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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comment on Information
Collection Proposal
The following information collection,
which is being handled under this
delegated authority, has received initial
Board approval and is hereby published
for comment. At the end of the comment
period, the proposed information
collection, along with an analysis of
comments and recommendations
received, will be submitted to the Board
for final approval under OMB delegated
authority. Comments are invited on the
following:
a. Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the Federal Reserve’s
functions; including whether the
information has practical utility;
b. The accuracy of the Federal
Reserve’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
c. Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
d. Ways to minimize the burden of
information collection on respondents,
including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and
e. Estimates of capital or start up costs
and costs of operation, maintenance,
and purchase of services to provide
information.
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Proposal To Approve Under OMB
Delegated Authority the Extension for
Three Years, With Revision, of the
Following Report
Report title: Bank Secrecy Act
Suspicious Activity Report (BSA–SAR).
Agency form number: FR 2230.
OMB control number: 7100–0212.
Frequency: On occasion.
Reporters: State member banks, bank
holding companies and their nonbank
subsidiaries, Edge and agreement
corporations, and the U.S. branches and
agencies, representative offices, and
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nonbank subsidiaries of foreign banks
supervised by the Federal Reserve.
Estimated annual reporting hours:
139,515 hours.
Estimated average hours per response:
1.5 hours.
Number of respondents: 6,000.
General description of report: The
BSA–SAR is mandatory, pursuant to
authority contained in the following
statutes: 12 U.S.C. 248(a)(1), 625,
1844(c), 3105(c)(2), 3106(a), and 1818(s).
SARs are exempt from Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) disclosure by 31
U.S.C. 5319 and FIOA exemption 3
which incorporates into the FOIA
certain nondisclosure provisions that
are contained in other federal statutes,
5 U.S.C. 552(b)(3), and by FOIA
exemption 7, which generally exempts
from public disclosure ‘‘records or
information compiled for law
enforcement purposes,’’ 5 U.S.C.
552(b)(7). Additionally, pursuant to 31
U.S.C. 5318(g), officers and employees
of the Federal government are generally
forbidden from disclosing the contents
of a SAR, or even acknowledging that a
SAR exists, to a party involved in a
transaction that is the subject of a SAR.
Finally, information contained in SARs
may be exempt from certain disclosure
and other requirements of the Privacy
Act pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2).
Abstract: Since 1996, the federal
banking agencies (the Federal Reserve
Board, the Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency, the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, and the National
Credit Union Administration) and the
Department of the Treasury’s Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
have required certain types of financial
institutions to report known or
suspected violations of law and
suspicious transactions. To fulfill these
requirements, supervised banking
organizations file SARs. Law
enforcement agencies use the
information submitted on the reporting
form to initiate investigations and the
Federal Reserve uses the information in
the examination and oversight of
supervised institutions.
Current Actions: As BSA
administrator, FinCEN is transitioning
from industry specific paper forms to
electronic submissions. Based on type,
financial institutions (depository
institutions, broker-dealers in securities,
futures commission merchants and
introducing brokers in commodities,
insurance companies, mutual funds,
money services businesses, and casinos)
currently provide data on four separate
forms. FinCEN has proposed to have
one electronically-filed dynamic and
interactive BSA–SAR that would be
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used by all filing institutions to report
suspicious activity as of April 1, 2013.
The BSA–SAR would integrate four
institution-specific SARs into one data
collection. The previous five parts of the
SAR–DI remain with changes to their
titles and order of completion. Fields
from other industry SARs that may be
new to depository institutions as well as
specific data fields that are new to all
types of industry filers have been
identified. Please use the following link
for a detailed listing of all the proposed
revisions. https://www.federalreserve.
gov/reportforms/review.cfm.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, November 29, 2012.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Secretary of the Board.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Delegation of Authorities
Notice is hereby given that I have
delegated to the Administrator, Health
Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA), the authorities vested in the
Secretary under Section 1861(aa)(4)(B)
(42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)(4)(B)) of the Social
Security Act (the Act), as amended, and
Section 1905(l)(2)(B)(iii) (42 U.S.C.
1396d(l)(2)(B)(iii)) of the Act, as
amended, to make determinations that
entities meet the requirements for
receiving a grant under section 330 of
the Public Health Service Act, as
amended, and to qualify to be federally
qualified health centers (FQHCs).
