Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; State Annual Long-Term Care Ombudsman Report-National Ombudsman Reporting System, 13720-13721 [2021-04944]
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2. Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection (Request for a
new OMB control number); Title of
Information Collection: National Plan
and Provider Enumeration System
(NPPES) Supplemental Data Collection;
Use: The adoption by the Secretary of
HHS of the standard unique health
identifier for health care providers is a
requirement of the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of
1996 (HIPAA). The unique identifier is
to be used on standard transactions and
may be used for other lawful purposes
in the health care system. The CMS
Final Rule published on January 23,
2004 adopts the National Provider
Identifier (NPI) as the standard unique
health identifier for health care
providers. Health care providers that are
covered entities under HIPAA must
apply for and use NPIs in standard
transactions. The law requires that data
collection standards for these measures
be used, to the extent that it is practical,
in all national population health
surveys. It applies to self-reported
optional information only. The law also
requires any data standards published
by HHS to comply with standards
created by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB).
The web based optional data fields
can be seen in Appendix A1: Data
Collected for the Office of Minority and
Appendix A2: Data collected for the
21st Century Cures Act, interoperability.
The standards apply to population
health surveys sponsored by HHS,
where respondents either self-report
information or a knowledgeable person
responds for all members of a
household. HHS is implementing these
data standards in all new surveys. Form
Number: CMS–10749 (OMB control
number: 0938–NEW); Frequency:
Yearly; Affected Public: Private Sector,
Business or other for-profits, Not-forprofit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 999,291; Total Annual
Responses: 999,291; Total Annual
Hours: 169,880. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact DaVona
Boyd at 410–786–7483.)
Dated: March 4, 2021.
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 Community Living
[OMB No. 0985–0005]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; State Annual LongTerm Care Ombudsman ReportNational Ombudsman Reporting
System
Administration for Community
Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Community Living (ACL) is announcing
an opportunity for the public to
comment on the proposed collection of
information listed above. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the
PRA), Federal agencies are required to
publish a notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension of an existing collection of
information, and to allow 60 days for
public comment in response to the
notice. This notice solicits comments on
a revision to the information collection
requirements related to the National
Ombudsman Reporting System and
Older Americans Act Title VII.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information must be submitted
electronically by 11:59 p.m. (EST) or
postmarked by May 10, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit electronic
comments on the collection of
information to: louise.ryan@acl.hhs.gov.
Submit written comments on the
collection of information to
Administration for Community Living,
Washington, DC 20201, Attention:
Louise Ryan.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Louise Ryan, Administration for
Community Living, Washington, DC
20201, (206) 615–2299 or by email:
louise.ryan@acl.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
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.
‘‘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.
The PRA requires Federal agencies to
provide a 60-day notice in the Federal
Register concerning each proposed
collection of information, including
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each proposed extension of an existing
collection of information, before
submitting the collection to OMB for
approval. To comply with this
requirement, ACL is publishing a notice
of the proposed collection of
information set forth in this document.
With respect to the following
collection of information, ACL invites
comments on our burden estimates or
any other aspect of this collection of
information, including:
(1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
proper performance of ACL’s functions,
including whether the information will
have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of ACL’s estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used
to determine burden estimates;
(3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques
when appropriate, and other forms of
information technology.
The report form and instructions have
been in continuous use, with minor
modifications, since OMB first approved
them for the FY 1995 reporting period.
The report underwent a substantive
revision in April 2018, which included
significant reduction in the number of
data elements collected. This request
covers minor changes and corrections to
the current information collection. The
data collection tool will enhance ACL’s
ability to understand and report on
LTCO program operations, experiences
of long-term care facility residents and
will reflect changes in LTC Ombudsman
program operations and long-term
supports and services policies, research,
and practices. States will continue to
provide the following data and narrative
information in the report:
1. Numbers and descriptions of cases
filed and complaints made on behalf of
long-term care facility residents to the
statewide ombudsman program;
2. Major issues identified impacting
on the quality of care and life of longterm care facility residents;
3. Statewide program operations; and
4. Ombudsman activities in addition
to complaint investigation.
5. Organizational conflict of interest
reporting as required by 45 CFR part
1324.21.
To comment on this information
collection please visit the ACL website:
https://www.acl.gov/about-acl/publicinput.
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Estimated Program Burden
ACL estimates the burden associated
with this collection of information as
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follows: Approximately 7,780 hours,
with 52 state Ombudsman programs
responding annually.
Respondent/data collection activity
Number of
respondents
Responses
per
respondent
Hours per
response
Annual burden
hours
Total .................................................................................................................
52
1
149.6
7,780
Dated: March 4, 2021.
Alison Barkoff,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary
for Aging.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Committee on Vital and Health
Statistics: Meeting
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS)
announces the following advisory
committee meeting.
Name: National Committee on Vital
and Health Statistics (NCVHS), Full
Committee Meeting.
Dates and Times: Wednesday, March
31, 2021: 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. EST.
Thursday, April 1, 2021: 10:00 a.m.–
4:30 p.m. EST.
Place: Virtual.
Status: Open.
Purpose: As outlined in its Charter,
the National Committee on Vital and
Health Statistics assists and advises the
Secretary of HHS on health data, data
standards, statistics, privacy, national
health information policy, and the
Department’s strategy to best address
those issues. At the March 31-April 1,
2021, meeting, the Committee will
receive updates from HHS officials, hold
discussions on current health data
policy topics, and discuss its work plan
for the upcoming period.
