[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 26 (Friday, February 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7309-7310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02498]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
[OMB #0985-New]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Evaluation of Participants of an Annual SMP/SHIP
National Training Conference Hosted by the Office of Healthcare
Information and Counseling
AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing an
opportunity for the public to comment on the proposed collection of
information listed above. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish a notice in the
Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an existing collection of
information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the
notice.
This notice solicits comments on the Proposed New Survey, and
solicits comments on the information collection requirements related to
the Evaluation of participants of an Annual SMP/SHIP National Training
Conference.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information must be submitted
electronically by 11:59 p.m. (EST) or postmarked by April 7, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit electronic comments on the collection of information
to: [email protected]. Submit written comments on the
collection of information to Administration for Community Living,
Washington, DC 20201, Attention: Marissa Whitehouse.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marissa Whitehouse, Administration for
Community Living, Washington, DC 20201, [email protected]
or 202-795-7425.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA Federal agencies must obtain
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct or sponsor. ``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.
The PRA requires Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an existing collection of
information, before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, ACL is publishing a notice of the
proposed collection of information set forth in this document.
With respect to the following collection of information, ACL
invites comments on our burden estimates or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including:
(1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of ACL's functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of ACL's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used to determine burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques when appropriate, and other forms of information technology.
The Office of Healthcare Information and Counseling (OHIC) hosts an
annual national training conference for the federally funded programs
that it administers. The audience for this training conference includes
attendees from State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) and
Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) programs, which are two nationally
recognized programs that provide Medicare information and counseling to
Medicare beneficiaries and help fight Medicare fraud through prevention
and education. Grantee leadership is required to attend this training
annually to ensure they receive critical information and technical
assistance needed to help them successfully meet the requirements of
their grant awards. Grantees are encouraged to bring up to three (3)
people from each program. Programs operate in each of the 50 states,
the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
The information collected in this survey is necessary to ensure
that ACL is meeting the technical assistance needs of the attendees and
to capture valuable feedback to be used for future training meetings.
By gathering feedback on the quality of the training and content
provided, we can ensure attendee satisfaction and gather information
for future planning. ACL administers a contract to develop and provide
the training conference evaluation tool for ACL's approval. They also
disseminate a tool to all participants following each training
conference to evaluate attendee satisfaction. This training conference
survey is introduced and explained during the program specific meetings
and during the general session on the first day of the training
conference. The survey is not mandatory, but is reinforced as a way for
ACL to provide useful, engaging sessions that assist the attendees in
successfully meeting the requirements of their grant awards. This
evaluation tool will gather feedback on the quality of the training and
content provided and the experience of the attendees to be used for
future planning.
The proposed data collection tools may be found on the ACL website
for review at https://www.acl.gov/about-acl/public-input.
Estimated Program Burden: ACL estimates the burden associated with
this collection of information as follows:
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Number of Responses per Hours per Annual burden
Respondent/data collection activity respondents respondent response hours
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Conference Evaluation........................... 350 1 0.25 0.25
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. ..............
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Dated: January 29, 2020.
Mary Lazare,
Principal Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2020-02498 Filed 2-6-20; 8:45 am]
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