HRSA Updates Rural Health Reporting Forms
Published Date: 7/7/2026
Notice
Summary
HRSA is updating how it collects info from rural health programs to make reporting easier and clearer. This affects organizations running rural health outreach grants and aims to improve how services are tracked and expanded. Public comments are open until August 6, 2026, with no new costs expected—just smoother paperwork!
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Reporting Sections Consolidated for Clarity
HRSA is combining three report sub-sections (Consortium/Network, Access to Care, and Population Demographics) into two new sub-sections called Capacity/Organizational Information and Access/Population Demographics to make reporting clearer and easier for Outreach awardees.
Nine New Maternal Health Measures Added
HRSA added nine new maternal health measures (four required and five optional) that apply only to the 11 award recipients in the Healthy Rural Hometown Initiative track.
Estimated Reporting Burden: 58 Respondents, 507.5 Hours
HRSA estimates the total annualized reporting burden for this collection is 507.50 hours across 58 Outreach award recipients, which equals 8.75 hours per respondent.
New Sustainability Question and Response Revisions
HRSA is adding one new question and revising the response selection list related to sustainability in the Outreach performance measures reported annually by awardees.
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