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support but will not be highly 

systematic nor intended to be 

statistically representative. 

ACF programs promote the economic 

and social well-being of families, 

children, individuals and communities. 

OPRE studies ACF programs, and the 

populations they serve, through rigorous 

research and evaluation projects. These 

include evaluations of existing 

programs, evaluations of innovative 

approaches to helping low income 

children and families, research 

syntheses and descriptive and 

exploratory studies. OPRE’s research 

serves to provide further understanding 

of current programs and service 

populations, explore options for 

program improvement, and assess 

alternative policy and program designs. 

OPRE anticipates undertaking a variety 

of new research projects related to 

welfare, employment and selfsufficiency, Head Start, child care, 

healthy marriage and responsible 

fatherhood, family and youth services, 

home visiting, and child welfare. Many 

ACF program offices find a need to learn 

more about funded program services to 

inform internal decision making and to 

provide adequate support. Some 

program offices conduct their own 

research and evaluation projects. 

Under this generic clearance, ACF 

would engage in a variety of formative 

data collections with researchers, 

practitioners, TA providers, service 

providers and program participants 

throughout the field to fulfill the 

following goals: (1) Inform the 

development of ACF research, (2) 

maintain a research agenda that is 

rigorous and relevant, (3) ensure that 

research products are as current and 

responsive to audience needs as 

possible and (4) inform the provision of 

technical assistance. ACF envisions 

using a variety of techniques including 

semi-structured discussions, focus 

groups, and telephone or in-person 

interviews, in order to reach these goals. 

Following standard OMB 

requirements, OPRE will submit a 

change request for each individual data 

collection activity under this generic 

clearance. Each request will include the 

individual instrument(s), a justification 

specific to the individual information 

collection, and any supplementary 

documents. OMB should review 

requests within 10 days of submission. 

Under this generic IC information will 

not be collected with the primary 

purpose of publication, but findings are 

meant to inform ACF activities and may 

be incorporated into documents or 

presentations that are made public. The 

following are some examples of ways in 

which we may disseminate information 

resulting from these data collections: 

Research design documents or reports; 

research or technical assistance plans; 

background materials for technical 

workgroups; concept maps, process 

maps, or conceptual frameworks; 

contextualization of research findings 

from a follow-up data collection that has 

full PRA approval; informational reports 

to stakeholders such as funders, 

grantees, local implementing agencies, 

and/or TA providers. In presenting 

findings, we will describe the study 

methods and limitations with regard to 

generalizability and as a basis for policy 

recommendations. 

Respondents: Key stakeholder groups 

involved in ACF projects and programs, 

state or local government officials, 

service providers, participants in ACF 

programs or similar comparison groups; 

experts in fields pertaining to ACF 

research and programs, or others 

involved in conducting ACF research or 

evaluation projects. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument type 

Estimated 

total 

number of 

respondents 

Estimated 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Estimated 

total burden 

hours 

Semi-Structured Discussions, Focus Groups .................................................. 1,750 1 2 3,500 

Interviews ......................................................................................................... 750 1 1 750 

Questionnaires/Surveys ................................................................................... 500 1 .5 250 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 4,500. 

In compliance with the requirements 

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

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Administration for Children and 

Families is soliciting public comment 

on the specific aspects of the 

information collection described above. 

Copies of the proposed collection of 

information can be obtained and 

comments may be forwarded by writing 

to the Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE 

Reports Clearance Officer. Email 

address: OPREinfocollection@

acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be 

identified by the title of the information 

collection. 

The Department specifically requests 

comments on (a) whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Consideration will be given to 

comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication. 

Mary Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21885 Filed 10–10–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–79–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Public Comment Request; 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Bureau of Primary Health Care Uniform 

Data System, OMB No. 0915–0193— 

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 has submitted an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. Comments 

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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 November 13, 

2017. 

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 Lisa 

Wright-Solomon, the HRSA Information 

Collection Clearance Officer at 

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

1984. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When 

submitting comments or requesting 

information, please include the 

information request collection title for 

reference, in compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Bureau of Primary Health Care Uniform 

Data System, OMB No. 0915–0193— 

Revision. 

