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eligibility for individuals who enroll in
Qualified Health Plan (QHP) coverage
through the Exchange and seek financial
assistance. Using information available
at the time of enrollment, the Exchange
determines whether the individual
meets the income and other
requirements for advance payments and
the amount of the advance payments
that can be used to pay premiums.
Advance payments are made
periodically under section 1412 of the
Affordable Care Act to the issuer of the
QHP in which the individual enrolls.
Section 1402 of the Affordable Care Act
provides for the reduction of cost
sharing for certain individuals enrolled
in a QHP through an Exchange, and
section 1412 of the Affordable Care Act
provides for the advance payment of
these reductions to issuers. The statute
directs issuers to reduce cost sharing for
essential health benefits for individuals
with household incomes between 100
and 400 percent of the Federal poverty
level (FPL) who are enrolled in a silver
level QHP through an individual market
Exchange and are eligible for advance
payments of the premium tax credit.
Health insurance issuers will manually
enter enrollment and payment data into
a Microsoft Excel-based spreadsheet,
and submit the information to HHS.
The data collection will be used by
HHS to make payments or collect
charges from issuers under the
following programs: Advance payments
of the premium tax credit, advanced
cost-sharing reductions, and
Marketplace user fees. HHS will use the
information collected to make payments
and collect charges in January 2014 and
for a number of months thereafter, as
may be required based on HHS’s
operational progress. Form Number:
CMS–10515 (OMB control number:
0938–1217); Frequency: Monthly;
Affected Public: Private sector (Business
or other for-profits and not-for-profit
institutions); Number of Respondents:
575; Total Annual Responses: 7,475;
Total Annual Hours: 94,373. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Jaya Ghildiyal at 301–492–
5149).
Dated: August 21, 2014.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
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: Social Services Block Grant
(SSBG) Post-expenditure Report.
OMB No.: 0970–0234.
Description
Purpose: To request approval to: (1)
Reinstate and extend the collection of
post-expenditure data using the current
OMB approved post-expenditure
reporting form (OMB No. 0970–0234)
past the current expiration date of July
1, 2014; and (2) to request that States
continue to voluntarily submit
estimated pre-expenditure and recipient
data using the post-expenditure
reporting form, as part of the required
annual intended use plan.
The Social Services Block Grant
program (SSBG) is authorized under
Title XX of the Social Security Act, as
amended, and is codified at 42 U.S.C.
1397 through 13097e. SSBG provides
funds to assist States in delivering
critical services to vulnerable older
adults, persons with disabilities, at-risk
adolescents and young adults, and
children and families. SSBG funds are
allocated to each State in proportion to
their relative population.
Each State is responsible for designing
and implementing its own SSBG
program to meet the specialized needs
of their most vulnerable populations.
States may determine what services will
be provided, who will be eligible, and
how funds will be distributed among
the various services. State or local SSBG
agencies (i.e., county, city, regional
offices) may provide the services or
States may purchase services from
qualified agencies, organizations, or
individuals. States must administer
their SSBG program according to their
approved intended use plan, along with
amendments, and in conformance with
their own implementing rules and
policies. The Office of Community
Services (OCS), Administration for
Children and Families administers the
SSBG program.
Annually, States are required to
submit a pre-expenditure report or
intended use plan as a prerequisite to
receiving SSBG funds. The preexpenditure report must include
information on the types of services to
be supported and the characteristics of
individuals to be served. This report is
to be submitted 30 days prior to the start
of the fiscal year (June 1 if the State
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operates on a July–June fiscal year, or
September 1 if the State operates on a
Federal fiscal year). No specific format
is required for the intended use plan.
States are required to submit a revised
intended use plan if the planned use of
SSBG funds changes during the year (42
U.S.C. 1397c).
