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Medicare Advantage and 1876 Cost Plan
Expansion Application; Use: The
information will be collected under the
solicitation of Part C applications from
MA, EGWP Plan, and Cost Plan
applicants and will be used to ensure
that applicants meet our requirements
and support the determination of
contract awards. Participation in all
programs is voluntary in nature; only
organizations that are interested in
participating in the program will
respond to the solicitation. The MA–
PDs that voluntarily participate in the
Part C program must submit a Part D
application and successful bid. The
package has been revised subsequent to
the publication of the 30-day Federal
Register notice (July 11, 2014; 79 FR
40105). Form Number: CMS–10237
(OMB control number: 0938–0935);
Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public:
Private sector—Business or other forprofits and Not-for-profit institutions;
Number of Respondents: 566; Total
Annual Responses: 566; Total Annual
Hours: 22,625. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Melissa
Staud at 410–786–3669).
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Reinstatement without change
of a previously approved collection:
Title of Information Collection: Letter
Requesting Waiver of Medicare/
Medicaid Enrollment Application Fee;
Submission of Fingerprints; Submission
of Medicaid Identifying Information;
Medicaid Site Visit and Rescreening;
Use: Section 6401 of the Affordable Care
Act (ACA) establishes a number of
important payment safeguard
provisions. The provisions are designed
to improve the integrity of the Medicare,
Medicaid, and Children’s Health
Insurance Programs (CHIP) so as to
reduce fraud, waste and abuse. The
provisions include the following:
• Medicare Enrollment Application
Fee Waiver Request: Certain providers
and suppliers enrolling in Medicare will
be required to submit a fee with their
application. Under 42 CFR 424.514, if
the applicant believes it has a hardship
that justifies a waiver of the application
fee, it may submit a letter describing
said hardship.
• Fingerprints: Certain providers and
suppliers enrolling in Medicare,
Medicaid, and CHIP will be required to
submit fingerprints—either digitally or
via the FD–258 standard fingerprint
card—of their owners.
• Suspension of Medicaid Payments:
A State Medicaid agency shall suspend
all Medicaid payments to a provider
when there is a pending investigation of
a credible allegation of Medicaid fraud
against an individual or entity, unless it
has good cause not to suspend payments
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or to suspend payment only in part. The
State Medicaid agency may suspend
payments without first notifying the
provider of its intention to suspend
such payments. A provider may request,
and must be granted, administrative
review where State law so requires.
• Collection of Social Security
Numbers (SSNs) and Dates of Birth
(DOBs) for Medicaid and CHIP
Providers: The State Medicaid agency or
CHIP agency must require that all
persons with an ownership or control
interest in a Medicaid or CHIP provider
submit their SSNs and DOBs.
• Site Visits for Medicaid-only or
CHIP-only providers: A State Medicaid
agency or CHIP agency must conduct
on-site visits for providers it determines
to be ‘‘moderate’’ or ‘‘high’’ categorical
risk.
• Rescreening of Medicaid and CHIP
Providers Every 5 Years: A State
Medicaid agency or CHIP agency must
screen all providers at least every 5
years. This is consistent with the
Medicare requirement in current 42 CFR
424.515 that providers and suppliers
revalidate their enrollment information
at least every 5 years.
Form Number: CMS–10357 (OMB
control number: 0938–1137); Frequency:
On occasion; Affected Public: Private
sector—Business or for-profit and Notfor-profit institutions and State, Local,
or Tribal Governments; Number of
Respondents: 960,981; Total Annual
Responses: 960,981; Total Annual
Hours: 1,248,082. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Frank
Whelan at 410–786–1302).
3. Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection (Request for a
new OMB control number); Title of
Information Collection: Public Health
Agency/Registry Readiness to Support
Meaningful Use; Use: The Medicare and
Medicaid Electronic Health Record
(EHR) Incentive Programs provide
incentives for the meaningful use of
Certified Electronic Health Record
Technology (CEHRT). We defined
meaningful use as a set of objectives and
measures in either Stage 1 or Stage 2
depending on how long an eligible
provider has participated in the
program. Both Stage 1 (3 objectives) and
Stage 2 (5 objectives) of meaningful use
contain objectives and measures that
require eligible providers to determine
the readiness of public health agencies
and registries to receive electronic data
from CEHRT. Public comments on the
notice of proposed rulemaking for Stage
2 of meaningful use (77 FR 13697)
asserted that the burden for each
individual eligible provider to
determine the readiness of multiple
public health agencies and registries
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could be nearly eliminated if we were
to maintain a database on the readiness
of public health agencies and registries.
In the final rule for Stage 2 of
meaningful use (77 FR 53967), we
agreed that the burden on eligible
providers, public health agencies and
registries would be greatly reduced and
established that we would create such a
database and it would serve as the
definitive information source for
determining public health agency and
registry readiness to receive electronic
data associated with the public health
meaningful use objectives. The
information will be made publicly
available on the CMS Web site
(www.cms.gov/EHRincentiveprograms)
in order to provide a centralized
repository of this information to eligible
providers and eliminate there multiple
individual inquiries to multiple public
health agencies and registries. Form
Number: CMS–10499 (OMB control
number: 0938—New); Frequency:
Yearly; Affected Public: Private sector—
Business or other for-profits and Notfor-profit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 250; Total Annual
Responses: 250; Total Annual Hours:
83. (For policy questions regarding this
collection contact Kathleen Connors de
Laguna at 410–786–2256).
