Proposed Information Collection Activity; Interstate Administrative Subpoena and Notice of Interstate Lien (OMB #0970-0152), 307-308 [2020-29182]

Download as PDF 307 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 2 / Tuesday, January 5, 2021 / Notices development by external stakeholders with quality measure development expertise such as clinical specialty societies, clinical professional organizations, patient advocacy organizations, educational institutions, independent research organizations, health systems, and other entities engaged in quality measure development, and is therefore providing this Notice of Funding Opportunity. The CMS Meaningful Measurement framework https://www.cms.gov/ meaningful-measures-20-movingmeasure-reduction-modernization guides CMS’s quality measures work. II. Provisions of the Notice For this NOFO, CMS will accept an application specifically and only for development of radiology electronic clinical quality measures (eCQM) that fill an existing gap or need and are high impact. Pending an acceptable application and budget, the CCSQ/ Quality Measurement & Value-Based Incentives Group (QMVIG)/Division of Quality Measurement (DQM) Program Team recommends awarding a single source award to Alara Imaging who is uniquely qualified to complete the work requested. Alara Imaging has specific expertise with CMS in development of radiology measure(s) requested, can provide the proprietary software needed to capture imaging data, and has the ability to transfer those data to CMS. In addition, Alara would serve as the measure steward responsible for guiding the measure through NQF endorsement and the CMS regulatory process. III. Collection of Information Requirements This document does not impose information collection requirements, that is, reporting, recordkeeping or third-party disclosure requirements. Consequently, there is no need for review by the Office of Management and Budget under the authority of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). AFC is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information collection described above. Authority: Programmatic Authority of the Social Security Act, Titles XI, XVIII, XIX, XXI. ADDRESSES: The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Seema Verma, having reviewed and approved this document, authorizes Lynette Wilson, who is the Federal Register Liaison, to electronically sign this document for purposes of publication in the Federal Register. Dated: December 30, 2020. Lynette Wilson, Federal Liaison, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. [FR Doc. 2020–29169 Filed 1–4–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4120–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families Proposed Information Collection Activity; Interstate Administrative Subpoena and Notice of Interstate Lien (OMB #0970–0152) 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 requesting a 3-year extension of the Interstate Administrative Subpoena and Notice of Interstate Lien forms (OMB #0970–0152, expiration 7/31/2021). There is no change requested to these forms. 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, SUMMARY: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded by emailing infocollection@ acf.hhs.gov. Alternatively, copies can also be obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests, emailed or written, should be identified by the title of the information collection. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description: The Administrative Subpoena is used by State IV–D agencies to obtain income and other financial information regarding noncustodial parents for purposes of establishing, enforcing, and modifying child support orders. The Notice of Interstate Lien imposes liens in cases with overdue support and allows a State IV–D agency to file liens across state lines, when it is more efficient than involving the other state’s IV–D agency. Section 452(a)(11) of the Social Security Act requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to promulgate forms for administrative subpoenas and imposition of liens used by state child support enforcement (Title IV–D) agencies in interstate cases. Section 454(9)(E) of the Social Security Act requires each state to cooperate with any other state in using the federal forms for issuance of administrative subpoenas and imposition of liens in interstate child support cases. Respondents: State, local, or tribal agencies administering a child support enforcement program under title IV–D of the Social Security Act. ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES Annual number of respondents Instrument jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES Administrative Subpoena ................................................................................. Notice of Lien ................................................................................................... Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 907,376. 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:09 Jan 04, 2021 Jkt 253001 27,763 1,786,988 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 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Annual number of responses per respondent 1 1 Average burden hours per response .50 .50 Annual burden hours 13,882 893,494 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. E:\FR\FM\05JAN1.SGM 05JAN1 308 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 2 / Tuesday, January 5, 2021 / Notices (Authority: 42 U.S.C. 652; 42 U.S.C. 654) Mary B. Jones, ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. [FR Doc. 2020–29182 Filed 1–4–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4184–41–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families Proposed Information Collection Activity; Pre-Testing of Evaluation Data Collection Activities (OMB #0970– 0355) Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, HHS. ACTION: Request for public comment. AGENCY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) proposes to extend the existing overarching generic clearance for Pre-testing of Evaluation Data Collection Activities (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970–0355) with no changes. 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, ACF 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 SUMMARY: forwarded by emailing OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. Alternatively, copies can also be obtained 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. All requests, emailed or written, should be identified by the title of the information collection. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description: The ACF Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) intends to request approval from OMB to renew a generic clearance to pre-test data collection instruments with more than nine participants to identify and resolve any question or procedural problems in survey administration. OPRE studies ACF programs, and the populations they serve, through rigorous research and evaluation projects. These include evaluations of existing programs, evaluations of innovative approaches to helping low-income children and families, research syntheses, and descriptive and exploratory studies. To improve the development of its research and evaluation surveys, OPRE uses the pretesting of evaluation surveys generic clearance to employ a variety of techniques including cognitive and usability laboratory and field techniques, behavior coding, exploratory interviews, respondent debriefing questionnaires, split sample experiments, focus groups, and pilot studies/pre-tests. These activities allow OPRE to identify if and when a survey may be simplified for respondents, respondent burden may be reduced, and other possible improvements. Following standard OMB requirements, OPRE will submit a change request for each individual data collection activity under this generic clearance. Each request will include the individual instrument(s), a justification specific to the individual information collection, and any supplementary documents. OMB should review within 10 days of receiving each change request. The information collected in this effort will not be the primary subject of any published ACF reports; however, information may be made public through methodological appendices or footnotes, reports on instrument development, instrument user guides, descriptions of respondent behavior, and other publications or presentations describing findings of methodological interest. When necessary, results will be labeled as exploratory in nature. The results of this pre-testing research may be prepared for presentation at professional meetings or publication in professional journals. Respondents: Participants in ACF programs being evaluated; participants in ACF demonstrations; recipients of ACF grants and individuals served by ACF grantees; comparison group members; and other relevant populations, such as individuals at risk of needing ACF services. ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES Instrument Estimated total number of respondents Number of responses per respondent Average burden hours per response Annual burden hours 3,825 1 1 3,825 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES Survey development field tests, respondent debriefing questionnaires, cognitive interviews, split sample experiments, focus groups ........................... Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,825. 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:09 Jan 04, 2021 Jkt 253001 or other forms of information technology. Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication. Authority: Social Security Act, Sec. 1110 [42 U.S.C. 1310]. Mary B. Jones, ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. [FR Doc. 2020–29183 Filed 1–4–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4184–79–P PO 00000 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families Proposed Information Collection Activity; Sponsor Review Procedures for Unaccompanied Alien Children (OMB #0970–0278) Office of Refugee Resettlement; Administration for Children and Families; Department of Health and Human Services. AGENCY: ACTION: Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\05JAN1.SGM Request for public comment. 05JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 307-308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-29182]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Interstate 
Administrative Subpoena and Notice of Interstate Lien (OMB #0970-0152)

