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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10117, 10118,
10119, 10135, 10136, 10214, and CMS–
10216]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, Department of
Health and Human Services.
In compliance with the requirement
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), Department of Health
and Human Services, is publishing the
following summary of proposed
collections for public comment.
Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including any
of the following subjects: (1) The
necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper
performance of the Agency’s function;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection
burden.
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension without change of a
currently approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicare
Advantage Applications: Medicare
Advantage (MA) Application
Coordinated Care Plans (CMS–10117),
Medicare Advantage (MA) Application
Private Fee-For-Service Plans (CMS–
10118); Medicare Advantage (MA)
Application Regional PPO Plans (CMS–
10119); Medicare Advantage (MA)
Application Service Area Expansion
(SAE) for Coordinated Care Plans:
Private Fee For Service Plans (CMS–
10135); Medical Savings Account Plans
(CMS–10136), and Employer Group
Waiver Plans (CMS–10214); Form
Number: CMS–10117, 10118, 10119,
10135, 10136 and 10214 (OMB#: 0938–
0935); Use: An entity seeking a contract
as an MA organization must be able to
provide Medicare’s basic benefits plus
meet the organizational requirements set
out under the regulations at 42 CFR Part
422. An applicant must demonstrate
that it can meet the benefit and other
requirements within the specific
geographic area it is requesting. The
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application forms are designed to give
CMS the information needed to
determine a health plan’s compliance
with the regulations at 42 CFR Part 422.
The MA application forms will be used
by CMS to determine whether an entity
is eligible to enter into a contract to
provide services to Medicare
beneficiaries; Frequency: Reporting—
Once; Affected Public: Business or other
for-profit and not-for-profit institutions;
Number of Respondents: 220; Total
Annual Responses: 220; Total Annual
Hours: 5580.
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension without change of a
currently approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Alternative
Benefits State Plan Amendment Health
Opportunity Accounts (HOA)
Demonstration Program; Use: The DRA
provides States with numerous
flexibilities in operating their State
Medicaid programs. For example,
Section 6082 of the DRA allows up to
10 States to operate Medicaid
demonstrations to test alternative
systems for delivering their Medicaid
benefits. Under these demonstrations,
States would have the flexibility to
deliver their Medicaid benefits to
volunteer beneficiaries through a
program that is comprised of an HOA
and a High Deductible Health Plan
(HDHP). Under the DRA, States can
submit a State Plan Pre-print to CMS to
effectuate this change to their Medicaid
programs. CMS will provide a State
Medicaid Director letter providing
guidance on this provision and the
implementation of the DRA and the
associated State Plan Amendment
template for use by States to modify
their Medicaid State Plans if they
choose to implement this flexibility;
Form Number: CMS–10216 (OMB#:
0938–1007); Frequency: Reporting: Onetime; Affected Public: State, Local or
Tribal Government; Number of
Respondents: 56; Total Annual
Responses: 10; Total Annual Hours: 10.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, access CMS Web Site
address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/
PaperworkReductionActof1995, or email your request, including your
address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to
Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786–
1326.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collections must be mailed
or faxed within 30 days of this notice
directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB
Human Resources and Housing Branch,
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Attention: Carolyn Lovett, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, Fax Number:
(202) 395–6974.
Dated: June 8, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–R–216, CMS-R–
262, CMS–10173, and CMS–R–308]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, Department of
Health and Human Services.
In compliance with the requirement
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) is publishing the
following summary of proposed
collections for public comment.
Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including any
of the following subjects: (1) The
necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper
performance of the agency’s functions;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection
burden.
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Issuance of
Advisory Opinions Concerning
Physicians’ Referrals; Use: Section
1877(g)(6) of the Social Security Act (the
Act), requires that the Department of
Health and Human Services issue
advisory opinions concerning whether
the referral of a Medicare patient by a
physician for certain designated health
services (other than clinical laboratory
services) is prohibited under the
physician referral provisions of the
Social Security Act. Section 1877(g)(6)
of the Act requires that the Department
of Health and Human Services accept
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requests for advisory opinions made
after November 3, 1997 and before
August 21, 2000. Section 543 of the
Benefits Improvement and Protection
Act of 2001, Public Law 106–554,
extended indefinitely the period during
which the Department of Health and
Human Services accepts requests for
these advisory opinions. The collection
of information contained in 42 CFR
411.372 and 411.373 is necessary to
comply with this statutory mandate, and
allow CMS to consider requests for
advisory opinions and provide accurate
and useful opinions. Form Number:
CMS–R–216 (OMB#: 0938–0714);
Frequency: Once; Affected Public:
Business or other for-profit and not-forprofit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 50 Total Annual
Responses: 50; Total Annual Hours:
1,000.