Dated: September 30, 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
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Reunification Procedures for
Unaccompanied Alien Children.
OMB No.: 0970–0278.
Description: Following the passage of
the 2002 Homeland Security Act (Pub.
L. 107–296), the Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), Office of
Refugee Resettlement (ORR), is charged
with the care and placement of
unaccompanied alien children in
Federal custody, and implementing a
policy for the release of these children,
when appropriate, upon the request of
suitable sponsors while awaiting
immigration proceedings. In order for
ORR to make determinations regarding
the release of these children, the
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potential sponsors must meet certain
conditions pursuant to section 462 of
the Homeland Security Act and the
Flores v. Reno Settlement Agreement
No. CV85–4544–RJK (C.D. Cal. 1997).
The proposed information collection
requests information to be utilized by
ORR for determining the suitability of a
sponsor/respondent for the release of a
minor from ORR custody. The proposed
instruments are the Family
Reunification Application, the Family
Reunification Checklist for Sponsors,
and the Authorization for Release of
Information.
Respondents: Sponsors requesting
release of unaccompanied alien children
to their custody.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Instrument
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Family Reunification Application ......................................................................
Family Reunification Checklist for Sponsors ...................................................
Authorization for Release of Information .........................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 69,000.
ORR has requested emergency
processing for this information
collection for a period of 90 days from
the October 31, 2014 expiration date of
these instruments.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
Copies of the proposed collection of
information can be obtained and
comments may be forwarded 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.
Email address: infocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection.
The Department specifically requests
comments on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2011–N–0076]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for Office of
Management and Budget Review;
Comment Request; Electronic
Records; Electronic Signatures
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing
that a proposed collection of
information has been submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Fax written comments on the
collection of information by November
3, 2014.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on
the information collection are received,
OMB recommends that written
comments be faxed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, FAX:
202–395–7285, or emailed to oira_
submission@omb.eop.gov. All
comments should be identified with the
OMB control number 0910–0303. Also
include the FDA docket number found
in brackets in the heading of this
document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FDA
PRA Staff, Office of Operations, Food
and Drug Administration, 8455
Colesville Rd., COLE–14526, Silver
Spring, MD 20993–0002, PRAStaff@
fda.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA
has submitted the following proposed
collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance.
SUMMARY:
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Number of
responses per
respondent
1
1
1
Average
burden hours
per response
.25
.75
.25
Total burden
hours
13,800
41,400
13,800
Electronic Records; Electronic
Signatures—(OMB Control Number
0910–0303)—Extension
FDA regulations in part 11 (21 CFR
part 11) provide criteria for acceptance
of electronic records, electronic
signatures, and handwritten signatures
executed to electronic records as
equivalent to paper records. Under these
regulations, records and reports may be
submitted to FDA electronically
provided the Agency has stated its
ability to accept the records
electronically in an Agency-established
public docket and that the other
requirements of part 11 are met.
The recordkeeping provisions in part
11 (§§ 11.10, 11.30, 11.50, and 11.300)
require the following standard operating
procedures to assure appropriate use of,
and precautions for, systems using
electronic records and signatures: (1)
§ 11.10 specifies procedures and
controls for persons who use closed
systems to create, modify, maintain, or
transmit electronic records; (2) § 11.30
specifies procedures and controls for
persons who use open systems to create,
modify, maintain, or transmit electronic
records; (3) § 11.50 specifies procedures
and controls for persons who use
electronic signatures; and (4) § 11.300
specifies controls to ensure the security
and integrity of electronic signatures
based upon use of identification codes
in combination with passwords. The
reporting provision (§ 11.100) requires
persons to certify in writing to FDA that
they will regard electronic signatures
used in their systems as the legally
binding equivalent of traditional
handwritten signatures.
The burden created by the
information collection provision of this
regulation is a one-time burden
associated with the creation of standard
operating procedures, validation, and
certification. The Agency anticipates the
use of electronic media will
substantially reduce the paperwork
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Reunification Procedures for Unaccompanied Alien Children.
OMB No.: 0970-0278.
Description: Following the passage of the 2002 Homeland Security
Act (Pub. L. 107-296), the Administration for Children and Families
(ACF), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), is charged with the care
and placement of unaccompanied alien children in Federal custody, and
implementing a policy for the release of these children, when
appropriate, upon the request of suitable sponsors while awaiting
immigration proceedings. In order for ORR to make determinations
regarding the release of these children, the
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potential sponsors must meet certain conditions pursuant to section 462
of the Homeland Security Act and the Flores v. Reno Settlement
Agreement No. CV85-4544-RJK (C.D. Cal. 1997).
The proposed information collection requests information to be
utilized by ORR for determining the suitability of a sponsor/respondent
for the release of a minor from ORR custody. The proposed instruments
are the Family Reunification Application, the Family Reunification
Checklist for Sponsors, and the Authorization for Release of
Information.
Respondents: Sponsors requesting release of unaccompanied alien
children to their custody.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Family Reunification Application................ 55,200 1 .25 13,800
Family Reunification Checklist for Sponsors..... 55,200 1 .75 41,400
Authorization for Release of Information........ 55,200 1 .25 13,800
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 69,000.
ORR has requested emergency processing for this information
collection for a period of 90 days from the October 31, 2014 expiration
date of these instruments.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
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. Email
address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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