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proposed information collections,
please reference the document identifier
or OMB control number. To be assured
consideration, comments and
recommendations must be received by
the OMB desk officer via one of the
following transmissions: OMB, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: CMS Desk Officer, Fax
Number: (202) 395–5806 OR, Email:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
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.gov/Regulations-andGuidance/Legislation/Paperwork
ReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing.html.
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:
William Parham at (410) 786–4669.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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: Reinstatement without change
of a previously approved collection;
Title of Information Collection:
Identification of Extension Units of
Medicare Approved Outpatient Physical
Therapy/Outpatient Speech Pathology
(OPT/OSP) Providers and Supporting
Regulations; Use: The provider uses the
form to report to the state survey agency
extension locations that it has added
since the date of last report. The form
is used by the state survey agencies and
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by our regional offices to identify and
monitor extension locations to ensure
their compliance with the federal
requirements for the providers of
outpatient physical therapy and speechlanguage pathology services. Form
Number: CMS–381 (OMB control
number: 0938–0273); Frequency:
Annually; Affected Public: Private
Sector; Business or other for-profit and
not-for-profit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 2,161; Total Annual
Responses: 2,161; Total Annual Hours:
540. (For policy questions regarding this
collection contact Peter Ajuonuma at
410–786–3580.)
Dated: October 5, 2017.
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
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request; Proposed
Projects: Renewal of the Low Income
Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP) Performance Data Form
(LPDF)
Title: LIHEAP Performance Data Form
for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) XXXX.
OMB No.: 0970–0449.
Description: In response to the 2010
Government Accountability Office
(GAO) report, Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program—Greater Fraud
Prevention Controls are Needed (GAO–
10–621), and in consideration of the
recommendations issued by the Low
Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP) Performance
Measures Implementation Work Group,
the Office of Community Services (OCS)
required the collection and reporting of
the new performance measures by state
LIHEAP grantees and the District of
Columbia. Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approved the LIHEAP
Performance Data Form (LPDF) in
November 2014 (OMB Clearance No.
0970–0449) that expires on October 31,
2017. The LPDF provides for the
collection of the following LIHEAP
performance measures which are
considered to be developmental as part
of the LPDF:
1. The benefit targeting index for high
burden households receiving LIHEAP
fuel assistance;
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2. The burden reduction targeting
index for high burden households
receiving LIHEAP fuel assistance;
3. The number of households where
LIHEAP prevented a potential home
energy crisis; and
4. The number of households where
LIHEAP benefits restored home energy.
All State LIHEAP grantees and the
District of Columbia are required to
complete the LPDF data through the
Administration for Children and
Families’ (ACF) web-based data
collection and reporting system, the
Online Data Collection (OLDC), which
is available at: https://
home.grantsolutions.gov/home. The
reporting requirements will be
described through OLDC.
The previous OMB-approved LIHEAP
Grantee Survey on sources and uses of
LIHEAP funds was added in 2014 to the
LPDF as an addition to the LIHEAP
performance data. No substantive
changes are being proposed for this data
collection activity. A sample of the draft
form is available for viewing here:
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/resource/
funding-applications.
The form is divided into the following
three modules to add clarity:
Module 1. LIHEAP Grantee Survey
(Required Reporting)
Module 1 of the LPDF will continue
to require the following data from each
state for the federal fiscal year:
• Grantee information,
• sources and uses of LIHEAP funds,
• average LIHEAP household
benefits, and
• maximum income cutoffs for 4person households for each type of
LIHEAP assistance provided by each
grantee for the fiscal year.
Module 2. LIHEAP Performance
Measures (Required Reporting)
Module 2 of the LPDF will continue
to require the following data from each
state for the federal fiscal year:
• Grantee information,
• energy burden targeting,
• restoration of home energy service,
and
• prevention of loss of home energy.
Module 3. LIHEAP Performance
Measures (Optional Reporting)
Module 3 of the LIHEAP LPDF will
continue to voluntarily collect the
following additional information from
each interested grantee for the federal
fiscal year:
• Average annual energy usage,
• Unduplicated number of
households using supplemental heating
fuel and air conditioning,
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• Unduplicated number of
households that had restoration of home
energy service, and
• Unduplicated number of
households that had prevention of loss
of home energy.
