Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 50372-50373 [E7-17351]

Agencies

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 169 (Friday, August 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50372-50373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17351]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-10249 and CMS-10120]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS.
    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: New Collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Administrative Requirements for section 6071 of 
the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA); Use: CMS will use an 
Operational Protocol Instruction Guide and template for the development 
of Operational Protocols for the States selected to participate in the 
Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration. The guide 
will provide instruction on the required elements of the State's 
Operational Protocol, which must be submitted and approved before a 
State may enroll individuals in the State's demonstration program or 
begin to claim service dollars. The DRA Section 6071(c)(9) requires the 
States to provide information and assurances that total expenditures 
under the State Medicaid program for home and community-based long-term 
care services will not be less for any fiscal year during the MFP 
demonstration project than for the greater of such expenditures for 
fiscal year 2005 or any succeeding fiscal year before the first of the 
year of the MFP demonstration project. Accordingly, States are required 
to submit Maintenance of Effort (MOE) forms and MFP Budget forms on an 
annual basis. Additionally, in order to receive enhanced FMAP, States 
are required to submit the MFP Demonstration Financial Forms on a 
quarterly basis. Section 6071(g) of the DRA requires a national 
evaluation of the MFP demonstration project and a final report to the 
President and Congress. For the national evaluation, States will be 
required to submit semi-annual reports that describe their progress in 
implementing their MFP programs and rebalancing their long-term care 
systems. In addition, States will be required to submit on a quarterly 
basis an MFP Finders File, which will include eligibility records for 
all MFP participants, and an MFP Services File, which will include 
records for each service funded with MFP grant funds. Form Number: CMS-
10249 (OMB: 0938-NEW); Frequency: Reporting--Yearly, 
Quarterly, Semi-annually and Once; Affected Public: States, Local or 
Tribal Governments; Number of Respondents: 31; Total Annual Responses: 
229.4; Total Annual Hours: 7,843.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension without change 
of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: 
1932 State Plan Amendment Template, State Plan Requirements and 
Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 438.50; Form No.: CMS-10120 
(OMB 0938-0933); Use: The State Medicaid Agencies will 
complete the template. CMS will review the information to determine if 
the State has met all the requirements under 1932(1)(1)(A) and 42 CFR 
438.50. Once all requirements are met, the State will be allowed to 
enroll Medicaid

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beneficiaries on a mandatory basis into managed care entities without 
section 1115 or 1915(b) waiver authority; Frequency: On occasion; 
Affected Public: State, local, or tribal government; Number of 
Respondents: 56; Total Annual Responses: 10; Total Annual Hours: 100.
    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 October 30, 2007.

CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of 
Regulations Development--A, Attention: Melissa Musotto, Room C4-26-05, 
7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: August 24, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7-17351 Filed 8-30-07; 8:45 am]
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