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ADDRESSES).
CMS–10249 Administrative
Requirements for Section 6071 of
the Deficit Reduction Act
CMS–10545 Outcome and
Assessment Information Set
(OASIS) OASIS–C1/ICD–10
Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), federal agencies must obtain
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor.
The term ‘‘collection of information’’ is
defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c) and includes agency requests
or requirements that members of the
public submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to a third party.
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA
requires federal agencies to publish a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information, before
submitting the collection to OMB for
approval. To comply with this
requirement, CMS is publishing this
notice.
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Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Administrative
Requirements for Section 6071 of the
Deficit Reduction Act; Use: State
Operational Protocols should provide
enough information such that: The CMS
Project Officer and other federal officials
may use it to understand the operation
of the demonstration and/or prepare for
potential site visits without needing
additional information; the State Project
Director can use it as the manual for
program implementation; and external
stakeholders may use it to understand
the operation of the demonstration. The
financial information collection is used
in our financial statements and shared
with the auditors who validate CMS’
financial position. The Money Follows
the Person Rebalancing Demonstration
(MFP) Finders File, MFP Program
Participation Data file, and MFP
Services File are used by the national
evaluation contractor to assess program
outcomes while we use the information
to monitor program implementation.
The MFP Quality of Life data is used by
the national evaluation contractor to
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assess program outcomes. The
evaluation is used to determine how
participants’ quality of life changes after
transitioning to the community. The
semi-annual progress report is used by
the national evaluation contractor and
CMS to monitor program
implementation at the grantee level.
Form Number: CMS–10249 (OMB
control number: 0938–1053); Frequency:
Yearly, quarterly, and semi-annually;
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Governments; Number of Respondents:
45; Total Annual Responses: 28,590;
Total Annual Hours: 14,225. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Michael Smith at 410–786–
2267.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection (Request for a
new OMB control number); Title of
Information Collection: Outcome and
Assessment Information Set (OASIS)
OASIS–C1/ICD–10; Use: Home health
agencies (HHAs) are required to collect
the outcome and assessment
information data set (OASIS) to
participate in the Medicare program. We
are requesting a new OMB control
number for the proposed revised OASIS
item set, referred to hereafter as OASIS–
C1/ICD–10. The current version of the
OASIS–C1/ICD–9 data set was approved
by OMB on October 7, 2014 (0938–
0760), and will be in use until the
implementation of the ICD–10 coding
system which is currently scheduled for
October 1, 2015. Form Number: CMS–
10545 (OMB control number: 0938—
NEW); Frequency: Occasionally;
Affected Public: Private Sector (Business
or other for-profit and Not-for-profit
institutions); Number of Respondents:
12,014; Total Annual Responses:
17,268,890; Total Annual Hours:
15,320,253. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Cheryl
Wiseman at 410–786–1175.)
Dated: January 6, 2015.
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: Formative Data Collections for
Policy Research.
OMB No.: 0970–0356.
Description: The Office of Planning,
Research and Evaluation (OPRE), in the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS)
intends to request approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for renewal of a generic
clearance to allow OPRE to conduct a
variety of formative data collections
with more than nine respondents. The
data collections will inform future
research and evaluation but will not be
highly systematic nor intended to be
statistically representative.
OPRE conducts research on a wide
variety of policy and programmatic
areas. OPRE’s research serves to provide
further understanding of current
programs and service populations,
explore options for program
improvement, and assess alternative
policy and program designs. OPRE uses
this formative data collection generic
clearance to employ a variety of
information collection techniques,
including semi-structured discussions,
focus groups and interviews. These
activities inform the development of
OPRE research and evaluation
(including technical assistance), help
OPRE maintain a research agenda that is
rigorous and relevant, and ensure that
research products and are as current as
possible.
