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Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Disease, Disability, and Injury
Prevention and Control Special
Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review
HIV Testing Behavior and HIV
Prevention with Positive Persons,
Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA), PS12–001, initial review.
In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
announces the aforementioned meeting:
Time and Date: 8 a.m.–5 p.m.,
February 28, 2012 (Closed).
Place: Sheraton Gateway Hotel
Atlanta Airport, 1900 Sullivan Road,
Atlanta, Georgia 30337, Telephone:
(770) 997–1100.
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(4) and (6), Title 5 U.S.C., and the
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Testing Behavior and HIV Prevention
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Gregory Anderson, M.S., M.P.H.,
Scientific Review Officer, CDC, 1600
Clifton Road NE., Mailstop E60, Atlanta,
Georgia 30333, Telephone: (404) 718–
8833.
The Director, Management Analysis
and Services Office, has been delegated
the authority to sign Federal Register
notices pertaining to announcements of
meetings and other committee
management activities, for both the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry.
Dated: December 20, 2011.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services
Office, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–R–74 and CMS–
10338]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
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: Extension without change of a
currently approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Income and
Eligibility Verification System (IEVS)
Reporting and Supporting Regulations
Contained in 42 CFR 431.17, 431.306,
435.910, 435.920, and 435.940–960;
Use: The information collected is used
to verify the income and eligibility of
Medicaid applicants and recipients, as
required by Section 1137 of the Social
Security Act. Final regulations to
implement Section 1137 of the Act were
published February 28, 1986.
Subsequent final amendments to the
regulations were published on February
27, 1987; March 2, 1989; October 7,
1992; and January 31, 1994. These
regulations provide the standards States
use to determine which recipient and
applicant records to match, the
frequency of the match, due process
protections for individuals whose
records are matched, and those
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circumstances which permit exceptions
from conducting verifications; Form
Number: CMS–R–74 (OCN 0938–0467);
Frequency: Monthly; Affected Public:
State, Local, or Tribal Governments;
Number of Respondents: 50; Total
Annual Responses: 8,520,000; Total
Annual Hours: 124,054. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Barbara Washington at (410)
786–9964. For all other issues call (410)
786–1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Affordable Care
Act Internal Claims and Appeals and
External Review Procedures for Nongrandfathered Group Health Plans and
Issuers and Individual Market Issuers;
Use: The Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111–
148, (the Affordable Care Act) was
enacted on March 23, 2010. As part of
the Act, Congress added PHS Act
section 2719, which provides rules
relating to internal claims and appeals
and external review processes. On July
23, 2010 (75 FR 43330), interim final
regulations (IFR) set forth rules
implementing PHS Act section 2719 for
internal claims and appeals and external
review processes. With respect to
internal claims and appeals processes
for group health coverage, PHS Act
section 2719 and our regulations
provide that group health plans and
health insurance issuers offering group
health insurance coverage must comply
with the internal claims and appeals
processes set forth in 29 CFR 2560.503–
1 (the DOL claims procedure regulation)
and update such processes in
accordance with standards established
by the Secretary of Labor. The DOL
claims procedure regulation requires an
employee benefit plan to provide thirdparty notices and disclosures
participants and beneficiaries of the
plan. In addition, our regulations add an
additional requirement that nongrandfathered group health plans and
issuers of non-grandfathered health
policies provide to the claimant, free of
charge, any new or additional evidence
considered, or generated by the plan or
issuer in connection with the claim.
The IFR also requires issuers offering
coverage in the individual health
insurance market to also generally
comply with the DOL claims procedure
regulation as updated by the Secretary
of HHS in the IFR for their internal
claims and appeals processes.
Furthermore, PHS Act section 2719
and the IFR provide that nongrandfathered group health plans,
issuers offering group health insurance
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coverage, and self-insured nonfederal
governmental plans (through the IFR
amendment dated June 24, 2011) must
comply either with a State external
review process or a Federal review
process. The IFR provides a basis for
determining when such plans and
issuers must comply with an applicable
State external review process and when
they must comply with the Federal
external review process. Plans and
issuers that are required to participate in
the Federal external review process
must electronically elect either the
HHS-administered process or the
private accredited IRO process by
January 1, 2012. The election
requirements associated with this ICR
are articulated through guidance
published June 22, 2011 at https://
cciio.cms.gov/resources/files/
hhs_srg_elections_06222011.pdf. The
election requirements are necessary for
the Federal external review process to
provide an independent external review
as requested by claimants. Form
Number: CMS–10338 (OCN: 0938–
1099); Frequency: Occasionally;
Affected Public: State, Local, Tribal
Governments; Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 46,773;
Number of Responses: 218,657,161;
Total Annual Hours: 930,267. (For
policy questions regarding this
collection, contact Colin McVeigh at
(301) 492–4263. 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
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.
In commenting on the proposed
information collections please reference
the document identifier or OMB control
number. To be assured consideration,
comments and recommendations must
be submitted in one of the following
ways by March 5, 2012:
1. Electronically. You may submit
your comments electronically to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for ‘‘Comment or
Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’
to find the information collection
document(s) accepting comments.
