Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Behavioral Health Integration Evidence Based Telehealth Network Program Integration Telehealth Evidence Collection Tool, OMB No. 0906-xxxx-New
Published Date: 2/6/2026
Notice
Summary
HRSA is asking for approval to collect new info on how telehealth helps bring mental health care into regular doctor visits, especially in rural and underserved areas. This means folks running these programs will share data to show what works best. You’ve got until March 9, 2026, to share your thoughts before the government gives the green light—no big costs, just smarter care through tech!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Grantees must submit new telehealth data
If you are a Behavioral Health Integration Evidence Based Telehealth Network Program (BHI EB-TNP) award recipient, you must submit annual performance data using a new evidence collection tool that includes 27 data elements about patient encounters. HRSA estimates 26 respondents will each submit one response, with an average burden of 66 hours per response and a total annual burden of 1,716 hours.
Data will inform telebehavioral care expansion
HRSA will use the collected data to evaluate integrating behavioral health into primary care via telehealth in rural and underserved areas, with goals to improve access to behavioral health services, reduce practitioner isolation, improve health system productivity and efficiency, and improve patient outcomes.
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