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difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contact listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole
Ongele at (202) 418–2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–1258.
Title: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Intake Form Requests, FCC Form 5628.
Form Number: FCC Form 5628.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individuals or
households.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 7 respondents and 7
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 3
hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
Statutory authority for this information
collection is contained in
Administrative Dispute Resolution Act,
5 U.S.C. 571 et seq.; Civil Justice
Reform, Executive Order 12988; 29 CFR
1614.102(b)(2), 1614.105(f), 1614.108(b),
and 1614.603.
Total Annual Burden: 25 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $10,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes.
An existing system of records for FCC/
OWD–2, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Program, is published in the Federal
Register at 84 FR 14374 (April 10,
2019).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
Confidentiality of information will be
provided in accordance with the Privacy
Act. The Commission is not requesting
respondents to submit confidential
information to the Commission. If the
Commission requests respondents to
submit information which respondents
believe is confidential, respondents may
request confidential treatment of such
information pursuant to section 0.459 of
the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 0.459.
Needs and Uses: FCC employees and
related individuals may seek a forum
through the Alternative Dispute
Resolution Program for inquiry and
resolution of EEO and non-EEO matters
by completing FCC Form 5628.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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1. The Merry Rea Thomson Revocable
Trust, Merry Rea Thomson, as trustee,
both of Pass Christian, Mississippi; John
C. Thomson, Port Orange, Florida;
Susan T. Eaves and Richard S.
Thomson, Jr., both of Hattiesburg,
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Picayune (FNB Picayune Bank), both of
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(Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice
President) 230 South LaSalle Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414:
1. The F. Addison Survivor Trust and
the Marion A Jones Descendant Trust, F.
Addison Jones, as trustee, the David A.
Jones Irrevocable Trust and the F.
Austin Jones Irrevocable Trust, Grinnell
State Bank and F. Addison Jones, as cotrustees, Fitzpatrick A Jones, David Aric
Jones, Alyson Marie Jones, all of
Grinnell, Iowa; Anthony Joseph Jones,
Cumming, Iowa; Kelsey Megan
McCulley, Wellman, Iowa; and Miranda
Austin Bradberry, Tiffin, Iowa; to
become members of the Jones Family
Control Group, a group acting concert,
by retaining voting shares of Grinnell
Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly
retain voting shares of Grinnell State
Bank, both of Grinnell, Iowa.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, May 14, 2021.
Yao-Chin Chao,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10398 #69]
Medicaid and Children’s Health
Insurance Program (CHIP) Generic
Information Collection Activities:
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
On May 28, 2010, the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
issued Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
SUMMARY:
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guidance related to the ‘‘generic’’
clearance process. Generally, this is an
expedited process by which agencies
may obtain OMB’s approval of
collection of information requests that
are ‘‘usually voluntary, low-burden, and
uncontroversial collections,’’ do not
raise any substantive or policy issues,
and do not require policy or
methodological review. The process
requires the submission of an
overarching plan that defines the scope
of the individual collections that would
fall under its umbrella. On October 23,
2011, OMB approved our initial request
to use the generic clearance process
under control number 0938–1148
(CMS–10398). It was last approved on
April 26, 2021, via the standard PRA
process which included the publication
of 60- and 30-day Federal Register
notices. The scope of the April 2021
umbrella accounts for Medicaid and
CHIP State plan amendments, waivers,
demonstrations, and reporting. This
Federal Register notice seeks public
comment on one or more of our
collection of information requests that
we believe are generic and fall within
the scope of the umbrella. Interested
persons are invited to submit comments
regarding our burden estimates or any
other aspect of this collection of
information, including: The necessity
and utility of the proposed information
collection for the proper performance of
the agency’s functions, the accuracy of
the estimated burden, ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected, and the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection
burden.
DATES: Comments must be received by
June 3, 2021.
ADDRESSES: When commenting, please
reference the applicable form number
(see below) and the OMB control
number (0938–1148). To be assured
consideration, comments and
recommendations must be submitted in
any one of the following ways:
1. Electronically. You may send your
comments electronically to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for ‘‘Comment or
Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’
to find the information collection
document(s) that are accepting
comments.
2. By regular mail. You may mail
written comments to the following
address:
CMS, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs, Division of
Regulations Development, Attention:
CMS–10398 (#69)/OMB control number:
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0938–1148, Room C4–26–05, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244–1850.
