to enable the state to tell 

a more cohesive and comprehensive 

Title V story and to better reflect on the 

program’s leadership role and its 

contributions to the state’s public health 

system in building improved and 

expanded systems of care for the MCH 

population. It is recognized that the full 

extent of the anticipated burden 

reduction will be realized over time as 

states become more familiar with the 

new instructions and reporting 

requirements. The burden estimates 

presented in the table below are based 

on previous burden estimates, 

consultations with a few states on the 

proposed changes, and comments 

received during the 60-day public 

comment period. 

Specific changes to this edition of the 

Title V Maternal and Child Health 

Services Block Grant to States Program: 

Guidance and Forms for the Title V 

Application/Annual Report include the 

following: 

(1) Narrative reporting will be 

organized by six population health 

domains (i.e., Women’s/Maternal 

Health; Perinatal/Infant’s Health; Child 

Health; CSHCN; Adolescent Health and 

Cross-cutting or Life Course); (2) 

Revised National Performance Measure 

(NPM) framework will be implemented 

with states selecting 8 of 15 NPMs for 

their programmatic focus; (3) state-level 

program data, such as breakdowns of 

MCH populations by race/ethnicity, 

health indicator data, and national 

performance and outcome measure data 

will be provided by MCHB, as available, 

from national data sources, thus, 

reducing the annual reporting burden 

for states; (4) Given that most MCH 

issues are multifactorial, the state will 

establish evidence based or evidence 

informed strategies to address each of 

the selected NPMs and will report on 

one or more of the Evidence-based or 

informed Strategy Measures (ESMs) 

developed for each NPM; (5) Revised 

instructions and the inclusion of a logic 

model for the State Title V MCH Block 

Grant Application/Annual Report 

process will provide greater emphasis 

on the need for the state priority needs 

and national MCH priority areas to drive 

the state’s reporting on the 5-year (and 

ongoing) Needs Assessment findings, 

the selection of eight (8) NPMs which 

target the state-identified priority needs, 

the development of evidence based or 

informed strategies and related ESMs for 

addressing each of the selected NPMs, 

and the establishment of between three 

(3) and five (5) State Performance 

Measures (SPMs) which respond to the 

state’s identified unique needs; (6) State 

Application/Annual Report will include 

a 5-year Action Plan for addressing the 

identified MCH priority areas; (7) An 


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Executive Summary (up to five pages in 

length) will be included with each 

submitted Application/Annual Report; 

(8) A 5-year Needs Assessment 

Summary (up to 20 pages in length) will 

be integrated into the state’s MCH Block 

Grant Application/Annual Report and 

will replace the more comprehensive, 

stand-alone 5-year Needs Assessment 

document that the state previously 

submitted; (9) Health System Capacity 

Indicators will be eliminated; and (10) 

Federal and State Title V program 

budget and expenditures will be 

reported separately by the state. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: Each year, all states and 

jurisdictions are required to submit an 

Application/Annual Report for federal 

funds for their Title V MCH Services 

Block Grant to States Program to the 

HRSA’s MCHB [Section 505(a) of Title 

V of the Social Security Act.) In 

addition, the state/jurisdictional MCH 

Block Grant programs are required to 

conduct a statewide, comprehensive 

Needs Assessment every 5 years. The 

information and instructions for the 

preparation and submission of this 

Application/Annual Report are 

contained in the Title V Maternal and 

Child Health Services Block Grant to 

States Program: Guidance and Forms for 

the Title V Application/Annual Report. 

Likely Respondents: By legislation 

[Section 505(a) of Title V of the Social 

Security Act], the MCH Block Grant 

Application/Annual Report must be 

developed by, or in consultation with, 

the state MCH Health agency. 

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. 

TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Application and Annual Report without 5-Year Needs Assessment .......................................................................... 59 1 59 123 7,257 

Application and Annual Report with 5-Year Needs Assessment .................................................................................. 59 1 59 189.3 11,169 

Average Total Annual Burden ...................................... 59 ........................ 59 ........................ * 8,561 

* Reflects the average of one Application/Annual Report with Needs Assessment and two Application/Annual Reports without Needs 

Assessment 

In fiscal year (FY) 2016, states and 

jurisdictions will be submitting an 

application and annual report with a 5- 

year Needs Assessment for a total 

estimated burden of 11,169 hours. In FY 

2017 and FY 2018, states and 

jurisdictions will be submitting an 

Application and Annual Report without 

a 5-year needs assessment for a total 

estimated burden of 14,514. 

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. 

Dated: October 31, 2014 

Jackie Painter, 

Acting Director, Division of Policy and 

Information Coordination. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Eye Institute; Notice of Closed 

Meetings 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Eye Institute 

Special Emphasis Panel, NEI Anterior Eye 

and Glaucoma Grant Applications. 

Date: December 1, 2014. 

Time: 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, Suite 

1300, 5635 Fishers Lane, Bethesda, MD 

20892 (Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Brian Hoshaw, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, National Eye 

Institute, National Institutes of Health, 

Division of Extramural Research, 5635 

Fishers Lane, Suite 1300, Rockville, MD 

20892; 301–451–2020; hoshawb@

mail.nih.gov 

Name of Committee: National Eye Institute 

Special Emphasis Panel, NEI Pediatric, 

Glaucoma and Neuro-Ophthalmology Grant 

Applications. 

Date: December 3, 2014. 

Time: 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 5635 

Fishers Lane, Suite 1300, Bethesda, MD 

20892 (Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Brian Hoshaw, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, National Eye 

Institute, National Institutes of Health, 

Division of Extramural Research, 5635 

Fishers Lane, Suite 1300, Rockville, MD 

20892; 301–451–2020; hoshawb@

mail.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: National Eye Institute 

Special Emphasis Panel, NEI Retinal Disease 

Epigenetic Grant Applications. 

Date: December 5, 2014. 

Time: 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 


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