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Ultimately, CMS decides whether to
approve the plan pricing (i.e., payment
and premium) proposed by each
organization. Form Number: CMS–
10142 (OMB#: 0938–0944); Frequency:
Yearly; Affected Public: Business or
other for-profits and not-for-profit
institutions; Number of Respondents:
550; Total Annual Responses: 4,950;
Total Annual Hours: 148,500. (For
policy questions regarding this
collection contact Diane Spitalnic at
410–786–5745. For all other issues call
410–786–1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: CY 2012 Plan
Benefit Package (PBP) Software and
Formulary Submission; Under the
Medicare Modernization Act (MMA),
Medicare Advantage (MA) and
Prescription Drug Plan (PDP)
organizations are required to submit
plan benefit packages for all Medicare
beneficiaries residing in their service
area. The plan benefit package
submission consists of the Plan Benefit
Package (PBP) software, formulary file,
and supporting documentation, as
necessary. MA and PDP organizations
use the PBP software to describe their
organization’s plan benefit packages,
including information on premiums,
cost sharing, authorization rules, and
supplemental benefits. They also
generate a formulary to describe their
list of drugs, including information on
prior authorization, step therapy,
tiering, and quantity limits.
Additionally, CMS uses the PBP and
formulary data to review and approve
the plan benefit packages proposed by
each MA and PDP organization.
CMS requires that MA and PDP
organizations submit a completed PBP
and formulary 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. Refer to the
supporting document ‘‘Appendix B’’ for
a list of changes. Form Number: CMS–
R–262 (OMB#: 0938–0763); Frequency:
Yearly; Affected Public: Business or
other for-profits and not-for-profit
institutions; Number of Respondents:
651; Total Annual Responses: 6,159;
Total Annual Hours: 45,407. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Kristy Holtje at 410–786–2209.
For all other issues call 410–786–1326.)
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 by the OMB desk officer at
the address below, no later than 5 p.m.
on February 9, 2011, OMB, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: CMS Desk Officer. Fax
Number: (202) 395–6974. E-mail:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development DivisionB, Office of Strategic Operations and
Regulatory Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Tracking of Participants in the
Early Head Start Research and
Evaluation Project.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Billing Accounting Code (BAC):
418422 (G994426).
Description: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACE) within the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) will conduct tracking of
children/families who participated in
the Early Head Start Research and
Evaluation Project (EHSREP). The
purpose of tracking these participants is
to maintain up-to-date contact
information for the children/families in
the event that the Administration for
Children and Families (ACE) determines
that a future follow-up to the EHSREP
will take place.
The EHSREP is a longitudinal study
originally designed to meet 1994
requirement for a national evaluation of
the Early Head Start program. 3001
children and families in 17 sites were
randomly assigned either to the program
group (allowed to enroll in EHS), or to
the control group (precluded from
enrolling in EHS, although they could
receive other services in the
community). Child and family
assessments were conducted when
children were 14 months old, 24 months
old, 36 months old, in the spring prior
to kindergarten entry, and again in the
spring of the sixth year of formal
schooling (5th grade for most children).
If the decision is made to follow the
sample through high school, it is
important to maintain contact with the
participants so that response rates at
follow-up points will be maximized.
Telephone interviews will be conducted
in order to update the respondent’s
location and contact information. This
information will be collected from
parents or guardians in the spring of
2011.
Respondents: Treatment and control
group members in the Early Head Start
Research and Evaluation Project.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Annual
number of
respondents
Instrument
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Tracking Interview ............................................................................................
3rd Party Contacts ...........................................................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 685.
Additional Information
Copies of the proposed collection may
be obtained by writing to the
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Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC
20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance
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identified by the title of the information
collection. E-mail address:
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
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OMB Comment
OMB is required to make a decision
concerning the collection of information
between 30 and 60 days after
publication of this document in the
Federal Register.
Therefore, a comment is best assured
of having its full effect if OMB receives
it within 30 days of publication.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
directly to the following: Office of
Management and Budget, Paperwork
Reduction Project. Fax: 202–395–6974.
Attn: Desk Officer for the
Administration for Children and
Families.
Dated: January 4, 2011.
Steven M. Hanmer,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Issuance of Final Policy Directive
Administration for Native
Americans, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Native Americans (ANA) is issuing final
interpretive rules, general statements of
policy and rules of agency organization,
procedure, or practice relating to the
following Funding Opportunity
Announcements (FOAs): Social and
Economic Development Strategies
(SEDS), Social and Economic
Development Strategies—Tribal
Governance (SEDS—TG), Social and
Economic Development Strategies—
Assets for Independence (SEDS—AFI),
Native Language Preservation and
Maintenance (Language P&M), Native
Language Preservation and
Maintenance—Esther Martinez Initiative
(Language—EMI), and Environmental
Regulatory Enhancement (ERE). This
notice also provides information about
how ANA will administer these
programs.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathy Killian, Program Specialist, (877)
922–9262.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
814 of the Native American Programs
Act of 1974 (NAPA), as amended,
requires ANA to provide members of the
public an opportunity to comment on
proposed changes in interpretive rules,
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A. Funding Opportunity
Announcements
1. Social and Economic Development
Strategies (SEDS)
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general statements of policy and rules of
agency organization, procedure, or
practice and to give notice of the final
adoption of such changes at least 30
days before the changes become
effective.
ANA published a Notice of Public
Comment (NOPC) in the Federal
Register (75 FR 74056) on November 30,
2010, with proposed policy and
program clarifications, modifications,
and activities for the fiscal year (FY)
2011 FOAs. The public comment period
was open for 30 days. ANA did not
receive any public comments on the
NOPC, and this notice shall suffice as
ANA’s final policy.
