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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Health Scientist, Acting Chief, Information
Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for
Science, Office of the Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living,
Administration on Aging
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; State Annual LongTerm Care Ombudsman Report
Revised Data Collection to the National
Ombudsman Reporting System
Administration for Community
Living, Administration on Aging, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Administration on
Community Living, Administration on
Aging (ACL/AoA) is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed collection of certain
information by the agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the
PRA), Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension of an existing collection of
information, and to allow 60 days for
public comment in response to the
notice. This notice solicits comments on
the information collection requirements
relating to the National Ombudsman
Reporting System per 45 CFR part
1324.21 and Older Americans Act Title
VII.
DATES: Submit written or electronic
comments on the collection of
information by October 7, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit electronic
comments on the collection of
information to: louise.ryan@acl.hhs.gov.
Submit written comments on the
collection of information to: U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services: Administration for
Community Living 701 Fifth Avenue,
Suite 1600 M/S RX–33, Seattle, WA
98104, Attention: Louise Ryan.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Louise Ryan by telephone: (206) 615–
2514 or by email: louise.ryan@
acl.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
compliance with PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Administration for
Community Living (ACL, formerly the
Administration for Aging) has submitted
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the following proposed collection of
information to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance. The
Administration for Community Living/
Administration on Aging (ACL/AoA) is
requesting approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for data
collection associated with the National
Ombudsman Reporting System (NORS).
The report form and instructions have
been in continuous use, with minor
modifications, since they were first
approved by OMB for the FY 1995
reporting period. This request is for
approval to revise the data collection
tool to enhance ACL’s ability to
understand and report on: LTCO
program operations, experience of longterm care facility residents and to
update to reflect changes in: LTC
Ombudsman program operations and
long-term supports and services
policies, research, and practices. States
will continue to provide the following
data and narrative information in the
report:
1. Numbers and descriptions of cases
filed and complaints made on behalf of
long-term care facility residents to the
statewide ombudsman program;
2. Major issues identified impacting
on the quality of care and life of longterm care facility residents;
3. Statewide program operations; and
4. Ombudsman activities in addition
to complaint investigation.
5. Organizational conflict of interest
reporting as required by 45 CFR part
1324.21.
With respect to the following
collection of information, ACL/AoA
invites comments on: (1) Whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
ACL/AoA’s functions, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
ACL/AoA’s estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
when appropriate, and other forms of
information technology.
The proposed data collection tools
may be found on the ACL/AoA Web site
at: https://www.aoa.acl.gov/AoA_
Programs/Elder_Rights/Ombudsman/
index.aspx.
AoA estimates the burden of this
additional collection of information as
follows: Approximately 7780 hours,
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with 52 state Ombudsman programs
responding annually.
Dated: August 2, 2016.
Edwin L. Walker,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; the
National Maltreatment Reporting
System
Administration for Community
Living, HHS
ACTION: Notice
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Community Living (formerly the
Administration on Aging (AoA) is
announcing that the proposed collection
of information listed below has been
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
clearance under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The purpose of
this notice is to allow for an additional
30 days of public comment on the
information collection requirements
relating to the National Adult
Maltreatment Reporting System
(NAMRS). The proposed collection of
information tools may be found in the
NAMRS section of the ACL Web site.
DATES: Submit written comments on the
collection of information by September
7, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information to the
Office of Management and Budget,
Office for Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer for ACL
by email: OIRA_submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax: 202.395.6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie Whittier Eliason,
Administration for Community Living,
330 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20201;
email: stephanie.whittiereliason@
acl.hhs.gov; telephone: 202.795.7467.
Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained by
contacting Stephanie Whittier Eliason.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
compliance with PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), the Administration for
Community Living (ACL, formerly the
Administration for Aging) has submitted
the following proposed collection of
information to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
SUMMARY:
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review and clearance. The Federal
Register notice that solicited public
comment on the information collection
for a period of 60 days was published
on March 22, 2016.
