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the Fourth Report and Order, which will
validate technologies intended for
indoor location. The test bed is
necessary for the compliance
certification framework adopted in the
Fourth Report and Order.
Section 9.10(i)(3)(ii) requires that
beginning 18 months from the effective
date of the rules, CMRS providers
providing service in any of the six Test
Cities identified by ATIS (Atlanta,
Denver/Front Range, San Francisco,
Philadelphia, Chicago, and Manhattan
Borough of New York City) or portions
thereof must collect and report aggregate
data on the location technologies used
for live 911 calls. Nationwide CMRS
providers must submit call data on a
quarterly basis; non-nationwide CMRS
providers need only submit this data
every six months. Non-nationwide
providers that do not provide service in
any of the Test Cities may satisfy this
requirement by collecting and reporting
data based on the largest county within
the carrier’s footprint. This reporting
requirement is necessary to validate and
verify the compliance certifications
made by CMRS providers.
The Commission developed a
reporting template to assist CMRS
providers in collecting, formatting, and
submitting aggregate live 911 call data
in accordance with the requirements in
the rules. The template will also assist
the Commission in evaluating the
progress CMRS providers have made
toward meeting the 911 location
accuracy benchmarks. The template is
an Excel spreadsheet and will be
available for downloading on the
Commission’s website. The Commission
may also develop an online filing
mechanism for these reports in the
future.
Section 9.10(i)(3)(iii) requires CMRS
providers to retain testing and live call
data gathered pursuant to this section
for a period of 2 years.
Section 9.10(i)(4)(i) provides that no
later than 18 months from the effective
date of the adoption of the rule,
nationwide CMRS providers shall report
to the Commission their initial plans for
meeting the indoor location accuracy
requirements of paragraph (i)(2) of
Section 9.10. Non-nationwide CMRS
providers will have an additional 6
months to submit their implementation
plan.
Section 9.10(i)(4)(ii) requires that no
later than 18 months from the effective
date, each CMRS provider shall submit
to the Commission a report on its
progress toward implementing
improved indoor location accuracy.
Non-nationwide CMRS providers will
have an additional 6 months to submit
their progress reports. All CMRS
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providers shall provide an additional
progress report no later than 36 months
from the effective date of the adoption
of this rule. The 36-month reports shall
indicate what progress the provider has
made consistent with its
implementation plan.
Section 9.10(i)(4)(iii) requires that
prior to activation of the NEAD but no
later than 18 months from the effective
date of the adoption of this rule, the
nationwide CMRS providers shall file
with the Commission and request
approval for a security and privacy plan
for the administration and operation of
the NEAD.
Section 9.10(i)(4)(iv) requires CMRS
providers to certify ‘‘that neither they
nor any third party they rely on to
obtain dispatchable location
information will use dispatchable
location information or associated data
for any non-911 purpose, except with
prior express consent or as otherwise
required by law.’’ In addition, ‘‘[t]he
certification must state that CMRS
providers and any third party they rely
on to obtain dispatchable location
information will implement measures
sufficient to safeguard the privacy and
security of dispatchable location
information.’’ As noted above, the
Commission has revised this
requirement to account for the fact that
the NEAD has been discontinued.
Section 9.10(i)(4)(v) requires that
prior to use of z-axis information to
meet the Commission’s location
accuracy requirements, CMRS providers
must certify ‘‘that neither they nor any
third party they rely on to obtain z-axis
information will use z-axis information
or associated data for any non-911
purpose, except with prior express
consent or as otherwise required by
law.’’ Further, ‘‘[t]he certification must
state that CMRS providers and any third
party they rely on to obtain z-axis
information will implement measures
sufficient to safeguard the privacy and
security of z-axis location information.’’
This requirement is necessary to ensure
the privacy and security of any
personally identifiable information that
may be collected by the CMRS provider.
As noted above, the Commission has
revised this requirement to account for
the fact that the NEAD has been
discontinued.
Section 9.10(j) requires CMRS
providers to provide standardized
confidence and uncertainty (C/U) data
for all wireless 911 calls, whether from
outdoor or indoor locations, on a percall basis upon the request of a PSAP.
This requirement makes the use of C/U
data easier for PSAPs.