To obtain copies of a supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed collection(s) summarized in
this notice, you may access CMS’
website at https://www.cms.gov/
Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/
PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William N. Parham at (410) 786–4669.
Following
is a summary of the use and burden
associated with the subject information
collection(s). More detailed information
can be found in the collection’s
supporting statement and associated
materials (see ADDRESSES).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Generic Information Collection
1. Title of Information Collection:
Reporting Requirements for Additional
Funding for Medicaid HCBS During the
COVID–19 Emergency; Type of
Information Collection Request: New
collection; Use: CMS is responsible for
ensuring that states receiving the
temporary 10 percentage point increase
comply with the statutory requirements
specified in Section 9817 of the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub.
L. 117–2). To do so, CMS released a
State Medicaid Director Letter (SMDL)
that specifies the information that states
must report to CMS in order to receive
the temporary 10 percentage point
increase. Participating states are
required to submit initial and quarterly
HCBS (home and community-based
services) spending plans and narratives
to CMS to report how the additional
funding will be expended on activities
that the state has implemented and/or
intends to implement to enhance,
expand, or strengthen HCBS to
demonstrate that the state is
supplementing, but not supplanting,
existing state funds expended for
Medicaid HCBS.
To ensure maximum state flexibility
and to reduce the reporting burden on
states as much as possible, states will
submit spending plans and narratives in
their own preferred format. CMS will
not require states to use a standardized
template or form. Instead, the SMDL
details the minimum reporting
requirements in full. The SMDL
stipulates that in order to receive the
additional funding available under
Section 9817, states must initially
submit the following via email within
30 days of the release of the SMDL:
• Initial HCBS Spending Plan
Projection: State estimates of the total
amount of funds attributable to the
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increase in FMAP that the state
anticipates claiming between April 1,
2021 and March 31, 2022, as well as the
anticipated expenditures for the
activities the state intends to implement
to enhance, expand, or strengthen HBCS
under the state Medicaid program
between April 1, 2021 and March 31,
2024.
• Initial HCBS Spending Narrative:
Information on the state’s required
section 9817 activities and the
connection between the spending plan
projection and the scope of the
activities. States must provide sufficient
detail to affirm that the state’s activities
enhance, expand, or strengthen HCBS
under the state Medicaid program.
States must then submit a quarterly
HCBS spending plan and narrative for
CMS review and approval; states may
update their initial spending plan
submissions through the quarterly
spending plan submissions. States must
report on a quarterly basis until funds
are expended. As part of the reporting
cycle, there are two documents to be
submitted:
• Quarterly HCBS Spending Plan:
State estimate the total amount of funds
attributable to the increase in FMAP
that the state has claimed and/or
anticipates claiming between April 1,
2021 and March 31, 2022, as well as
anticipated and/or actual expenditures
for the state’s activities to implement, to
enhance, expand, or strengthen HBCS
under the state Medicaid program
between April 1, 2021, and March 31,
2024.
• Quarterly HCBS Spending
Narrative: Similar to the narrative that
was submitted with the initial HCBS
spending plan, this is a shorter narrative
to provide activity updates. A state may
also choose to provide information on
activity outcomes, lessons learned,
challenges, or any other information
that the state deems as relevant and
important to advancing HCBS.
When submitting the initial and
quarterly HCBS spending plan and
narrative, the designated state point of
contact should attest to the following
via email:
• The state is not imposing stricter
eligibility standards, methodologies, or
procedures for HCBS programs and
services than were in place on April 1,
2021;
• The state is preserving covered
HCBS, including the services
themselves and the amount, duration,
and scope of those services, in effect as
of April 1, 2021; and
• The state is maintaining provider
payments at a rate no less than those in
place as of April 1, 2021. Form Number:
CMS–10398 (#69) (OMB control
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number: 0938–1148); Frequency: Once,
quarterly, and on occasion; Affected
Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Governments; Number of Respondents:
56; Total Annual Responses: 616; Total
Annual Hours: 1,344. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Ryan Shannahan at 410–786–
0295.)
