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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Administration on Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities, President’s
Committee for People With Intellectual
Disabilities
Administration for Community
Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and
Thursday, December 1, 2016 from 9:00
a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
These meetings will be open to the
general public.
ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held
in U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services/Hubert H. Humphrey
Building located at 200 Independence
Avenue SW., Conference Room 505A,
Washington, DC 20201. Individuals who
would like to participate via conference
call may do so by dialing toll-free #:
888–677–5620, when prompted enter
pass code: 1697798. Individuals whose
full participation in the meeting will
require special accommodations (e.g.,
sign language interpreting services,
assistive listening devices, materials in
alternative format such as large print or
Braille) should notify Ms. Allison Cruz,
Director, Office of Innovation, via email
at Allison.Cruz@acl.hhs.gov, or via
telephone at 202–795–7334, no later
than Monday, November 18, 2016. The
PCPID will attempt to accommodate
requests made after this date, but cannot
guarantee the ability to grant requests
received after the deadline. All meeting
sites are barrier free, consistent with the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
and the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA).
AGENDA: The Committee Members will
discuss preparation of the PCPID 2017
Report to the President, including its
content and format, and related data
collection and analysis required to
complete the writing of the Report. They
will also receive presentations from
selected experts in the field of
Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: For further
information, please contact Ms. Allison
Cruz, Director, Office of Innovation, 330
C Street SW., Switzer Building, Room
1114, Washington, DC 20201.
Telephone: 202–795–7334. Fax: 202–
795–7334. Email: Allison.Cruz@
acl.hhs.gov.
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DATES:
The
PCPID acts in an advisory capacity to
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the President and the Secretary of
Health and Human Services on a broad
range of topics relating to programs,
services and support for individuals
with intellectual disabilities. The PCPID
executive order stipulates that the
Committee shall: (1) Provide such
advice concerning intellectual
disabilities as the President or the
Secretary of Health and Human Services
may request; and (2) provide advice to
the President concerning the following
for people with intellectual disabilities:
(A) Expansion of educational
opportunities; (B) promotion of
homeownership; (C) assurance of
workplace integration; (D) improvement
of transportation options; (E) expansion
of full access to community living; and
(F) increasing access to assistive and
universally designed technologies.
Dated: October 27, 2016.
Aaron Bishop,
Commissioner, Administration on Disabilities
(AoD)
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection; Public
Comment Request; Evaluation of the
State Health Insurance Assistance
Program (SHIP)
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: Comments must be received by
December 8, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information by fax
202.395.5806 or by email to 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.
SUMMARY:
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Proposed Collection: Evaluation of the
State Health Insurance Assistance
Program (SHIP), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S.
Administration for Community Living
(ACL).
Need and Use of Information
Collection: The SHIP Customer
Satisfaction Survey is a survey of
individuals who meet with State Health
Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
Counselors to better understand their
Medicare options. SHIP provides free,
one-on-one counseling to the public,
and the SHIP Customer Satisfaction
Survey will be used to measure
individuals’ satisfaction with their
counseling experience.
The State Health Insurance Assistance
Program (SHIP) was created under
Section 4360 of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1990 (P.L.
101–508). SHIP was created to provide
grant funding to states/territories, who
in turn provide ‘‘. . . information,
counseling, and assistance . . . to
individuals who are eligible to receive
benefits under title XVIII of the Social
Security Act’’ (Medicare). SHIP grants
help Medicare beneficiaries and their
families to obtain information about
topics, such as Medicare enrollment
(Parts A and B), Medicare Advantage
plans (Part C), prescription drug
coverage (Part D), Medicare Savings
Programs (MSPs), supplemental
insurance policies (Medigap), Medicaid
issues, and other health insurance
issues. The survey will gauge
individuals’ satisfaction with the
services provided by SHIP counselors.
While the SHIP program currently
tracks the number of contacts the
program makes with individual citizens,
as well as descriptive information about
counseling sessions such as topic,
location, and beneficiary demographics,
the program does not track outcome
measurements, including customer
satisfaction.