I hereby amend the authorities
delegated to CMS under Title XVIII of
the Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) and Title
XIX of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.)
that were published in the Federal
Register notice on September 6, 1984
and contained in Section F.50.—
Limitations of Authority, 2.—Under
Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395 et. seq), is amended by
adding the following paragraph:
f. The Health Resources and Services
Administration shall exercise the
authority under section 1861(aa)(4)(B)
(42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)(4)(B)) of the Social
Security Act to make determinations
that entities meet the requirements for
receiving a grant under section 330 of
the Public Health Service Act, and to
qualify as a federally qualified health
center. This authority will not extend to
issues of payment rates or provider
enrollment under Title XVIII of the Act.
Section F.50.—Limitations of Authority,
3.—Under Title XIX of the Social
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Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et. seq), is
amended by adding the following
paragraph:
d. The Health Resources and Services
Administration shall exercise the
authority under section 1905(l)(2)(B)(iii)
(42 U.S.C. 1396d(l)(2)(B)(iii)) of the
Social Security Act to make
determinations that entities meet the
requirements for receiving a grant under
section 330 of the Public Health Service
Act, and to qualify as a federally
qualified health center. This authority
will not extend to issues of payment
rates or provider enrollment under Title
XIX of the Act.
I instruct HRSA to consult and
collaborate with CMS, as appropriate.
HRSA will notify the appropriate
regional office of its determination that
entities meet the requirements to qualify
as an FQHC in order to ensure that
CMS’ provider enrollment process
continues without interruption.
This delegation of authority excludes
the authority to issue regulations, to
establish advisory committees and
councils, and appoint their members,
and shall be exercised in accordance
with the Department’s applicable
policies, procedures, and guidelines.
I hereby affirm and ratify any actions
taken by the Administrator, HRSA, and
Administrator, CMS, or other HRSA and
CMS officials, which involve the
exercise of the authorities prior to the
effective date of this delegation of
authority.
These authorities may be re-delegated.
This delegation of authority is
effective upon date of signature.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3101.
Dated: November 15, 2012.
Kathleen Sebelius,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifiers CMS–10305]
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
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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.
Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title: Medicare
Part C and Part D Data Validation (42
CFR 422.516g and 423.514g); Use: The
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) established reporting
requirements for Medicare Part C and
Part D sponsoring organizations
(Medicare Advantage Organizations
[MAOs], Cost Plans, and Medicare Part
D sponsors) under the authority
described in 42 CFR 422.516(a) and
423.514(a), respectively. Under these
reporting requirements, each sponsoring
organization must submit Medicare Part
C, Medicare Part D, or Medicare Part C
and Part D data (depending on the type
of contracts they have in place with
CMS).
In order for the reported data to be
useful for monitoring and performance
measurement, it must be reliable, valid,
complete, and comparable among
sponsoring organizations. In 2009, CMS
developed the data validation program
as a mechanism to verify the data
reported are accurate, valid, and
reliable. To maintain the independence
of the validation process, sponsoring
organizations do not use their own staff
to conduct the data validation. Instead,
sponsoring organizations are
responsible for hiring external,
independent data validation contractors
(DVCs) who meet a minimum set of
qualifications and credentials.
CMS developed standards and data
validation criteria for specific Medicare
Part C and Part D reporting
requirements that the DVCs use in
validating the sponsoring organizations’
data. These standards and criteria are
described in Appendix 1 ‘‘Data
Validation Standards.’’ The data
validation standards for each reporting
section include standard instructions
relating to the types of information that
should be reviewed, and reporting
section criteria (MSC) that are aligned
with the ‘‘Medicare Part C and Part D
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Reporting Requirement Technical
Specifications.’’ Furthermore, the
standards and criteria describe how the
DVCs should validate the sponsoring
organizations’ compilations of reported
data, taking into account appropriate
data exclusions, and verifying
calculations, source code, and
algorithms. The data validation reviews
are conducted at the contract level given
that the Medicare Part C and Part D data
are generally available at the contract
level and the contract is the basis of any
legal and accountability issues
concerning the rendering of services.