Based on the data collected in the
LPDF:
• ACF will provide reliable and
complete LIHEAP fiscal and household
data to Congress in the Department’s
annual LIHEAP Report to Congress.
• ACF will calculate LHEAP
performance measures and report the
results through the annual budget
development process and in LIHEAP’s
annual Congressional Justification (CJ)
under the Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993.
• ACF and grantees will be informed
about the impact LIHEAP has with
respect to LIHEAP households’ home
energy burden (the proportion of their
income spent towards their home
heating and cooling bills), including
information on the difference between
the average recipient and high burden
recipients, restoring home energy
service, and preventing loss of home
energy service.
• ACF will be able to respond to
questions on sources and uses of
LIHEAP funds from the Congress,
Department, OMB, White House, and
other interested parties in a timely
manner.
• LIHEAP grantees will be able to
compare their own results to the results
for other states, as well as to regional
and national results, through the Data
Warehouse of the LIHEAP Performance
Management Web site as they manage
their programs.
Respondents: State Governments and
the District of Columbia.
Annual Burden Estimates
The table below shows the estimated
data collection and reporting burden for
the LPDF as reported in 2014. These
Number of
respondents
Instrument
estimates are based on a small number
of interviews conducted in 2014 with
grantees, sub-grantees, and energy
vendors. In support of this submission
requesting comments, ACF is currently
re-assessing the level of effort to collect
and report the required data in order to
develop updated burden estimates. The
original 2014 estimates were based on
grantee reporting capabilities at that
time and included time and costs for
initial system development. However,
since most grantees have improved their
reporting capabilities, many grantees
have completed their system
development, and ACF has furnished
reporting resources and technical
assistance to assist grantees, it is
expected that the time and costs
associated with reporting are lower than
the original 2014 estimates show below.
Average
burden hours
per
response
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total burden
hours
Module 1: Grantee Survey
Grantees ..........................................................................................
51 ...................................
1
3.5 ..................
178.50
Module 2: Performance Measures
51 ...................................
200 (estimate) ................
1,530 (estimate) .............
1
1
1
100 .................
80 hours .........
40 hours .........
5,100
16,000
61,200
200 .................................
1
10 ...................
2,000
Total Annual Burden Hours .....................................................
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Grantees ..........................................................................................
Sub-Grantees (in states with sub-grantee managed systems) ......
Large Energy Vendors (largest 5 electric, 5 gas, 10 fuel oil, and
10 propane vendors per state—average).
Small Energy Vendors (excluded except in special circumstances).
2,032 ..............................
1
Varies .............
84,478
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 168,956.50.
In compliance with the requirements
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chap 35), 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 20201. 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
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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 60 days of this publication.
Mary Jones,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
[OMB No. 0970–0356]
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Title: Formative Data Collections for
ACF Research and Program Support
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) to renew a generic clearance to
conduct a variety of formative data
collections with more than nine
respondents. The data collections will
inform future research and program
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request;
Proposed Projects: Renewal of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP) Performance Data Form (LPDF)
Title: LIHEAP Performance Data Form for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY)
XXXX.
OMB No.: 0970-0449.
Description: In response to the 2010 Government Accountability
Office (GAO) report, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program--Greater
Fraud Prevention Controls are Needed (GAO-10-621), and in consideration
of the recommendations issued by the Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP) Performance Measures Implementation Work Group, the
Office of Community Services (OCS) required the collection and
reporting of the new performance measures by state LIHEAP grantees and
the District of Columbia. Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approved the LIHEAP Performance Data Form (LPDF) in November 2014 (OMB
Clearance No. 0970-0449) that expires on October 31, 2017. The LPDF
provides for the collection of the following LIHEAP performance
measures which are considered to be developmental as part of the LPDF:
1. The benefit targeting index for high burden households receiving
LIHEAP fuel assistance;
2. The burden reduction targeting index for high burden households
receiving LIHEAP fuel assistance;
3. The number of households where LIHEAP prevented a potential home
energy crisis; and
4. The number of households where LIHEAP benefits restored home
energy.
