81 FR 20646 - Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 68 (April 8, 2016)
Administration for Children and Families
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 68 (April 8, 2016)
| Page Range | 20646-20647 | |
| FR Document | 2016-08018 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 20646-20647] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-08018] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request Title: National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being-Third Cohort (NSCAW III): Agency Recruitment. OMB No.: 0970-0202. Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) intends to collect data on a third cohort of children and families for the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW). NSCAW is the only source of nationally representative, longitudinal, firsthand information about the functioning and well-being, service needs, and service utilization of children and families who come to the attention of the child welfare system. The first two cohorts of NSCAW were collected beginning in 1999 and 2008 and studied children who had been the subject of investigation by Child Protective Services. Children were sampled from child welfare agencies nationwide. The proposed data collection plan for the third cohort of NSCAW includes two phases: Phase 1 includes child welfare agency recruitment and collection of files for sampling children, and Phase 2 includes baseline data collection and an 18-month follow-up data collection. The current data collection plan calls for selecting a new cohort of 4,565 children and families and repeating similar data collection procedures as the previous two cohorts. This Notice is specific to Phase 1. The overall goal is to recruit child welfare agencies in 83 primary sampling units nationwide. Child welfare agencies will be selected with probability proportional to size, based on the current distributions in the child welfare system. Child welfare agency recruitment will include: mail, email, phone calls, and site visits with child welfare agency administrators. Respondents: Child welfare agency administrators and other personnel. Data collection will take place over a 2-year period. Annual Burden Estimates ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual number Total number of Number of Average Annual burden Instrument of respondents respondents responses per burden hours hours (rounded) respondent per response ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information package for agency 83 42 1 .25 11 administrators.................. Initial visit or call with agency 83 42 1 1 42 staff........................... Visit or call with agency staff 83 42 1 2 84 explaining the sample file process......................... Agency staff monthly sample file 83 42 15 1 630 generation and transmission..... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 767. In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information collection described above. Copies of the proposed collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. Email address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified by the title of the information collection. 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 [[Page 20647]] 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. Robert Sargis, ACF Certifying Officer. [FR Doc. 2016-08018 Filed 4-7-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4184-01-P
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Responses: 28,050; Total Annual Hours: re-reviews of States’ PERM files to Services (HHS) intends to collect data
28,050. (For policy questions regarding ensure the accuracy of States’ review on a third cohort of children and
this collection contact Bridgett Rider at findings and the validity of the review families for the National Survey of Child
410–786–2602.) process. CMS will select a random and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW).
5. Type of Information Collection subsample of Medicaid and CHIP cases NSCAW is the only source of nationally
Request: Extension of a currently from the sample selection lists provided representative, longitudinal, firsthand
approved collection; Title of by each State. States will submit all information about the functioning and
Information Collection: Eligibility Error pertinent information related to the well-being, service needs, and service
Rate Measurement in Medicaid and the review of each sampled case that is utilization of children and families who
Children’s Health Insurance Program; selected by CMS. Form Number: CMS– come to the attention of the child
Use: The Improper Payments 10184 (OMB control number: 0938– welfare system. The first two cohorts of
Information Act (IPIA) of 2002 requires 1012); Frequency: Annually, Quarterly NSCAW were collected beginning in
CMS to produce national error rates for Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 1999 and 2008 and studied children
Medicaid and the Children’s Health Governments; Number of Respondents: who had been the subject of
Insurance Program (CHIP). To comply 34; Total Annual Responses: 1,583; investigation by Child Protective
with the IPIA, CMS will use a national Total Annual Hours: 946,164. (For Services. Children were sampled from
contracting strategy to produce error policy questions regarding this child welfare agencies nationwide. The
rates for Medicaid and CHIP fee-for- collection contact Bridgett Rider at 410– proposed data collection plan for the
service and managed care improper 786–2602.) third cohort of NSCAW includes two
payments. The federal contractor will Dated: April 5, 2016. phases: Phase 1 includes child welfare
review States on a rotational basis so William N. Parham, III, agency recruitment and collection of
that each State will be measured for Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office files for sampling children, and Phase 2
improper payments, in each program, of Strategic Operations and Regulatory includes baseline data collection and an
once and only once every three years. Affairs. 18-month follow-up data collection. The
Subsequent to the first publication, we [FR Doc. 2016–08106 Filed 4–7–16; 8:45 am] current data collection plan calls for
determined that we will measure BILLING CODE 4120–01–P
selecting a new cohort of 4,565 children
Medicaid and CHIP in the same State. and families and repeating similar data
Therefore, States will measure Medicaid collection procedures as the previous
and CHIP eligibility in the same year DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND two cohorts. This Notice is specific to
measured for fee-for-service and HUMAN SERVICES Phase 1. The overall goal is to recruit
managed care. We believe this approach child welfare agencies in 83 primary
will advantage States through Administration for Children and sampling units nationwide. Child
economies of scale (e.g. administrative Families welfare agencies will be selected with
ease and shared staffing for both probability proportional to size, based
programs reviews). We also determined Proposed Information Collection on the current distributions in the child
that interim case completion timeframes Activity; Comment Request welfare system. Child welfare agency
and reporting are critical to the integrity Title: National Survey of Child and recruitment will include: mail, email,
of the reviews and to keep the reviews Adolescent Well-Being-Third Cohort phone calls, and site visits with child
on schedule to produce a timely error (NSCAW III): Agency Recruitment. welfare agency administrators.
