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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: lll, 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, 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.
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–10391 Methods for Assuring
Access to Covered Medicaid Services
Under 42 CFR 447.203 and 447.204
CMS–10856 Medicaid Managed Care
and Supporting Regulations
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: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Methods for
Assuring Access to Covered Medicaid
Services Under 42 CFR 447.203 and
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447.204; Use: Sections 447.203 and
447.204 require that states: ‘‘assure that
payments are consistent with efficiency,
economy, and quality of care and are
sufficient to enlist enough providers so
that care and services are available
under the plan at least to the extent that
such care and services are available to
the general population in the geographic
area.’’ The information is used by states
to document that access to care is in
compliance with section 1902(a)(30)(A)
of the Social Security Act, to identify
issues with access within a state’s
Medicaid program, and to inform any
necessary programmatic changes to
address issues with access to care. CMS
will use the information to monitor
ongoing compliance with section
1902(a)(30)(A) of the Act, and to make
informed approval decisions on State
plan amendments that propose to make
Medicaid rate reductions or restructure
payment rates. Beneficiaries, providers,
and other affected stakeholders may use
the information to raise access issues to
state Medicaid agencies and work with
agencies to address those issues. Form
Number: CMS–10391 (OMB control
number: 0938–1134); Frequency:
Annually; Affected Public: State, Local,
or Tribal Governments; Number of
Respondents: 51; Total Annual
Responses: 341; Total Annual Hours:
15,305. (For questions regarding this
collection contact Jeremy Silanskis at
410–786–1592.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicaid
Managed Care and Supporting
Regulations; Use: The collection of
information request pertains to the
attestation collection requirement at 42
CFR 438.6(c)(2)(ii)(H), which requires
that providers receiving payment under
a State directed payment attest that they
do not participate in any hold harmless
arrangement for any health care-related
tax as specified in § 433.68(f)(3) in
which the State or other unit of
government imposing the tax provides
for any direct or indirect payment,
offset, or waiver such that the provision
of the payment, offset, or waiver directly
or indirectly guarantees to hold the
taxpayer harmless for all or any portion
of the tax amount, and ensure either that
(upon CMS request) such attestations
are available, or that the State provides
an explanation that is satisfactory to
CMS about why specific providers are
unable or unwilling to make such
attestations. Form Number: CMS–10856
(OMB control number: 0938–1453);
Frequency: Yearly and once; Affected
Public: Private sector and State, Local,
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or Tribal Governments; Number of
Respondents: 1,088,094; Total Annual
Responses: 1,088,138; Total Annual
Hours: 145,523. (For questions regarding
this collection contact Abigail Walker at
410–786–1725.)
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Division of Information Collections
and Regulatory Impacts, 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; Behavioral Interventions To
Advance Self-Sufficiency-Next
Generation (BIAS–NG) (Office of
Management and Budget #0970–0502)
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 Office of Planning,
Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS)
requests Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval to modify and
extend the approval of the ACF
Behavioral Interventions to Advance
Self-Sufficiency-Next Generation
(BIAS–NG) Project Overarching Generic
(OMB #: 0970–0502; Expiration date:
8/31/2025.) Under this overarching
clearance, ACF collects data as part of
rapid cycle testing and evaluation, to
inform the design of interventions
informed by behavioral science and to
better understand the mechanisms and
effects of such interventions.
Interventions have been and will
continue to be developed in the program
area domains of Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families (TANF), child
welfare, and Early Head Start/Head Start
(EHS/HS). This revision would also
allow for collection of data in the child
care program area, and would extend
the approval of the overarching generic.
These interventions are intended to
improve outcomes for participants in
these programs.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of
publication. In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), ACF is
soliciting public comment on the
SUMMARY:
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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: OPRE is conducting the
BIAS–NG project, which uses
behavioral insights to design and test
interventions intended to improve the
efficiency, operations, and efficacy of
human services programs. The BIAS–
NG project is applying and testing
behavioral insights to ACF programs
including TANF, child welfare, and
EHS/HS, and intends to expand these
efforts to child care. This notice is a
request for comments on ACF’s proposal
to revise and extend a previously
approved collection, which included
data collection to design and test
interventions in the TANF, child
welfare, and EHS/HS domains. Under
the approved pilot generic clearance,
OPRE has already conducted work with
seven sites to conduct seven tests, and
is planning to continue to work with at
least one additional site, conducting one
or more tests of behavioral interventions
for a total of nine tests of behavioral
interventions. All approved information
collection activities can be found here:
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAICList?ref_nbr=202206-0970-002.
In addition to extending approval,
this approval would also allow OPRE to
conduct tests in the newly added
program area of child care. The design
and testing of BIAS–NG interventions is
rapid and, to the extent possible,
iterative. Each specific intervention is
designed in consultation with agency
leaders and launched as quickly as
possible. To maximize the likelihood
that the intervention produces
measurable, significant, and positive
effects on outcomes of interest, rapid
cycle evaluation techniques will be
employed in which proximate outcomes
will be measured to allow the research
team to more quickly iterate and adjust
the intervention design, informing
subsequent tests. Due to the rapid and
iterative nature of this work, OPRE
sought and received approval for an
overarching generic clearance to
conduct this research. Following
standard OMB requirements for generic
clearances, once instruments subject to
PRA are tailored to a specific site and
the site’s intervention, OPRE submits an
individual generic information
collection request under this umbrella
clearance. Each request includes the
individual instrument(s), a justification
specific to the individual information
collection, a description of the proposed
intervention, and any supplementary
documents. Each specific information
collection includes up to two
submissions—one submission for the
formative stage research and another
submission for any further data
collection requiring burden during the
testing phase. The type of information to
be collected and the uses of the
information is described in the
supporting statements, found here:
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAViewDocument?ref_nbr=2022060970-002.
