80_FR_61408 80 FR 61212 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

80 FR 61212 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 196 (October 9, 2015)

Page Range61212-61213
FR Document2015-25809

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 (the 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 60 days for public comment on the proposed action. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifiers: CMS-10079]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health 
and Human Services.

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 (the 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 60 days for public 
comment on the proposed action. Interested persons are invited to send 
comments regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this 
collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1) 
The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for 
the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of 
the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology to minimize the information collection burden.

DATES: Comments must be received by December 8, 2015.

ADDRESSES: When commenting, please reference the document identifier or 
OMB control number. To be assured consideration, comments and 
recommendations must be submitted in any one of the following ways:
    1. Electronically. You may send your comments electronically to 
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 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

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Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of Regulations Development, 
Attention: Document Identifier/OMB Control Number __, 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' Web site address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995.
    2. Email your request, including your address, phone number, OMB 
number, and CMS document identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov.
    3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786-1326.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786-
1326.

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-10079 Hospital Wage Index Occupational Mix Survey and Supporting 
Regulations in 42 CFR, Section 412.64

    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: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Hospital Wage 
Index Occupational Mix Survey and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR, 
Section 412.64; Use: Section 304(c) of Public Law 106-554 amended 
section 1886(d) (3) (E) of the Social Security Act to require CMS to 
collect data every three years on the occupational mix of employees for 
each short-term, acute care hospital participating in the Medicare 
program, in order to construct an occupational mix adjustment to the 
wage index, for application beginning October 1, 2004 (the FY 2005 wage 
index). The purpose of the occupational mix adjustment is to control 
for the effect of hospitals' employment choices on the wage index. For 
example, hospitals may choose to employ different combinations of 
registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, nursing aides, and 
medical assistants for the purpose of providing nursing care to their 
patients. The varying labor costs associated with these choices reflect 
hospital management decisions rather than geographic differences in the 
costs of labor. The FY 2016 survey will provide for the collection of 
hospital-specific wages and hours data for calendar year 2016 (that is, 
payroll periods ending between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016). 
The 2016 Medicare occupational mix survey will be applied beginning 
with the FY 2019 wage index. Form Number: CMS-10079 (OMB control 
number: 0938-0907); Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: Private sector 
(Business or other for-profits and Not-for-profit institutions), State, 
Local and Tribal Governments; Number of Respondents: 3,400; Total 
Annual Responses: 3,400; Total Annual Hours: 1,632,000. (For policy 
questions regarding this collection contact Noel Manlove at 410-786-
5161.

    Dated: October 6, 2015.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office of Strategic Operations and 
Regulatory Affairs.
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                                                 CDC requests OMB approval to revise                  intake interview will be administered to              role Quitlines play in promoting tobacco
                                              information collection for the NQDW as                  any caller who contacts a quitline on                 use cessation, measure the number of
                                              follows.                                                behalf of another person. The short                   tobacco users being served by state
                                                 The ASQ will become an additional                    version of the intake interview consists              quitlines, determine reach of Quitlines
                                              respondent providing data to the NQDW                   of a subset of four questions. The                    to high-risk populations (e.g., racial and
                                              using the NQDW Intake Questionnaire,                    estimated burden per response for these               ethnic minorities and the medically
                                              NQDW (ASQ) Seven-Month Follow-up                        callers is one minute.                                underserved), measure the number
                                              Questionnaire, and NQDW Quitline                           The Seven-Month Follow-up                          using each state quitline who quit,
                                              Services Survey. This increases the                     Questionnaire will be discontinued for                determine whether some combinations
                                              number of participating Quitlines from                  all callers except those who receive                  of services contribute to higher quit
                                              53 to 54.                                               services through the ASQ.                             rates than others, and improve the
                                                 Five questions will be added to the                     Individual-level data (intake and 7-               timeliness, access to, and quality of data
                                              NQDW Intake Questionnaire to collect                    month follow-up) are submitted to CDC
                                                                                                                                                            collected by quitlines.
                                              information about pregnancy, insurance                  electronically through a secure FTP
                                              status, type of health insurance, mental                server or via U.S. mail. The burden table               OMB approval is requested for three
                                              health, and language of service. The                    for the NQDW includes allocations for                 years. During this period there is a net
                                              estimated burden per response for a                     the caller intake and follow-up                       reduction in total estimated annualized
                                              complete intake interview is 10                         interviews, and an allocation for                     burden hours due to adjustments in the
                                              minutes. The complete intake interview                  quitlines to prepare and submit the de-               estimated number of Quitline callers.
                                              is only administered to callers who                     identified aggregate files.                           There are no costs to respondents other
                                              request information or assistance for                      The information collected in the                   than their time. The total estimated
                                              themselves. A short version of the                      NQDW will be used to determine the                    annualized burden hours are 80,708.

