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80111) entitled ‘‘Request for an
Exception to the Prohibition on
Expansion of Facility Capacity Under
the Hospital Ownership and Rural
Provider Exceptions to the Physician
Self-Referral Prohibition.’’ In the
December 2020 notice, we stated that as
permitted by section 1877(i)(3) of the
Act and our regulations at § 411.362(c),
the following physician-owned hospital
requested an exception to the
prohibition on expansion of facility
capacity:
Name of Facility: Solutions Medical
Consulting, LLC d/b/a Serenity Springs
Hospital.
Location: 1495 Frazier Road, Ruston,
Louisiana 71270–1632.
Basis for Exception Request: High
Medicaid Facility.
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In the December 2020 notice, we
solicited comments from individuals
and entities in the community in which
Solutions Medical Consulting, LLC d/b/
a Serenity Springs Hospital is located.
During the 30-day public comment
period, we received no public
comments.
IV. Decision
This final notice announces our
decision to approve Solutions Medical
Consulting, LLC d/b/a Serenity Springs
Hospital’s request for an exception to
the prohibition against expansion of
facility capacity. Solutions Medical
Consulting, LLC d/b/a Serenity Springs
Hospital submitted the data and
certifications necessary to demonstrate
that it satisfies the criteria to qualify as
a high Medicaid facility as specified in
the November 30, 2011 final rule. In
accordance with section 1877(i)(3) of
the Act, we are granting Solutions
Medical Consulting, LLC d/b/a Serenity
Springs Hospital’s request for an
exception to the expansion of facility
capacity prohibition based on the
following criteria:
• Solutions Medical Consulting, LLC
d/b/a Serenity Springs Hospital is not
the sole hospital in the county in which
the hospital is located;
• With respect to each of the 3 most
recent 12-month periods for which data
are available as of the date the hospital
submitted its request, Solutions Medical
Consulting, LLC d/b/a Serenity Springs
Hospital had an annual percent of total
inpatient admissions under Medicaid
that is estimated to be greater than such
percent with respect to such admissions
for any other hospital located in the
county in which the hospital is located;
and
• Solutions Medical Consulting, LLC
d/b/a Serenity Springs Hospital certified
that it does not discriminate against
beneficiaries of federal health care
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programs and does not permit
physicians practicing at the hospital to
discriminate against such beneficiaries.
Our decision grants Solutions Medical
Consulting, LLC d/b/a Serenity Springs
Hospital’s request to add a total of 18
operating rooms, procedure rooms, and
beds. Under the regulations in place at
the time the request was filed, the
expansion may occur only in facilities
on the hospital’s main campus and may
not result in the number of operating
rooms, procedure rooms, and beds for
which Solutions Medical Consulting,
LLC d/b/a Serenity Springs Hospital is
licensed to exceed 200 percent of its
baseline number of operating rooms,
procedure rooms, and beds. Solutions
Medical Consulting, LLC d/b/a Serenity
Springs Hospital certified that its
baseline number of operating rooms,
procedure rooms, and beds is 18.
Accordingly, we find that granting an
additional 18 operating rooms,
procedure rooms, and beds will not
exceed the limitation on a permitted
expansion.
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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.).
The Acting Administrator of the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), Elizabeth Richter,
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: March 8, 2021.
Lynette Wilson,
Federal Register Liaison, Department of
Health and Human Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review; Infant
and Toddler Teacher and Caregiver
Competencies (ITTCC) Study (New
Collection)
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, Administration for
Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
This is a primary data
collection request for the Infant and
Toddler Teacher and Caregiver
Competencies (ITTCC) study to
examine, using qualitative case studies,
different approaches to implementing
competency frameworks and assessing
competencies of teachers and caregivers
of infants and toddlers who work in
group early care and education (ECE)
settings (centers and family child care
homes). Each case study will focus on
a specific competency framework used
by states, institutions of higher
education, professional organizations, or
ECE programs. This study aims to
present an internally valid description
of the implementation of competency
frameworks and assessment of
competencies for up to seven
purposively selected cases, not to
promote statistical generalization to
different sites or service populations.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of
publication. OMB is required to make a
decision concerning the collection of
information between 30 and 60 days
after publication of this document in the
Federal Register. Therefore, a comment
is best assured of having its full effect
if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The ITTCC study will
examine implementation and
assessment of competency frameworks
at (1) the system level (that is, among
those charged with creating a structure
for and supporting implementation in
states, institutions of higher education,
and/or professional organizations); and
(2) the program level (that is, in the
center-based settings and family child
SUMMARY:
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care homes in which infant/toddler
teachers and caregivers work). We will
collect information on how competency
frameworks have been developed and
implemented; how competencies are
assessed; how program directors, center
directors, family child care providers,
and teachers and caregivers use
competency frameworks; key lessons
related to implementing competency
frameworks and assessing
competencies; and perspectives on how
competencies can help build the
capacity of the workforce teaching and
caring for infants and toddlers and
support quality improvement.
Respondents: System-level staff (this
may include lead developers, lead
adopters, administrators for state/local
quality improvement initiatives,
administrators of licensing and/or
credentialing agencies, higher education
Number of
respondents
(total over
request
period)
Instrument
System-Level Screening Protocol (Instrument 1) ................
System-Level Master Semi-structured Interview Protocol
(Instrument 2) ...................................................................
Nominations for Programs Protocol (Instrument 3) .............
Program-Level Screening Protocol (Instrument 4) ..............
Program-Level Master Semi-structured Interview Protocol
(Instrument 5): Directors ..................................................
Program-Level Master Semi-structured Interview Protocol
(Instrument 5): Family child care providers .....................