rate. Lastly, the sample sizes were OMB No.: 0970–0202. Respondents: Child welfare agency
increased slightly in order to produce an Description: The Administration for administrators and other personnel.
equal sample size per strata each month. Children and Families (ACF) within the Data collection will take place over a 2-
Periodically, CMS will conduct Federal U.S. Department of Health and Human year period.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Annual Number of Average
Total number number of Annual burden
Instrument responses per burden hours
of respondents respondents hours
respondent per response
(rounded)
Information package for agency administrators .................. 83 42 1 .25 11
Initial visit or call with agency staff ...................................... 83 42 1 1 42
Visit or call with agency staff explaining the sample file
process ............................................................................. 83 42 1 2 84
Agency staff monthly sample file generation and trans-
mission ............................................................................. 83 42 15 1 630
Estimated Total Annual Burden Copies of the proposed collection of identified by the title of the information
Hours: 767. information can be obtained and collection.
In compliance with the requirements comments may be forwarded by writing The Department specifically requests
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of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the to the Administration for Children and comments on (a) whether the proposed
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Families, Office of Planning, Research collection of information is necessary
Administration for Children and and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW., for the proper performance of the
Families is soliciting public comment Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE functions of the agency, including
on the specific aspects of the Reports Clearance Officer. Email whether the information shall have
information collection described above. address: OPREinfocollection@ practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be agency’s estimate of the burden of the
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proposed collection of information; (c) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND report. The AFI PPR will collect data on
the quality, utility, and clarity of the HUMAN SERVICES project activities and attributes similar
information to be collected; and (d) to the reports that it is replacing. The
ways to minimize the burden of the Administration for Children and Office of Community Services (OCS) in
collection of information on Families the Administration for Children and
respondents, including through the use Families (ACF) will use the data
Submission for OMB Review; collected in the AFI PPR to prepare the
of automated collection techniques or Comment Request
other forms of information technology. annual AFI Report to Congress, to
Consideration will be given to Title: Assets for Independence evaluate and monitor the performance
comments and suggestions submitted Program Performance Progress Report. of the AFI program overall and of
within 60 days of this publication. OMB No.: New. individual projects, and to inform and
Description: The Assets for support technical assistance efforts. The
Robert Sargis, Independence (AFI) Act (Title IV of the AFI PPR would fulfill AFI Act reporting
ACF Certifying Officer. Community Opportunities, requirements and program purposes.
[FR Doc. 2016–08018 Filed 4–7–16; 8:45 am] Accountability, and Training and The AFI PPR will be submitted
Educational Services Act of 1998, Pub. quarterly: three times per year using an
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L. 105–285, [42 U.S.C. 604 note]) abbreviated short form and one time
requires that organizations operating using a long form. Both draft data
AFI projects submit annual progress collection instruments are available for
reports. review online at http://
This request is to create an AFI idaresources.acf.hhs.gov/AFIPPR.
program specific Performance Progress
Report (PPR) to replace the semiannual Respondents: Assets for
standard form performance progress Independence (AFI) program grantees.
report (SF–PPR) and the annual data Annual Burden Estimates:
Number of Average
Number of Total burden
Form name responses per burden hours
responses hours
respondent per response
AFI PPR Short Form ....................................................................................... 300 3 0.5 450
AFI PPR Long Form ........................................................................................ 300 1 3.8 1,140
Estimated Annual Burden Hours ..................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,590
Additional Information DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND of Management and Budget (OMB)
Copies of the proposed collection may HUMAN SERVICES approval on the existing reporting
be obtained by writing to the requirements relating to how one may
Food and Drug Administration submit information electronically to the
Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Planning, Research Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM)
[Docket No. FDA–2013–N–0519] using the FDA Electronic Submissions
and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant
Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447, Gateway (ESG).
Agency Information Collection
Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All DATES: Submit either electronic or
Activities; Proposed Collection;
requests should be identified by the title Comment Request; Guidance for written comments on the collection of
of the information collection. Email Industry on How To Submit information by June 7, 2016.
address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. Information in Electronic Format to the ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
Center for Veterinary Medicine Using as follows:
OMB Comment
the Food and Drug Administration Electronic Submissions
OMB is required to make a decision Electronic Submission Gateway
concerning the collection of information Submit electronic comments in the
between 30 and 60 days after AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, following way:
publication of this document in the HHS. • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
Federal Register. Therefore, a comment ACTION: Notice. www.regulations.gov. Follow the
is best assured of having its full effect instructions for submitting comments.
if OMB receives it within 30 days of SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Comments submitted electronically,
publication. Written comments and Administration (FDA, we) is including attachments, to http://
recommendations for the proposed announcing an opportunity for public www.regulations.gov will be posted to
information collection should be sent comment on the proposed collection of the docket unchanged. Because your
directly to the following: Office of certain information by the Agency. comment will be made public, you are
Management and Budget, Paperwork Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of solely responsible for ensuring that your
Reduction Project, Email: OIRA_ 1995 (the PRA), Federal Agencies are comment does not include any
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SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn: required to publish notice in the confidential information that you or a
Desk Officer for the Administration for Federal Register concerning each third party may not wish to be posted,
Children and Families. proposed collection of information, such as medical information, your or
including each proposed extension of an anyone else’s Social Security number, or
Robert Sargis, existing collection of information, and confidential business information, such
Reports Clearance Officer. to allow 60 days for public comment in as a manufacturing process. Please note
[FR Doc. 2016–08090 Filed 4–7–16; 8:45 am] response to the notice. This notice that if you include your name, contact
BILLING CODE 4184–01–P solicits comments on extending Office information, or other information that
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