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Information Collection Request Title: 

Rural Health Care Services Outreach 

Program Measures OMB No. 0915- 

XXXX—New. 

Abstract: The Rural Health Care 

Services Outreach (Outreach) Program is 

authorized by Section 330A(e) of the 

Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 

U.S.C. 254c(e)), as amended, to 

‘‘promote rural health care services 

outreach by expanding the delivery of 

health care services to include new and 

enhanced services in rural areas.’’ The 

goals for the Outreach Program are the 

following: (1) Expand the delivery of 

health care services to include new and 

enhanced services exclusively in rural 

communities; (2) deliver health care 

services through a strong consortium in 

which every consortium member 

organization is actively involved and 

engaged in the planning and delivery of 

services; (3) utilize and/or adapt an 

evidence-based or promising practice 

model(s) in the delivery of health care 

services; and (4) improve population 

health, demonstrate health outcomes 

and sustainability. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: For this program, 

performance measures were drafted to 

provide data to the program and to 

enable HRSA to provide aggregate 

program data required by Congress 

under the Government Performance and 

Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. These 

measures cover the principal topic areas 

of interest to the Office of Rural Health 

Policy, including: (a) Access to care; (b) 

population demographics; (c) staffing; 

(d) consortium/network; (e) 

sustainability; and (f) project specific 

domains. Several measures will be used 

for the Outreach Program. All measures 

will speak to ORHP’s progress toward 

meeting the goals set. 

Likely Respondents: The respondents 

would be recipients of the Rural Health 

Care Services Outreach grant funding. 

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 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program 

Measures .......................................................................... 50 1 50 3 150 

Total .............................................................................. 50 1 50 3 150 

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. 

Jackie Painter, 

Acting Director, Division of Policy and 

Information Coordination. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29837 Filed 12–19–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection: Public 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirement for opportunity for public 

comment on proposed data collection 

projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration (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 Information 

Collection Request must be received no 

later than February 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Room 10–29, Parklawn 

Building, 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 the HRSA Information Collection 

Clearance Officer at (301) 443–1984. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When 

submitting comments or requesting 

information, please include the 

information request collection title for 

reference. Information Collection 

Request Title: Rural Health Network 

Development Program OMB No. 0915– 

XXXX—New 

Abstract: This program is authorized 

under Section 330A(f) of the Public 

Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended 

(42 U.S.C. 254c(f). This authority directs 

the Office of Rural Health Policy 

(ORHP) to support grants for eligible 

entities to promote, through planning 

and implementation, the development 

of integrated health care networks that 

have combined the functions of the 

entities participating in the networks in 

order to: (i) Achieve efficiencies; (ii) 

expand access to, coordinate, and 

improve the quality of essential health 

care services; and (iii) strengthen the 

rural health care system as a whole. 

The Rural Health Network 

Development Program is designed to 

assist rural health care providers to 

acclimate to the evolving health care 

environment by addressing relevant 


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topics to the health care environment as 

identified by the rural community. The 

program also enables rural health 

networks to continue to be a locus of 

innovation in maximizing limited rural 

health resources in times of economic 

hardship and decreased access to health 

care services that can be modeled in 

other communities, both rural and 

urban. This is a 3-year competitive 

program for mature networks composed 

of at least three members that are 

separate, existing health care provider 

entities. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: For this program, 

performance measures were drafted to 

provide data to the program and to 

enable HRSA to provide aggregate 

program data. These measures cover the 

principal topic areas of interest to the 

Office of Rural Health Policy, including: 

(a) Network infrastructure; (b) network 

collaboration; (c) sustainability; and (d) 

network assessment. Several measures 

will be used for this program. 

Likely Respondents: The respondents 

would be Rural Health Network 

Development Program grant recipients. 

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 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden 

hours 

Performance Improvement and Measurement System 

(PIMS) Database .............................................................. 54 1 54 6.7 361.8 

Total .............................................................................. 54 1 54 6.7 361.8 

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. 

Jackie Painter, 

Acting Director, Division of Policy and 

Information Coordination. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29772 Filed 12–19–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

[CFDA NUMBERS: 93.971, 93.123, AND 

93.972] 

Indian Health Professions Preparatory, 

Indian Health Professions PreGraduate and Indian Health 

Professions Scholarship Programs 

Announcement Type: Initial 

Key Dates 

Application Deadline: February 28, 

2015, for continuing students 

Application Deadline: March 28, 2015, 

for new students 

Application Review: May 11–22, 2015 

Continuation Award Notification 

Deadline: June 5, 2015 

New Award Notification Deadline: July 

2, 2015 

Award Start Date: August 1, 2015 

Acceptance/Decline of Awards 

Deadline: August 14, 2015 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

The Indian Health Service (IHS) is 

committed to encouraging American 

Indians and Alaska Natives to enter the 

health professions and to assuring the 

availability of Indian health 

professionals to serve Indians. The IHS 

is committed to the recruitment of 

students for the following programs: 

• The Indian Health Professions 

Preparatory Scholarship authorized by 

Section 103 of the Indian Health Care 

Improvement Act, Public Law 94–437 

(1976), as amended (IHCIA), codified at 

25 U.S.C. 1613(b)(1). 

• The Indian Health Professions Pregraduate Scholarship authorized by 

Section 103 of the IHCIA, codified at 25 

U.S.C. 1613(b)(2). 

• The Indian Health Professions 

Scholarship authorized by Section 104 

of the IHCIA, codified at 25 U.S.C. 

1613a. 

Full-time and part-time scholarships 

will be funded for each of the three 

scholarship programs. 

The scholarship award selections and 

funding are subject to availability of 

funds appropriated for the Scholarship 

Program. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award 

Scholarship. 

Estimated Funds Available 

An estimated $11.3 million will be 

available for fiscal year (FY) 2015 

awards. The IHS Scholarship Program 

(IHSSP) anticipates, but cannot 

guarantee, due to possible funding 

changes, student scholarship selections 

from any or all of the approved 

disciplines in the Preparatory, Pregraduate or Health Professions 

Scholarship Programs for the 

scholarship period 2015–2016. Due to 

the rising cost of education and the 

decreasing number of scholars who can 

be funded by the IHSSP, the IHSSP has 

changed the funding policy for 

Preparatory and Pre-graduate 

Scholarship awards and reallocated a 

greater percentage of its funding in an 

effort to increase the number of Health 

Professions Scholarships, and 

inherently the number of serviceobligated scholars, to better meet the 

health care needs of the IHS and its 

Tribal and Urban Indian health care 

system partners. 

Anticipated Number of Awards 

Approximately 40 awards will be 

made under the Health Professions 

Preparatory and Pre-graduate 

Scholarship Programs for Indians. The 

awards are for ten months in duration, 

with an additional two months for 

approved summer school requests, and 


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