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Number: (202) 395–5806 OR, Email:
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To obtain copies of a supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed collection(s) summarized in
this notice, you may make your request
using one of following:
1. Access CMS’ Web site address at
https://www.cms.hhs.gov/Paperwork
ReductionActof1995.
2. Email your request, including your
address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to
Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov.
3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at
(410) 786–1326.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786–
1326.
Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (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 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)) requires federal agencies
to publish a 30-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 that summarizes
the following proposed collection(s) of
information for public comment:
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: External Quality
Review (EQR) of Medicaid Managed
Care Organizations (MCOs) and
Supporting Regulations; Use: State
agencies must provide to the external
quality review organization (EQRO)
information obtained through methods
consistent with the protocols specified
by CMS. This information is used by the
EQRO to determine the quality of care
furnished by an MCO. Since the EQR
results are made available to the general
public, this allows Medicaid/CHIP
enrollees and potential enrollees to
make informed choices regarding the
selection of their providers. It also
allows advocacy organizations,
researchers, and other interested parties
access to information on the quality of
care provided to Medicaid beneficiaries
enrolled in Medicaid/CHIP MCOs.
States use the information during their
oversight of these organizations. Form
Number: CMS–R–305 (OMB control
number 0938–0786); Frequency: Yearly;
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Governments; Number of Respondents:
43; Total Annual Responses: 76; Total
Annual Hours: 451,288. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Barbara Dailey at 410–786–
9012).
Dated: April 7, 2015.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office
of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment
Request
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with Section
3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Health
Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) has submitted an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. Comments
submitted during the first public review
of this ICR will be provided to OMB.
OMB will accept further comments from
the public during the review and
approval period.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than May 11, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
including the Information Collection
Request Title, to the desk officer for
HRSA, either by email to OIRA_
submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to
202–395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request a copy of the clearance requests
submitted to OMB for review, email the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance
SUMMARY:
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Officer at paperwork@hrsa.gov or call
(301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
Nurse Corps Scholarship Program. OMB
No. 0915–0301—Revision.
Abstract: The Nurse Corps
Scholarship Program (Nurse Corps SP)
is a competitive federal program, which
awards scholarships to individuals to
attend accredited schools of nursing.
The Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW)
in HRSA administers the program. The
scholarship consists of payment of
tuition, fees, other reasonable
educational costs, and a monthly
support stipend. In return, the students
agree to provide a minimum of 2 years
of full-time clinical service (or an
equivalent part-time commitment, as
approved by the Nurse Corps SP) at a
health care facility with a critical
shortage of nurses as defined by the
program. Nurse Corps SP recipients
must be willing to (and are required to)
fulfill their Nurse Corps SP service
commitment at a health care facility
with a critical shortage of nurses in the
United States as well as the District of
Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana
Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands,
American Samoa, the Federated States
of Micronesia, the Republic of the
Marshall Islands, and the Republic of
Palau.
Students who are uncertain of their
commitment to provide nursing care in
a health care facility with a critical
shortage of nurses in the United States
or these territories are advised not to
participate in the program.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The Nurse Corps SP needs
to collect data to determine an
applicant’s eligibility for the program, to
monitor a participant’s continued
enrollment in a school of nursing, to
monitor the participant’s compliance
with the Nurse Corps SP service
obligation, and to obtain data on its
program to ensure compliance with
statutory mandates and prepare annual
reports to Congress. The following
information will be collected: (1) From
the applicants and/or the schools—
general applicant and nursing school
data such as full name, location, tuition/
fees, and enrollment status; (2) from the
schools, on an annual basis—data
concerning tuition/fees and student
enrollment status; and (3) from the
participants and their health care
facilities with a critical shortage of
nurses, on a biannual basis—data
concerning the participant’s
employment status, work schedule, and
leave usage. BHW enters the cost
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information into its data system, along
with the projected amount for the
monthly stipend, to determine the
amount of each scholarship award.
Likely Respondents: Nurse Corps SP
scholars in school, graduates,
educational institutions, and critical
shortage facility employers.
Burden Statement: Burden in this
context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide the information
requested. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; to
develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose
of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information; to search
data sources; to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. The total annual burden
hours estimated for this ICR are
summarized in the table below.
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
Eligible Applications/Application Program Guidance ...........
School Enrollment Verification Form ...................................
Confirmation of Interest Form ..............................................
DCW Form ...........................................................................
Graduation Close Out Form ................................................
Initial Employment Verification Form ...................................
Service Verification Form—Employer ..................................
Service Verification Form—Participant ................................
2,600
500
250
500
200
500
500
500
1
4
1
1
1
1
2
2
2,600
2,000
250
500
200
500
1,000
1,000
2
20/60
12/60
1
10/60
25/60
8/60
6/60
5,200
667
50
500
33
208
133
100
Total ..............................................................................
........................
........................
........................
........................
6,891
HRSA specifically requests comments
on (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.
Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request
Health Resources and Services
Administration.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection
projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) announces
plans to submit an Information
Collection Request (ICR), described
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below, to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the
ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments
from the public regarding the burden
estimate, below, or any other aspect of
the ICR.
DATES: Comments on the Information
Collection Request must be received no
later than June 9, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 10–29, Parklawn
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and draft
instruments, email paperwork@hrsa.gov
or call the HRSA Information Collection
Clearance Officer at (301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
information request collection title for
reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Providing Primary Care and
Preventative Medical Services in Ryan
White-funded Medical Care Settings:
OMB No. 0915–xxxx—New.
Abstract: Since Congress passed the
Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS
Resource Emergency (CARE) Act in
1990, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS
Program (Ryan White Program) has
funded the provision of care eligible to
persons living with HIV (PLWH). Many
Ryan White-funded clinics have long
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promoted the medical home model,
which involves the provision of
comprehensive and coordinated care
services, including prevention and other
non-medical care services to promote
access and adherence to HIV/AIDS
treatment. As PLWH live longer and
normal lives with effective antiretroviral
treatment, this model has become more
complex. In recent years, clinics
providing care to PLWH are also seeing
their patients develop other common
chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart
disease, and hypertension associated
with normal and aging populations.
Guidelines 1 on primary care for PLWH
have recently been released to help
providers navigate the integration of
primary and preventative care into HIV
care. With already limited budgets,
staffing and other resources, Ryan
White-funded clinics may struggle to
provide primary and preventative care
services in-house or have insufficient
referral systems. However, under the
Affordable Care Act, most PLWH can
obtain more affordable health insurance
which can alleviate some burden on
1 JA Aberg, JE Gallant, KG Ghanem, P Emmanuel,
BS Zingman and MA Horberg. Primary Care
Guidelines for the Management of Persons Infected
with HIV: 2013 Update by the HIV Medicine
Association of the Infectious Disease Society of
America; CID 201_58 (January 1, 2014). New York
State Department of Health AIDS Institute, Office of
the Medical Director. Primary Care Approach to the
HIV-infected Patient; https://www.hivguidelines.org/
clinical-guidelines/adults/primary-care-approachto-the-hiv-infected-patinet/ (Updated November
2014).
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments
submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided
to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the
review and approval period.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than May 11,
2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the Information Collection
Request Title, to the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to 202-395-5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance
requests submitted to OMB for review, email the HRSA Information
Collection Clearance Officer at paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 443-
1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: Nurse Corps Scholarship
Program. OMB No. 0915-0301--Revision.
Abstract: The Nurse Corps Scholarship Program (Nurse Corps SP) is a
competitive federal program, which awards scholarships to individuals
to attend accredited schools of nursing. The Bureau of Health Workforce
(BHW) in HRSA administers the program. The scholarship consists of
payment of tuition, fees, other reasonable educational costs, and a
monthly support stipend. In return, the students agree to provide a
minimum of 2 years of full-time clinical service (or an equivalent
part-time commitment, as approved by the Nurse Corps SP) at a health
care facility with a critical shortage of nurses as defined by the
program. Nurse Corps SP recipients must be willing to (and are required
to) fulfill their Nurse Corps SP service commitment at a health care
facility with a critical shortage of nurses in the United States as
well as the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American
Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall
Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
Students who are uncertain of their commitment to provide nursing
care in a health care facility with a critical shortage of nurses in
the United States or these territories are advised not to participate
in the program.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The Nurse Corps SP needs
to collect data to determine an applicant's eligibility for the
program, to monitor a participant's continued enrollment in a school of
nursing, to monitor the participant's compliance with the Nurse Corps
SP service obligation, and to obtain data on its program to ensure
compliance with statutory mandates and prepare annual reports to
Congress. The following information will be collected: (1) From the
applicants and/or the schools--general applicant and nursing school
data such as full name, location, tuition/fees, and enrollment status;
(2) from the schools, on an annual basis--data concerning tuition/fees
and student enrollment status; and (3) from the participants and their
health care facilities with a critical shortage of nurses, on a
biannual basis--data concerning the participant's employment status,
work schedule, and leave usage. BHW enters the cost
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information into its data system, along with the projected amount for
the monthly stipend, to determine the amount of each scholarship award.
Likely Respondents: Nurse Corps SP scholars in school, graduates,
educational institutions, and critical shortage facility employers.
Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the
information requested. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for
this ICR are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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Eligible Applications/ 2,600 1 2,600 2 5,200
Application Program Guidance...
School Enrollment Verification 500 4 2,000 20/60 667
Form...........................
Confirmation of Interest Form... 250 1 250 12/60 50
DCW Form........................ 500 1 500 1 500
Graduation Close Out Form....... 200 1 200 10/60 33
Initial Employment Verification 500 1 500 25/60 208
Form...........................
Service Verification Form-- 500 2 1,000 8/60 133
Employer.......................
Service Verification Form-- 500 2 1,000 6/60 100
Participant....................
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Total....................... .............. .............. .............. .............. 6,891
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HRSA specifically requests comments on (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.
Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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