Comments in Response to the 60-Day
Federal Register Notice
A notice was published in the Federal
Register in Vol. 81, No. 124/Tuesday,
June 28, 2016, Pages 41974–41975,
announcing that ACL was requesting
approval of a data collection (ICR New).
No comments were received.
Estimated Data Burden
The SHIP survey will be conducted
over a three-year period beginning in
Fiscal Year 2017 (FY 2017), with sites
in each of the 50 states, the District of
Columbia and the territories of Guam,
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
being surveyed once during the threeyear period. Results from the surveys
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will be used to understand satisfaction
among individuals who receive SHIP
Medicare assistance/counseling, 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 FY 2017,
with each state/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 (FY 2018) and Year 3 (FY 2019),
with a different unique group of 18
states and territories being surveyed
each year. By the end of FY19, SHIP
will obtain 4,050 completed surveys to
measure satisfaction at the state and
national levels (18 states/territories × 75
responses per state × 3 years). SHIP will
use the following factors to draw a
representative sample of beneficiaries
who received assistance/counseling:
• Review counseling sessions at two
points each year:
Æ One week in the spring (outside of
the annual Medicare Open Enrollment
Period)
Æ One week in the fall (during the
annual Medicare Open Enrollment
Period)
• Focus only on non-redundant
individuals (i.e., a random sample
without replacement of individuals who
receive SHIP counseling).
• Randomly select 18 states and
territories to be surveyed each year,
with the states/territories stratified by
data collection method* and the size of
the Medicare-eligible population.
* Data collection method refers to how
each state/territory collects and enters
its records of counseling sessions. The
majority of states/territories (29 of 54)
directly enter counseling records into
SHIP’s National Performance Reporting
(NPR) system, but the remaining states/
territories upload data in batches at the
end of each month. To ensure that the
batch upload states/territories will be
able to pull weekly samples twice per
year, we will limit these states/
territories to Years 2 and 3 of the survey
administration period, thereby allowing
for technical assistance to these states/
territories if necessary.
To generate a sample with a 95%
confidence level at the national level
384 responses will be required (n =
3,000,000 counseling sessions in 2015).
SHIP anticipates collecting 75
completed surveys per state/territory,
for a total collection of 4,050 completed
surveys over the 3-year period. 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 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:
Respondent type
Number of
respondents
Responses
per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
(hours)
Total
average
annual burden
(hours)
Stratified Random Sample ...............................................................................
1,350
1
8/60
180
Dated: October 27, 2016.
Edwin L. Walker,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary
for Aging.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2016–N–3362]
Intent To Review a Study Data
Standardization Plan Template; Notice
of Availability; Establishment of a
Public Docket; Request for Comments
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
Notice of availability; request
for comments.
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ACTION:
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research, is establishing
a public docket to collect comments
related to a proposed Study Data
Standardization Plan (SDSP) template.
As part of FDA’s ongoing collaboration
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with the Pharmaceutical Users Software
Exchange (PhUSE), an independent,
non-profit consortium addressing
computational science issues, a PhUSE
working group developed the PhUSE
SDSP template. The purpose of this
review is to evaluate the template and
determine whether FDA will
recommend its use either as is, or in a
modified form, for regulatory
submissions of study data. FDA is
seeking public comment on the use of
the PhUSE SDSP template for regulatory
submissions.
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the PhUSE SDSP template at any time,
to ensure that the Agency considers
your comments in this review, please
submit either electronic or written
comments by January 9, 2017.
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as follows:
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including attachments, to https://
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the docket unchanged. Because your
comment will be made public, you are
solely responsible for ensuring that your
comment does not include any
confidential information that you or a
third party may not wish to be posted,
such as medical information, your or
anyone else’s Social Security number, or
confidential business information, such
as a manufacturing process. Please note
that if you include your name, contact
information, or other information that
identifies you in the body of your
comments, that information will be
posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
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with confidential information that you
do not wish to be made available to the
public, submit the comment as a
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Submissions’’ and ‘‘Instructions’’).
