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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: Document Identifier/OMB
Control Number: ll, 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 make your request
using one of following:
1. Access CMS’ website address at
website address at https://www.cms.gov/
Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/
PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William N. Parham at (410) 786–4669.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Contents
This notice sets out a summary of the
use and burden associated with the
following information collections. More
detailed information can be found in
each collection’s supporting statement
and associated materials (see
ADDRESSES).
CMS–10816 Medicare Part C and
Medicare Part D Enrollment Form
Interviews
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.
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
requires federal agencies to publish a
60-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.
Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: New Collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicare Part C
and Medicare Part D Enrollment Form
Interviews; Use: As CMS moves towards
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stratified reporting of quality measures
and addressing healthcare inequity,
highlighted by the COVID–19 pandemic,
the ability to analyze disparities across
Medicare programs and policies
depends on the ability to access and
collect reliable race and ethnicity data
consistently from Medicare Part C and
Part D plans. The recent Executive
Orders (E.O.) 13985 on Advancing
Racial Equity and Support for
Underserved Communities Through the
Federal Government and E.O. 14031 on
Advancing Equity, Justice, and
Opportunity for Asian Americans,
Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders,
have focused attention on the need for
CMS to improve the collection and
quality of its enrollees’ race and
ethnicity data, especially at the
disaggregated level. Collecting complete
race/ethnicity data is important to CMS
because CMS has interest in identifying
patterns of differences across many key
process and care outcomes by
sociodemographic characteristics,
including race and ethnicity.
CMS’ primary objective for the
interviews is to identify the drivers of
nonresponse to the race and ethnicity
questions. Specifically, we aim to solicit
detail on whether and what concerns
drove individuals’ nonresponse to these
items, including (but not limited to) (a)
concerns about confidentiality of their
data, (b) concerns about how their race
and ethnicity data would be used,
including concerns about whether
disclosing such information could in
any way affect eligibility for Medicare
benefits (which it would not), or (c)
concerns about response options (e.g.,
missing response options for race or
ethnicity groups in which they may
identify). We also intend to explore
whether it is possible to amend the race
and ethnicity elements on Part C/D
enrollment form to address any of those
concerns, and if so, how. Additionally,
we plan to ask whether there are other—
beyond the Part C/D enrollment form—
vehicles for collecting race and ethnicity
information that would be more
acceptable to non-responders, and if so,
what those are.; Form Number: CMS–
10816 (OMB control number: 0938–
New); Frequency: Annually; Affected
Public: Individuals and Households;
Number of Respondents: 120; Total
Annual Responses: 120; Total Annual
Hours: 114. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Deme
Umo at 410–786–8854).
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Dated: August 17, 2022.
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 Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Administration for Children
and Families Uniform Project
Description
Office of Administration, Office
of Grants Policy, Administration for
Children and Families, Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) is
requesting revisions to the approved
ACF Uniform Project Description (UPD)
(Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) #0970–0139, expiration March
31, 2025).
DATES: 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.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the
proposed collection of information and
submit comments by emailing
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. Identify all
requests by the title of the information
collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The proposed
information collection would revise the
approved ACF UPD. The UPD provides
a uniform format for applicants to
submit project information in response
to ACF discretionary Notices of Funding
Opportunity. The UPD requires
applicants to describe how program
objectives will be achieved and provide
a rationale for the project’s budgeted
costs. All ACF discretionary grant
programs are required to use the UPD.
ACF uses this information, along with
other OMB-approved information
collections (Standard Forms), to
evaluate and rank applications. Use of
the UPD protects the integrity of the
ACF award selection process.
The UDP has been revised as follows:
(1) included a text field for the
Geographic Location standardized text,
which will allow ACF program offices
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to enter project-specific language; (2)
under Organizational Capacity, inserted
an option to allow submission of an
Audit Summary report in lieu of a full
audit report; (3) inserted a checkbox and
standardized language to request current
and pending funding support; (4) added
a prior written approval requirement to
Plan for Oversight of Federal Award
Funds and Activities; (5) included
Memoranda of Agreement (MOA) under
Third Party Agreements; and (6)
updated The Project Budget and Budget
Justification standardized language
related to salary limitation, budget
preparation, fringe benefits, definition
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of supplies, contractual costs,
accounting for real property, the Other
Costs category, and Indirect Costs.
