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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: Transparency in
Coverage Reporting by Qualified Health
Plan Issuers; Use: Sections
1311(e)(3)(A)–(C) of the ACA, as
implemented at 45 CFR 155.1040(a)–(c)
and 156.220, establish standards for
qualified health plan (QHP) issuers to
submit specific information related to
transparency in coverage. QHP issuers
are required to post and make data
related to transparency in coverage
available to the public in plain language
and submit this data to the Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS),
the Exchange, and the state insurance
commissioner. Section 2715A of the
Public Health Service (PHS) Act as
added by the ACA largely extends the
transparency provisions set forth in
section 1311(e)(3) to non-grandfathered
group health plans and health insurance
issuers offering group and individual
health insurance coverage. Form
Number: CMS–10572 (OMB control
number: 0938–1310); Frequency:
Annually; Affected Public: Private
sector (Business or Not-for-profit
institutions); Number of Respondents:
360; Total Annual Responses: 360; Total
Annual Hours: 17,160. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Jack Reeves at 301–492–5152).
determining whether the agencies meet
federal child support performance
requirements. The current Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval expires on April 30, 2022.
Dated: November 5, 2021.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
DATES:
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Comments due within 60 days of
publication. In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting
public comment on the specific aspects
of the information collection described
above.
Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be
forwarded by emailing infocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. Identify all requests by the
title of the information collection.
ADDRESSES:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
[OMB No. 0970–0223]
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; State Self-Assessment
Review and Report
Office of Child Support
Enforcement, Administration for
Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
The Office of Child Support
Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) requests a
3-year extension of the State SelfAssessment Review and Report with
minor revisions. The information
collected in the report assists state child
support agencies and OCSE in
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: State child support
agencies are statutorily required to
annually assess the performance of their
child support enforcement programs
and to provide a report of the findings
to OCSE. The information collected in
the State Self-Assessment Review and
Report is used as a management tool to
determine whether states are complying
with federal mandates and to help states
evaluate their programs and assess
performances. There are no changes
proposed to this information collection,
but we have increased the estimated
time per response based on feedback
from respondents.
Respondents: States and territories.
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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
Total number
of annual
respondents
Total number
of annual
responses per
respondent
Average
annual burden
hours per
response
Annual burden
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 432.
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
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to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 654(15)(A); 45
CFR 308.1(e).
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
Health Center Program
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Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice of supplemental award.
HRSA provided supplemental
funding to the Association of Clinicians
for the Underserved (ACU), a currently
funded National Training and Technical
Assistance Partner award recipient.
ACU leverages data tools and learning
collaboratives to enhance current
national training and technical
SUMMARY:
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assistance activities delivered to health
centers to improve their capacity to
recruit, develop, and retain their
workforce to address national health
care workforce shortages.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tracey Orloff, Strategic Partnerships
Division Director in the Office of
Quality Improvement, at TOrloff@
hrsa.gov or 301.443.3197.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Intended Recipient of the Award:
Association of Clinicians for the
Underserved, Inc.
Amount of Non-Competitive Award:
$275,000.
Period of Supplemental Funding:
August 2021 to June 2023.
ALN: 93.129.
Authority: Section 330(l) of the Public
Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 254b(l).
Justification: The National Center for
Health Workforce Analysis estimates a
shortage of over 23,000 primary care
physician positions by 2025.
Recruitment and retention programs are
needed for health centers to address
health care workforce shortages, which
limit their ability to deliver
comprehensive, culturally competent,
high quality primary health care
services.
ACU has unique experience
developing learning collaboratives and
can leverage their Solutions, Training,
and Assistance for Recruitment and
Retention Center and the Health Center
Recruitment & Retention Data Profile
Dashboard to advance in-scope training
and technical assistance activities
focused on enhancing health centers’
ability to recruit, retain, and upskill
their workforce. Supplemental funding
is critical to ensure the timely
expansion of the Solutions, Training,
and Assistance for Recruitment and
Retention Center and dashboard
activities that enable health centers to
conduct workforce data analysis,
develop strategic plans, and enhance
recruitment processes to attract and
retain providers. ACU has the
organizational capacity, expertise, and
partnerships with Primary Care
Associations, Health Center Controlled
Networks, and other National Training
and Technical Assistance Partners in
place to immediately disseminate
resources, tools, and strategies to
improve workforce shortages at health
centers.
Diana Espinosa,
Acting Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
4-in-1 Grant Program
Announcement Type: New and
Competing Continuation.
Funding Announcement Number:
HHS–2022–IHS–UIHP2–0001.
Assistance Listing (Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance or CFDA) Number:
93.193.
Key Dates
Application Deadline Date: February
8, 2022.
Earliest Anticipated Start Date: March
25, 2022.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Statutory Authority
The Indian Health Service (IHS) is
accepting applications for grants for the
4-in-1 Grant Program. This program is
authorized under the Snyder Act, 25
U.S.C. 13; the Transfer Act, 42 U.S.C.