Submit electronic comments in the
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instructions for submitting comments.
Comments submitted electronically,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Public Comment Request; Evaluation of the State Health Insurance
Assistance Program (SHIP)
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: Comments must be received by December 8, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by
fax 202.395.5806 or by email to 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 State Health Insurance
Assistance Program (SHIP), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS), U.S. Administration for Community Living (ACL).
Need and Use of Information Collection: The SHIP Customer
Satisfaction Survey is a survey of individuals who meet with State
Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) Counselors to better
understand their Medicare options. SHIP provides free, one-on-one
counseling to the public, and the SHIP Customer Satisfaction Survey
will be used to measure individuals' satisfaction with their counseling
experience.
The State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) was created
under Section 4360 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of
1990 (P.L. 101-508). SHIP was created to provide grant funding to
states/territories, who in turn provide ``. . . information,
counseling, and assistance . . . to individuals who are eligible to
receive benefits under title XVIII of the Social Security Act''
(Medicare). SHIP grants help Medicare beneficiaries and their families
to obtain information about topics, such as Medicare enrollment (Parts
A and B), Medicare Advantage plans (Part C), prescription drug coverage
(Part D), Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs), supplemental insurance
policies (Medigap), Medicaid issues, and other health insurance issues.
The survey will gauge individuals' satisfaction with the services
provided by SHIP counselors. While the SHIP program currently tracks
the number of contacts the program makes with individual citizens, as
well as descriptive information about counseling sessions such as
topic, location, and beneficiary demographics, the program does not
track outcome measurements, including customer satisfaction.
Comments in Response to the 60-Day Federal Register Notice
A notice was published in the Federal Register in Vol. 81, No. 124/
Tuesday, June 28, 2016, Pages 41974-41975, announcing that ACL was
requesting approval of a data collection (ICR New). No comments were
received.
Estimated Data Burden
The SHIP survey will be conducted over a three-year period
beginning in Fiscal Year 2017 (FY 2017), with sites in each of the 50
states, the District of Columbia and the territories of Guam, Puerto
Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands being surveyed once during the three-
year period. Results from the surveys
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will be used to understand satisfaction among individuals who receive
SHIP Medicare assistance/counseling, 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 FY 2017, with each
state/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 (FY 2018) and Year 3 (FY 2019), with a different
unique group of 18 states and territories being surveyed each year. By
the end of FY19, SHIP will obtain 4,050 completed surveys to measure
satisfaction at the state and national levels (18 states/territories x
75 responses per state x 3 years). SHIP will use the following factors
to draw a representative sample of beneficiaries who received
assistance/counseling:
Review counseling sessions at two points each year:
[cir] One week in the spring (outside of the annual Medicare Open
Enrollment Period)
[cir] One week in the fall (during the annual Medicare Open
Enrollment Period)
Focus only on non-redundant individuals (i.e., a random
sample without replacement of individuals who receive SHIP counseling).
Randomly select 18 states and territories to be surveyed
each year, with the states/territories stratified by data collection
method* and the size of the Medicare-eligible population.
* Data collection method refers to how each state/territory
collects and enters its records of counseling sessions. The majority of
states/territories (29 of 54) directly enter counseling records into
SHIP's National Performance Reporting (NPR) system, but the remaining
states/territories upload data in batches at the end of each month. To
ensure that the batch upload states/territories will be able to pull
weekly samples twice per year, we will limit these states/territories
to Years 2 and 3 of the survey administration period, thereby allowing
for technical assistance to these states/territories if necessary.
To generate a sample with a 95% confidence level at the national
level 384 responses will be required (n = 3,000,000 counseling sessions
in 2015). SHIP anticipates collecting 75 completed surveys per state/
territory, for a total collection of 4,050 completed surveys over the
3-year period. 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 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
Number of Responses per hours per Total average
Respondent type respondents respondent response annual burden
(hours) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stratified Random Sample.................... 1,350 1 8/60 180
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Dated: October 27, 2016.
Edwin L. Walker,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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