Section 9.10(j)(4) also requires that
upon meeting the timeframes pursuant
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to paragraphs (i)(2)(ii)(C) and (D) of this
section, CMRS providers shall provide
with wireless 911 calls that have
dispatchable location or z-axis (vertical)
information the C/U data required under
paragraph (j)(1) of this section. Where
available to the CMRS provider, floor
level information must be provided with
associated C/U data in addition to z-axis
location information.
Section 9.10(k) requires CMRS
providers to record information on all
live 911 calls, including but not limited
to the positioning source method used
to provide a location fix associated with
the call, as well as confidence and
uncertainty data. This information must
be made available to PSAPs upon
request, as a measure to promote
transparency and accountability for this
set of rules.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–R–262 and
CMS–10769]
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
SUMMARY:
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information to be collected, and the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection
burden.
Comments on the collection(s) of
information must be received by the
OMB desk officer by February 26, 2024.
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.
To obtain copies of a supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed collection(s) summarized in
this notice, please access the CMS PRA
website by copying and pasting the
following web address into your web
browser: https://www.cms.gov/
Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/
PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Parham at (410) 786–4669.
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: Revision of a currently
approved Information Collection; Title
of Information Collection: CMS Plan
Benefit Package (PBP) and Formulary
CY 2025; Use: Under the Medicare
Modernization Act (MMA), Medicare
Advantage (MA) and Prescription Drug
Plan (PDP) organizations are required to
submit plan benefit packages for all
Medicare beneficiaries residing in their
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service area. The plan benefit package
submission consists of the Plan Benefit
Package (PBP) software, formulary file,
and supporting documentation, as
necessary. MA and PDP organizations
use the PBP software to describe their
organization’s plan benefit packages,
including information on premiums,
cost sharing, authorization rules, and
supplemental benefits. They also
generate a formulary to describe their
list of drugs, including information on
prior authorization, step therapy,
tiering, and quantity limits.
CMS requires that MA and PDP
organizations submit a completed PBP
and formulary as part of the annual
bidding process. During this process,
organizations prepare their proposed
plan benefit packages for the upcoming
contract year and submit them to CMS
for review and approval. CMS uses this
data to review and approve the benefit
packages that the plans will offer to
Medicare beneficiaries. This allows
CMS to review the benefit packages in
a consistent way across all submitted
bids during with incredibly tight
timeframes. This data is also used to
populate data on Medicare Plan Finder,
which allows beneficiaries to access and
compare Medicare Advantage and
Prescription Drug plans. Form Number:
CMS–R–262 (OMB control number:
0938–0763); Frequency: Yearly;
Affected Public: Private Sector, Business
or other for-profits and Not-for-profit
institutions; Number of Respondents:
825; Total Annual Responses: 8,770;
Total Annual Hours: 55,782 (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Kristy Holtje at 410–786–2209.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved information collection; Title
of Information Collection: Satisfaction
of Nursing Homes, Hospitals, and
Outpatient Clinicians Working with the
CMS Network of Quality Improvement
and Innovation Contractors Program
(NQIIC); Use: The purpose of this
Information Collection Request (ICR) is
to collect data to inform the program
evaluation of the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality
Innovation Network-Quality
Improvement Organization (QIN–QIO)
and Hospital Quality Improvement
Contractors (HQIC) programs under the
Network of Quality Improvement and
Innovation Contractors (NQIIC) contract
vehicle. This is a revision package. First,
we updated the Nursing Home and
Hospital Surveys to cover all the quality
improvement focus areas targeted by
NQIIC awardees, removed some but not
all COVID–19 Public Health Emergency
(PHE) related questions to reflect the
progress of Federal health program (e.g.,
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Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality Project Echo program was
officially ended in August 2021), and
made minor refinements based on the
first round of survey fielding. Second,
we added the Outpatient Clinician
Survey in the same revision package
since all three surveys are conducted
under the same NQIIC contract.
This revision package supports
evaluation of the technical assistance
provided by the QINQIO Program to
nursing homes and outpatient clinicians
in community settings, and Hospital
Quality Improvement Contractors
(HQIC) Program activities to support
hospitals. This ICR is part of a larger
evaluation of the overall impact of the
NQIIC Program. Form Number: CMS–
10769 (OMB control number: 0938–
1424); Frequency: Yearly; Affected
Public: State and Private Sector
(Business or other for-profits); Number
of Respondents: 1,900; Total Annual
Responses: 1,900; Total Annual Hours:
559. (For policy questions regarding this
collection, contact Jeff Mokry at 214–
767–4021.)