Authority: This data collection effort
is in response to the Elder Justice Act of
2009, which amended title XX of the
Social Security Act (42.U.S.C. 13976 et
seq.). These provisions require that the
Secretary of HHS ‘‘collects and
disseminates data annually relating to
the abuse, exploitation, and neglect of
elders in coordination with the
Department of Justice’’ (Sec.
2041(a)(1)(B)), and ‘‘conducts research
related to the provision of adult
protective services’’ (Sec. 2041(a)(1)(D)).
Furthermore, the Elder Justice
Coordinating Council (EJCC) included
as its third recommendation for
increasing federal involvement in
addressing elder abuse, neglect, and
exploitation: Develop a national adult
protective services (APS) system based
upon standardized data collection and a
core set of service provision standards
and best practices.
Background: From 2013–2015, ACL,
in partnership with the U.S. Department
of Health & Human Services’ Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE), developed and pilot
tested NAMRS. When implemented,
NAMRS will be the first comprehensive,
national reporting system for APS
programs. NAMRS is intended to collect
quantitative and qualitative data on the
practices and policies of adult
protective services (APS) agencies, as
well as the outcomes of investigations
into the maltreatment of older adults
and adults with disabilities. In
developing NAMRS, ACL and ASPE
convened key stakeholders to identify
data elements that are the most critical
for a national system. More than 40 state
administrators, researchers, service
providers, and other stakeholders
provided input in focus group
conference calls. Additionally, more
than 30 state representatives from 25
different states met in three in-person
working sessions to discuss the uses of
collected data and the key
functionalities. A pilot version of
NAMRS was tested in nine (9) diverse
states, and refined based on feedback
from the pilot and additional
stakeholder engagement. A full
discussion on the background of
NAMRS, including the development of
the system, the public engagement
process, and the pilot testing can be
found in the NAMRS section of the ACL
Web site.
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Proposed Collection Effort: NAMRS
has been developed as a voluntary
system to collect annually both
summary and de-identified case-level
data on APS investigations. NAMRS
consists of three components:
(1) ACL proposes to collect descriptive
data on state agency policies and practices
from all states through the ‘‘Agency
Component,’’ and
(2) Case-level, non-identifiable data on
persons who receive an investigation by APS
in response to an allegation of abuse, neglect,
or exploitation through the ‘‘Case
Component.’’
(3) For states that are unable to submit a
case-level file through the ‘‘Case
Component,’’ a ‘‘Key Indicators Component’’
will be available for them to submit data on
a smaller set of core items.
ACL will provide technical assistance
to states to assist in the preparation of
their data submissions. Respondents
will be state APS agencies and APS
agencies in the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Marianas
Islands, Virgin Islands, and American
Samoa. No personally identifiable
information will be collected. ACL has
calculated the following burden
estimates (information on how the
estimates were calculated is available in
the NAMRS section of the ACL Web
site):
Number of
responses
per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
56
31
25
1
1
1
13
40
150
728
1,240
3,750
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours .....................................................
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Agency Component .........................................................................................
Key Indicators Component ..............................................................................
Case Component .............................................................................................
........................
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5,718
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 of this announcement.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
directly to the following address: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork
Reduction Project, email: OIRA_
Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV; Attention:
Desk Officer for the Administration for
Community Living.
With respect to the collection of
information via NAMRS, ACL
specifically requests comments on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency,
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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 30 days of this publication. The
proposed collection of information tools
may be found in the NAMRS section of
the ACL Web site.
Dated: August 2, 2016.
Edwin L. Walker,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2016–N–0566]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for Office of
Management and Budget Review;
Comment Request; Survey of Alumni
Commissioner’s Fellowship Program
Fellows
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
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; the National Maltreatment Reporting System
AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS
ACTION: Notice
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (formerly the
Administration on Aging (AoA) is announcing that the proposed
collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The purpose of this notice is to allow
for an additional 30 days of public comment on the information
collection requirements relating to the National Adult Maltreatment
Reporting System (NAMRS). The proposed collection of information tools
may be found in the NAMRS section of the ACL Web site.