Abstract: The Uniform Data System 

(UDS) is the Bureau of Primary Health 

Care’s (BPHC) annual reporting system 

for the HRSA-supported health centers. 

UDS includes reporting requirements 

for Health Center Program look-alikes 

and grantees of the following: 

Community Health Center program, 

Migrant Health Center program, Health 

Care for the Homeless program, and 

Public Housing Primary Care program. 

A subset of recipients of the Bureau of 

Health Workforce’s (BHW) Nurse 

Education, Practice, Quality and 

Retention (NEPQR) program, 

specifically those recipients that are 

funded under the practice priority areas 

listed under Public Health Services Act 

(PHSA) Sec. 831(b), are also required to 

complete UDS annual reporting. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: HRSA collects UDS data 

annually to ensure compliance with 

legislative and regulatory requirements, 

improve health center performance and 

operations, and report overall program 

accomplishments. The data help to 

identify trends, enabling HRSA to 

establish or expand targeted programs 

and identify effective services and 

interventions to improve the health of 

medically underserved communities 

and vulnerable populations. UDS data 

are compared with national healthrelated data, including the National 

Health Interview Survey and National 

Health and Nutrition Examination 

Survey to explore potential differences 

between health center patient 

populations and the U.S. population at 

large, and those individuals and 

families who rely on the health care 

safety net for primary care. UDS data 

also inform Health Center Program 

partners and communities regarding the 

patients served by health centers. 

HRSA received public comment to the 

Federal Register notice ‘‘Bureau of 

Primary Health Care Uniform Data 

System’’ published on May 5, 2017, at 

82 FR 21253. We have taken the 

commenter’s suggestions into 

consideration and have made 

appropriate adjustments to the data 

collection instruments. 

The UDS data collection will be 

revised in six ways. 

• To support continued efforts to 

standardize data collection and reduce 

the burden per respondent of reporting 

for health centers, HRSA is updating the 

clinical quality measures in table 6B 

and 7 to align with the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 

electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) designated for the 2018 reporting 

period. 

• Poor glycemic control is defined as 

HbA1c >9% per the CMS quality 

programs and e-specifications. Although 

clinical recommendations (e.g., 

American Diabetes Association) suggest 

that people with diabetes should aim to 

have an HbA1c ≤7% (or HbA1c<8%), 

the CMS e-specification only accounts 

for ‘‘poor diabetes control.’’ Therefore, 

HRSA is removing this column to be 

consistent with the Healthy People 2020 

national benchmark, CMS eCQMs, and 

to reduce reporting burden. 

• Patient Centered Medical Home 

(PCMH) recognition assesses a health 

center’s approach to patient-centered 

care. HRSA routinely receives PCMH 

recognition data from national quality 

recognition bodies. Therefore, HRSA is 

removing this question to reduce 

reporting burden. 

• Telehealth is increasingly used as a 

method of health care delivery for the 

health center patient population, 

especially hard-to-reach patients living 

in geographically isolated communities. 

Collecting information on telehealth 

capacity and use of telehealth is 

essential for delivering technical 

assistance to health centers and assuring 

access to comprehensive, culturally 

competent, quality primary health care 

services. Based on the uniqueness of 

telehealth data and its introduction into 

the UDS system, HRSA is proposing 

questions that more precisely describe 

health center efforts in this area. 

• Medication-Assisted Treatment 

(MAT) has been proven to be an 

effective treatment option for substance 

abuse disorder. With the enactment of 

the Comprehensive Addiction and 

Recovery Act of 2016, Public Law 114– 

198, opioid treatment prescribing 

privileges have been extended beyond 

physicians to include certain qualifying 

nurse practitioners (NPs) and 

physicians’ assistants (PAs). As a result, 

HRSA is updating the MAT for Opioid 

Use Disorder question in Appendix E of 

the UDS to include NPs and PAs who 

have received an appropriate waiver to 

dispense narcotic drugs. 

• In 2016, 98.7% of HRSA supported 

grantees reported adoption and use of 

Electronic Health Records (EHRs). The 

question in Appendix D regarding 

Meaningful Use attestation stages 

captures precise data regarding health 

center participation in the program. 