All State LIHEAP grantees and the District of Columbia are required
to complete the LPDF data through the Administration for Children and
Families' (ACF) web-based data collection and reporting system, the
Online Data Collection (OLDC), which is available at: https://home.grantsolutions.gov/home. The reporting requirements will be
described through OLDC.
The previous OMB-approved LIHEAP Grantee Survey on sources and uses
of LIHEAP funds was added in 2014 to the LPDF as an addition to the
LIHEAP performance data. No substantive changes are being proposed for
this data collection activity. A sample of the draft form is available
for viewing here: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/resource/funding-applications.
The form is divided into the following three modules to add
clarity:
Module 1. LIHEAP Grantee Survey (Required Reporting)
Module 1 of the LPDF will continue to require the following data
from each state for the federal fiscal year:
Grantee information,
sources and uses of LIHEAP funds,
average LIHEAP household benefits, and
maximum income cutoffs for 4-person households for each
type of LIHEAP assistance provided by each grantee for the fiscal year.
Module 2. LIHEAP Performance Measures (Required Reporting)
Module 2 of the LPDF will continue to require the following data
from each state for the federal fiscal year:
Grantee information,
energy burden targeting,
restoration of home energy service, and
prevention of loss of home energy.
Module 3. LIHEAP Performance Measures (Optional Reporting)
Module 3 of the LIHEAP LPDF will continue to voluntarily collect
the following additional information from each interested grantee for
the federal fiscal year:
Average annual energy usage,
Unduplicated number of households using supplemental
heating fuel and air conditioning,
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Unduplicated number of households that had restoration of
home energy service, and
Unduplicated number of households that had prevention of
loss of home energy.
Based on the data collected in the LPDF:
ACF will provide reliable and complete LIHEAP fiscal and
household data to Congress in the Department's annual LIHEAP Report to
Congress.
ACF will calculate LHEAP performance measures and report
the results through the annual budget development process and in
LIHEAP's annual Congressional Justification (CJ) under the Government
Performance and Results Act of 1993.
ACF and grantees will be informed about the impact LIHEAP
has with respect to LIHEAP households' home energy burden (the
proportion of their income spent towards their home heating and cooling
bills), including information on the difference between the average
recipient and high burden recipients, restoring home energy service,
and preventing loss of home energy service.
ACF will be able to respond to questions on sources and
uses of LIHEAP funds from the Congress, Department, OMB, White House,
and other interested parties in a timely manner.
LIHEAP grantees will be able to compare their own results
to the results for other states, as well as to regional and national
results, through the Data Warehouse of the LIHEAP Performance
Management Web site as they manage their programs.
Respondents: State Governments and the District of Columbia.
Annual Burden Estimates
The table below shows the estimated data collection and reporting
burden for the LPDF as reported in 2014. These estimates are based on a
small number of interviews conducted in 2014 with grantees, sub-
grantees, and energy vendors. In support of this submission requesting
comments, ACF is currently re-assessing the level of effort to collect
and report the required data in order to develop updated burden
estimates. The original 2014 estimates were based on grantee reporting
capabilities at that time and included time and costs for initial
system development. However, since most grantees have improved their
reporting capabilities, many grantees have completed their system
development, and ACF has furnished reporting resources and technical
assistance to assist grantees, it is expected that the time and costs
associated with reporting are lower than the original 2014 estimates
show below.
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of respondents responses per hours per Total burden
respondent response hours
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Module 1: Grantee Survey
================================================================================================================
Grantees.................... 51............................ 1 3.5............... 178.50
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Module 2: Performance Measures
================================================================================================================
Grantees.................... 51............................ 1 100............... 5,100
Sub-Grantees (in states with 200 (estimate)................ 1 80 hours.......... 16,000
sub-grantee managed
systems).
Large Energy Vendors 1,530 (estimate).............. 1 40 hours.......... 61,200
(largest 5 electric, 5 gas,
10 fuel oil, and 10 propane
vendors per state--average).
Small Energy Vendors 200........................... 1 10................ 2,000
(excluded except in special
circumstances).
rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Total Annual Burden 2,032......................... 1 Varies............ 84,478
Hours.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 168,956.50.
In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chap 35), 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 20201. 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 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 60 days of this publication.
Mary Jones,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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