DATES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by
September 7, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information to
the Office of Management and Budget, Office for Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer for ACL by email:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or fax: 202.395.6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Whittier Eliason,
Administration for Community Living, 330 C St. SW., Washington, DC
20201; email: stephanie.whittiereliason@acl.hhs.gov; telephone:
202.795.7467.
Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained by
contacting Stephanie Whittier Eliason.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520), the Administration for Community Living (ACL, formerly the
Administration for Aging) has submitted the following proposed
collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for
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review and clearance. The Federal Register notice that solicited public
comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days was
published on March 22, 2016.
Authority: This data collection effort is in response to the Elder
Justice Act of 2009, which amended title XX of the Social Security Act
(42.U.S.C. 13976 et seq.). These provisions require that the Secretary
of HHS ``collects and disseminates data annually relating to the abuse,
exploitation, and neglect of elders in coordination with the Department
of Justice'' (Sec. 2041(a)(1)(B)), and ``conducts research related to
the provision of adult protective services'' (Sec. 2041(a)(1)(D)).
Furthermore, the Elder Justice Coordinating Council (EJCC) included as
its third recommendation for increasing federal involvement in
addressing elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation: Develop a national
adult protective services (APS) system based upon standardized data
collection and a core set of service provision standards and best
practices.
Background: From 2013-2015, ACL, in partnership with the U.S.
Department of Health & Human Services' Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), developed and pilot
tested NAMRS. When implemented, NAMRS will be the first comprehensive,
national reporting system for APS programs. NAMRS is intended to
collect quantitative and qualitative data on the practices and policies
of adult protective services (APS) agencies, as well as the outcomes of
investigations into the maltreatment of older adults and adults with
disabilities. In developing NAMRS, ACL and ASPE convened key
stakeholders to identify data elements that are the most critical for a
national system. More than 40 state administrators, researchers,
service providers, and other stakeholders provided input in focus group
conference calls. Additionally, more than 30 state representatives from
25 different states met in three in-person working sessions to discuss
the uses of collected data and the key functionalities. A pilot version
of NAMRS was tested in nine (9) diverse states, and refined based on
feedback from the pilot and additional stakeholder engagement. A full
discussion on the background of NAMRS, including the development of the
system, the public engagement process, and the pilot testing can be
found in the NAMRS section of the ACL Web site.
Proposed Collection Effort: NAMRS has been developed as a voluntary
system to collect annually both summary and de-identified case-level
data on APS investigations. NAMRS consists of three components:
(1) ACL proposes to collect descriptive data on state agency
policies and practices from all states through the ``Agency
Component,'' and
(2) Case-level, non-identifiable data on persons who receive an
investigation by APS in response to an allegation of abuse, neglect,
or exploitation through the ``Case Component.''
(3) For states that are unable to submit a case-level file
through the ``Case Component,'' a ``Key Indicators Component'' will
be available for them to submit data on a smaller set of core items.
ACL will provide technical assistance to states to assist in the
preparation of their data submissions. Respondents will be state APS
agencies and APS agencies in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. No
personally identifiable information will be collected. ACL has
calculated the following burden estimates (information on how the
estimates were calculated is available in the NAMRS section of the ACL
Web site):
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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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Agency Component................................ 56 1 13 728
Key Indicators Component........................ 31 1 40 1,240
Case Component.................................. 25 1 150 3,750
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours......... .............. .............. .............. 5,718
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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 of
this announcement. Written comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should be sent directly to the
following address: Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction
Project, email: OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV; Attention: Desk Officer
for the Administration for Community Living.
With respect to the collection of information via NAMRS, ACL
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 30 days of this publication. The proposed collection of
information tools may be found in the NAMRS section of the ACL Web
site.
Dated: August 2, 2016.
Edwin L. Walker,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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