Respondents: (1) Program
Administrators, (2) Program Staff, and
(3) Program Clients.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES (TANF, CHILD WELFARE, EHS/HS, CHILD CARE)
Number of
respondents
(TANF, CW,
EHS/HS, CC)
(total over
request
period)
Instrument
Number of
responses per
respondent
(total over
request
period)
Average
burden hours
per response
(in hours)
Total burden
(in hours)
Annual
burden
(in hours)
Phase 3: Diagnosis and Design
Administrator interviews/focus groups .................................
Staff interviews/focus groups ...............................................
Client interviews/focus groups .............................................
Client survey ........................................................................
Staff Survey .........................................................................
48
400
400
400
400
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
.25
.25
48
400
400
100
100
16
133
133
33
33
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
.25
.25
96
800
800
3,000
300
32
267
267
1,000
100
Phase 4: Evaluation
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Administrator interviews/focus groups .................................
Staff interviews/focus groups ...............................................
Client interviews/focus groups .............................................
Client survey ........................................................................
Staff Survey .........................................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,014.
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
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96
800
800
12,000
1,200
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: 42 U.S.C. 1310.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Statement of Organization, Functions,
and Delegations of Authority
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
Office of Population Affairs,
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Health, Office of the Secretary,
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS).
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AGENCY:
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Behavioral
Interventions To Advance Self-Sufficiency-Next Generation (BIAS-NG)
(Office of Management and Budget #0970-0502)
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 Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) requests Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval to modify and extend the approval of the ACF
Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency-Next Generation
(BIAS-NG) Project Overarching Generic (OMB #: 0970-0502; Expiration
date: 8/31/2025.) Under this overarching clearance, ACF collects data
as part of rapid cycle testing and evaluation, to inform the design of
interventions informed by behavioral science and to better understand
the mechanisms and effects of such interventions.
Interventions have been and will continue to be developed in the
program area domains of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF),
child welfare, and Early Head Start/Head Start (EHS/HS). This revision
would also allow for collection of data in the child care program area,
and would extend the approval of the overarching generic. These
interventions are intended to improve outcomes for participants in
these programs.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), ACF is
soliciting public comment on the
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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: OPRE is conducting the BIAS-NG project, which uses
behavioral insights to design and test interventions intended to
improve the efficiency, operations, and efficacy of human services
programs. The BIAS-NG project is applying and testing behavioral
insights to ACF programs including TANF, child welfare, and EHS/HS, and
intends to expand these efforts to child care. This notice is a request
for comments on ACF's proposal to revise and extend a previously
approved collection, which included data collection to design and test
interventions in the TANF, child welfare, and EHS/HS domains. Under the
approved pilot generic clearance, OPRE has already conducted work with
seven sites to conduct seven tests, and is planning to continue to work
with at least one additional site, conducting one or more tests of
behavioral interventions for a total of nine tests of behavioral
interventions. All approved information collection activities can be
found here: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAICList?ref_nbr=202206-0970-002.
In addition to extending approval, this approval would also allow
OPRE to conduct tests in the newly added program area of child care.
The design and testing of BIAS-NG interventions is rapid and, to the
extent possible, iterative. Each specific intervention is designed in
consultation with agency leaders and launched as quickly as possible.
To maximize the likelihood that the intervention produces measurable,
significant, and positive effects on outcomes of interest, rapid cycle
evaluation techniques will be employed in which proximate outcomes will
be measured to allow the research team to more quickly iterate and
adjust the intervention design, informing subsequent tests. Due to the
rapid and iterative nature of this work, OPRE sought and received
approval for an overarching generic clearance to conduct this research.
Following standard OMB requirements for generic clearances, once
instruments subject to PRA are tailored to a specific site and the
site's intervention, OPRE submits an individual generic information
collection request under this umbrella clearance. Each request includes
the individual instrument(s), a justification specific to the
individual information collection, a description of the proposed
intervention, and any supplementary documents. Each specific
information collection includes up to two submissions--one submission
for the formative stage research and another submission for any further
data collection requiring burden during the testing phase. The type of
information to be collected and the uses of the information is
described in the supporting statements, found here: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewDocument?ref_nbr=202206-0970-002.
Respondents: (1) Program Administrators, (2) Program Staff, and (3)
Program Clients.
Annual Burden Estimates (TANF, Child Welfare, EHS/HS, Child Care)
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Number of Number of
respondents responses per Average burden
(TANF, CW, EHS/ respondent hours per Total burden Annual burden
Instrument HS, CC) (total (total over response (in (in hours) (in hours)
over request request hours)
period) period)
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Phase 3: Diagnosis and Design
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Administrator interviews/focus 48 1 1 48 16
groups.........................
Staff interviews/focus groups... 400 1 1 400 133
Client interviews/focus groups.. 400 1 1 400 133
Client survey................... 400 1 .25 100 33
Staff Survey.................... 400 1 .25 100 33
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Phase 4: Evaluation
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Administrator interviews/focus 96 1 1 96 32
groups.........................
Staff interviews/focus groups... 800 1 1 800 267
Client interviews/focus groups.. 800 1 1 800 267
Client survey................... 12,000 1 .25 3,000 1,000
Staff Survey.................... 1,200 1 .25 300 100
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,014.
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: 42 U.S.C. 1310.
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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