2. By regular mail. You may mail
written comments to the following
address: CMS, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Division of Regulations Development,
PO 00000
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Attention: Document Identifier/OMB
Control Number, Room C4–26–05, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244–1850.
Dated: December 23, 2011.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Division B, 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–10142 and CMS–
R–262]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
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), 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: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Bid Pricing Tool
(BPT) for Medicare Advantage (MA)
Plans and Prescription Drug Plans
(PDP); Use: Under the Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), and
implementing regulations at 42 CFR,
Medicare Advantage organizations
(MAO) and Prescription Drug Plans
(PDP) are required to submit an
actuarial pricing ‘‘bid’’ for each plan
offered to Medicare beneficiaries for
approval by the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS).
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-R-74 and CMS-10338]
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: Extension without change
of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection:
Income and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) Reporting and
Supporting Regulations Contained in 42 CFR 431.17, 431.306, 435.910,
435.920, and 435.940-960; Use: The information collected is used to
verify the income and eligibility of Medicaid applicants and
recipients, as required by Section 1137 of the Social Security Act.
Final regulations to implement Section 1137 of the Act were published
February 28, 1986. Subsequent final amendments to the regulations were
published on February 27, 1987; March 2, 1989; October 7, 1992; and
January 31, 1994. These regulations provide the standards States use to
determine which recipient and applicant records to match, the frequency
of the match, due process protections for individuals whose records are
matched, and those
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circumstances which permit exceptions from conducting verifications;
Form Number: CMS-R-74 (OCN 0938-0467); Frequency: Monthly; Affected
Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments; Number of Respondents: 50;
Total Annual Responses: 8,520,000; Total Annual Hours: 124,054. (For
policy questions regarding this collection contact Barbara Washington
at (410) 786-9964. For all other issues call (410) 786-1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Type of Information
Collection Request: Extension of a currently approved collection; Title
of Information Collection: Affordable Care Act Internal Claims and
Appeals and External Review Procedures for Non-grandfathered Group
Health Plans and Issuers and Individual Market Issuers; Use: The
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, (the
Affordable Care Act) was enacted on March 23, 2010. As part of the Act,
Congress added PHS Act section 2719, which provides rules relating to
internal claims and appeals and external review processes. On July 23,
2010 (75 FR 43330), interim final regulations (IFR) set forth rules
implementing PHS Act section 2719 for internal claims and appeals and
external review processes. With respect to internal claims and appeals
processes for group health coverage, PHS Act section 2719 and our
regulations provide that group health plans and health insurance
issuers offering group health insurance coverage must comply with the
internal claims and appeals processes set forth in 29 CFR 2560.503-1
(the DOL claims procedure regulation) and update such processes in
accordance with standards established by the Secretary of Labor. The
DOL claims procedure regulation requires an employee benefit plan to
provide third-party notices and disclosures participants and
beneficiaries of the plan. In addition, our regulations add an
additional requirement that non-grandfathered group health plans and
issuers of non-grandfathered health policies provide to the claimant,
free of charge, any new or additional evidence considered, or generated
by the plan or issuer in connection with the claim.
The IFR also requires issuers offering coverage in the individual
health insurance market to also generally comply with the DOL claims
procedure regulation as updated by the Secretary of HHS in the IFR for
their internal claims and appeals processes.
Furthermore, PHS Act section 2719 and the IFR provide that non-
grandfathered group health plans, issuers offering group health
insurance coverage, and self-insured nonfederal governmental plans
(through the IFR amendment dated June 24, 2011) must comply either with
a State external review process or a Federal review process. The IFR
provides a basis for determining when such plans and issuers must
comply with an applicable State external review process and when they
must comply with the Federal external review process. Plans and issuers
that are required to participate in the Federal external review process
must electronically elect either the HHS-administered process or the
private accredited IRO process by January 1, 2012. The election
requirements associated with this ICR are articulated through guidance
published June 22, 2011 at https://cciio.cms.gov/resources/files/hhs_srg_elections_06222011.pdf. The election requirements are necessary
for the Federal external review process to provide an independent
external review as requested by claimants. Form Number: CMS-10338 (OCN:
0938-1099); Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: State, Local,
Tribal Governments; Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions. Number of Respondents: 46,773; Number of Responses:
218,657,161; Total Annual Hours: 930,267. (For policy questions
regarding this collection, contact Colin McVeigh at (301) 492-4263. 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 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.
In commenting on the proposed information collections please
reference the document identifier or OMB control number. To be assured
consideration, comments and recommendations must be submitted in one of
the following ways by March 5, 2012:
1. Electronically. You may submit your comments electronically to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for ``Comment or
Submission'' or ``More Search Options'' to find the information
collection document(s) accepting comments.
2. By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the following
address: CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Division of Regulations Development, Attention: Document Identifier/OMB
Control Number, Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: December 23, 2011.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Division B, Office of
Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
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