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Notice.
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
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 October 28, 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
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Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/
PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing.
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
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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 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,
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 Community Living
Announcing the Intent To Award a
Single-Source Supplement for the
Alternatives to Guardianship Youth
Resource Center Cooperative
Agreement
Administration for Community
Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Community Living (ACL) announces the
intent to award a single-source
supplement to the current cooperative
agreement held by the University of
Massachusetts for the Alternatives to
Guardianship Youth Resource Center
cooperative agreement. The purpose of
this project is to divert high school
students with intellectual and
developmental disabilities (I/DD) away
from guardianship to less restrictive
decisional supports. The target audience
for this information includes youth with
I/DD, families and caregivers of high
school students with I/DD, teachers,
education administrators, advocates,
vocational rehabilitation counselors,
guidance counselors, and school district
officials. The administrative supplement
for FY 2024 will amount to $200,000,
bringing the total award for FY 2024 to
$500,000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dana Fink, 202–795–7604, dana.fink@
acl.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
supplementary funding will expand the
Alternatives to Guardianship Youth
Resource Center’s engagement and
education efforts around diverting high
school students with I/DD away from
guardianship to less restrictive
decisional supports. As a result of
funding this Center, ACL expects that:
• More students with I/DD will have
more decisional options, such as Powers
of Attorney, supported-decision-making,
joint bank accounts, bill paying services,
and medical or educational release
forms, on completion of high school;
• Fewer young adults with I/DD will
be subject to guardianship;
• The public will become more
knowledgeable of alternatives to
guardianship; and
• Youth will become more
independent by gaining job experience
and personal responsibilities.
This supplement will fund:
• Support to enhance the engagement
of youth advisory board members,
including (1) a dedicated staff member
for facilitation and administrative
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coordination and support and; (2) paid
opportunities for youth advisory board
members to be more deeply engaged in
project activities.
• Continued support for two
additional staff members from grant
partner Self-Advocates Becoming
Empowered who have joined the youth
ambassador training team.
• Support for travel for youth
ambassadors and youth advisors to
participate in conference presentations.
• Supervisory support for the youth
trainer position that will begin. This
youth trainer joined the Youth
Ambassador workgroup and is a part of
the training team that facilitates the
third cohort of youth ambassadors from
Texas, California, and New York.
• Continued enhancement to the
project website, which includes a
dedicated page for each of the 40+ youth
ambassadors, youth-friendly products
and videos, and plain language
documents.
The administrative supplement for FY
2024 will amount to $200,000, bringing
the total award for FY 2024 to $500,000.
Program Name: Center for Youth
Voice Youth Choice (CYVYC)
Alternatives to Guardianship Youth
Resource Center.
Recipient: University of
Massachusetts, Boston.
Period of Performance: The
supplement award will be issued during
the fifth year of the five-year project
period of September 1, 2024, through
August 31, 2025.
Total Supplement Award Amount:
$200,000.
Award Type: Cooperative Agreement.
Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C.
15081(2).
Basis for award: The University of
Massachusetts is currently funded to
carry out the CYVYC Project for the
period of September 1, 2020 through
August 31, 2025. Much work has
already been completed and further
tasks are currently being accomplished.
It would be unnecessarily time
consuming and disruptive to the
CYVYC project and the beneficiaries
being served for ACL to establish a new
grantee at this time when critical
services are presently being provided in
an efficient manner.
Dated: September 22, 2024.
Alison Barkoff,
Principal Deputy Administrator for the
Administration for Community Living,
performing the delegable duties of the
Administrator and the Assistant Secretary for
Aging.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Public Comment Request;
ACL Administration on Aging Formula
Grant Programs (OMB Control Number
0985–New)
Administration for Community
Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Community Living (ACL) is announcing
that the proposed collection of
information listed above has been
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
clearance as required under section
506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. This 30-day notice collects
comments on the information collection
requirements related to the proposed
new information collection
requirements relating to the ACL
Administration on Aging Formula Grant
Programs (OMB Control Number 0985–
New).
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information must be submitted
electronically by 11:59 p.m. (EST) or
postmarked by October 28, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
and recommendations for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of
publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find the information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function.
By mail to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, New
Executive Office Bldg., 725 17th St. NW,
Rm. 10235, Washington, DC 20503,
Attention: OMB Desk Officer for ACL.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adam Mosey, ACL Administration on
Aging, phone: 202–795–7631 and email:
Adam.Mosey@acl.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, ACL
has submitted the following proposed
collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance. This
announcement solicits comments on the
ACL Administration on Aging Formula
Grant Programs. As a center in the
Administration for Community Living,
the Administration on Aging (AoA)
provides expertise on program
development, advocacy, initiatives for
older Americans, their caregivers, and
families. Working with state agencies,
local agencies, grantees, and community
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providers, AoA directs programs
authorized by the Older Americans Act
(OAA) of 1965 as amended (42 U.S.C
3001 et seq.). The OAA provides the
foundation for the National Aging
Network, which includes ACL/AoA,
state units on aging (SUA), area agencies
on aging (AAA), Tribal organizations,
service providers, and volunteers. SUAs
are an integral part of the network
responsible for developing and
administering a multi-year state plan
that advocates and aids older residents,
their families, caregivers, and adults
with disabilities. The Elder Justice Act
(42 U.S.C. 1397j), passed in 2010 is the
first comprehensive legislation to
address the abuse, neglect, and
exploitation of older adults at the
federal level. The law authorized a
variety of programs and initiatives to
better coordinate federal responses to
elder abuse, promote elder justice
research and innovation, support Adult
Protective Services (APS) systems, and
provide additional protections for
residents of long-term care facilities.