Following standard OMB
requirements, OPRE will submit a
change request for each individual data
collection activity under this generic
clearance. Each request will include the
individual instrument(s), a justification
specific to the individual information
collection, and any supplementary
documents. OPRE requests OMB review
within 10 days of receiving each change
request.
Respondents: Researchers,
practitioners, TA providers, service
providers and potential participants
throughout the fields pertaining to ACF
research.
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BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
Total number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average burden
hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Semi-Structured Discussion and Information-Gathering Protocols
1,600
1
1
1,600
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: OPRE Reports
Clearance Officer. All requests should
be identified by the title of the
information collection. Email address:
OPREinfocollection@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.
Karl Koerper,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
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development of its research and
evaluation surveys, OPRE uses the pretesting of evaluation surveys generic
clearance to employ a variety of
techniques including cognitive and
usability laboratory and field
techniques, behavior coding,
exploratory interviews, respondent
debriefing questionnaires, split sample
experiments, focus groups, and pilot
studies/pre-tests. These activities allow
OPRE to identify if and when a survey
may be simplified for respondents,
respondent burden may be reduced, and
other possible improvements.
Following standard OMB
requirements, OPRE will submit a
change request for each individual data
collection activity under this generic
clearance. Each request will include the
individual instrument(s), a justification
specific to the individual information
collection, and any supplementary
documents. OPRE requests OMB review
within 10 days of receiving each change
request.
Respondents: Participants in ACF
programs being evaluated; participants
in ACF demonstrations; comparison
group members; and other relevant
populations, such as individuals at risk
of needing ACF services.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Pre-testing of Evaluation
Surveys.
OMB No.: 0970–0355.
Description: The Office of Planning,
Research and Evaluation (OPRE), in the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS)
intends to request approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for renewal of a generic
clearance to allow OPRE to pre-test data
collection instruments with more than
nine participants to identify and resolve
any question or procedural problems in
survey administration.
OPRE studies ACF programs, and the
populations they serve, through rigorous
research and evaluation projects. These
include evaluations of existing
programs, evaluations of innovative
approaches to helping low-income
children and families, research
syntheses and descriptive and
exploratory studies. To improve the
BURDEN ESTIMATES
Total number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average burden
hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Survey development field tests, respondent debriefing questionnaires, cognitive interviews, split sample experiments, focus
groups ..........................................................................................
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Instrument
5,100
1
.75
3,825
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: OPRE Reports
Clearance Officer. All requests should
be identified by the title of the
information collection. Email address:
OPREinfocollection@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
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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
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Administration for Children and
Families.
Karl Koerper,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Formative Data Collections for Policy Research.
OMB No.: 0970-0356.
Description: The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
(OPRE), in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) intends to request
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal of
a generic clearance to allow OPRE to conduct a variety of formative
data collections with more than nine respondents. The data collections
will inform future research and evaluation but will not be highly
systematic nor intended to be statistically representative.
OPRE conducts research on a wide variety of policy and programmatic
areas. OPRE's research serves to provide further understanding of
current programs and service populations, explore options for program
improvement, and assess alternative policy and program designs. OPRE
uses this formative data collection generic clearance to employ a
variety of information collection techniques, including semi-structured
discussions, focus groups and interviews. These activities inform the
development of OPRE research and evaluation (including technical
assistance), help OPRE maintain a research agenda that is rigorous and
relevant, and ensure that research products and are as current as
possible.
Following standard OMB requirements, OPRE will submit a change
request for each individual data collection activity under this generic
clearance. Each request will include the individual instrument(s), a
justification specific to the individual information collection, and
any supplementary documents. OPRE requests OMB review within 10 days of
receiving each change request.
Respondents: Researchers, practitioners, TA providers, service
providers and potential participants throughout the fields pertaining
to ACF research.
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Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Semi-Structured Discussion and 1,600 1 1 1,600
Information-Gathering Protocols....
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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: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All
requests should be identified by the title of the information
collection. Email address: OPREinfocollection@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.
Karl Koerper,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
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