Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Health Workforce Connector, OMB No. 0906-0031-Extension

Citation85 FR 63118
Record Number2020-22067
Published date06 October 2020
SectionNotices
CourtHealth Resources And Services Administration
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 194 (Tuesday, October 6, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 6, 2020)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 63118-63119]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-22067]
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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; Public Comment Request;
                Information Collection Request Title: Health Workforce Connector, OMB
                No. 0906-0031--Extension
                AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
                of Health and Human Services.
                ACTION: Notice.
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                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 must be received no later than November 5,
                2020.
                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.
                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 [email protected] or
                call (301) 443-1984.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                 Information Collection Request Title: Health Workforce Connector,
                OMB No. 0906-0031--Extension.
                [[Page 63119]]
                 Abstract: More than just a job search portal, the goal of the
                Health Workforce Connector (HWC) is to help connect skilled
                professionals to communities in need by allowing approved Site Points
                of Contact (POCs), including National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and
                Nurse Corps, to post available opportunities and update site profiles.
                The HWC provides a central platform to connect participants, including
                those in both the NHSC and Nurse Corps programs, and facilities that
                are approved for performance of their NHSC or Nurse Corps service
                obligation. The HWC has become a resource that engages any health care
                professional or student interested in providing primary care services
                in underserved communities and with facilities in need of health care
                providers. The Health Workforce Connector also allows users to create a
                profile, search for NHSC and Nurse Corps sites, find job and training
                opportunities, search for other clinicians who are similarly interested
                in working with underserved populations, and be searchable by Site
                POCs. Individuals can use the Health Workforce Connector's search
                capability with Google Maps.
                 The initial estimates of burden, as provided in the previous
                notice, were developed prior to the deployment of the HWC. Those
                estimates were accurate, as brand new users created accounts and
                published profiles. Because the HWC is now in a steady state, actual
                numbers from the last year allow for projections of comparable numbers
                for the upcoming year. A more recent data query yielded an estimated
                burden that is significantly lower due to the total number of users who
                are estimated to create accounts and publish profiles.
                 A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on August 12,
                2020, vol. 85, No. 156; pp. 48708-09. There was one public comment.
                 Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Information will be
                collected from users in the following two ways:
                 (1) Account Creation: Creating an account is optional, but to
                create an account the user will be required to enter their first name,
                last name, and email address. Those are the only mandatory fields in
                the profile account creation process and will be used to send an
                automated email allowing the user to validate their login credentials.
                This information will also be used to validate any users who already
                exist within the Bureau of Health Workforce Management Information
                Systems Solution (BMISS) database and allow an initial import of
                existing data at the request of the user.
                 (2) Profile Completion: Users may fill out a profile, but this
                function will be completely optional and will include fields such as
                location, discipline, specialty, and languages spoken. The information
                collected, if `published' by the user, will allow internal BMISS Site
                POCs the ability to search for anyone who may be a potential candidate
                for health care job opportunities at the site. Users also have the
                ability to make their profiles searchable by other end users through a
                security and privacy setting and can make their profiles private at any
                time. All information collected will be stored within existing secure
                BMISS databases and will be used internally for report generation on an
                as-needed basis.
                 Likely Respondents: Potential users will include individuals
                searching for a health care job opportunity or an NHSC or Nurse Corps
                health care facility, and health care facilities searching for
                potential candidates to fill open health care job opportunities at
                their sites.
                 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.
                 Total Estimated Annualized burden hours:
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                 Average
                 Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden
                 Form name respondents responses per responses response (in hours
                 respondent hours)
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                Account Creation................ 5,008 1 5,008 .08 400.64
                Complete Profile................ 4,164 1 4,164 1.00 4,164.00
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                 Total....................... \1\ 5,008 .............. 5,008 .............. 4,564.64
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                \1\ The 4,164 respondents who complete their profiles are a subset of the 5,008 respondents who create accounts.
                 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.
                [FR Doc. 2020-22067 Filed 10-5-20; 8:45 am]
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