HRSA is updating this question to align 

with the CMS EHR Incentive Program 

Updates pertaining to attestation titles. 

Likely Respondents: The respondents 

will be HRSA BPHC Health Center 

Program grantees, look-alikes, and BHW 

NEPQR Program recipients funded 

under the practice priority areas listed 

under PHSA Sec. 831(b). 

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. 


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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 

Universal Report .................................................................. 1,471 1 1,471 168 247,128 

Grant Report ........................................................................ 504 1 504 21 10,584 

Total .............................................................................. 1,975 ........................ 1,975 ........................ 257,712 

Amy McNulty, 

Acting Director, Division of the Executive 

Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21844 Filed 10–10–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

[Document Identifier HHS–OS–0955–0003] 

60-Day Notice Template for Request 

for Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Routine Customer 

Feedback on HHS Communications 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology is requesting OMB approval 

for an extension on the Generic 

Clearance for the Collection of Routine 

Customer Feedback by OMB. 

SUMMARY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, The Office of the 

Secretary (OS), as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public to take this opportunity to 

comment on the ‘‘Generic Clearance for 

the Collection of Qualitative Feedback 

on Agency Service Delivery’’ for 

approval under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA). This collection 

was developed as part of a Federal 

Government-wide effort to streamline 

the process for seeking feedback from 

the public on service delivery. This 

notice announces our intent to submit 

this collection to OMB for approval and 

solicits comments on specific aspects 

for the proposed information collection. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by December 11, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of 

the following methods: 

• Web site: www.regulations.gov. 

Direct comments to Docket ID OMB– 

2010–0021. 

• Email: 

Information.CollectionClearance@

hhs.gov. 

• Phone: (202) 795–7714. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through relevant Web sites. For 

this reason, please do not include in 

your comments information of a 

confidential nature, such as sensitive 

personal information or proprietary 

information. If you send an email 

comment, your email address will be 

automatically captured and included as 

part of the comment that is placed in the 

public docket and made available on the 

Internet. Please note that responses to 

this public comment request containing 

any routine notice about the 

confidentiality of the communication 

will be treated as public comments that 

may be made available to the public 

notwithstanding the inclusion of the 

routine notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sherrette Funn, Sherrette.funn@

HHS.GOV or (202) 795–7714. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

Abstract: The proposed information 

collection activity provides a means to 

garner qualitative customer and 

stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with the 

Administration’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. By 

qualitative feedback we mean 

information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, 

but are not statistical surveys that yield 

quantitative results that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

This feedback will provide insights into 

customer or stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences and expectations, provide 

an early warning of issues with service, 

or focus attention on areas where 

communication, training or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative and 

actionable communications between the 

Agency and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

The solicitation of feedback will target 

areas such as: Timeliness, 

appropriateness, accuracy of 

information, courtesy, efficiency of 

service delivery, and resolution of 

issues with service delivery. Responses 

will be assessed to plan and inform 

efforts to improve or maintain the 

quality of service offered to the public. 

If this information is not collected, vital 

feedback from customers and 

stakeholders on the Agency’s services 

will be unavailable. 

The Agency will only submit a 

collection for approval under this 

generic clearance if it meets the 

following conditions: 

• The collections are voluntary; 

• The collections are low-burden for 

respondents (based on considerations of 

total burden hours, total number of 

respondents, or burden-hours per 

respondent) and are low-cost for both 

the respondents and the Federal 

Government; 

• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of 

concern to other Federal agencies; 

• Any collection is targeted to the 

solicitation of opinions from 

respondents who have experience with 

the program or may have experience 

with the program in the near future; 

• Personally identifiable information 

(PII) is collected only to the extent 

necessary and is not retained; 

• Information gathered will be used 

only internally for general service 

improvement and program management 

purposes and is not intended for release 

outside of the agency; 

• Information gathered will not be 

used for the purpose of substantially 

informing influential policy decisions; 

and 

• Information gathered will yield 

qualitative information; the collections 

will not be designed or expected to 

yield statistically reliable results or used 

as though the results are generalizable to 

the population of study. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance provides useful information, 

but it does not yield data that can be 

generalized to the overall population. 


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