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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 B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; National Medical Support
Notice—Part A (OMB #0970–0222)
Office of Child Support
Enforcement; Administration for
Children and Families; HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) is
SUMMARY:
requesting a three year extension of the
form National Medical Support Notice
(NMSN) Part A (OMB #0970–0222
expiration 8/31/2019). The following
changes were made to the form: A
checkbox was added to distinguish
between the National Medical Support
Order/Notice (NMSN) and the a
Termination Order/Notice. The
following instruction was added under
the Employer Responsibilities: 3. If the
Termination Order/Notice checkbox is
checked, you are required to terminate
the health care coverage for the
child(ren) identified in the order.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of
publication. In compliance with the
requirements of Section 3506(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.
ADDRESSES: 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: OPRE
Reports Clearance Officer. Email
address: OPREinfocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The National Medical
Support Notice (NMSN) is a two-part
document completed by state child
support enforcement agencies,
employers, and health plan
administrators to enforce health care
coverage provisions in a child support
order. The Department of Health and
Human Services (DHHS) developed and
maintains Part A of the NMSN, which
is sent to an obligor’s employer for
completion; the Department of Labor
(DOL) developed and maintains Part B
of the NMSN, which is provided to
health care administrators following
completion of Part A. The
Administration for Children and
Families is requesting that the NMSN
Part A expiration dates continue to be
synchronize with the expiration date of
NMSN Part B submitted by DOL.
Respondents: State child support
enforcement agencies, employers, and
health plan administrators.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden
hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Instrument
Respondent
National Medical Support Notice—Part A—Notice to
Withhold for Health Care Coverage.
State ......................
54
89,634
.17
822,840
Employers ..............
1,027,484
4.71
.17
822,706
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,645,546.
Comments: 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.
Authorities: Section 466(a)(19) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C
666(a)(19)), section 609(a)(5)(C) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security
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Act of 1974 (ERISA) (29 U.S.C.
1169(a)(5)(C)), and for State and local
government and church plans sections
401(e) and (f) of the Child Support
Performance and Incentive Act of 1998
(29 CFR 2590.609–2).
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Public Comment Request;
One Protection and Advocacy Annual
Program Performance Report
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Administration for Community Living
[OMB # 0985–New]
Administration for Community
Living (ACL), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Community Living 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 as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. This 30-Day notice collects
comments on the information collection
SUMMARY:
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requirements related to the proposed
new data collection (ICR New).
DATES: Submit written comments on the
collection of information by April 18,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information by:
(a) Email to: OIRA_submission@
omb.eop.gov, Attn: OMB Desk Officer
for ACL;
(b) fax to 202.395.5806, Attn: OMB
Desk Officer for ACL; or
(c) by mail to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
OMB, New Executive Office Bldg., 725
17th St. NW, Rm. 10235, Washington,
DC 20503, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for
ACL.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ophelia McLain, Administration for
Community Living, Administration on
Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities, Office of Program Support,
330 C Street SW, Washington, DC
20201, (202) 795–7401 or
Ophelia.McLain@acl.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, ACL
has submitted the following proposed
collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance. ACL is publishing
a notice of the proposed collection of
information set forth in this document.
This proposed new data collection
will replace four existing Protection and
Advocacy Program Performance Reports
and other revisions.
The four annual reports include the
following: (1) Developmental
Disabilities Protection and Advocacy
Systems Program Performance Report
(0985–0027), (2) Protection and
Advocacy for Assistive Technology
(PAAT) Program Performance Report
(0985–0046); (3) Protection and
Advocacy Voting Access Annual Report
(Help America Vote Act) (HAVA)
(0985–0028); and (4) Protection and
Advocacy for Traumatic Brain Injury
(PATBI) Program Performance Report
(0985–0058).
State Protection and Advocacy (P&A)
Systems in each State and Territory
provide individual legal advocacy,
systemic advocacy, monitoring and
investigations to protect and advance
the rights of people with developmental
disabilities, using funding administered
by the Administration on Intellectual
and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD),
Administration on Disabilities,
Administration for Community Living,
HHS. To meet statutory reporting
requirements, P&As have used four
separate forms for submitting annual
reports. It is proposed that the four
forms be combined by creating the One
Protection and Advocacy Annual
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Program Performance Report form. Once
the four program performance reports
are combined, the current OMB
approval numbers for each report will
be retired, and a new approval number
will be created for the One Protection
and Advocacy Program Performance
Report. Each P&A system currently
submits four separate reports to AIDD—
one report for each of the funding
sources listed below. By combining the
forms, P&As will have a reduced burden
because they will be submitting only
one report annually. Duplicative
background and other data that appear
in multiple reports will only need to be
entered once.
