FORHP_0915-0392_OMB NonSubstantive Change Request_05012025

DATE: May 19, 2025

TO: Dan Cline, Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget

FROM: Samantha Miller, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Planning, Analysis and Evaluation, Health Resources and Services Administration

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Request: The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy requests approval for changes to the Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network Program Information Collection Request (OMB 0915-0392, expiration date August 31, 2026).

Purpose: HRSA is requesting a change request to revise questions to align with the Administration’s priorities, including Executive Order 14148 Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions and Executive Order 14151 Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing. This memorandum explains the changes and supporting rationale.

Changes: This request updates variables collected under the following instruments: Grantee Follow-up Survey, Grantee Exit Survey and Trainee Survey. This request involves the following:

• Revision of existing survey category header(s)

• Revision of existing question(s)

• Revision of existing response option(s)

Changes are outlined in detail in the table below and in the track changes version of each instrument.

Time Sensitivity: HRSA requests approval within the standard 10-day period to avoid any delay to data collection under 0915-0392.

Burden: The proposed changes are not expected to have any impact on burden.

PROPOSED CLARIFICATIONS AND NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES:

Form (File Location)	Type of Change	Question/Item	Change Implemented
Grantee Follow-up Survey (Attachment 2A)	Revise training topic option	To date, which of the following topics has your consortium offered trainings for through the RPHWTNP? (Please select all that apply). behavioral health care coordination case management community health workers community paramedicine COVID-related topics cultural competence cybersecurity doula services electronic health records (EHR) emergency medical technician (EMT) health IT HIPAA compliance insurance benefits counseling medical assistant medical billing and coding nursing peer recovery/peer support respiratory care telehealth	To date, which of the following topics has your consortium offered trainings for through the RPHWTNP? (Please select all that apply). behavioral health care coordination case management community health workers community paramedicine COVID-related topics community awareness cybersecurity doula services electronic health records (EHR) emergency medical technician (EMT) health IT HIPAA compliance insurance benefits counseling medical assistant medical billing and coding nursing peer recovery/peer support respiratory care telehealth
	Revise category header	Access & Equity	Access
Grantee Exit Survey (Attachment 2B) Grantee Exit Survey (cont.) (Attachment 2B)	Revise training topic option	What trainings did this training network, or consortium, offer throughout the duration of the RPHWTNP? behavioral health care coordination case management community health workers community paramedicine COVID-related topics cultural competence cybersecurity doula services electronic health records (EHR) emergency medical technician (EMT) health IT HIPAA compliance insurance benefits counseling medical assistant medical billing and coding nursing peer recovery/ peer support respiratory care telehealth	What trainings did this training network, or consortium, offer throughout the duration of the RPHWTNP? behavioral health care coordination case management community health workers community paramedicine COVID-related topics community awareness cybersecurity doula services electronic health records (EHR) emergency medical technician (EMT) health IT HIPAA compliance insurance benefits counseling medical assistant medical billing and coding nursing peer recovery/ peer support respiratory care telehealth
	Revise category header	Access & Equity	Access
	Revise question/ instructions Revise response options	Please provide some examples of strategies your training network or consortium, is using to incorporate cultural responsiveness and racial equity in the trainings that were offered. Our consortium used the following strategies to incorporate cultural responsiveness and racial equity in the trainings: Our consortium did not use any strategies to incorporate cultural responsiveness and racial equity in the trainings.	Please provide some examples of strategies your training network, or consortium, utilized to ensure the trainings offered were responsive to the needs of communities in your service area(s). Our consortium utilized the following strategies to ensure trainings offered were responsive to the needs of communities in our service area(s): Our consortium did not utilize any strategies to ensure trainings offered were responsive to the needs of communities in our service area(s).
Trainee Survey (Attachment 2C) Trainee Survey (cont.) (Attachment 2C)	Revise response options	What training did you complete? behavioral health care coordination case management community health workers community paramedicine COVID-related topics cultural competence cybersecurity doula services electronic health records (EHR) emergency medical technician (EMT) health IT HIPAA compliance insurance benefits counseling medical assistant medical billing and coding nursing peer recovery/ peer support respiratory care telehealth	What training did you complete? behavioral health care coordination case management community health workers community paramedicine COVID-related topics community awareness cybersecurity doula services electronic health records (EHR) emergency medical technician (EMT) health IT HIPAA compliance insurance benefits counseling medical assistant medical billing and coding nursing peer recovery/ peer support respiratory care telehealth

Attachment:

1. FORHP_0915-0392_GranteeFollowupSurvey_Redline 05012025

2. FORHP_0915-0392_FORHP_GranteeExitSurvey_Redline 05012025

3. FORHP_0915-0392_FORHP_TraineeSurvey_Redline 05012025