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conducted sooner if significant changes
are made to the measures’ technical
specifications, in the interim. Due to the
uncertainty on when data collection
may need to be done, an extension of
the existing package and a subsequent
revision would facilitate expedient
resumption of the data collection and
testing efforts, especially given the
quick turnaround time for activities
(such as National Quality Forum
measure endorsement) which depend
on the data collection.
FASI is based on a subset of the July
27, 2007 (72 FR 144) Continuity
Assessment Record and Evaluation
(CARE) items which are now included
in post-acute setting Federal assessment
forms for nursing facilities—Resident
Assessment Instrument (RAI) Minimum
Data Set (MDS), Inpatient Rehabilitation
Facilities Patient Assessment
Instrument (IRF–PAI), and Long Term
Care Hospitals Continuity Assessment
Record & Evaluation (CARE) Data Set
(LCDS) to measure function in a
standardized way. The FASI items
include the standardized mobility and
self-care items included in the MDS,
IRF–PAI, and, LCDS as well as some
additional mobility items appropriate to
measuring independence in the
community and personal preferences or
goals items related to function. Also
included are certain instrumental
activities of daily living and some
modified caregiver assistance items
from the Home Health Outcome and
Assessment Information Set (OASIS)
tool. A few additional items to describe
the populations’ age, gender, and
geographic area of residence are also
included. Use of the same items to
measure functional status in nursing
facilities and community-based
programs will help states report on their
rebalancing efforts. Also, because these
items will have electronic specifications
developed by CMS, they can assist state
efforts to develop exchangeable
electronic data to follow the person
across services and estimate total costs
as well as measure functional status
across time. The complete FASI set is
included in this information collection
request. Form Number: CMS–10243
(OMB control number: 0938–1037);
Frequency: On occasion; Affected
Public: Individuals and Households;
Number of Respondents: 1,570; Total
Annual Responses: 1,570; Total Annual
Hours: 785. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Kerry
Lida at 410–786–4826.)
3. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: The Home
Health Care CAHPS® Survey
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(HHCAHPS); Use: The national
implementation of the Home Health
Care CAHPS Survey is designed to
collect ongoing data from samples of
home health care patients who receive
skilled services from Medicare-certified
home health agencies. The survey is
necessary because it fulfills the goal of
transparency with the public about
home health patient experiences.
The survey is used by Medicarecertified home health agencies to
improve their internal quality assurance
in the care that they provide in home
health. The HHCAHPS survey is also
used in a Medicare payment program.
Medicare-certified home health agencies
(HHAs) must contract with CMSapproved survey vendors that conduct
the HHCAHPS on behalf of the HHAs to
meet their requirements in the Home
Health Quality Reporting Program. Form
Number: CMS–10275 (OMB control
number: 0938–1066); Frequency:
Quarterly; Affected Public: Individuals
and Households; Number of
Respondents: 1,052,966; Total Annual
Responses: 1,149,975; Total Annual
Hours: 420,576. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Lori
Luria at 410–786–6684).
4. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Collection of
Diagnostic Data in the Abbreviated
RAPS Format from Medicare Advantage
Organizations for Risk Adjusted
Payments; Use: Under section 1894(d) of
the Act, CMS must make prospective
monthly capitated payments to PACE
organizations in the same manner and
from the same sources as payments to
organizations under section 1853.
Section 1894(e)(3)(A)(i) requires in part
that PACE organizations collect data
and make available to the Secretary
reports necessary to monitor the cost,
operation, and effectiveness of the PACE
program.
CMS makes advance monthly perenrollee payments to organizations, and
is required to risk-adjust the payments
based on predicted relative health care
costs for each enrollee, as determined by
enrollee-specific diagnoses and other
factors, such as age. CMS has collected
diagnosis data from organizations in two
formats: (1) comprehensive data
equivalent to Medicare fee-for-service
claims data (often referred to as
encounter data) and (2) data in an
abbreviated format known as RAPS
data, named for the Risk Adjustment
Processing System (RAPS). The subject
of this PRA package is collection of
RAPS data. Encounter data collection is
addressed in a separate PRA package
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which is approved under OMB control
number 0938–1152.
Risk adjustment allows CMS to pay
plans for the health risk of the
beneficiaries they enroll, instead of
paying an identical an average amount
for each enrollee Medicare beneficiaries.