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Plan Benefit
Package (PBP) and Formulary
Submission for Medicare Advantage
(MA) Plans and Prescription Drug Plans
(PDP); Use: CMS requires that MA and
PDP organizations submit a completed
formulary and PBP as part of the annual
bidding process. During this process,
organizations prepare their proposed
plan benefit packages for the upcoming
contract year and submit them to CMS
for review and approval. To see the
comprehensive list of changes from
CY2007 to CY2008, please refer to the
document entitled ‘‘Appendix B—PBPFormulary CY2008 List of Changes.’’
Form Number: CMS–R–262 (OMB#:
0938–0763); Frequency: Yearly; Affected
Public: Business or other for-profit and
not-for-profit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 450 Total Annual
Responses: 4725; Total Annual Hours:
10,800.
3. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Individuals
Authorized Access to the CMS
Computer Services (IACS); Form
Number: CMS–10173 (OMB#: 0938–
0989) Use: The Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services (CMS) is
requesting the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) approval of the
Individuals Authorized to Customer
Service Application for Access to CMS
Computer Systems. The IACS system
provides a centralized user provisioning
and administration service that supports
the creation, deletion, and lifecycle
management of enterprise identities.
This service creates accounts, supports
Role Based Access Control (RBAC), the
form flow approval process and
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enterprise identity audit and
recertification, and provides business
application integration points. An
application integration point allows
business application owners to use the
form flow process of the user
provisioning service to approve or deny
requests for access to business
applications. The primary purpose of
this system is to implement a unified
framework for managing user
information and access rights, for those
individuals who apply for and are
granted access across multiple CMS
systems and business contexts.
Information in this system will also be
used to: (1) Support regulatory and
policy functions performed within the
Agency or by a contractor or consultant;
(2) support constituent requests made to
a Congressional representative; and (3)
to support litigation involving the
Agency related to this system. Although
the Privacy Act requires only that the
‘‘routine use’’ portion of the system be
published for comment, CMS invites
comments on all portions of this notice.
Frequency: As required; Affected Public:
Individuals or households; Business or
other for-profit and not-for-profit; State,
Local or Tribal governments; Number of
Respondents: 60,000,000 Total Annual
Responses: 15,000,000; Total Annual
Hours: 15,000,000.
4. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: State Children’s
Health Insurance Program and
Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR
431.636, 457.50, 457.60, 457.70,
457.340, 457.350, 457.431, 457.440,
457.525, 457.560, 457.570, 457.740,
457.750, 457.810, 457.940, 457.945,
457.965, 457.985, 457.1005, 457.1015,
and 457.1180; Form Number: CMS–R–
308 (OMB#: 0938–0841) Use: States are
required to submit title XXI plans and
amendments for approval by the
Secretary pursuant to section 2102 of
the Social Security Act in order to
receive funds for initiating and
expanding health insurance coverage for
uninsured children. States are also
required to submit State expenditure
and statistical reports, annual reports
and State evaluations to the Secretary as
outlined in title XXI of the Social
Security Act. Frequency: Yearly and
quarterly; Affected Public: State, Local
or Tribal governments; Number of
Respondents: 56; Total Annual
Responses: 1,454,601; Total Annual
Hours: 864,933.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, access CMS’ Web Site
address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/
PO 00000
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PaperworkReductionActof1995, or Email your request, including your
address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to
Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786–
1326.
To be assured consideration,
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collections must
be received at the address below, no
later than 5 p.m. on August 14, 2007.
CMS, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs, Division of
Regulations Development—C, Attention:
Bonnie L Harkless, Room C4–26–05,
7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244–1850.
Dated: June 7, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 2007N–0220]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Animal Drug User
Fee Cover Sheet, FDA Form 3546
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed collection of certain
information by the agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the
PRA), Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension of an existing collection of
information, and to allow 60 days for
public comment in response to the
notice. This notice solicits comments on
the hourly burden necessary to
complete FDA Form 3546, ‘‘Animal
Drug User Fee Cover Sheet.’’
DATES: Submit written or electronic
comments on the collection of
information by August 14, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit electronic
comments on the collection of
information to: https://www.fda.gov/
dockets/ecomments. Submit written
comments on the collection of
information to the Division of Dockets
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-R-216, CMS-R-262, CMS-10173, and CMS-R-308]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health
and Human Services.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) is publishing the following summary of proposed
collections for public comment. Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1)
The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for
the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information collection burden.
