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[Document Identifier: OS–0990–New; 60-day
Notice]
Agency Information Collection
Request. 60-Day Public Comment
Request
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of the Secretary (OS), Department
of Health and Human Services, is
publishing the following summary of a
proposed information collection request
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.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, email your request,
including your address, phone number,
OMB number, and OS document
identifier, to
Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call
the Reports Clearance Office on (202)
690–6162. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collections must be directed
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information is organized by function to
show how contracted resources are
distributed throughout the agency. The
inventory has been developed in
accordance with guidance issued on
December 19, 2011 by the Office of
Management and Budget’s Office of
Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP).
OFPP’s guidance is available on the
https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/. The
GSA has posted its inventory and
summaries of the inventory on the GSA
Web site at the following link: https://
www.gsa.gov/gsasci.
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to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer
at the above email address within 60days.
Proposed Project: The Children’s
Health Insurance Program
Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) Express
Lane Eligibility (ELE) Evaluation—OMB
No. 0990–NEW—Assistant Secretary
Planning and Evaluation (ASPE).
Abstract: The Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
(ASPE) is requesting the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval on a new collection to evaluate
the implementation of a new policy
known as Express Lane Eligibility (ELE).
With ELE, a state’s Medicaid and/or
Children’s Health Insurance Program
(CHIP) can rely on another agency’s
eligibility findings to qualify children
for health coverage, despite their
different methods of assessing income
or otherwise determining eligibility.
CHIPRA authorized an extensive,
rigorous evaluation of ELE, creating an
exceptional opportunity to document
ELE implementation across states and to
assess the changes to coverage or
administrative costs that may have
resulted. The evaluation also provides
an opportunity to understand other
methods of simplified enrollment that
states have been pursuing and to assess
the benefits and potential costs of these
methods compared to those of ELE. To
answer key research questions, ASPE
will draw on 5 primary data collections
including (1) collecting administrative
cost data from ELE and non-ELE states,
(2) collecting enrollment data from ELE
and non-ELE states, (3) conducting case
studies in ELE and non-ELE states,
including key informant interviews and
focus groups, (4) conducting a 51-state
(50 states and the District of Columbia)
survey, and (5) holding quarterly
monitoring calls with 30 states. This
request seeks clearance on all data
collections except the collection of
administrative cost and enrollment data
for ELE states. The administrative cost
data, enrollment data, case studies, and
51-state survey will take place only once
over the course of the two year
evaluation. The quarterly monitoring
calls will take place take place 5 times
over the course of the 13 months and
will include an initial call of up to an
hour in length and 4 shorter follow-up
calls of about 15 minutes in length each.
The administrative cost and enrollment
data collection includes contact with
key informants and state-level computer
programmers and will be collected
using Microsoft document templates.
The qualitative case studies will include
site visit interviews with state and locallevel key informants in 8 ELE states and
6 non-ELE states, plus focus groups with
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parents of children whose eligibility
was established or renewed through ELE
methods and parents of children
enrolled or renewed through non-ELE
routes. The survey component will be
conducted using a Dataweb program as
well as a paper and pencil option and
will involve Medicaid and CHIP
program directors from the 50 states and
the District of Columbia. Finally, the
quarterly monitoring calls will be
conducted with a sample of 30 states
drawn from both ELE and non-ELE
states.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE
Number of responses per
respondent
Average burden (in hours)
per response
18
1
1.5
27
State-level computer programmers ..
6
1
40
240
120
1
1
120
90
1
1
90
240
1
1.5
360
51-State Survey (Attachment F) .......
Quarterly Interview Protocol (Attachment G).
Key informants (ELE states—
state—and local—levels).
Key informants (non-ELE states—
state—and local—levels).
Focus group participants (2 focus
groups in 8 ELE states and 2
focus groups in 4 non-ELE states
= 24 focus groups).
Medicaid and CHIP officials .............
Key informants (quarterly monitoring
calls).
51
30
1
5
45/60
30/60
38
75
Total ...........................................
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950
Number of
respondents
Forms
Type of respondent
Administrative
Cost
Discussion
Guide (Attachment B).
Enrollment Extraction Form (Attachment C).
ELE Case Study Protocol (Attachment D1).
Non-ELE Case Study Protocol (Attachment D2).
Moderator’s Guide (Attachments E1
and E2).
Key informants .................................
Keith A.Tucker,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction
Act Reports Clearance Officer.
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the final effect of the HHS decision to
designate a class of employees from the
Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, as an
addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
(SEC) under the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation
Program Act of 2000. On December 21,
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7384q(b), the Secretary of HHS
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through December 31, 1983, for a number of
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Notice is hereby given that
the Office of Research Integrity (ORI)
has taken final action in the following
case:
Calleen S. Zach, Creighton University:
Based on evidence obtained from
Creighton University (CU) and
additional evidence gathered by the
Office of Research Integrity (ORI) during
its oversight review, ORI found that Ms.