By risk adjusting plan payments, CMS is
able to make appropriate and accurate
payments for enrollees with differences
in expected costs. Risk adjustment is
used to adjust bidding and payment
based on the health status and
demographic characteristics of an
enrollee. Risk scores measure individual
beneficiaries’ relative risk and the risk
scores are used to adjust payments for
each beneficiary’s expected
expenditures. By risk adjusting plan
bids, CMS is able to also use
standardized bids as base payments to
plans. Form Number: CMS–10062 (OMB
control number: 0938–0878); Frequency:
Quarterly; Affected Public: Private
Sector, Business or other for-profit and
Not-for-profit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 284; Total Annual
Responses: 80,235,720; Total Annual
Hours: 2,674,524. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact
Amanda Johnson at 410–786–4161.
Dated: January 11, 2023.
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
[OMB No. 0970–0391]
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; 2024 National Survey of Early
Care and Education
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, Administration for
Children and Families, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), U. S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), is proposing a data
collection activity as part of the 2024
National Survey of Early Care and
Education to be conducted October 2023
through July 2024. The objective of the
2024 NSECE is to document the nation’s
use and availability of early care and
education (ECE) services, building on
the information collected in 2012 and
SUMMARY:
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2019 to describe the ECE landscape in
the U.S. The 2024 NSECE will collect
information on families with children
under age 13 years, on ECE providers
that serve families with children from
birth to 13 years in the U.S., and on the
workforce providing these services.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of
publication. In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) 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.
Identify all requests by the title of the
information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The 2024 NSECE will
consist of four coordinated nationallyrepresentative surveys:
1. a survey of households with at least
one resident child under the age of 13
(Household Interview),
2. a survey of individuals providing
care for children under the age of 13 in
a residential setting (Home-based
Provider Interview) including
individuals appearing on state and
national lists of ECE providers (listed)
and individuals not appearing on such
lists (unlisted),
3. a survey of center-based ECE
providers offering care for children aged
5 years and under, not yet in
kindergarten, in a non-residential
setting (Center-based Provider
Interview), and
4. a survey conducted with
individuals employed in center-based
ECE programs working directly with
children in classrooms serving children
age 5 years and under, not yet in
kindergarten (Workforce Interview).
The household, home-based provider,
and center-based provider surveys will
require a screener to determine
eligibility for the specific survey.
The 2024 NSECE data collection
efforts will provide urgently needed
information about the use and supply of
ECE available to families across all
income levels, including providers
serving low-income families of various
racial, ethnic, language, and cultural
backgrounds, in diverse geographic
areas. The household data will include
characteristics of households with
children under age 13, such as parental
employment status and schedules,
preferences and choices of non-parental
care, and other key factors that affect
their need for and access to ECE. The
provider data will include home-based
or center-based ECE providers (e.g.,
private, non-profit, Head Start-funded,
state or local Pre-K, or based in public
schools) that do or do not participate in
the child care subsidy program, and are
or are not regulated, registered, or
otherwise appear in state or national
lists. Accurate data on families with
young children and the availability and
characteristics of ECE providers are
essential to assess the current and
changing landscape of ECE since the
2019 NSECE data collection, and to
provide insights to advance policy and
initiatives in the ECE field. The two
previous rounds of NSECE, collected in
2012 and 2019, produced critical data
about providers of ECE services, the ECE
workforce, and families’ needs and use
of child care throughout the U.S. that
remain unmatched by other data sources
available.
Respondents: Households with
resident children under age 13, homebased ECE providers serving children
under age 13 (listed and unlisted),
center-based ECE providers serving
children aged 5 and under (not yet in
kindergarten), and classroom-assigned
instructional staff (workforce) members
working with children aged 5 and under
(not yet in kindergarten) in center-based
ECE programs.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
(total over
request period)
Instrument
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Household screener (screening only) .......................................................................................
Household Questionnaire (no screener) ...................................................................................
Home-based Provider Screener (screening only, listed home-based providers) .....................
Home-based Provider Questionnaire including screener (listed home-based providers) ........
Home-based Provider Questionnaire, including screener (unlisted home-based providers) ...
Center-based Provider Screener (screening only) ...................................................................
Center-based Provider Questionnaire, including screener .......................................................
Workforce (Classroom Staff) Questionnaire .............................................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 29,388.
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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62,758
10,000
2,064
4,360
1,158
10,050
8,392
7,418
to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Authority: Child Care and
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 as
amended by the CCDBG Act of 2014
(Pub. L. 113–186). Social Security Act
418 as extended by the Continuing
Appropriations Act of 2017 and the
TANF Extension Act of 2019. Section
3507 of the PRA of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35.