In order to provide a more accurate
analysis of the extent to which funds are
spent ‘‘in a manner consistent’’ with
each of the States plan for their use, as
required by 42 U.S.C. 1397e(a), ACF
continues to request that States
voluntarily use the format of the postexpenditure reporting form to provide
estimates of the amount of expenditures
and the number of recipients, by service
category, as part of the State’s intended
use plan. Most of the States are
currently using the format of the postexpenditure reporting form to report
estimated expenditures and recipients,
by service category, as part of their
intended use plan.
On annual basis, States also are
required to submit a post-expenditure
report that details their use of SSBG
funds in each of 29 service categories.
States are required to submit their postexpenditure report within six months of
the end of the period covered by the
report. The post-expenditure report
must address: (1) The number of
individuals (including number of
children and number of adults) who
receive services paid for, in whole or in
part, with Federal funds under the
SSBG; (2) The amount of SSBG funds
spent in providing each service; (3) The
total amount of Federal, State, and local
funds spent in providing each service,
including SSBG funds; and (4) The
method(s) by which each service is
provided, showing separately the
services provided by public and private
agencies (42 U.S.C. 1397e; 42 CFR
96.74).
This request seeks approval to
reinstate and continue the use of the
current OMB approved postexpenditure reporting form (OMB No.
0970–0234) for estimating expenditures
and recipients as part of States’
intended use plans and for annual postexpenditure reporting. Until recently,
States reported the data on the postexpenditure reporting form in Microsoft
ExcelTM and submitted it to ACF, via
email. Beginning in 2013, States can
complete the current reporting form on
the SSBG Portal. The SSBG Portal is a
secure web-based data portal. The SSBG
Portal allows for more efficient data
submission without increasing the
overall burden on States. It provides a
user-friendly means for States to submit
and access their pre-expenditure and
post-expenditure and recipient data.
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Information collected in the postexpenditure reports submitted by States
is analyzed and described in an annual
report on SSBG expenditures and
recipients produced by the Office of
Community Services (OCS),
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF). The information
contained in this report is used for
program planning and management. The
data establish how SSBG funding is
used for the provision of services in
each State to each of the many specific
populations of vulnerable children and
adults.
The data is also analyzed to determine
the performance of States’ in meeting
the SSBG program performance
measures developed to meet the
requirements of the Government
Performance and Results Act of
1993(GPRA), as amended by the GPRA
Modernization Act of 2010.1 GPRA
requires all Federal agencies to develop
measurable performance goals.
The SSBG program currently has an
administrative costs efficiency measure
which is intended to decrease the
percentage of SSBG funds identified as
administrative costs in the postexpenditure reports.2 The SSBG
program is also implementing a new
performance measure designed to
ensure that SSBG funds are spend
effectively and efficiently while
maintaining the program’s intrinsic
flexibility as a block grants. The
performance measure will assess the
degree to which States spend SSBG
funds in a manner consistent with their
intended use, as required by Federal
law.3 It will be used to determine how
well States are doing overall in
minimizing variance between projected
and actual expenditures of SSBG funds.
This program measure will be fully
implemented for SSBG program data
submitted for fiscal year 2013.
Respondents: The post-expenditure
reporting form and intended use plan
are completed once annually by a
representative of the agency that
administers the Social Services Block
Grant at the State level in each State.
Respondents include the 50 States, the
District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents *
Instrument
Number of
responses
per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
Post-Expenditure Reporting Form ...................................................................
Use of Post-Expenditure Reporting Form as Part of the Intended Use Plan
56
56
1
1
110
2
6,160
112
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: ....................................................
........................
........................
........................
6,272
* Respondents include the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and Virgin
Islands.
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: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All
requests should be identified by the title
of the information collection. Email
address: infocollection@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, Email:
OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV,
Attn: Desk Officer for the
1 Pub.
L. 11–352; 31 U.S.C. 1115(b)(10).
Department of Health and Human Services,
Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Community Services. (2007, June). Implementing a
new performance measure to enhance efficiency
(Information Memorandum Transmittal No. 04–
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Families.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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Food and Drug Administration
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Circulatory System Devices Panel of
the Medical Devices Advisory
Committee; Notice of Meeting
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
This notice announces a forthcoming
meeting of a public advisory committee
of the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA). The meeting will be open to the
public.