In FY 2011, ANA will combine the
SEDS and SEDS—Special Initiative
(SEDS—SI) FOAs from FY 2010 into one
SEDS FOA. The SEDS FOA will include
all program areas of interest from the
previous FOAs which address Social
Development, Economic Development,
and Strengthening Families. Governance
projects will be addressed in a separate
FOA (see SEDS—TG, below). The SEDS
FOA will include two funding ranges
with the higher funding amount being
the disqualification factor for
applications (see Section C of this
Notice for more information on funding
ranges). Furthermore, through the SEDS
FOA, ANA will fund project proposals
from Tribes to prepare applications for
Federal recognition. Tribes will only be
allowed to receive funding for this
priority area once, as per the funding
restriction which states, ‘‘ANA does not
fund projects that are essentially
identical or similar in whole or in part
to previously funded projects proposed
by the same applicant or activities or
projects proposed by a consortium that
duplicate activities for which any
consortium member also receives
funding from ANA.’’ This is a return to
the ANA priority of the 1990s. (Legal
authority: Section 803(a) of NAPA, as
amended.)
2. SEDS—Tribal Governance (TG)
In FY 2011, ANA will introduce
SEDS—TG to fund Tribal governance
projects. These types of projects were
formerly funded under SEDS. ANA will
expand the governance priority to
emphasize projects that strengthen the
internal capacity and infrastructure of
Tribal governments to increase services
provided to children and families. The
FOA will also emphasize increasing the
Tribal government’s ability to exercise
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local control and decision making over
their resources. ANA is particularly
interested in projects designed to
develop strong linkages between social
services, health programs, and schools
serving Native children. Program areas
of interest will be expanded to include:
(1) Interoperability: Promote program
coordination among human and social
service programs for Tribal communities
to strengthen the programs they provide
to their children, youth, and families.
(2) Comprehensive Strategies:
Develop comprehensive
intergovernmental strategies involving
Tribal, State, and Federal governments
to meet the needs of Tribal children and
youth.
(3) Self-Governance: Build the
capacity and infrastructure of Tribal
governments to enter into selfgovernance compacts.
ANA believes this FOA will
encourage Tribes and Native
communities to look at new
opportunities and methods for
providing services to their communities.
Applicants eligible for this FOA are the
same as those identified for SEDS.
(Legal authority: Section 803(a) of
NAPA, as amended.)
3. SEDS—Assets for Independence (AFI)
ANA is partnering with the Office of
Community Services’ (OCS) AFI
program to support Tribes and Native
organizations in planning and
implementing comprehensive assetbuilding projects. ANA and OCS are
providing this support through funding
opportunities, training, and technical
assistance. The AFI program is an
assets-based approach for assisting lowincome families out of poverty. The
program assists individuals and families
to save earned income in specialpurpose, matched savings accounts
called Individual Development
Accounts (IDAs). Every dollar in savings
deposited into an IDA by a participant
will be combined with non-participant
funds (from $1 to $8 combined Federal
(AFI) and non-Federal funds). The
program promotes savings and enables a
participant to acquire a lasting asset. An
AFI participant can use the IDA savings
to achieve any of three objectives:
Acquire a first home, capitalize a small
business, or enroll in postsecondary
education or training.
ANA, through its SEDS program, and
OCS, through its AFI program, are
offering Tribes and Native organizations
a joint funding initiative. The purpose
of the joint SEDS—AFI funding is to
support Tribes and Native organizations
implement asset building projects with
an AFI-funded IDA component. The
ANA—SEDS portion of the funding will
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[FR Doc No: 2011-207]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Tracking of Participants in the Early Head Start Research
and Evaluation Project.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Billing Accounting Code (BAC): 418422 (G994426).
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACE)
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will conduct
tracking of children/families who participated in the Early Head Start
Research and Evaluation Project (EHSREP). The purpose of tracking these
participants is to maintain up-to-date contact information for the
children/families in the event that the Administration for Children and
Families (ACE) determines that a future follow-up to the EHSREP will
take place.
The EHSREP is a longitudinal study originally designed to meet 1994
requirement for a national evaluation of the Early Head Start program.
3001 children and families in 17 sites were randomly assigned either to
the program group (allowed to enroll in EHS), or to the control group
(precluded from enrolling in EHS, although they could receive other
services in the community). Child and family assessments were conducted
when children were 14 months old, 24 months old, 36 months old, in the
spring prior to kindergarten entry, and again in the spring of the
sixth year of formal schooling (5th grade for most children).
If the decision is made to follow the sample through high school,
it is important to maintain contact with the participants so that
response rates at follow-up points will be maximized. Telephone
interviews will be conducted in order to update the respondent's
location and contact information. This information will be collected
from parents or guardians in the spring of 2011.
Respondents: Treatment and control group members in the Early Head
Start Research and Evaluation Project.
Annual Burden Estimates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Instrument Annual number responses per hours per Total annual
of respondents respondent response burden hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tracking Interview.............................. 2700 1 .25 675
3rd Party Contacts.............................. 200 1 .05 10
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 685.
Additional Information
Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447,
Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified
by the title of the information collection. E-mail address:
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
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OMB Comment
OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of
information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document
in the Federal Register.
Therefore, a comment is best assured of having its full effect if
OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project. Fax: 202-395-6974.
Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families.
Dated: January 4, 2011.
Steven M. Hanmer,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-207 Filed 1-7-11; 8:45 am]
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