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Administration for Children and
Families.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Child and Family Services Plan
(CFSP), Annual Progress and Services
Review (APSR), and Annual Budget
Expenses Request and Estimated
Expenditures (CFS–101)
OMB No.: 0970–0426
Description: Under title IV–B,
subparts 1 and 2, of the Social Security
Act (the Act), States, Territories, and
Tribes are required to submit a Child
and Family Services Plan (CFSP). The
CFSP lays the groundwork for a system
of coordinated, integrated, and
culturally relevant family services for
the subsequent five years (45 CFR
1357.15(a)(1)). The CFSP outlines
initiatives and activities the State, Tribe
or territory will carry out in
administering programs and services to
promote the safety, permanency, and
well-being of children and families,
including, as applicable, those activities
conducted under the John H. Chafee
Foster Care Independence Program
(Section 477 of the Act) and the State
grant authorized by the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act. By June
30 of each year, States, Territories, and
Tribes are also required to submit an
Annual Progress and Services Report
(APSR) and a financial report called the
CFS–101. The APSR is a yearly report
that discusses progress made by a State,
Territory or Tribe in accomplishing the
goals and objectives cited in its CFSP
(45 CFR 1357.16(a)). The APSR contains
new and updated information about
service needs and organizational
capacities throughout the five-year plan
period. The CFS–101 has three parts.
Part I is an annual budget request for the
upcoming fiscal year. Part II includes a
summary of planned expenditures by
program area for the upcoming fiscal
year, the estimated number of
individuals or families to be served, and
the geographical service area. Part III
includes actual expenditures by
program area, numbers of families and
individuals served by program area, and
the geographic areas served for the last
complete fiscal year.
Respondents: States, Territories, and
Tribes must complete the CFSP, APSR,
and CFS–101. Tribes and territories are
exempted from the monthly caseworker
visits reporting requirement of the
CFSP/APSR. There are approximately
189 Tribal entities that currently receive
IV–B funding. There are 53 States
(including Puerto Rico, the District of
Columbia, and the Virgin Islands) that
must complete the CFSP, APSR, and
CFS–101. There are a total of 242
possible respondents.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Instrument
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APSR ...............................................................................................................
CFSP ...............................................................................................................
CFS–101, Parts I, II, and III ............................................................................
Caseworker Visits ............................................................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 54,934.99
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, 330 C Street SW.;
Washington, DC 20202; 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
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Number of
responses per
respondent
242
242
242
53
1
1
1
1
Average
burden hours
per response
80
120.25
5
99.33
Total burden
hours
19,360
29,100.50
1,210
5,264.49
proposed collection of information; (c)
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden
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.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
SUMMARY:
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Administration for Community Living
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection; Public
Comment Request; Senior Medicare
Patrol (SMP) Program National
Beneficiary Survey
Administration for Community
Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Community Living (ACL) is announcing
that the proposed collection of
information listed above has been
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
clearance under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Submit written comments on the
collection of information by December
8, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information by fax
202–395–5806 or by email to
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OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov, Attn:
OMB Desk Officer for ACL.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Katherine Glendening by phone: 202–
795–7350 or email:
Katherine.Glendening@acl.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
compliance with section 44 U.S.C. 3507,
ACL has submitted the following
proposed collection of information to
OMB for review and clearance.
Proposed Collection: Evaluation of the
Senior Medicare Patrols (SMP) program,
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), U.S. Administration for
Community Living (ACL).