2001(a); and Title V of the Indian Health
Care Improvement Act (IHCIA), at 25
U.S.C. 1653(c)–(e) (authorizing grants
for Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention (HP/DP) services,
Immunization services, and Mental
Health services), and 1660a (authorizing
grants for Alcohol and Substance Abuse
related services). This program is
described in the Assistance Listings
located at https://sam.gov/content/home
(formerly known as Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance) under 93.193.
Background
In the late 1960s, Urban Indian
community leaders began advocating at
the local, state, and Federal levels to
address the unmet health care needs of
Urban Indians, and requested health
care services and programs. These
efforts resulted in an increase of
preventative, medical, and behavioral
health services, but there was growing
recognition of challenges preventing
Urban Indians in seeking health care
services. To address these barriers,
advocacy focused on the development
of culturally-appropriate activities that
were unique to the social, cultural, and
spiritual needs of American Indians and
Alaska Natives residing in urban
settings. Programs developed at that
time were staffed by volunteers in
storefront settings, with limited budgets,
offering primary care and outreach and
referral services.
In response to efforts of the Urban
Indian community leaders, Congress
appropriated funds in 1966 through the
IHS for a pilot urban clinic in Rapid
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City, South Dakota. In 1973, Congress
appropriated funds to study unmet
Urban Indian health needs in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. The findings
of this study documented cultural,
economic, and access barriers to health
care and led to congressional
appropriations to support emerging
Urban Indian clinics in several Bureau
of Indian Affairs relocation cities, e.g.,
Seattle, San Francisco, Tulsa, and
Dallas. In 1976, Congress passed the
IHCIA establishing the Urban Indian
health program, and reauthorized the
IHCIA in 2010 to improve the health
and well-being of all American Indians
and Alaska Natives, including Urban
Indians. The development of programs
for Urban Indians residing in urban
areas include HP/DP services,
immunization services, alcohol and
substance abuse related services, and
mental health services, hereafter
referred to as the ‘‘4-in-1 health
program.’’
Purpose
The purpose of this program is to
ensure the highest possible health status
for Urban Indians. Funding will be used
to support the 4-in-1 health program
objectives. These programs are integral
components of the IHS health care
delivery system. Funds from this effort
will ensure that comprehensive,
culturally acceptable personal and
public health services are available and
accessible to Urban Indians.
Required, Optional, and Allowable
Activities
Each grantee shall provide health care
services under this award only to
eligible Urban Indians living within the
urban center in which the Urban Indian
Organization (UIO) is situated. An
‘‘Urban Indian’’ eligible for services, as
codified at 25 U.S.C. 1603(13), (27), and
(28), includes any individual who:
1. Resides in an urban center, which
is any community that has a sufficient
Urban Indian population with unmet
health needs to warrant assistance
under the IHCIA, as determined by the
Secretary, Health and Human Services
(HHS), and who meets one or more of
the following criteria:
a. Irrespective of whether he or she
lives on or near a reservation, is a
member of a Tribe, band, or other
organized group of Indians, including:
i. Those Tribes, bands, or groups
terminated since 1940, and
ii. those recognized now or in the
future by the state in which they reside,
or
b. Is a descendant, in the first or
second degree, of any such member
described in 1.a.; or
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Health Center Program
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice of supplemental award.
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SUMMARY: HRSA provided supplemental funding to the Association of
Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU), a currently funded National
Training and Technical Assistance Partner award recipient. ACU
leverages data tools and learning collaboratives to enhance current
national training and technical
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assistance activities delivered to health centers to improve their
capacity to recruit, develop, and retain their workforce to address
national health care workforce shortages.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracey Orloff, Strategic Partnerships
Division Director in the Office of Quality Improvement, at
[email protected] or 301.443.3197.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Intended Recipient of the Award: Association of Clinicians for the
Underserved, Inc.
Amount of Non-Competitive Award: $275,000.
Period of Supplemental Funding: August 2021 to June 2023.
ALN: 93.129.
Authority: Section 330(l) of the Public Health Service Act, 42
U.S.C. 254b(l).
Justification: The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
estimates a shortage of over 23,000 primary care physician positions by
2025. Recruitment and retention programs are needed for health centers
to address health care workforce shortages, which limit their ability
to deliver comprehensive, culturally competent, high quality primary
health care services.
ACU has unique experience developing learning collaboratives and
can leverage their Solutions, Training, and Assistance for Recruitment
and Retention Center and the Health Center Recruitment & Retention Data
Profile Dashboard to advance in-scope training and technical assistance
activities focused on enhancing health centers' ability to recruit,
retain, and upskill their workforce. Supplemental funding is critical
to ensure the timely expansion of the Solutions, Training, and
Assistance for Recruitment and Retention Center and dashboard
activities that enable health centers to conduct workforce data
analysis, develop strategic plans, and enhance recruitment processes to
attract and retain providers. ACU has the organizational capacity,
expertise, and partnerships with Primary Care Associations, Health
Center Controlled Networks, and other National Training and Technical
Assistance Partners in place to immediately disseminate resources,
tools, and strategies to improve workforce shortages at health centers.
Diana Espinosa,
Acting Administrator.
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