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Cohen Act of 1996; the Medicare
Modernization Act of 2003, and the
corresponding implementing
regulations. OMB Circular A–130,
Management of Federal Resources,
Appendix III, Security of Federal
Automated Information Resources also
applies. Federal, HHS, and CMS
policies and standards include but are
not limited to: All pertinent National
Institute of Standards and Technology
publications; the HHS Information
Systems Program Handbook and the
CMS Information Security Handbook.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
CMS will retain information for a total
period not to exceed 25 years. All
claims-related records are encompassed
by the document preservation order and
will be retained until notification is
received from DOJ.
SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS:
Director, Division of Chronic Care
Improvement Programs, Provider Billing
Group, Center for Medicare
Management, CMS, Mail Stop C4–10–
07, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244–1850.
Procedures above. Requestors should
also reasonably specify the record
contents being sought. (These
procedures are in accordance with
Department regulation 45 CFR
5b.5(a)(2)).
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
The subject individual should contact
the system manager named above, and
reasonably identify the record and
specify the information to be contested.
State the corrective action sought and
the reasons for the correction with
supporting justification. (These
procedures are in accordance with
Department regulation 45 CFR 5b.7).
RECORDS SOURCE CATEGORIES:
The data contained in this system of
records will be collected from Medicare
administrative and claims records, CCIO
administrative data systems, patient
medical charts, physician records, and
via survey instruments administered to
beneficiaries and providers.
SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF THE ACT:
None.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
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For purpose of access, the subject
individual should write to the system
manager who will require the system
name, employee identification number,
tax identification number, national
provider number, and for verification
purposes, the subject individual’s name
(woman’s maiden name, if applicable),
HICN, and/or SSN (furnishing the SSN
is voluntary, but it may make searching
for a record easier and prevent delay).
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RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE:
OMB No.: 0980–0270.
Description: As required by Federal
statute and regulation, each State
Protection and Advocacy (P&A) System
must prepare and submit to public
comment a Statement of Goals and
Priorities (SGP) for the P&A for
Developmental Disabilities (PADD)
program for each coming fiscal year.
The P&A is mandated to protect and
advocate under a range of different
Federally authorized disabilities
programs, but only the PADD program
requires an SGP. The final version of
this SGP, following the required public
input for the coming fiscal year, is
submitted to the Administration on
Developmental Disabilities (ADD). The
information in the SGP will be
aggregated into a national profile of
programmatic emphasis for P&A
Systems in the coming year. It will
provide ADD with a tool for monitoring
of the public input requirement.
Furthermore, it will provide an
overview of program direction, and
permit ADD to track accomplishments
against goals/targets, permitting the
formulation of technical assistance and
compliance with the Government
Performance and Results Act of 1993.
Respondents: State and Tribal
Governments.
Title: Developmental Disabilities
Protection and Advocacy Statement of
Goals and Priorities.
For purpose of access, use the same
procedures outlined in Notification
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request Proposed
Projects
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Instrument
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P&A SGP .........................................................................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,508.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
Copies of the proposed collection of
information can be obtained and
comments may be forwarded by writing
to the Administration for Children and
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Families, Office of Administration,
Office of Information Services, 370
L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington,
DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. E-mail address:
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests
should be identified by the title of the
information collection.
The Department specifically requests
comments on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
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Number of
responses per
respondent
1
Average
burden hours
per response
44
Total burden
hours
2,508
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
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comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Dated: April 19, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Response to Solicitation of Comments
on Proposed Changes to Criteria and
Process for Assessing Community
Need Under the President’s Health
Centers Initiative
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Response to solicitation of
comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: A notice was published in the
Federal Register (FRN) on February 4,
2005 (Vol. 70, No. 23, pp. 6016–6023),
detailing proposed changes to the Need
for Assistance (NFA) Worksheet criteria
being considered for use in future
Consolidated Health Center New Access
Point (NAP) grant cycles. The FRN
requested public comments on these
proposed changes and on the degree to
which Need should be weighted relative
to the other criteria used in the NAP
application scoring process. Comments
were to be provided to HRSA by March
7, 2005.
The proposed changes to the NFA
Worksheet criteria and the solicitation
of comments were motivated by HRSA’s
continuous efforts to improve its grant
processes. To that end, HRSA sought
comment on how to improve its
measure of need for comprehensive
primary and preventive health care
services in the service area or
population to be served by a NAP
applicant, and whether the weighting of
need relative to other application review
criteria should be increased.
Comments were received from over 50
organizations and/or individuals
regarding the proposed changes. These
comments were thoroughly evaluated.
This FRN presents a summary of the
comments received by topic, with
HRSA’s corresponding responses, and a
summary of the final changes HRSA has
decided to make to the NFA Worksheet
and the weighting of Need in the
application review process.
