FORHP 0906-0010 OMB NonSubstantive Change Request (RHND) 6.4.25

5600 Fishers Lane

Rockville, MD 20857

DATE: June 4, 2025

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

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

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Request: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) requests approval for changes to the Rural Health Network Development Program Performance Measures (OMB 0906-0010 expiration date 03/31/2027).

Purpose: HRSA is requesting a change to revise response options to align with this Administration’s priorities and to comply with Executive Order (E.O.) 14151, “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing.”

This memo explains the changes and supporting rationale.

Changes: This request involves deletion of response/selection options for certain questions within the form.

Changes are outlined in Table A (see below) and in the track changes version of the OMB approved measures (see Attachment).

Time Sensitivity: HRSA requests approval within the standard 10-day period (no later than June 18, 2025) to avoid any delay to data collection under 0906-0010.

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

PROPOSED CLARIFICATIONS AND NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES:

Table A

Instrument	Type of Change	Question/Item	Change implemented	Rationale
Rural Health Network Development Program Performance Measures	Remove response option	Section I – 1 (Network Collaboration - Type of Participant Organization)	Remove “Migrant Health Center”	Align with this Administration’s priorities.
	Remove response option	Section II – 15 (Demographics and Services – Type of new, continued, and/or expanded service area provided by the network as a result of RHND grant funding)	Remove “Translation Services” and “Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health”	Align with this Administration’s priorities, comply with E.O. 14151.

Attachments:

1. Rural Health Network Development Program Performance Measures instrument (See deletions in track-changes in the attached document).

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