The importance of these services at the
state-level and local-level is
demonstrated by the fact that states
significantly leverage OAA funds to
obtain other funding for these activities.
Through these programs, multi-year
state plans, assurances, and other
financial forms are needed to provide
approval and oversight of grant
recipients. ACL is seeking approval for
a new information collection which will
collect data related to AoA formula
grant programs. This information
collection will include data collection
activity for state plans on aging and
assurances, financial forms, and a
corrective action plan (CAP) template
each associated with aging formula
grant management. The purpose of this
information collection is for
programmatic and financial
management of the aging and APS
formula grants. The state plan on aging
documents and provides the
opportunity report achievements and
planned activities for the multi-year
plan period. A wide range of
constituents use or will use the state
plans on aging to coordinate, monitor,
evaluate, and improve aging network by
using the state plans on aging as a
blueprint for service planning and
delivery. Additionally, ACL leverages
state plans on aging to understand the
numerous services older adults use, and
to utilize the information for advocating
the needs of older adults, and for
requesting additional funding. The
financial forms will assist in the
facilitation of OAA formula grant
management.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Announcing the Intent To Award a Single-Source Supplement for the
Alternatives to Guardianship Youth Resource Center Cooperative
Agreement
AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) announces the
intent to award a single-source supplement to the current cooperative
agreement held by the University of Massachusetts for the Alternatives
to Guardianship Youth Resource Center cooperative agreement. The
purpose of this project is to divert high school students with
intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) away from
guardianship to less restrictive decisional supports. The target
audience for this information includes youth with I/DD, families and
caregivers of high school students with I/DD, teachers, education
administrators, advocates, vocational rehabilitation counselors,
guidance counselors, and school district officials. The administrative
supplement for FY 2024 will amount to $200,000, bringing the total
award for FY 2024 to $500,000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana Fink, 202-795-7604,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This supplementary funding will expand the
Alternatives to Guardianship Youth Resource Center's engagement and
education efforts around diverting high school students with I/DD away
from guardianship to less restrictive decisional supports. As a result
of funding this Center, ACL expects that:
More students with I/DD will have more decisional options,
such as Powers of Attorney, supported-decision-making, joint bank
accounts, bill paying services, and medical or educational release
forms, on completion of high school;
Fewer young adults with I/DD will be subject to
guardianship;
The public will become more knowledgeable of alternatives
to guardianship; and
Youth will become more independent by gaining job
experience and personal responsibilities.
This supplement will fund:
Support to enhance the engagement of youth advisory board
members, including (1) a dedicated staff member for facilitation and
administrative
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coordination and support and; (2) paid opportunities for youth advisory
board members to be more deeply engaged in project activities.
Continued support for two additional staff members from
grant partner Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered who have joined the
youth ambassador training team.
Support for travel for youth ambassadors and youth
advisors to participate in conference presentations.
Supervisory support for the youth trainer position that
will begin. This youth trainer joined the Youth Ambassador workgroup
and is a part of the training team that facilitates the third cohort of
youth ambassadors from Texas, California, and New York.
Continued enhancement to the project website, which
includes a dedicated page for each of the 40+ youth ambassadors, youth-
friendly products and videos, and plain language documents.
The administrative supplement for FY 2024 will amount to $200,000,
bringing the total award for FY 2024 to $500,000.
Program Name: Center for Youth Voice Youth Choice (CYVYC)
Alternatives to Guardianship Youth Resource Center.
Recipient: University of Massachusetts, Boston.
Period of Performance: The supplement award will be issued during
the fifth year of the five-year project period of September 1, 2024,
through August 31, 2025.
Total Supplement Award Amount: $200,000.
Award Type: Cooperative Agreement.
Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 15081(2).
Basis for award: The University of Massachusetts is currently
funded to carry out the CYVYC Project for the period of September 1,
2020 through August 31, 2025. Much work has already been completed and
further tasks are currently being accomplished. It would be
unnecessarily time consuming and disruptive to the CYVYC project and
the beneficiaries being served for ACL to establish a new grantee at
this time when critical services are presently being provided in an
efficient manner.
Dated: September 22, 2024.
Alison Barkoff,
Principal Deputy Administrator for the Administration for Community
Living, performing the delegable duties of the Administrator and the
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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