Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program Measures, OMB No. 0906-0009-Revision

• Citation: 91 FR 41644
• Published date: 07 July 2026
• FR Document: 2026-13636
• Pages: 41644-41645
• Section: Notices
• Issuer: Health and Human Services Department,Health Resources and Services Administration

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by federal agencies when records in a

system of records (meaning, federal

agency records about individuals

retrieved by name or other personal

identifier) are matched with records of

other federal or non-federal agencies.

The Privacy Act requires agencies

involved in a matching program to:

1. Enter into a written agreement,

which must be prepared in accordance

with the Privacy Act, approved by the

Data Integrity Board of each source and

recipient federal agency, provided to

Congress and the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB), and made available

to the public, as required by 5 U.S.C.

552a(o), (u)(3)(A), and (u)(4).

2. Notify the individuals whose

information will be used in the

matching program that the information

they provide is subject to verification

through matching, as required by 5

U.S.C. 552a(o)(1)(D).

3. Verify match findings before

suspending, terminating, reducing, or

making a final denial of an individual’s

benefits or payments or taking other

adverse action against the individual, as

required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(p).

4. Report the matching program to

Congress and the OMB, in advance and

annually, as required by 5 U.S.C.

552a(o) (2)(A)(i), (r), and (u)(3)(D).

5. Publish advance notice of the

matching program in the Federal

Register as required by 5 U.S.C.

552a(e)(12).

This matching program meets these

requirements.

Barbara Demopulos,

CMS Privacy Act Officer, Division of Security,

Privacy Policy & Oversight, Information

Security and Privacy Group, Office of

Information Technology, Centers for Medicare

& Medicaid Services.

Participating Agencies

The Department of Health and Human

Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare &

Medicaid Services (CMS) is the

recipient agency, and the Department of

Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health

Administration (VHA) is the source

agency.

Authority for Conducting the Matching

Program

The matching program is authorized

under 42 U.S.C. 18001.

Purpose(s)

The purpose of the matching program

is to assist CMS in determining

individuals’ eligibility for financial

assistance in paying for private health

insurance coverage. In this matching

program, VHA provides CMS with data

when an Administering Entity (AE)

requests it and VHA is authorized to

release it, verifying whether an

individual who is applying for or is

enrolled in private health insurance

coverage under a qualified health plan

through a federally-facilitated health

insurance exchange is eligible for

coverage under a VHA health plan. CMS

makes the data provided by VHA

available to the requesting AE through

a data services hub to use in

determining the applicant’s or enrollee’s

eligibility for financial assistance

(including an advance tax credit and

cost-sharing reduction, which are types

of insurance affordability programs) in

paying for private health insurance

coverage. VHA health plans provide

minimum essential coverage, and

eligibility for such plans usually

precludes eligibility for financial

assistance in paying for private

coverage. The data provided by VHA

under this matching program will be

used by CMS and AEs to authenticate

identity, determine eligibility for

financial assistance, and determine the

amount of the financial assistance.

Categories of Individuals

The categories of individuals whose

information is involved in the matching

program are:

•Veterans whose records at VHA

match data provided to VHA by CMS

(submitted by AEs) about individuals

who are applying for or are enrolled in

private insurance coverage through a

federally-facilitated health insurance

exchange.

Categories of Records

The categories of records used in this

matching program are identity records

and minimum essential coverage period

records consisting of the following data

elements:

Data provided by CMS to VHA:

a. First Name (required)

b. Middle Name/Initial (if provided by

applicant)

c. Surname (Applicant’s Last Name)

(required)

d. Date of Birth (required)

e. Sex (required)

f. SSN (required)

g. Requested Qualified Health Plan

(QHP) Coverage Effective Date

(required)

h. Requested QHP Coverage End Date

(required)

i. State Identification (required)

j. Transaction ID (required)

Data provided by VHA to CMS:

a. SSN (required)

b. Start/End Date{s) of enrollment

period(s) (when match occurs)

c. A blank date response when a non-

match occurs, or if the VA’s records

contain a Date of Death.

System(s) of Records

The data used in this matching

program will be disclosed from the

following systems of records, based on

the routine uses identified:

•Health Insurance Exchanges System

(HIX), CMS System No. 09–70–0560,

last published in full at 78 FR 63211

(Oct. 23, 2013), as amended at 83 FR

6591 (Feb. 14, 2018).

•‘‘Veterans and Beneficiaries

Purchased Care Community Health Care

Claims, Correspondence, Eligibility,

Inquiry and Payment Files-VA, ‘‘System

No. 54VA10; last fully published at 90

FR 4447354 (September 15, 2025).

•‘‘Compensation, Pension,

Education, and Veteran Readiness and

Employment Records, VA (58VA21/22/

28), last published at 90 FR 44464.

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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; Rural Health Care Services

Outreach Program Measures, OMB No.

0906–0009—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 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. OMB may act on

HRSA’s ICR only after the 30-day

comment period for this notice has

closed.

DATES

: Comments on this ICR should be

received no later than August 6, 2026.

ADDRESSES

: Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/

PRAMain. Find this particular

information collection by selecting

‘‘Currently under Review—Open for

Public Comments’’ or by using the

search function.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

: To

request a copy of the clearance requests

submitted to OMB for review, email

Samantha Miller, the HRSA Information

Collection Clearance Officer, at

paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 443–

3983.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

: When

submitting comments or requesting

information, please include the ICR title

for reference.

Information Collection Request Title:

Rural Health Care Services Outreach

Program Measures, OMB No. 0906–

0009—Revision.

Abstract: The Rural Health Care

Services Outreach (Outreach) Program is

authorized by section 330A(e) of the

Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.

254c(e)) to ‘‘promote rural health care

services outreach by improving and

expanding the delivery of health care

services to include new and enhanced

services in rural areas.’’ HRSA currently

collects information about Outreach

grants using an OMB-approved set of

performance measures and seeks to

revise that approved collection. The

proposed changes are a result of keeping

this instrument relevant, responsive to

the Outreach Program needs and to

improve clarity and ease of reporting for

respondents.

A 60-day notice published in the

Federal Register on April 7, 2026, vol.

91, No. 66; pp. 17660–61. There were no

public comments.

Need and Proposed Use of the

Information: HRSA has revised the

performance measures which Outreach

awardees will submit to HRSA on an

annual basis. The purpose of the revised

data collection is to assess Outreach

awardees’ progress in meeting the

program goals and how well each

awardee meets their community needs.

Additionally, HRSA will be able to

monitor and assess the impact of the

Outreach program and ensure that funds

are effectively used to provide services

that meet the target population’s needs.

The proposed changes include the

consolidation of three sub-sections

(Consortium/Network, Access to Care,

and Population Demographics) into two

new sub-sections (Capacity/

Organizational Information and Access/

Population Demographics); addition of

nine new maternal health measures

(four required measures; five optional

measures) for the 11 award recipients in

the Healthy Rural Hometown Initiative

track only; and adding one new

question and revising the response

selection list related to sustainability.

Additionally, there is an increase in the

estimated total burden hours compared

to the previous ICR package. The

increase in burden is to account for a

new cohort of recipients new to this

data collection. This includes 40

recipients funded under the Regular

Outreach Track and 18 recipients

funded under the Healthy Rural

Hometown Initiative Track awarded

under HRSA–25–038.

Likely Respondents: Respondents

include all 58 Outreach award

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 ICR are

summarized in the table below.

T

OTAL

E

STIMATED

A

NNUALIZED

B

URDEN

H

OURS

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 Performance

Measures ........................................................................ 58 1 58 8.75 507.50

Total ............................................................................ 58 1 58 8.75 507.50

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.

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