The Chair will facilitate discussion of
the Committee’s draft Fourteenth Report
to Congress. The Subcommittee on
Standards will discuss plans for
furthering work on convergence of
administrative and clinical data
standards. The Subcommittee on
Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security
will follow up on its September 2020
hearing on data collection and use with
respect to privacy and security during
the pandemic and discuss plans for the
next topic on which the Subcommittee
will develop recommendations. In
addition, the Committee anticipates
briefings on current projects directly
relevant to the Committee’s work, such
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as new standards for Social
Determinants of Health (SDOH) data
and a comparative analysis of ICD–10–
CM with ICD–11 for morbidity coding.
The Committee will reserve time for
public comment toward the end of the
schedule on both days. Meeting times
and topics are subject to change. Please
refer to the agenda posted at the NCVHS
website for this meeting, https://
ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/full-committeemeeting-7/, for any updates.
Contact Person for More Information:
Substantive program information may
be obtained from Rebecca Hines, MHS,
Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National
Center for Health Statistics, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 3311
Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland
20782, or via electronic mail to vgh4@
cdc.gov; or by telephone (301) 458–
4715. You can find a list of upcoming
meetings, recent past meetings, and
recent reports and recommendations on
the NCVHS website, https://
ncvhs.hhs.gov/. You can review the
agenda for the meeting and instructions
on how to access the broadcast of the
meeting by navigating to the March 31–
April 1 dates on the home page or on
the NCVHS Meetings page, https://
ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings-meeting/.
Should you require reasonable
accommodation, please contact the CDC
Office of Equal Employment
Opportunity on (770) 488–3210 as soon
as possible.
Sharon Arnold,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Planning and Evaluation, Science and Data
Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Planning and Evaluation.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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National Institutes of Health
Center for Scientific Review; Notice of
Closed Meetings
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended, notice is hereby given of the
following meetings.
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The meetings will be closed to the
public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in sections
552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,
as amended. The grant applications and
the discussions could disclose
confidential trade secrets or commercial
property such as patentable material,
and personal information concerning
individuals associated with the grant
applications, the disclosure of which
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
Name of Committee: Center for Scientific
Review Special Emphasis Panel; Member
Conflict: Neuropsychiatric Disorders.
Date: April 6, 2021.
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
(Virtual Meeting).
Contact Person: Jenny Raye Browning,
Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for
Scientific Review, National Institutes of
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Rm. 5207,
Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 402–8197,
jenny.browning@nih.gov.
Name of Committee: Center for Scientific
Review Special Emphasis Panel; Special
Topics: Emerging Imaging Technologies in
Neuroscience.
Date: April 7, 2021.
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health,
Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive,
Bethesda, MD 20892 (Virtual Meeting).
Contact Person: Sharon S. Low, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Center for
Scientific Review, National Institutes of
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5104,
MSC 5104, Bethesda, MD, 20892–5104, 301–
237–1487, lowss@csr.nih.gov.
Name of Committee: Center for Scientific
Review Special Emphasis Panel; RFA–RM–
20–013 and 020: NIH Transformative and
Emergency Transformative Research (R01)
Awards Review.
Date: April 7–8, 2021.
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health,
Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive,
Bethesda, MD 20892 (Virtual Meeting).
Contact Person: James J. Li, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Center for
Scientific Review, National Institutes of
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5148,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
[OMB No. 0985-0005]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; State Annual Long-Term Care Ombudsman Report-National
Ombudsman Reporting System
AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing an
opportunity for the public to comment on the proposed collection of
information listed above. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish a notice in the
Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an existing collection of
information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the
notice. This notice solicits comments on a revision to the information
collection requirements related to the National Ombudsman Reporting
System and Older Americans Act Title VII.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information must be submitted
electronically by 11:59 p.m. (EST) or postmarked by May 10, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit electronic comments on the collection of information
to: [email protected]. Submit written comments on the collection
of information to Administration for Community Living, Washington, DC
20201, Attention: Louise Ryan.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Louise Ryan, Administration for
Community Living, Washington, DC 20201, (206) 615-2299 or by email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 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.
``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. The PRA requires Federal agencies to provide a 60-day
notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed extension of an existing
collection of information, before submitting the collection to OMB for
approval. To comply with this requirement, ACL is publishing a notice
of the proposed collection of information set forth in this document.
With respect to the following collection of information, ACL
invites comments on our burden estimates or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including:
(1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of ACL's functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of ACL's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used to determine burden estimates;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques when appropriate, and other forms of information technology.
The report form and instructions have been in continuous use, with
minor modifications, since OMB first approved them for the FY 1995
reporting period. The report underwent a substantive revision in April
2018, which included significant reduction in the number of data
elements collected. This request covers minor changes and corrections
to the current information collection. The data collection tool will
enhance ACL's ability to understand and report on LTCO program
operations, experiences of long-term care facility residents and will
reflect changes in LTC Ombudsman program operations and long-term
supports and services policies, research, and practices. States will
continue to provide the following data and narrative information in the
report:
1. Numbers and descriptions of cases filed and complaints made on
behalf of long-term care facility residents to the statewide ombudsman
program;
2. Major issues identified impacting on the quality of care and
life of long-term care facility residents;
3. Statewide program operations; and
4. Ombudsman activities in addition to complaint investigation.
5. Organizational conflict of interest reporting as required by 45
CFR part 1324.21.
To comment on this information collection please visit the ACL
website: https://www.acl.gov/about-acl/public-input.
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Estimated Program Burden
ACL estimates the burden associated with this collection of
information as follows: Approximately 7,780 hours, with 52 state
Ombudsman programs responding annually.
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Number of Responses per Hours per Annual burden
Respondent/data collection activity respondents respondent response hours
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Total....................................... 52 1 149.6 7,780
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Dated: March 4, 2021.
Alison Barkoff,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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