                                                                                                     ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
                                                                                                                                                                                                Average
                                                                                                                                                                                Number of
                                                                                                                                                            Number of                         burden per
                                                           Type of respondents                                          Form name                                             responses per
                                                                                                                                                           respondents                         response
                                                                                                                                                                                respondent      (in hrs.)

                                              Quitline callers who contact the quitline for          NQDW Intake Questionnaire (English-com-                    478,638                   1          10/60
                                               help for themselves.                                    plete).
                                                                                                     ASQ Intake Questionnaire (Chinese, Korean,                      803                  1          10/60
                                                                                                       or Vietnamese-complete).
                                                                                                     ASQ Seven-Month Follow-up Questionnaire                        659                   1           7/60
                                              Caller who contacts the Quitline on behalf of          NQDW Intake Questionnaire (English-sub-                     26,007                   1           1/60
                                                someone else.                                          set).
                                                                                                     ASQ Intake Questionnaire (Chinese, Korean,                      116                  1           1/60
                                                                                                       or Vietnamese-subset).
                                              Tobacco Control Manager or their Designee/             Submission of NQDW Intake Questionnaire                          54                  4                 1
                                                Quitline Service Provider.                             Electronic Data File to CDC.
                                                                                                     Submission of NQDW (ASQ) Seven-Month                                1                1                 1
                                                                                                       Follow-up Electronic Data File to CDC.
                                                                                                     NQDW Quitline Services Survey ...................                54                  4          20/60



                                              Leroy A. Richardson,                                    SUMMARY:   The Centers for Medicare &                 be collected; and (4) the use of
                                              Chief, Information Collection Review Office,            Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing                 automated collection techniques or
                                              Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the           an opportunity for the public to                      other forms of information technology to
                                              Associate Director for Science, Office of the           comment on CMS’ intention to collect                  minimize the information collection
                                              Director, Centers for Disease Control and                                                                     burden.
                                              Prevention.
                                                                                                      information from the public. Under the
                                                                                                      Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the                  DATES:  Comments must be received by
                                              [FR Doc. 2015–25734 Filed 10–8–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                      PRA), federal agencies are required to                December 8, 2015.
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                                                                                                      publish notice in the Federal Register                ADDRESSES: When commenting, please
                                                                                                      concerning each proposed collection of                reference the document identifier or
                                              DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                information (including each proposed                  OMB control number. To be assured
                                              HUMAN SERVICES                                          extension or reinstatement of an existing             consideration, comments and
                                                                                                      collection of information) and to allow               recommendations must be submitted in
                                              Centers for Medicare & Medicaid                         60 days for public comment on the                     any one of the following ways:
                                              Services                                                proposed action. Interested persons are                 1. Electronically. You may send your
                                              [Document Identifiers: CMS–10079]                       invited to send comments regarding our                comments electronically to http://
                                                                                                      burden estimates or any other aspect of               www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                                              Agency Information Collection                           this collection of information, including             instructions for ‘‘Comment or
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                                              Activities: Proposed Collection;                        any of the following subjects: (1) The                Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’
                                              Comment Request                                         necessity and utility of the proposed                 to find the information collection
                                                                                                      information collection for the proper                 document(s) that are accepting
                                              AGENCY: Centers for Medicare &
                                              Medicaid Services, Department of                        performance of the agency’s functions;                comments.
                                              Health and Human Services.                              (2) the accuracy of the estimated                       2. By regular mail. You may mail
                                                                                                      burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,              written comments to the following
                                              ACTION: Notice.
                                                                                                      utility, and clarity of the information to            address: CMS, Office of Strategic