This also will promote accuracy and
consistency because this data will not
need to be entered multiple times. The
authority for each report is as follows:
• The Developmental Disabilities
Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, 42
U.S.C. 15044: Federal statute and
regulation require each P&A to annually
prepare a report that describes the
activities and accomplishments of the
system during the preceding fiscal year
and a Statement of Goals and Priorities
for each coming fiscal year.
P&As are required to annually report
on ‘‘the activities, accomplishments,
and expenditures of the system during
the preceding fiscal year, including a
description of the system’s goals, the
extent to which the goals were achieved,
barriers to their achievement, the
process used to obtain public input, the
nature of such input, and how such
input was used.’’
• The Children’s Health Act of 2000,
42 U.S.C. Section 300d–53(h), requires
the P&A System in each State to
annually prepare and submit to the
Secretary a report that includes
documentation of the progress they have
made in serving individuals with
traumatic brain injury.
• The Assistive Technology Act of
1998, Section 5, as amended, Public
Law 108–36, (AT Act), requires the P&A
System in each State to annually
prepare and submit to the Secretary a
report that includes documentation of
the progress they have made in—
1. conducting consumer-responsive
activities, including activities that will
lead to increased access for individuals
with disabilities to funding for assistive
technology devices and assistive
technology services;
2. engaging in informal advocacy to
assist in securing assistive technology
and assistive technology services for
individuals with disabilities;
3. engaging in formal representation
for individuals with disabilities to
secure systems change, and in advocacy
activities to secure assistive technology
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and assistive technology services for
individuals with disabilities;
4. developing and implementing
strategies to enhance the long-term
abilities of individuals with disabilities
and their family members, guardians,
advocates, and authorized
representatives to advocate the
provision of assistive technology
devices and assistive technology
services to which the individuals with
disabilities are entitled under law other
than this Act; and
5. coordinating activities with
protection and advocacy services
funded through sources other than this
title, and coordinating activities with
the capacity building and advocacy
activities carried out by the lead agency.
• The Help America Vote Act, Public
Law 107–252, Title II, Subtitle D,
Section 291, (42 U.S.C. 15461), requires
each grantee to annually submit a
narrative report describing the work
performed with the funds authorized
under 42 U.S.C. 15461 of the Help
America Vote Act of 2002.
The combined form will also allow
federal reviewers to analyze patterns
more readily between goals, priority
setting, and program performance. The
annual program performance report
(PPR) is reviewed by federal staff for
compliance and outcomes. Information
in the PPRs is analyzed to create a
national profile of programmatic
compliance, outcomes, and goals and
priorities for P&A Systems for tracking
accomplishments against these goals
and priorities and to determine areas
needing technical assistance, including
compliance with Federal requirements.
Information collected in the unified
report will inform AIDD of trends in
P&A advocacy, collaboration with other
Federally-funded entities, and identify
best practices for efficient use of federal
funds.
Comments in Response to the 60 Day
Federal Register Notice
A 60-day comment period was
provided. The solicitation of comments
for the proposed information collection
was published in the Federal Register,
Vol. 83, No. 198 (Friday, October 12,
2018).
Five comments were received during
the public comment period. Three
addressed AIDD’s and the Secretary’s
monitoring role of the P&As.
They were not relevant to this request
for comment. One commenter suggested
AIDD collect information on employees
with disabilities in the proposed section
on ‘‘Consumer Involvement in
Governance.’’ As consumer involvement
in all levels of P&A activity is
important, AIDD adopts that suggestion
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for the revised form. One commenter
suggested that we change the list of AT
devices. After consideration of the
comment, AIDD will modify the list of
AT devices while retaining the majority
of the original categories. One
commenter suggested we delay the data
collection for one year to allow grantees
time to prepare. While this may be
optimal, two other tools are expiring in
2019. Therefore, AIDD will proceed
with using this data collection in 2019.
Issues of the scope, content,
availability of data, format, and clarity
of instructions for the One PPR have
been discussed with all of the P&A
systems through focus groups, work
groups, and in conferences organized on
behalf of Administration on Intellectual
and Developmental Disabilities by the
National Disability Rights Network
(NDRN). The format is based on the
efforts of these focus groups, work
groups, and conferences.
The proposed form(s) may be found
on the ACL website at: https://
www.acl.gov/about-acl/public-input.
Estimated Program Burden
The annual burden on this form is
estimated as 7,296 annual burden hours.
Instrument
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
One Protection and Advocacy Annual Program Performance Report ............
57
1
128
7,296
Dated: March 13, 2019.
Lance Robertson,
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for
Aging.