Calleen S. Zach, former Research
Assistant and Data Base Manager, CU,
engaged in research misconduct in
research funded by National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development
(NICHD), National Institutes of Health
(NIH), grant R01 HD046991.
Specifically, ORI found that the
Respondent provided falsified subject
enrollment numbers in an application to
NIH for continued funding of R01
HD046991 in 2008, a no-cost, one-year
extension request for R01 HD046991
(April 8, 2009, letter to NICHD, NIH),
and an application for additional
funding of R01 HD046991 (June 30,
2009, to NICHD, NIH). In addition, she
knowingly and intentionally provided
falsified subject enrollment numbers in
reports to the CU Institutional Review
Board (IRB) in 2008 and 2009.
ORI concluded that Respondent’s
knowing and intentional falsification of
data constitutes research misconduct as
defined by 42 CFR 93.103. In addition,
ORI found that Respondent’s
intentionally deceptive behavior,
including false statements made to the
CU institutional officials, forgery of
petty cash receipts, and theft of NIH
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New; 60-day Notice]
Agency Information Collection Request. 60-Day Public Comment
Request
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS),
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following
summary of a proposed information collection request 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.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, email your
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS
document identifier, to Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be
directed to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at the above email
address within 60-days.
Proposed Project: The Children's Health Insurance Program
Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) Express Lane Eligibility (ELE)
Evaluation--OMB No. 0990-NEW--Assistant Secretary Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE).
Abstract: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE) is requesting the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval on a new collection to evaluate the implementation of a
new policy known as Express Lane Eligibility (ELE). With ELE, a state's
Medicaid and/or Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) can rely on
another agency's eligibility findings to qualify children for health
coverage, despite their different methods of assessing income or
otherwise determining eligibility.
CHIPRA authorized an extensive, rigorous evaluation of ELE,
creating an exceptional opportunity to document ELE implementation
across states and to assess the changes to coverage or administrative
costs that may have resulted. The evaluation also provides an
opportunity to understand other methods of simplified enrollment that
states have been pursuing and to assess the benefits and potential
costs of these methods compared to those of ELE. To answer key research
questions, ASPE will draw on 5 primary data collections including (1)
collecting administrative cost data from ELE and non-ELE states, (2)
collecting enrollment data from ELE and non-ELE states, (3) conducting
case studies in ELE and non-ELE states, including key informant
interviews and focus groups, (4) conducting a 51-state (50 states and
the District of Columbia) survey, and (5) holding quarterly monitoring
calls with 30 states. This request seeks clearance on all data
collections except the collection of administrative cost and enrollment
data for ELE states. The administrative cost data, enrollment data,
case studies, and 51-state survey will take place only once over the
course of the two year evaluation. The quarterly monitoring calls will
take place take place 5 times over the course of the 13 months and will
include an initial call of up to an hour in length and 4 shorter
follow-up calls of about 15 minutes in length each. The administrative
cost and enrollment data collection includes contact with key
informants and state-level computer programmers and will be collected
using Microsoft document templates. The qualitative case studies will
include site visit interviews with state and local-level key informants
in 8 ELE states and 6 non-ELE states, plus focus groups with
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parents of children whose eligibility was established or renewed
through ELE methods and parents of children enrolled or renewed through
non-ELE routes. The survey component will be conducted using a Dataweb
program as well as a paper and pencil option and will involve Medicaid
and CHIP program directors from the 50 states and the District of
Columbia. Finally, the quarterly monitoring calls will be conducted
with a sample of 30 states drawn from both ELE and non-ELE states.
Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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Number of Average burden
Forms Type of Number of responses per (in hours) per Total burden
respondent respondents respondent response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Administrative Cost Discussion Key informants.. 18 1 1.5 27
Guide (Attachment B).
Enrollment Extraction Form State-level 6 1 40 240
(Attachment C). computer
programmers.
ELE Case Study Protocol Key informants 120 1 1 120
(Attachment D1). (ELE states--
state--and
local--levels).
Non-ELE Case Study Protocol Key informants 90 1 1 90
(Attachment D2). (non-ELE
states-- state--
and local--
levels).
Moderator's Guide (Attachments Focus group 240 1 1.5 360
E1 and E2). participants (2
focus groups in
8 ELE states
and 2 focus
groups in 4 non-
ELE states = 24
focus groups).
51-State Survey (Attachment F) Medicaid and 51 1 45/60 38
CHIP officials.
Quarterly Interview Protocol Key informants 30 5 30/60 75
(Attachment G). (quarterly
monitoring
calls).
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 950
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Keith A.Tucker,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance
Officer.
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