Program-Level Master Semi-structured Interview Protocol
(Instrument 5): Center-based teachers ............................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 102.25.
Authority: Head Start Act Section 640 [42
U.S.C. 9835] and Section 649 [42 U.S.C.
9844], and the Child Care and Development
Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 1990, as
amended by the CCDBG Act of 2014 (Pub. L.
113–186).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Public Comment Request;
Prevention and Public Health Fund
Evidence-Based Falls Prevention
Program, Information Collection
Administration for Community
Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice
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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
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Number of
responses per
respondent
(total over
request
period)
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Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
(in hours)
Annual burden
(in hours)
30
1
.6
18
9
60
15
70
1
1
1
1.5
.3
.6
90
4.5
42
45
2.25
21
20
1
1
20
10
20
1
1
20
10
20
1
0.5
10
5
required under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This 30-day
notice collects comments on the
information collection requirements
related to the proposed Extension with
minor changes on the information
collection requirements related to
Prevention and Public Health Funds
Evidence-Based Falls Prevention
Program.
DATES: Submit written comments on the
collection of information by April 12,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
and recommendations for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of
publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find the information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function. 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:
Shannon Skowronski, Administration
for Community Living, Washington, DC
20201, Shannon Skowronski, 202–795–
7438, shannon.skowronski@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
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stakeholders, other training and
technical assistance providers, statelevel oversight of federal programs) and
program-level staff (program and/or
center directors, professional
development coordinators/managers,
center-based teachers/caregivers and
family child care providers).
Annual Burden Estimates:
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review, comment and approval. The
Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Grant
Program is financed through the
Prevention and Public Health Fund
(PPHF), most recently with FY 2020
PPHF funds. The statutory authority for
these cooperative is contained in
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020
and Health Extenders Act of 2019,
Public Law 116–59; the Older
Americans Act (OAA) (Section 411);
and the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act, 42 U.S.C. 300u–11
(Prevention and Public Health Fund).
The Evidence-Based Falls Prevention
Program supports a national resource
center and awards competitive grants to
implement and promote the
sustainability of evidence-based
community programs that have been
proven to reduce the falls incidence and
risk among for older adults.
OMB approval of the existing set of
Falls Prevention data collection tools
(OMB Control Number, 0985–0039)
expires on 03/31/2021. This data
collection continues to be necessary for
monitoring program operations and
outcomes.
ACL/AoA proposes to use the
following tools: (1) Semi-annual
performance reports to monitor grantee
progress; (2) a Host/Implementation
Organization Information Form to
record location of agencies that sponsor
programs that will allow mapping of the
delivery infrastructure; and (3) a set of
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Infant and Toddler Teacher and
Caregiver Competencies (ITTCC) Study (New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: This is a primary data collection request for the Infant and
Toddler Teacher and Caregiver Competencies (ITTCC) study to examine,
using qualitative case studies, different approaches to implementing
competency frameworks and assessing competencies of teachers and
caregivers of infants and toddlers who work in group early care and
education (ECE) settings (centers and family child care homes). Each
case study will focus on a specific competency framework used by
states, institutions of higher education, professional organizations,
or ECE programs. This study aims to present an internally valid
description of the implementation of competency frameworks and
assessment of competencies for up to seven purposively selected cases,
not to promote statistical generalization to different sites or service
populations.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB is required to
make a decision concerning the collection of information between 30 and
60 days after publication of this document in the Federal Register.
Therefore, a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB
receives it within 30 days of publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The ITTCC study will examine implementation and
assessment of competency frameworks at (1) the system level (that is,
among those charged with creating a structure for and supporting
implementation in states, institutions of higher education, and/or
professional organizations); and (2) the program level (that is, in the
center-based settings and family child
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care homes in which infant/toddler teachers and caregivers work). We
will collect information on how competency frameworks have been
developed and implemented; how competencies are assessed; how program
directors, center directors, family child care providers, and teachers
and caregivers use competency frameworks; key lessons related to
implementing competency frameworks and assessing competencies; and
perspectives on how competencies can help build the capacity of the
workforce teaching and caring for infants and toddlers and support
quality improvement.
Respondents: System-level staff (this may include lead developers,
lead adopters, administrators for state/local quality improvement
initiatives, administrators of licensing and/or credentialing agencies,
higher education stakeholders, other training and technical assistance
providers, state-level oversight of federal programs) and program-level
staff (program and/or center directors, professional development
coordinators/managers, center-based teachers/caregivers and family
child care providers).
Annual Burden Estimates:
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Number of
Number of responses per Average
respondents respondent burden per Total burden Annual burden
Instrument (total over (total over response (in (in hours) (in hours)
request request hours)
period) period)
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System-Level Screening Protocol 30 1 .6 18 9
(Instrument 1).................
System-Level Master Semi- 60 1 1.5 90 45
structured Interview Protocol
(Instrument 2).................
Nominations for Programs 15 1 .3 4.5 2.25
Protocol (Instrument 3)........
Program-Level Screening Protocol 70 1 .6 42 21
(Instrument 4).................
Program-Level Master Semi- 20 1 1 20 10
structured Interview Protocol
(Instrument 5): Directors......
Program-Level Master Semi- 20 1 1 20 10
structured Interview Protocol
(Instrument 5): Family child
care providers.................
Program-Level Master Semi- 20 1 0.5 10 5
structured Interview Protocol
(Instrument 5): Center-based
teachers.......................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 102.25.
Authority: Head Start Act Section 640 [42 U.S.C. 9835] and
Section 649 [42 U.S.C. 9844], and the Child Care and Development
Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 1990, as amended by the CCDBG Act of 2014
(Pub. L. 113-186).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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