(b) fax to 202.395.5806, Attn: OMB
Desk Officer for ACL; or
(c) by mail to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
OMB, New Executive Office Bldg., 725
17th St. NW, Rm. 10235, Washington,
DC 20503, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for
ACL.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Administration for Community Living
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Public Comment Request; No
Wrong Door (NWD) System
Management Tool
Administration for Community
Living (ACL), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Community Living 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 as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. This 30-Day notice collects
comments on the information collection
requirements related to ACL’s Aging
and Disability Resource Center/No
Wrong Door System (ADRC/NWD) New
Data Collection (ICR New).
DATES: Submit written comments on the
collection of information by April 18,
2019.
SUMMARY:
Submit written comments
on the collection of information by:
(a) email to: OIRA_submission@
omb.eop.gov, Attn: OMB Desk Officer
for ACL;
ADDRESSES:
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Joseph Lugo at joseph.lugo@acl.hhs.gov
or 202–795–7391.
In
compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, ACL
has submitted the following proposed
collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance.
The NWD System Management Tool
(NWD MT) provides a platform
documenting key elements that are
necessary to evaluate the progress of the
NWD System model and to understand
and document the extent to which a
state’s NWD System is streamlining and
coordinating access to LTSS through
four core functions of State Governance
and Administration, Public Outreach
and Coordination with Key Referral
Sources, Person-Centered Counseling,
and Streamlined Eligibility for Public
Programs.
In addition, this tool will include data
collection for the Veteran Directed Care
(VDC) program, an evidence-based selfdirected program where person-centered
counselors from aging and disability
network agencies within a state’s NWD
System provide facilitated assessment
and care planning, arrange fiscal
management services and provide
ongoing counseling and support to
Veterans, their families and caregivers.
The VDC too will collect qualitative and
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quantitative data elements necessary to
evaluate the impact of the VDC program.
The NWD MT and the VDC tool will
enable ACL and its partners to collect
and analyze data elements necessary to
assess the progress of the NWD System
model, track performance measures, and
identify gaps and best practices. These
tools have been designed in close
collaboration with states and are
intended to simplify grant reporting
requirements to reduce burden on local
and state entities and will provide a
consistent, streamlined and coordinated
statewide approach to help states govern
their NWD System and manage their
programs efficiently.
Comments in Response to the 60-Day
Federal Register Notice
A notice was published in the Federal
Register on November 2, 2018, Volume
83, Number 213, pp. 55186–55187.
Three emails were received with
comments.
In addition to the public comments,
feedback on the tools were sought from
the following:
• ACL Performance and Evaluation
subject matter experts.
• VHA and CMS subject matter
experts.
• Subject-matter experts at state
agencies representing Aging,
Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities,
Physical Disabilities, and Medicaid.
• Grantee focus groups and
workgroups (with fewer than 9
participants).
ACL’s response to the comments
received are noted in the table below:
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
[OMB # 0985-New]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Public Comment Request; One Protection and Advocacy Annual
Program Performance Report
AGENCY: Administration for Community Living (ACL), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living 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 as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 30-Day notice
collects comments on the information collection
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requirements related to the proposed new data collection (ICR New).
DATES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by
April 18, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by:
(a) Email to: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov, Attn: OMB Desk Officer
for ACL;
(b) fax to 202.395.5806, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACL; or
(c) by mail to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
OMB, New Executive Office Bldg., 725 17th St. NW, Rm. 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACL.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ophelia McLain, Administration for
Community Living, Administration on Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities, Office of Program Support, 330 C Street SW, Washington,
DC 20201, (202) 795-7401 or Ophelia.McLain@acl.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, ACL has
submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance. ACL is publishing a notice of the proposed
collection of information set forth in this document.
This proposed new data collection will replace four existing
Protection and Advocacy Program Performance Reports and other
revisions.
The four annual reports include the following: (1) Developmental
Disabilities Protection and Advocacy Systems Program Performance Report
(0985-0027), (2) Protection and Advocacy for Assistive Technology
(PAAT) Program Performance Report (0985-0046); (3) Protection and
Advocacy Voting Access Annual Report (Help America Vote Act) (HAVA)
(0985-0028); and (4) Protection and Advocacy for Traumatic Brain Injury
(PATBI) Program Performance Report (0985-0058).
State Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Systems in each State and
Territory provide individual legal advocacy, systemic advocacy,
monitoring and investigations to protect and advance the rights of
people with developmental disabilities, using funding administered by
the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
(AIDD), Administration on Disabilities, Administration for Community
Living, HHS. To meet statutory reporting requirements, P&As have used
four separate forms for submitting annual reports. It is proposed that
the four forms be combined by creating the One Protection and Advocacy
Annual Program Performance Report form. Once the four program
performance reports are combined, the current OMB approval numbers for
each report will be retired, and a new approval number will be created
for the One Protection and Advocacy Program Performance Report. Each
P&A system currently submits four separate reports to AIDD--one report
for each of the funding sources listed below. By combining the forms,
P&As will have a reduced burden because they will be submitting only
one report annually. Duplicative background and other data that appear
in multiple reports will only need to be entered once.