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                                              Operations and Regulatory Affairs,                                      collection of information, before                                  Dated: October 6, 2015.
                                              Division of Regulations Development,                                    submitting the collection to OMB for                            William N. Parham, III,
                                              Attention: Document Identifier/OMB                                      approval. To comply with this                                   Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office
                                              Control Number ll, Room C4–26–05,                                       requirement, CMS is publishing this                             of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
                                              7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,                                     notice.                                                         Affairs.
                                              Maryland 21244–1850.                                                    Information Collection                                          [FR Doc. 2015–25809 Filed 10–8–15; 8:45 am]
                                                To obtain copies of a supporting                                                                                                      BILLING CODE 4120–01–P
                                              statement and any related forms for the                                    1. Type of Information Collection
                                              proposed collection(s) summarized in                                    Request: Extension of a currently
                                              this notice, you may make your request                                  approved collection; Title of
                                                                                                                      Information Collection: Hospital Wage                           DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                              using one of following:                                                                                                                 HUMAN SERVICES
                                                1. Access CMS’ Web site address at                                    Index Occupational Mix Survey and
                                              http://www.cms.hhs.gov/                                                 Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR,
                                                                                                                                                                                      Administration for Children and
                                              PaperworkReductionActof1995.                                            Section 412.64; Use: Section 304(c) of
                                                                                                                                                                                      Families
                                                2. Email your request, including your                                 Public Law 106–554 amended section
                                              address, phone number, OMB number,                                      1886(d) (3) (E) of the Social Security Act                      Submission for OMB Review;
                                              and CMS document identifier, to                                         to require CMS to collect data every                            Comment Request
                                              Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov.                                                  three years on the occupational mix of
                                                3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at                               employees for each short-term, acute                              Title: Title IV–E Plan for Foster Care,
                                              (410) 786–1326.                                                         care hospital participating in the                              Adoption Assistance, and, Optional,
                                                                                                                      Medicare program, in order to construct                         Guardianship Assistance Programs.
                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                                      an occupational mix adjustment to the
                                              Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786–                                                                                                    OMB No.: 0970–0433.
                                                                                                                      wage index, for application beginning
                                              1326.                                                                   October 1, 2004 (the FY 2005 wage                                 Description: A title IV–E plan is
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                              index). The purpose of the occupational                         required by section 471, part IV–E of the
                                                                                                                      mix adjustment is to control for the                            Social Security Act (the Act) for each
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                                                                                                                      effect of hospitals’ employment choices                         public child welfare agency requesting
                                                This notice sets out a summary of the                                 on the wage index. For example,                                 Federal funding for foster care, adoption
                                              use and burden associated with the                                      hospitals may choose to employ                                  assistance and guardianship assistance
                                              following information collections. More                                 different combinations of registered                            under the Act. Section 479B of the Act
                                              detailed information can be found in                                    nurses, licensed practical nurses,                              provides for an Indian tribe, tribal
                                              each collection’s supporting statement                                  nursing aides, and medical assistants for                       organization or tribal consortium (Tribe)
                                              and associated materials (see                                           the purpose of providing nursing care to                        to operate a title IV–E program in the
                                              ADDRESSES).                                                             their patients. The varying labor costs                         same manner as a State with minimal
                                                                                                                      associated with these choices reflect                           exceptions. The Tribe must have an
                                              CMS–10079 Hospital Wage Index
                                                                                                                      hospital management decisions rather                            approved title IV–E Plan. The title IV–
                                              Occupational Mix Survey and
                                                                                                                      than geographic differences in the costs                        E plan provides assurances the
                                              Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR,
                                                                                                                      of labor. The FY 2016 survey will                               programs will be administered in
                                              Section 412.64
                                                                                                                      provide for the collection of hospital-                         conformity with the specific
                                                Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–                                        specific wages and hours data for                               requirements stipulated in title IV–E.
                                              3520), federal agencies must obtain                                     calendar year 2016 (that is, payroll
                                                                                                                                                                                      The plan must include all applicable
                                              approval from the Office of Management                                  periods ending between January 1, 2016
                                              and Budget (OMB) for each collection of                                                                                                 State or Tribal statutory, regulatory, or
                                                                                                                      and December 31, 2016). The 2016
                                              information they conduct or sponsor.                                                                                                    policy references and citations for each
                                                                                                                      Medicare occupational mix survey will
                                              The term ‘‘collection of information’’ is                                                                                               requirement as well as supporting
                                                                                                                      be applied beginning with the FY 2019
                                              defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR                                                                                                  documentation. A title IV–E agency may
                                                                                                                      wage index. Form Number: CMS–10079
                                              1320.3(c) and includes agency requests                                  (OMB control number: 0938–0907);                                use the pre-print format prepared by the
                                              or requirements that members of the                                     Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public:                             Children’s Bureau of the Administration
                                              public submit reports, keep records, or                                 Private sector (Business or other for-                          for Children and Families or a different
                                              provide information to a third party.                                   profits and Not-for-profit institutions),                       format, on the condition that the format
                                              Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA                                        State, Local and Tribal Governments;                            used includes all of the title IV–E plan
                                              requires federal agencies to publish a                                  Number of Respondents: 3,400; Total                             requirements of the law.
                                              60-day notice in the Federal Register                                   Annual Responses: 3,400; Total Annual                             Respondents: Title IV–E agencies
                                              concerning each proposed collection of                                  Hours: 1,632,000. (For policy questions                         administering or supervising the
                                              information, including each proposed                                    regarding this collection contact Noel                          administration of the title IV–E
                                              extension or reinstatement of an existing                               Manlove at 410–786–5161.                                        programs.

                                                                                                                                ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
                                                                                                                                                                                    Number of             Average
                                                                                                                                                               Number of                                                Total burden
                                                                                           Instrument                                                                             responses per         burden hours
                                                                                                                                                              respondents                                                  hours
                                                                                                                                                                                    respondent          per response
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                                               Estimated Total Annual Burden                                          Additional Information                                          Administration for Children and
                                              Hours: 272.                                                                                                                             Families, Office of Planning, Research
                                                                                                                        Copies of the proposed collection may
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Document Created: 2015-12-15 08:33:18
Document Modified: 2015-12-15 08:33:18
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesComments must be received by December 8, 2015.
ContactReports Clearance Office at (410) 786- 1326.
FR Citation80 FR 61212 

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