John M. Sweet Jr.,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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Number of
responses per
respondent
(total over
request period)
Avg. burden
per response
(in hours)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Total/annual
burden
(in hours)
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1
.03
.67
.33
.1
.75
.33
6,276
10,000
62
2,921
382
1,005
6,294
2,448
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
[OMB No. 0970–0160]
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Procedures for Requests
From Tribal Lead Agencies To Use
Child Care and Development Fund
Funds for Construction or Major
Renovation of Child Care Facilities
Office of Child Care,
Administration for Children and
Families, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services.
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[FR Doc No: 2023-00728]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[OMB No. 0970-0391]
Proposed Information Collection Activity; 2024 National Survey of
Early Care and Education
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U. S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing a data
collection activity as part of the 2024 National Survey of Early Care
and Education to be conducted October 2023 through July 2024. The
objective of the 2024 NSECE is to document the nation's use and
availability of early care and education (ECE) services, building on
the information collected in 2012 and
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2019 to describe the ECE landscape in the U.S. The 2024 NSECE will
collect information on families with children under age 13 years, on
ECE providers that serve families with children from birth to 13 years
in the U.S., and on the workforce providing these services.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 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 2024 NSECE will consist of four coordinated
nationally-representative surveys:
1. a survey of households with at least one resident child under
the age of 13 (Household Interview),
2. a survey of individuals providing care for children under the
age of 13 in a residential setting (Home-based Provider Interview)
including individuals appearing on state and national lists of ECE
providers (listed) and individuals not appearing on such lists
(unlisted),
3. a survey of center-based ECE providers offering care for
children aged 5 years and under, not yet in kindergarten, in a non-
residential setting (Center-based Provider Interview), and
4. a survey conducted with individuals employed in center-based ECE
programs working directly with children in classrooms serving children
age 5 years and under, not yet in kindergarten (Workforce Interview).
The household, home-based provider, and center-based provider
surveys will require a screener to determine eligibility for the
specific survey.
The 2024 NSECE data collection efforts will provide urgently needed
information about the use and supply of ECE available to families
across all income levels, including providers serving low-income
families of various racial, ethnic, language, and cultural backgrounds,
in diverse geographic areas. The household data will include
characteristics of households with children under age 13, such as
parental employment status and schedules, preferences and choices of
non-parental care, and other key factors that affect their need for and
access to ECE. The provider data will include home-based or center-
based ECE providers (e.g., private, non-profit, Head Start-funded,
state or local Pre-K, or based in public schools) that do or do not
participate in the child care subsidy program, and are or are not
regulated, registered, or otherwise appear in state or national lists.
Accurate data on families with young children and the availability and
characteristics of ECE providers are essential to assess the current
and changing landscape of ECE since the 2019 NSECE data collection, and
to provide insights to advance policy and initiatives in the ECE field.
The two previous rounds of NSECE, collected in 2012 and 2019, produced
critical data about providers of ECE services, the ECE workforce, and
families' needs and use of child care throughout the U.S. that remain
unmatched by other data sources available.
Respondents: Households with resident children under age 13, home-
based ECE providers serving children under age 13 (listed and
unlisted), center-based ECE providers serving children aged 5 and under
(not yet in kindergarten), and classroom-assigned instructional staff
(workforce) members working with children aged 5 and under (not yet in
kindergarten) in center-based ECE programs.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Number of responses per Avg. burden Total/annual
Instrument respondents respondent per response burden (in
(total over (total over (in hours) hours)
request period) request period)
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Household screener (screening only)......... 62,758 1 .1 6,276
Household Questionnaire (no screener)....... 10,000 1 1 10,000
Home-based Provider Screener (screening 2,064 1 .03 62
only, listed home-based providers).........
Home-based Provider Questionnaire including 4,360 1 .67 2,921
screener (listed home-based providers).....
Home-based Provider Questionnaire, including 1,158 1 .33 382
screener (unlisted home-based providers)...
Center-based Provider Screener (screening 10,050 1 .1 1,005
only)......................................
Center-based Provider Questionnaire, 8,392 1 .75 6,294
including screener.........................
Workforce (Classroom Staff) Questionnaire... 7,418 1 .33 2,448
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 29,388.
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: Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 as
amended by the CCDBG Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-186). Social Security Act
418 as extended by the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2017 and the
TANF Extension Act of 2019. Section 3507 of the PRA of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35.
John M. Sweet Jr.,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-00728 Filed 1-13-23; 8:45 am]
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