AGENCY: Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for 
Children and Families, HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is 
requesting a 3-year extension of the Interstate Administrative Subpoena 
and Notice of Interstate Lien forms (OMB #0970-0152, expiration 7/31/
2021). There is no change requested to these forms.

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, AFC 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 emailing 
[email protected]. Alternatively, copies can also be obtained 
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), 330 C Street SW, Washington, 
DC 20201, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests, emailed or 
written, should be identified by the title of the information 
collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Description: The Administrative Subpoena is used by State IV-D 
agencies to obtain income and other financial information regarding 
noncustodial parents for purposes of establishing, enforcing, and 
modifying child support orders. The Notice of Interstate Lien imposes 
liens in cases with overdue support and allows a State IV-D agency to 
file liens across state lines, when it is more efficient than involving 
the other state's IV-D agency. Section 452(a)(11) of the Social 
Security Act requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and 
Human Services to promulgate forms for administrative subpoenas and 
imposition of liens used by state child support enforcement (Title IV-
D) agencies in interstate cases. Section 454(9)(E) of the Social 
Security Act requires each state to cooperate with any other state in 
using the federal forms for issuance of administrative subpoenas and 
imposition of liens in interstate child support cases.
    Respondents: State, local, or tribal agencies administering a child 
support enforcement program under title IV-D of the Social Security 
Act.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                   Annual number  Average burden
                   Instrument                      Annual number   of responses      hours per     Annual burden
                                                  of respondents  per respondent     response          hours
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Administrative Subpoena.........................          27,763               1             .50          13,882
Notice of Lien..................................       1,786,988               1             .50         893,494
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 907,376.
    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.


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(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 652; 42 U.S.C. 654)

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-29182 Filed 1-4-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-41-P


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