2007). Available from https://archive.acf.hhs.gov/
programs/ocs/ssbg/procedures/
ssbg_im_04_2007.html.
3 42. U.S.C. 1397e(a); U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, Administration for Children
and Families, Office of Community Services. (2012,
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System Devices Panel of the Medical
Devices Advisory Committee.
General Function of the Committee:
To provide advice and
recommendations to the Agency on
FDA’s regulatory issues.
Date and Time: The meeting will be
held on October 8, 2014, from 8 a.m. to
6 p.m. and on October 9, 2014, from 8
a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Hilton Washington DC
North/Gaithersburg, Salons A, B, C, and
D, 620 Perry Pkwy., Gaithersburg, MD
20877. The hotel telephone number is
301–977–8900.
Contact Person: Jamie Waterhouse,
Center for Devices and Radiological
Health, Food and Drug Administration,
10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 66,
Rm. 1611, Silver Spring, MD 20993–
0002, 301–796–3063,
Jamie.Waterhouse@fda.hhs.gov, or FDA
Advisory Committee Information Line,
1–800–741–8138 (301–443–0572 in the
Washington, DC area). A notice in the
Federal Register about last minute
modifications that impact a previously
announced advisory committee meeting
February). Implementation of a new performance
measure (Information Memorandum Transmittal
No. 01–2012). Available from https://
www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/resource/
implementation-of-a-new-performance-measure.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) Post-expenditure Report.
OMB No.: 0970-0234.
Description
Purpose: To request approval to: (1) Reinstate and extend the
collection of post-expenditure data using the current OMB approved
post-expenditure reporting form (OMB No. 0970-0234) past the current
expiration date of July 1, 2014; and (2) to request that States
continue to voluntarily submit estimated pre-expenditure and recipient
data using the post-expenditure reporting form, as part of the required
annual intended use plan.
The Social Services Block Grant program (SSBG) is authorized under
Title XX of the Social Security Act, as amended, and is codified at 42
U.S.C. 1397 through 13097e. SSBG provides funds to assist States in
delivering critical services to vulnerable older adults, persons with
disabilities, at-risk adolescents and young adults, and children and
families. SSBG funds are allocated to each State in proportion to their
relative population.
Each State is responsible for designing and implementing its own
SSBG program to meet the specialized needs of their most vulnerable
populations. States may determine what services will be provided, who
will be eligible, and how funds will be distributed among the various
services. State or local SSBG agencies (i.e., county, city, regional
offices) may provide the services or States may purchase services from
qualified agencies, organizations, or individuals. States must
administer their SSBG program according to their approved intended use
plan, along with amendments, and in conformance with their own
implementing rules and policies. The Office of Community Services
(OCS), Administration for Children and Families administers the SSBG
program.
Annually, States are required to submit a pre-expenditure report or
intended use plan as a prerequisite to receiving SSBG funds. The pre-
expenditure report must include information on the types of services to
be supported and the characteristics of individuals to be served. This
report is to be submitted 30 days prior to the start of the fiscal year
(June 1 if the State operates on a July-June fiscal year, or September
1 if the State operates on a Federal fiscal year). No specific format
is required for the intended use plan. States are required to submit a
revised intended use plan if the planned use of SSBG funds changes
during the year (42 U.S.C. 1397c).
In order to provide a more accurate analysis of the extent to which
funds are spent ``in a manner consistent'' with each of the States plan
for their use, as required by 42 U.S.C. 1397e(a), ACF continues to
request that States voluntarily use the format of the post-expenditure
reporting form to provide estimates of the amount of expenditures and
the number of recipients, by service category, as part of the State's
intended use plan. Most of the States are currently using the format of
the post-expenditure reporting form to report estimated expenditures
and recipients, by service category, as part of their intended use
plan.