This also will promote accuracy and consistency because this data
will not need to be entered multiple times. The authority for each
report is as follows:
The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of
Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 15044: Federal statute and regulation require
each P&A to annually prepare a report that describes the activities and
accomplishments of the system during the preceding fiscal year and a
Statement of Goals and Priorities for each coming fiscal year.
P&As are required to annually report on ``the activities,
accomplishments, and expenditures of the system during the preceding
fiscal year, including a description of the system's goals, the extent
to which the goals were achieved, barriers to their achievement, the
process used to obtain public input, the nature of such input, and how
such input was used.''
The Children's Health Act of 2000, 42 U.S.C. Section 300d-
53(h), requires the P&A System in each State to annually prepare and
submit to the Secretary a report that includes documentation of the
progress they have made in serving individuals with traumatic brain
injury.
The Assistive Technology Act of 1998, Section 5, as
amended, Public Law 108-36, (AT Act), requires the P&A System in each
State to annually prepare and submit to the Secretary a report that
includes documentation of the progress they have made in--
1. conducting consumer-responsive activities, including activities
that will lead to increased access for individuals with disabilities to
funding for assistive technology devices and assistive technology
services;
2. engaging in informal advocacy to assist in securing assistive
technology and assistive technology services for individuals with
disabilities;
3. engaging in formal representation for individuals with
disabilities to secure systems change, and in advocacy activities to
secure assistive technology and assistive technology services for
individuals with disabilities;
4. developing and implementing strategies to enhance the long-term
abilities of individuals with disabilities and their family members,
guardians, advocates, and authorized representatives to advocate the
provision of assistive technology devices and assistive technology
services to which the individuals with disabilities are entitled under
law other than this Act; and
5. coordinating activities with protection and advocacy services
funded through sources other than this title, and coordinating
activities with the capacity building and advocacy activities carried
out by the lead agency.
The Help America Vote Act, Public Law 107-252, Title II,
Subtitle D, Section 291, (42 U.S.C. 15461), requires each grantee to
annually submit a narrative report describing the work performed with
the funds authorized under 42 U.S.C. 15461 of the Help America Vote Act
of 2002.
The combined form will also allow federal reviewers to analyze
patterns more readily between goals, priority setting, and program
performance. The annual program performance report (PPR) is reviewed by
federal staff for compliance and outcomes. Information in the PPRs is
analyzed to create a national profile of programmatic compliance,
outcomes, and goals and priorities for P&A Systems for tracking
accomplishments against these goals and priorities and to determine
areas needing technical assistance, including compliance with Federal
requirements.
Information collected in the unified report will inform AIDD of
trends in P&A advocacy, collaboration with other Federally-funded
entities, and identify best practices for efficient use of federal
funds.
Comments in Response to the 60 Day Federal Register Notice
A 60-day comment period was provided. The solicitation of comments
for the proposed information collection was published in the Federal
Register, Vol. 83, No. 198 (Friday, October 12, 2018).
Five comments were received during the public comment period. Three
addressed AIDD's and the Secretary's monitoring role of the P&As.
They were not relevant to this request for comment. One commenter
suggested AIDD collect information on employees with disabilities in
the proposed section on ``Consumer Involvement in Governance.'' As
consumer involvement in all levels of P&A activity is important, AIDD
adopts that suggestion
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for the revised form. One commenter suggested that we change the list
of AT devices. After consideration of the comment, AIDD will modify the
list of AT devices while retaining the majority of the original
categories. One commenter suggested we delay the data collection for
one year to allow grantees time to prepare. While this may be optimal,
two other tools are expiring in 2019. Therefore, AIDD will proceed with
using this data collection in 2019.
Issues of the scope, content, availability of data, format, and
clarity of instructions for the One PPR have been discussed with all of
the P&A systems through focus groups, work groups, and in conferences
organized on behalf of Administration on Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities by the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN). The
format is based on the efforts of these focus groups, work groups, and
conferences.
The proposed form(s) may be found on the ACL website at: https://www.acl.gov/about-acl/public-input.
Estimated Program Burden
The annual burden on this form is estimated as 7,296 annual burden
hours.
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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One Protection and Advocacy Annual Program 57 1 128 7,296
Performance Report.........................
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Dated: March 13, 2019.
Lance Robertson,
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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