[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 32 (Thursday, February 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9257-9258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3710]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data
collection plans and draft instruments, email [email protected] or
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.
Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information
for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency; (b) the
accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection 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 on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting
Program Information System (OMB No. 0915-xxxx)--[New]
On March 23, 2010, the President signed into law the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-148), historic
and transformative legislation designed to make quality, affordable
health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health
care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health
care workforce. Through a provision authorizing the creation of the
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program,
the Act responds to the diverse needs of children and families in
communities at risk and provides an unprecedented opportunity for
collaboration and partnership at the Federal, State and community
levels to improve health and development outcomes for at-risk children
through evidence-based home visiting programs. The MIECHV Program is
designed: (1) To strengthen and improve the programs and activities
carried out under Title V; (2) to improve coordination of services for
at-risk communities; and (3) to identify and provide comprehensive
services to improve outcomes for families who reside in at-risk
communities.
The Social Security Act, Title V, Section 511 (42 U.S.C. 711), as
amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010,
requires that MIECHV grantees collect data to measure improvements for
eligible families in six specified areas (referred to as ``benchmark
areas'') that encompass the major goals for the program. The
Supplemental Information Request for the Submission of the Updated
State Plan for a State Home Visiting Program (SIR), published on
February 8, 2011, further listed a variety of constructs under each
benchmark area for which grantees were to select and submit relevant
performance measures. Per Section 511(d)(1)(B)(i) of the legislation,
no later than 30 days after the end of the third year of the program,
grantees are required to demonstrate improvement in at least four of
the six benchmark areas. The SIR and subsequent MIECHV guidance
documents for both competitive and formula grants also require that
grantees report annually on the constructs under each benchmark area,
as well as on demographic, service utilization, budgetary and other
administrative data related to program implementation.
The proposed data collection and reporting forms were developed by
an internal MIECHV workgroup in consultation with Home Visiting Model
Developers and selected grantees. The data collected from the proposed
forms will be used to track the grantees' progress in demonstrating
improvement under each benchmark area and to provide an overall picture
of the population being served. The proposed data collection forms are
as follows:
Form 1--Demographic and Service Utilization Data for Enrollees and
Children: This form will request data to determine the unduplicated
number of participants and of participant groups by primary insurance
coverage. This form will also request data on the demographic
characteristics of program participants. For example, data will be
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collected on the race/ethnicity of program participants and household
demographics including income data.
Form 2--State Performance Measures Template: Grantees have already
selected relevant performance measures for the legislatively identified
benchmark areas. This form provides a template for grantees to report
aggregate data on their State-selected performance measures.
While there will be variation in the data collection and reporting
burden to the grantees based on the number of families served and state
data system capacity, the estimated average annual burden is as
follows:
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Number of Responses per Total Burden hours Total burden
Reporting document respondents respondent responses per response hours
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Form 1: Demographic and Service 56 1 56 731 40,936
Utilization Data for Enrollees
and Children...................
Form 2: State Performance 56 1 56 313 17,528
Measures Template..............
Total....................... 56 .............. 56 .............. 58,464
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Email comments to [email protected] or by mail to the HRSA Reports
Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Dated: February 10, 2012.
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2012-3710 Filed 2-15-12; 8:45 am]
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