The review is conducted over a threemonth period following the final
submission of data by the sponsoring
organizations. In addition to the ‘‘Data
Validation Standards’’ described in
Appendix 1, the DVCs employ a set of
information collection tools when
performing their reviews, which are
included in the appendices described
below:
Appendix 2: ‘‘Organizational
Assessment Instrument’’
Appendix 3: ‘‘Data Extraction and
Sampling Instructions’’
Appendix 4: ‘‘Instructions for the
Findings Data Collection Form’’
Appendix 5: ‘‘Findings Data Collection
Form (FDCF)’’
Data collected via ‘‘Medicare Part C
and Part D Reporting Requirements
Technical Specifications’’ is an integral
resource for oversight, monitoring,
compliance and auditing activities
necessary to ensure quality provision of
the Medicare benefits to beneficiaries.
CMS uses the data collected through the
Medicare Data Validation Program to
substantiate the data collected via
‘‘Medicare Part C and Part D Reporting
Requirements Technical
Specifications.’’ If CMS detects data
anomalies, the CMS division with
primary responsibility for the applicable
reporting requirement assists with
determining a resolution.
The hour burden on industry is
estimated at 179,301 total hours, or 879
hours for one contract within one
organization reporting both Part C and
Part D reporting sections. The validation
would require 378 hours from the
sponsoring organization and 501 from
the DVCs. The estimates are based on
the total number of Part C and/or Part
D reporting sections, the average
number of sponsors, and the average
number of contracts by type (Part C, Part
D, Part C/D) being validated as well as
a level of effort associated with the
individual activities associated with the
data validation process. Form Number:
CMS–10305 (OMB#: 0938–1115);
Frequency: Reporting—Annually;
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Delegation of Authorities
Notice is hereby given that I have delegated to the Administrator,
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the authorities
vested in the Secretary under Section 1861(aa)(4)(B) (42 U.S.C.
1395x(aa)(4)(B)) of the Social Security Act (the Act), as amended, and
Section 1905(l)(2)(B)(iii) (42 U.S.C. 1396d(l)(2)(B)(iii)) of the Act,
as amended, to make determinations that entities meet the requirements
for receiving a grant under section 330 of the Public Health Service
Act, as amended, and to qualify to be federally qualified health
centers (FQHCs).
I hereby amend the authorities delegated to CMS under Title XVIII
of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) and Title XIX of the Act (42 U.S.C.
1396 et seq.) that were published in the Federal Register notice on
September 6, 1984 and contained in Section F.50.--Limitations of
Authority, 2.--Under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395 et. seq), is amended by adding the following paragraph:
f. The Health Resources and Services Administration shall exercise
the authority under section 1861(aa)(4)(B) (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)(4)(B))
of the Social Security Act to make determinations that entities meet
the requirements for receiving a grant under section 330 of the Public
Health Service Act, and to qualify as a federally qualified health
center. This authority will not extend to issues of payment rates or
provider enrollment under Title XVIII of the Act. Section F.50.--
Limitations of Authority, 3.--Under Title XIX of the Social
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Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et. seq), is amended by adding the
following paragraph:
d. The Health Resources and Services Administration shall exercise
the authority under section 1905(l)(2)(B)(iii) (42 U.S.C.
1396d(l)(2)(B)(iii)) of the Social Security Act to make determinations
that entities meet the requirements for receiving a grant under section
330 of the Public Health Service Act, and to qualify as a federally
qualified health center. This authority will not extend to issues of
payment rates or provider enrollment under Title XIX of the Act.
I instruct HRSA to consult and collaborate with CMS, as
appropriate. HRSA will notify the appropriate regional office of its
determination that entities meet the requirements to qualify as an FQHC
in order to ensure that CMS' provider enrollment process continues
without interruption.
This delegation of authority excludes the authority to issue
regulations, to establish advisory committees and councils, and appoint
their members, and shall be exercised in accordance with the
Department's applicable policies, procedures, and guidelines.
I hereby affirm and ratify any actions taken by the Administrator,
HRSA, and Administrator, CMS, or other HRSA and CMS officials, which
involve the exercise of the authorities prior to the effective date of
this delegation of authority.
These authorities may be re-delegated.
This delegation of authority is effective upon date of signature.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3101.
Dated: November 15, 2012.
Kathleen Sebelius,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-29409 Filed 12-4-12; 8:45 am]
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