Dated: May 14, 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
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier CMS–10536, CSM–
10225 and CMS–10764]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing
an opportunity for the public to
comment on CMS’ intention to collect
information from the public. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information, and to allow
a second opportunity for public
comment on the notice. Interested
persons are invited to send comments
regarding the burden estimate or any
other aspect of this collection of
information, including the necessity and
utility of the proposed information
collection for the proper performance of
the agency’s functions, the accuracy of
the estimated burden, ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected, and the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection
burden.
SUMMARY:
Comments on the collection(s) of
information must be received by the
OMB desk officer by June 21, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
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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.
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’ website address at
website address at: https://
www.cms.gov/Regulations-andGuidance/Legislation/
PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing.html.
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: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicaid
Eligibility and Enrollment (EE)
Implementation Advanced Planning
Document (IAPD) Template; Use: To
assess the appropriateness of states’
requests for enhanced federal financial
participation for expenditures related to
Medicaid eligibility determination
systems, we will review the submitted
information and documentation to make
an approval determination for the
advanced planning document. Form
Number: CMS–10536 (OMB control
number: 0938–1268); Frequency: Yearly,
once, and occasionally; Affected Public:
State, Local, or Tribal Governments;
Number of Respondents: 56; Total
Annual Responses: 168; Total Annual
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Hours: 2,688. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Edward
Dolly at 410–786–8554.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Reinstatement of a previously
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Disclosures
Required of Certain Hospitals and
Critical Access Hospitals Regarding
Physician Ownership; Use: This
information collection relates to the
required third party disclosures by
certain Medicare-participating hospitals
and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)
and physicians to their patients. There
are 5 types of disclosures required. The
intent of the disclosure notice is to
assist the patient in making an informed
decision regarding their care. The first
disclosure requires physician owned
hospitals and CAHs to disclose to its
patients whether the hospitals/CAHs are
physician-owned and, if so, the names
of the physician-owners. The second
disclosure requires the physician owner
or investor in the hospital, as part of his
or her continued medical staff
membership or admitting privileges, to
disclose to the patient being referred to
the hospital any ownership or
investment interest held by the
physician or an immediate family
member of the physician. The third
disclosure requires physician owned
hospitals to disclose on all public
websites for and in any public
advertising for the hospital that the
hospital is owned or invested in by
physicians. The fourth and fifth
disclosures apply to all hospitals and
CAHs that do not have a Doctor of
Medicine (MD) or a Doctor of
Osteopathic Medicine (DO) on the
premises at all times to disclose this to
patients upon admission or registration
for both inpatient and specified
outpatient services. These hospitals and
CAHs must provide a written disclosure
to the patients admitted to the hospital
and must also post a conspicuous notice
in the Emergency Departments (ED)
which states that the hospital does not
have a physician present 24 hours per
day, 7 days per week. Form Number:
CMS–10225 (OMB control number:
0938–1034); Frequency: Occasionally;
Affected Public: Private sector—
Business or other for-profits and Notfor-profit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 210; Total Annual
Responses: 1,193,890; Total Annual
Hours: 78,935. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact
Caroline Gallaher at 410–786–8705).
3. Type of Information Collection
Request: New collection (Request for a
new OMB control number); Title of
Information Collection: Evaluation of
Risk Adjustment Data Validation
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10398 #69]
Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Generic
Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: On May 28, 2010, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
issued Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
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guidance related to the ``generic'' clearance process. Generally, this
is an expedited process by which agencies may obtain OMB's approval of
collection of information requests that are ``usually voluntary, low-
burden, and uncontroversial collections,'' do not raise any substantive
or policy issues, and do not require policy or methodological review.
The process requires the submission of an overarching plan that defines
the scope of the individual collections that would fall under its
umbrella. On October 23, 2011, OMB approved our initial request to use
the generic clearance process under control number 0938-1148 (CMS-
10398). It was last approved on April 26, 2021, via the standard PRA
process which included the publication of 60- and 30-day Federal
Register notices. The scope of the April 2021 umbrella accounts for
Medicaid and CHIP State plan amendments, waivers, demonstrations, and
reporting. This Federal Register notice seeks public comment on one or
more of our collection of information requests that we believe are
generic and fall within the scope of the umbrella. Interested persons
are invited to submit comments regarding our burden estimates or any
other aspect of this collection of information, including: The
necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the
proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the
estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of
the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the
information collection burden.
DATES: Comments must be received by June 3, 2021.