On annual basis, States also are required to submit a post-
expenditure report that details their use of SSBG funds in each of 29
service categories. States are required to submit their post-
expenditure report within six months of the end of the period covered
by the report. The post-expenditure report must address: (1) The number
of individuals (including number of children and number of adults) who
receive services paid for, in whole or in part, with Federal funds
under the SSBG; (2) The amount of SSBG funds spent in providing each
service; (3) The total amount of Federal, State, and local funds spent
in providing each service, including SSBG funds; and (4) The method(s)
by which each service is provided, showing separately the services
provided by public and private agencies (42 U.S.C. 1397e; 42 CFR
96.74).
This request seeks approval to reinstate and continue the use of
the current OMB approved post-expenditure reporting form (OMB No. 0970-
0234) for estimating expenditures and recipients as part of States'
intended use plans and for annual post-expenditure reporting. Until
recently, States reported the data on the post-expenditure reporting
form in Microsoft Excel\TM\ and submitted it to ACF, via email.
Beginning in 2013, States can complete the current reporting form on
the SSBG Portal. The SSBG Portal is a secure web-based data portal. The
SSBG Portal allows for more efficient data submission without
increasing the overall burden on States. It provides a user-friendly
means for States to submit and access their pre-expenditure and post-
expenditure and recipient data.
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Information collected in the post-expenditure reports submitted by
States is analyzed and described in an annual report on SSBG
expenditures and recipients produced by the Office of Community
Services (OCS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF). The
information contained in this report is used for program planning and
management. The data establish how SSBG funding is used for the
provision of services in each State to each of the many specific
populations of vulnerable children and adults.
The data is also analyzed to determine the performance of States'
in meeting the SSBG program performance measures developed to meet the
requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act of
1993(GPRA), as amended by the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010.\1\ GPRA
requires all Federal agencies to develop measurable performance goals.
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\1\ Pub. L. 11-352; 31 U.S.C. 1115(b)(10).
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The SSBG program currently has an administrative costs efficiency
measure which is intended to decrease the percentage of SSBG funds
identified as administrative costs in the post-expenditure reports.\2\
The SSBG program is also implementing a new performance measure
designed to ensure that SSBG funds are spend effectively and
efficiently while maintaining the program's intrinsic flexibility as a
block grants. The performance measure will assess the degree to which
States spend SSBG funds in a manner consistent with their intended use,
as required by Federal law.\3\ It will be used to determine how well
States are doing overall in minimizing variance between projected and
actual expenditures of SSBG funds. This program measure will be fully
implemented for SSBG program data submitted for fiscal year 2013.
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\2\ U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration
for Children and Families, Office of Community Services. (2007,
June). Implementing a new performance measure to enhance efficiency
(Information Memorandum Transmittal No. 04-2007). Available from
https://archive.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/ssbg/procedures/ssbg_im_04_2007.html.
\3\ 42. U.S.C. 1397e(a); U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Community Services. (2012, February). Implementation of a new
performance measure (Information Memorandum Transmittal No. 01-
2012). Available from https://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/resource/implementation-of-a-new-performance-measure.
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Respondents: The post-expenditure reporting form and intended use
plan are completed once annually by a representative of the agency that
administers the Social Services Block Grant at the State level in each
State. Respondents include the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and
Puerto Rico.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average
Instrument Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents * respondent per response hours
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Post-Expenditure Reporting Form................. 56 1 110 6,160
Use of Post-Expenditure Reporting Form as Part 56 1 2 112
of the Intended Use Plan.......................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:........ .............. .............. .............. 6,272
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* Respondents include the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Northern
Mariana Islands, and Virgin Islands.
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:
ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the
title of the information collection. Email address:
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
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, Email: OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for
Children and Families.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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