Need and Use of Information
Collection: The SMP Customer
Satisfaction Survey is a survey of
individuals who attend Senior Medicare
Patrol (SMP) presentations to
understand the potential for fraud,
waste, and abuse within health care
programs generally and Medicare/
Medicaid specifically. The Senior
Medicare Patrols Program (SMP) was
created under Titles II and IV of the
Older Americans Act (42 U.S.C. 3032),
the amendments of 2006 (Pub. L. 109–
365) and the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of
1996 (Pub. L. 104–191). The mission of
the SMP program is to empower and
assist Medicare beneficiaries, their
families, and caregivers to prevent,
detect, and report health care fraud,
errors, and abuse through outreach,
counseling, and education. The SMP
program empowers Medicare
beneficiaries through increased
awareness and understanding of
healthcare programs and helps them
protect themselves from the economic
and health-related consequences of
Medicare fraud, waste, and abuse. The
SMP program provides services through
a national network of SMP grantees that
are located in every state, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. In
2014, SMPs conducted more than
14,000 education session presentations,
with a total audience of 450,000
individuals. The survey will focus on
education session presentations and the
individuals who attend them, to
determine if the target audience is
satisfied with the information they are
receiving. While the SMP program
currently tracks output and outcome
measures such as number of SMP Team
members, group outreach and education
events, individual interactions, and
savings, customer satisfaction is not one
of them. As a result, there is no current
understanding of the link between the
quality of the information received and
the likelihood to avoid healthcare fraud,
errors, and abuse.
Comments in Response to the 60-Day
Federal Register Notice
A notice was published in the Federal
Register in Vol. 81, No. 125/Wednesday,
June 29, 2016, Pages 42360–42361,
announcing that ACL was requesting
approval of a data collection (ICR New).
No comments were received.
Estimated Data Burden
The SMP survey will be conducted
over a three-year period beginning in
Fiscal Year 2017 (FY 2017). Sites in
each of the 50 states, the District of
Columbia, and the territories of Guam
and Puerto Rico will be surveyed once
during the three-year period. Results
from the surveys will be used to
understand satisfaction among
individuals who attend SMP education
sessions, as well as how the program
can be improved to provide better
service to its target population. Eighteen
(18) unique states/territories will be
surveyed in FY17, with each state or
territory expected to generate 75 unique
responses, for a total of 1,350 individual
responses in Year 1. This process will
then be replicated in Year 2 (FY18),
with a different group of 18 states and
territories being surveyed. In Year 3
(FY19), the final 17 states/territories
will be surveyed. By the end of FY19,
SMP will obtain 3,975 completed
surveys to measure satisfaction at the
national level (53 states/territories × 75
responses per state/territory). SMP will
use the following factors to draw a
representative sample of education
session attendees:
• Randomly select 18 states and
territories to be surveyed in Years 1 and
2 and 17 states/territories in Year 3,
with the states/territories stratified by
the average number of education session
attendees per month.
• Survey a specific site no more than
once.
• Sample from at least five presenters
in each state/territory.
• Survey no fewer than five events
and no more than 20 events in each
state/territory.
• Survey no more than two events per
month in each state/territory.
To generate a sample with a 95%
confidence level at the national level, a
minimum of 384 responses will be
required, which is based on over
450,000 education session attendees in
2014. SMP anticipates collecting 75
completed surveys per state/territory,
for a total collection of 3,975 completed
surveys. This larger collection will
enable ACL to make state-to-state
comparisons, which is an important
feature of this survey. Specifically, stateto-state comparisons will allow ACL to
identify which states/territories are
providing the best services to their
beneficiaries, and what best practices
can be shared across states/territories.
The larger collection will also provide
each state/territory with sufficient
information to take local action to
improve service within budgetary
constraints.
The proposed survey instrument may
be viewed on the ACL Web site: https://
www.acl.gov/Programs/CIP/OHIC/
index.aspx.
OMB approval is requested for 3
years. There are no costs to respondents
other than their time. The average
annual burden associated with these
activities is summarized below:
Number of
respondents
Responses
per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
(hrs)
Total average
annual burden
(hrs)
Stratified Random Sample ...............................................................................
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Respondent type
1,325
1
5/60
110.4
Dated: October 27, 2016.
Edwin L. Walker,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary
for Aging.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Public Comment Request; Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) Program National
Beneficiary Survey
AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing
that the proposed collection of information listed above has been
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by
December 8, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by
fax 202-395-5806 or by email to
[[Page 78600]]
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACL.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Glendening by phone: 202-
795-7350 or email: Katherine.Glendening@acl.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with section 44 U.S.C. 3507,
ACL has submitted the following proposed collection of information to
OMB for review and clearance.
Proposed Collection: Evaluation of the Senior Medicare Patrols
(SMP) program, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S.