ADDRESSES: When commenting, please reference the applicable form number
(see below) and the OMB control number (0938-1148). To be assured
consideration, comments and recommendations must be submitted in any
one of the following ways:
1. Electronically. You may send your comments electronically to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for ``Comment or
Submission'' or ``More Search Options'' to find the information
collection document(s) that are accepting comments.
2. By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the following
address:
CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Division of Regulations Development, Attention: CMS-10398 (#69)/OMB
control number: 0938-1148, Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
To obtain copies of a supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed collection(s) summarized in this notice, you may
access CMS' website at https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William N. Parham at (410) 786-4669.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following is a summary of the use and burden
associated with the subject information collection(s). More detailed
information can be found in the collection's supporting statement and
associated materials (see ADDRESSES).
Generic Information Collection
1. Title of Information Collection: Reporting Requirements for
Additional Funding for Medicaid HCBS During the COVID-19 Emergency;
Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Use: CMS is
responsible for ensuring that states receiving the temporary 10
percentage point increase comply with the statutory requirements
specified in Section 9817 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub.
L. 117-2). To do so, CMS released a State Medicaid Director Letter
(SMDL) that specifies the information that states must report to CMS in
order to receive the temporary 10 percentage point increase.
Participating states are required to submit initial and quarterly HCBS
(home and community-based services) spending plans and narratives to
CMS to report how the additional funding will be expended on activities
that the state has implemented and/or intends to implement to enhance,
expand, or strengthen HCBS to demonstrate that the state is
supplementing, but not supplanting, existing state funds expended for
Medicaid HCBS.
To ensure maximum state flexibility and to reduce the reporting
burden on states as much as possible, states will submit spending plans
and narratives in their own preferred format. CMS will not require
states to use a standardized template or form. Instead, the SMDL
details the minimum reporting requirements in full. The SMDL stipulates
that in order to receive the additional funding available under Section
9817, states must initially submit the following via email within 30
days of the release of the SMDL:
Initial HCBS Spending Plan Projection: State estimates of
the total amount of funds attributable to the increase in FMAP that the
state anticipates claiming between April 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022, as
well as the anticipated expenditures for the activities the state
intends to implement to enhance, expand, or strengthen HBCS under the
state Medicaid program between April 1, 2021 and March 31, 2024.
Initial HCBS Spending Narrative: Information on the
state's required section 9817 activities and the connection between the
spending plan projection and the scope of the activities. States must
provide sufficient detail to affirm that the state's activities
enhance, expand, or strengthen HCBS under the state Medicaid program.
States must then submit a quarterly HCBS spending plan and
narrative for CMS review and approval; states may update their initial
spending plan submissions through the quarterly spending plan
submissions. States must report on a quarterly basis until funds are
expended. As part of the reporting cycle, there are two documents to be
submitted:
Quarterly HCBS Spending Plan: State estimate the total
amount of funds attributable to the increase in FMAP that the state has
claimed and/or anticipates claiming between April 1, 2021 and March 31,
2022, as well as anticipated and/or actual expenditures for the state's
activities to implement, to enhance, expand, or strengthen HBCS under
the state Medicaid program between April 1, 2021, and March 31, 2024.
Quarterly HCBS Spending Narrative: Similar to the
narrative that was submitted with the initial HCBS spending plan, this
is a shorter narrative to provide activity updates. A state may also
choose to provide information on activity outcomes, lessons learned,
challenges, or any other information that the state deems as relevant
and important to advancing HCBS.
When submitting the initial and quarterly HCBS spending plan and
narrative, the designated state point of contact should attest to the
following via email:
The state is not imposing stricter eligibility standards,
methodologies, or procedures for HCBS programs and services than were
in place on April 1, 2021;
The state is preserving covered HCBS, including the
services themselves and the amount, duration, and scope of those
services, in effect as of April 1, 2021; and
The state is maintaining provider payments at a rate no
less than those in place as of April 1, 2021. Form Number: CMS-10398
(#69) (OMB control
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number: 0938-1148); Frequency: Once, quarterly, and on occasion;
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments; Number of
Respondents: 56; Total Annual Responses: 616; Total Annual Hours:
1,344. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Ryan
Shannahan at 410-786-0295.)
Dated: May 14, 2021.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office of Strategic Operations and
Regulatory Affairs.
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