Authorizing Legislation: Section
330(e)(1)(A) of the Public Health Service
(PHS) Act, as amended, authorizes
support for the operation of public and
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nonprofit private health centers that
provide health services to medically
underserved populations. Similarly,
section 330(g) authorizes grants for
delivery of services to Migratory and
Seasonal Agricultural Workers; section
330(h) to Homeless populations; and
section 330(i) to residents of Public
Housing.
Reference: For the previous NFA
Worksheet criteria and previously used
application weights, see Program
Information Notice (PIN) 2005–01,
entitled (Requirements of Fiscal Year
2005 Funding Opportunity for Health
Center New Access Point Grant
Applications.’’
Background: The goal of the
President’s Health Centers Initiative,
which began in fiscal year (FY) 2002, is
to increase access to comprehensive
primary and preventive health care
services through development of new
and/or significantly expanded health
center access points in 1,200 of the
Nation’s neediest communities. Funded
health centers are expected to provide
comprehensive primary and preventive
health care services in areas of high
need that will improve the health status
of the medically underserved
populations to be served and decrease
health disparities. Services at these new
access points may be targeted toward an
entire community or service area or
toward a specific population group in
the service area that has been identified
as having unique and significant
barriers to affordable and accessible
health care services.
It is important that NAP grant awards
be made to entities that will
successfully implement a viable and
legislatively compliant program for the
delivery of comprehensive primary
health services. It is also essential that
all NAP applicants demonstrate the
need for such services in the
community/population to be served and
be evaluated on that need.
As part of its efforts to improve the
needs assessment process, HRSA
arranged for an external evaluation of
the NFA Worksheet criteria and the use
of need factors in the overall application
review process. The evaluation was
conducted by a team consisting of HSR,
Inc. and the University of North
Carolina’s Cecil G. Sheps Center for
Health Services Research. Key results of
the evaluation analyses were presented
in the FRN, as well as recommendations
for proposed changes. Comments were
solicited for the proposed changes.
A summary of the comments received
from the public and HRSA’s response to
these comments are presented below.
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Summary of General Comments on
Need and NFA Revision Topics
Timing of Implementation
Issue: The FRN indicated that the
second round of funding of FY 2005
NAP applications was being delayed,
pending receipt and consideration of
public comments on the proposed
changes to the NFA Worksheet criteria.
Comments: Comments on timing of
implementation reflected the fact that
two application cycles had been
announced for FY 2005. Applications
had been submitted for consideration
under the first deadline of December 1,
2004, and a second round application
deadline of May 23, 2005, was
anticipated. At the time of the FRN, no
applications had been submitted for the
second cycle. Comments indicated a
concern that changing the process of
determining NAP awards in the middle
of the FY 2005 cycle could potentially
result in significant costs to applicants
to revise and resubmit their NAP
application per the new NFA Worksheet
criteria and could be unfair to
applicants in the second cycle since
NAP applications funded from the first
round in FY 2005 would be reviewed
using different NFA Worksheet and
weighting of Need. HRSA was urged not
to make such a change in the middle of
a funding opportunity.
Response: HRSA will implement the
revised NFA Worksheet in future NAP
funding opportunities, in a manner
which will assure consistency within
each funding announcement.
Relative Importance of Need as an
Application Review Factor
Issue: The FRN stated that the
evaluation team had recommended
increasing the weight of Need in the
application review process from the
present 10 percent for a narrative
‘‘description of service area/community
and target population’’ to 20 percent
applied to the NFA Worksheet score.
The FRN requested public comments on
what percentage of the total application
score should be devoted to Need, and
whether that should be derived from an
objective revised NFA Worksheet score
or in some other manner.
Comments: Comments indicated
general concurrence that additional
points should be allocated to the
assessment of Need and supported
allocation of at least 20 percent of the
total application score to Need.
Additionally, comments indicated that
the existing narrative description of the
service area/population Need should be
retained, especially since it formed the
basis for other sections of the
application which describe how the
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Developmental Disabilities Protection and Advocacy Statement
of Goals and Priorities.
OMB No.: 0980-0270.
Description: As required by Federal statute and regulation, each
State Protection and Advocacy (P&A) System must prepare and submit to
public comment a Statement of Goals and Priorities (SGP) for the P&A
for Developmental Disabilities (PADD) program for each coming fiscal
year. The P&A is mandated to protect and advocate under a range of
different Federally authorized disabilities programs, but only the PADD
program requires an SGP. The final version of this SGP, following the
required public input for the coming fiscal year, is submitted to the
Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD). The information in
the SGP will be aggregated into a national profile of programmatic
emphasis for P&A Systems in the coming year. It will provide ADD with a
tool for monitoring of the public input requirement. Furthermore, it
will provide an overview of program direction, and permit ADD to track
accomplishments against goals/targets, permitting the formulation of
technical assistance and compliance with the Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993.
Respondents: State and Tribal Governments.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average
Instrument Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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P&A SGP......................................... 57 1 44 2,508
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,508.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade,
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail
address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
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comments and suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication.
Dated: April 19, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-3911 Filed 4-25-06; 8:45 am]
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