Respondents: Applicants responding
to ACF Discretionary Notices of
Funding Opportunity.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
Total
number of
respondents
Total
number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total
burden hours
Annual
burden hours
ACF Uniform Project Description ...............................
3,218
1
60
193,080
64,360
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 64,360.
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.
Authority: 45 CFR 75.203–75.204, and
45 CFR part 75, appendix I.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; The Role of Licensing in Early
Care and Education (New Collection)
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, Administration for
Children and Families, Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for Public Comments.
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The Office of Planning,
Research, and Evaluation (OPRE),
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), is proposing to collect
information for The Role of Licensing in
Early Care and Education (TRLECE)
project. This data collection aims to
examine the child care and early
education (CCEE) licensing system
through surveys of child care licensing
administrators, front-line child care
licensing staff, and child care providers.
DATES: 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.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the
proposed collection of information and
submit comments by emailing
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All
requests should be identified by the title
of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The TRLECE project is
proposing a new information collection
to deepen the field’s understanding of
the CCEE licensing system. Information
will be collected from child care
licensing administrators, front-line child
care licensing staff, and child care
providers. This information collection
will include three national surveys:
1. A one-time nationwide survey of
the child care licensing administrator in
each state, territory, and the District of
Columbia (N=56) regarding the licensing
system, as well as administrators’
characteristics, experiences, and
perceptions of the licensing system.
Child care licensing administrators
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oversee critical systems that regulate
child care settings for young children.
2. A one-time nationwide survey of
front-line child care licensing staff from
each of the 50 states and the District of
Columbia about their characteristics,
experiences, responsibilities, and
perceptions of the CCEE licensing
system. By front-line child care
licensing staff we mean individuals who
routinely conduct licensing inspections
of child care programs. They may have
other responsibilities as well, as long as
one of their jobs is to routinely conduct
inspections.
3. A one-time nationwide survey of
licensed child care providers from each
of the 50 states and the District of
Columbia about their perceptions of and
experiences with the CCEE licensing
system. For the purposes of this study,
licensed providers are defined as
program owners/directors who oversee
the day-to-day operations in a licensed
center, as well as owners/operators of
licensed family child care (FCC)
programs (including group and family
child care homes).
Respondents: We will invite all child
care licensing administrators in each
state/territory and the District of
Columbia, and all front-line child care
licensing staff in each state and the
District of Columbia to participate in a
comprehensive one-time web-based or
telephone survey. For the survey of
providers, the goal for the final sample
will be a nationally representative
sample of 2,000 licensed providers from
all 50 states and the District of
Columbia, (1,000 randomly selected
licensed child care centers and 1,000
randomly selected family child care
homes).
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Administration for
Children and Families Uniform Project Description
AGENCY: Office of Administration, Office of Grants Policy,
Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is
requesting revisions to the approved ACF Uniform Project Description
(UPD) (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0139, expiration
March 31, 2025).
DATES: 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.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing [email protected].
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The proposed information collection would revise the
approved ACF UPD. The UPD provides a uniform format for applicants to
submit project information in response to ACF discretionary Notices of
Funding Opportunity. The UPD requires applicants to describe how
program objectives will be achieved and provide a rationale for the
project's budgeted costs. All ACF discretionary grant programs are
required to use the UPD.
ACF uses this information, along with other OMB-approved
information collections (Standard Forms), to evaluate and rank
applications. Use of the UPD protects the integrity of the ACF award
selection process.
The UDP has been revised as follows: (1) included a text field for
the Geographic Location standardized text, which will allow ACF program
offices
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to enter project-specific language; (2) under Organizational Capacity,
inserted an option to allow submission of an Audit Summary report in
lieu of a full audit report; (3) inserted a checkbox and standardized
language to request current and pending funding support; (4) added a
prior written approval requirement to Plan for Oversight of Federal
Award Funds and Activities; (5) included Memoranda of Agreement (MOA)
under Third Party Agreements; and (6) updated The Project Budget and
Budget Justification standardized language related to salary
limitation, budget preparation, fringe benefits, definition of
supplies, contractual costs, accounting for real property, the Other
Costs category, and Indirect Costs.
Respondents: Applicants responding to ACF Discretionary Notices of
Funding Opportunity.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Total number of Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses per hours per Total burden Annual burden
respondents respondent response hours hours
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ACF Uniform Project Description............................... 3,218 1 60 193,080 64,360
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 64,360.
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.
Authority: 45 CFR 75.203-75.204, and 45 CFR part 75, appendix I.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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