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Issuance of
Advisory Opinions Concerning Physicians' Referrals; Use: Section
1877(g)(6) of the Social Security Act (the Act), requires that the
Department of Health and Human Services issue advisory opinions
concerning whether the referral of a Medicare patient by a physician
for certain designated health services (other than clinical laboratory
services) is prohibited under the physician referral provisions of the
Social Security Act. Section 1877(g)(6) of the Act requires that the
Department of Health and Human Services accept
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requests for advisory opinions made after November 3, 1997 and before
August 21, 2000. Section 543 of the Benefits Improvement and Protection
Act of 2001, Public Law 106-554, extended indefinitely the period
during which the Department of Health and Human Services accepts
requests for these advisory opinions. The collection of information
contained in 42 CFR 411.372 and 411.373 is necessary to comply with
this statutory mandate, and allow CMS to consider requests for advisory
opinions and provide accurate and useful opinions. Form Number: CMS-R-
216 (OMB: 0938-0714); Frequency: Once; Affected Public:
Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 50 Total Annual Responses: 50; Total Annual Hours: 1,000.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Plan Benefit
Package (PBP) and Formulary Submission for Medicare Advantage (MA)
Plans and Prescription Drug Plans (PDP); Use: CMS requires that MA and
PDP organizations submit a completed formulary and PBP as part of the
annual bidding process. During this process, organizations prepare
their proposed plan benefit packages for the upcoming contract year and
submit them to CMS for review and approval. To see the comprehensive
list of changes from CY2007 to CY2008, please refer to the document
entitled ``Appendix B--PBP-Formulary CY2008 List of Changes.'' Form
Number: CMS-R-262 (OMB: 0938-0763); Frequency: Yearly;
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit and not-for-profit
institutions; Number of Respondents: 450 Total Annual Responses: 4725;
Total Annual Hours: 10,800.
3. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Individuals
Authorized Access to the CMS Computer Services (IACS); Form Number:
CMS-10173 (OMB: 0938-0989) Use: The Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS) is requesting the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval of the Individuals Authorized to Customer Service
Application for Access to CMS Computer Systems. The IACS system
provides a centralized user provisioning and administration service
that supports the creation, deletion, and lifecycle management of
enterprise identities. This service creates accounts, supports Role
Based Access Control (RBAC), the form flow approval process and
enterprise identity audit and recertification, and provides business
application integration points. An application integration point allows
business application owners to use the form flow process of the user
provisioning service to approve or deny requests for access to business
applications. The primary purpose of this system is to implement a
unified framework for managing user information and access rights, for
those individuals who apply for and are granted access across multiple
CMS systems and business contexts. Information in this system will also
be used to: (1) Support regulatory and policy functions performed
within the Agency or by a contractor or consultant; (2) support
constituent requests made to a Congressional representative; and (3) to
support litigation involving the Agency related to this system.
Although the Privacy Act requires only that the ``routine use'' portion
of the system be published for comment, CMS invites comments on all
portions of this notice. Frequency: As required; Affected Public:
Individuals or households; Business or other for-profit and not-for-
profit; State, Local or Tribal governments; Number of Respondents:
60,000,000 Total Annual Responses: 15,000,000; Total Annual Hours:
15,000,000.
4. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: State Children's
Health Insurance Program and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 431.636,
457.50, 457.60, 457.70, 457.340, 457.350, 457.431, 457.440, 457.525,
457.560, 457.570, 457.740, 457.750, 457.810, 457.940, 457.945, 457.965,
457.985, 457.1005, 457.1015, and 457.1180; Form Number: CMS-R-308
(OMB: 0938-0841) Use: States are required to submit title XXI
plans and amendments for approval by the Secretary pursuant to section
2102 of the Social Security Act in order to receive funds for
initiating and expanding health insurance coverage for uninsured
children. States are also required to submit State expenditure and
statistical reports, annual reports and State evaluations to the
Secretary as outlined in title XXI of the Social Security Act.
Frequency: Yearly and quarterly; Affected Public: State, Local or
Tribal governments; Number of Respondents: 56; Total Annual Responses:
1,454,601; Total Annual Hours: 864,933.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS'
Web Site address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995,
or E-mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB
number, and CMS document identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call
the Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326.
To be assured consideration, comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collections must be received at the address below,
no later than 5 p.m. on August 14, 2007.
CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Division of Regulations Development--C, Attention: Bonnie L Harkless,
Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: June 7, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
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