Administration for Community Living (ACL).
Need and Use of Information Collection: The SMP Customer
Satisfaction Survey is a survey of individuals who attend Senior
Medicare Patrol (SMP) presentations to understand the potential for
fraud, waste, and abuse within health care programs generally and
Medicare/Medicaid specifically. The Senior Medicare Patrols Program
(SMP) was created under Titles II and IV of the Older Americans Act (42
U.S.C. 3032), the amendments of 2006 (Pub. L. 109-365) and the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-191).
The mission of the SMP program is to empower and assist Medicare
beneficiaries, their families, and caregivers to prevent, detect, and
report health care fraud, errors, and abuse through outreach,
counseling, and education. The SMP program empowers Medicare
beneficiaries through increased awareness and understanding of
healthcare programs and helps them protect themselves from the economic
and health-related consequences of Medicare fraud, waste, and abuse.
The SMP program provides services through a national network of SMP
grantees that are located in every state, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, and Guam. In 2014, SMPs conducted more than 14,000
education session presentations, with a total audience of 450,000
individuals. The survey will focus on education session presentations
and the individuals who attend them, to determine if the target
audience is satisfied with the information they are receiving. While
the SMP program currently tracks output and outcome measures such as
number of SMP Team members, group outreach and education events,
individual interactions, and savings, customer satisfaction is not one
of them. As a result, there is no current understanding of the link
between the quality of the information received and the likelihood to
avoid healthcare fraud, errors, and abuse.
Comments in Response to the 60-Day Federal Register Notice
A notice was published in the Federal Register in Vol. 81, No. 125/
Wednesday, June 29, 2016, Pages 42360-42361, announcing that ACL was
requesting approval of a data collection (ICR New). No comments were
received.
Estimated Data Burden
The SMP survey will be conducted over a three-year period beginning
in Fiscal Year 2017 (FY 2017). Sites in each of the 50 states, the
District of Columbia, and the territories of Guam and Puerto Rico will
be surveyed once during the three-year period. Results from the surveys
will be used to understand satisfaction among individuals who attend
SMP education sessions, as well as how the program can be improved to
provide better service to its target population. Eighteen (18) unique
states/territories will be surveyed in FY17, with each state or
territory expected to generate 75 unique responses, for a total of
1,350 individual responses in Year 1. This process will then be
replicated in Year 2 (FY18), with a different group of 18 states and
territories being surveyed. In Year 3 (FY19), the final 17 states/
territories will be surveyed. By the end of FY19, SMP will obtain 3,975
completed surveys to measure satisfaction at the national level (53
states/territories x 75 responses per state/territory). SMP will use
the following factors to draw a representative sample of education
session attendees:
Randomly select 18 states and territories to be surveyed
in Years 1 and 2 and 17 states/territories in Year 3, with the states/
territories stratified by the average number of education session
attendees per month.
Survey a specific site no more than once.
Sample from at least five presenters in each state/
territory.
Survey no fewer than five events and no more than 20
events in each state/territory.
Survey no more than two events per month in each state/
territory.
To generate a sample with a 95% confidence level at the national
level, a minimum of 384 responses will be required, which is based on
over 450,000 education session attendees in 2014. SMP anticipates
collecting 75 completed surveys per state/territory, for a total
collection of 3,975 completed surveys. This larger collection will
enable ACL to make state-to-state comparisons, which is an important
feature of this survey. Specifically, state-to-state comparisons will
allow ACL to identify which states/territories are providing the best
services to their beneficiaries, and what best practices can be shared
across states/territories. The larger collection will also provide each
state/territory with sufficient information to take local action to
improve service within budgetary constraints.
The proposed survey instrument may be viewed on the ACL Web site:
https://www.acl.gov/Programs/CIP/OHIC/index.aspx.
OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time. The average annual burden associated
with these activities is summarized below:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average burden Total average
Respondent type Number of Responses per hours per annual burden
respondents respondent response (hrs) (hrs)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stratified Random Sample.................... 1,325 1 5/60 110.4
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Dated: October 27, 2016.
Edwin L. Walker,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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