Dated: January 19, 2024.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Division of Information Collections
and Regulatory Impacts, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
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Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2023–N–5706]
Voluntary Quality Management
Maturity Prototype Assessment
Protocol Evaluation Program
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA or Agency) is
announcing an opportunity for a limited
number of establishments to participate
in a voluntary Quality Management
Maturity Prototype Assessment Protocol
Evaluation Program involving the use of
a prototype assessment protocol to
evaluate quality management maturity
(QMM). The Center for Drug Evaluation
and Research (CDER) is implementing
this voluntary program for
manufacturers of CDER-regulated drug
products to gain experience with the
prototype assessment protocol and to
evaluate whether use of the protocol, as
designed, will enable a meaningful
assessment of the establishment’s
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-R-262 and CMS-10769]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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
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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 on the collection(s) of information must be received by
the OMB desk officer by February 26, 2024.
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.
To obtain copies of a supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed collection(s) summarized in this notice, please access
the CMS PRA website by copying and pasting the following web address
into your web browser: https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing.
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: Revision of a currently
approved Information Collection; Title of Information Collection: CMS
Plan Benefit Package (PBP) and Formulary CY 2025; Use: Under the
Medicare Modernization Act (MMA), Medicare Advantage (MA) and
Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) organizations are required to submit plan
benefit packages for all Medicare beneficiaries residing in their
service area. The plan benefit package submission consists of the Plan
Benefit Package (PBP) software, formulary file, and supporting
documentation, as necessary. MA and PDP organizations use the PBP
software to describe their organization's plan benefit packages,
including information on premiums, cost sharing, authorization rules,
and supplemental benefits. They also generate a formulary to describe
their list of drugs, including information on prior authorization, step
therapy, tiering, and quantity limits.
CMS requires that MA and PDP organizations submit a completed PBP
and formulary as part of the annual bidding process. During this
process, organizations prepare their proposed plan benefit packages for
the upcoming contract year and submit them to CMS for review and
approval. CMS uses this data to review and approve the benefit packages
that the plans will offer to Medicare beneficiaries. This allows CMS to
review the benefit packages in a consistent way across all submitted
bids during with incredibly tight timeframes. This data is also used to
populate data on Medicare Plan Finder, which allows beneficiaries to
access and compare Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug plans. Form
Number: CMS-R-262 (OMB control number: 0938-0763); Frequency: Yearly;
Affected Public: Private Sector, Business or other for-profits and Not-
for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 825; Total Annual
Responses: 8,770; Total Annual Hours: 55,782 (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Kristy Holtje at 410-786-2209.)
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved information collection; Title of Information Collection:
Satisfaction of Nursing Homes, Hospitals, and Outpatient Clinicians
Working with the CMS Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation
Contractors Program (NQIIC); Use: The purpose of this Information
Collection Request (ICR) is to collect data to inform the program
evaluation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO)
and Hospital Quality Improvement Contractors (HQIC) programs under the
Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractors (NQIIC)
contract vehicle. This is a revision package. First, we updated the
Nursing Home and Hospital Surveys to cover all the quality improvement
focus areas targeted by NQIIC awardees, removed some but not all COVID-
19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) related questions to reflect the
progress of Federal health program (e.g., Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality Project Echo program was officially ended in
August 2021), and made minor refinements based on the first round of
survey fielding. Second, we added the Outpatient Clinician Survey in
the same revision package since all three surveys are conducted under
the same NQIIC contract.
This revision package supports evaluation of the technical
assistance provided by the QINQIO Program to nursing homes and
outpatient clinicians in community settings, and Hospital Quality
Improvement Contractors (HQIC) Program activities to support hospitals.
This ICR is part of a larger evaluation of the overall impact of the
NQIIC Program. Form Number: CMS-10769 (OMB control number: 0938-1424);
Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: State and Private Sector (Business
or other for-profits); Number of Respondents: 1,900; Total Annual
Responses: 1,900; Total Annual Hours: 559. (For policy questions
regarding this collection, contact Jeff Mokry at 214-767-4021.)
Dated: January 19, 2024.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Division of Information Collections and Regulatory Impacts,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
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