Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 46 / Wednesday, March 9, 2011 / Notices 12977 

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per respondent 

Total 

responses 

Hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Section 5: Plan for Meeting Legislatively-Mandated Benchmarks ................................................................................ 56 1 56 60 3,360 

Section 6: Plan for Administration of State Home Visiting 

Program ............................................................................ 56 1 56 40 2,240 

Section 7: Plan for Continuous Quality Improvement ......... 56 1 56 20 1,120 

Section 8: Technical Assistance Needs .............................. 56 1 56 1 56 

Total .............................................................................. 56 ........................ ........................ ........................ 15,176 

E-mail comments to 

paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA 

Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10–33, 

Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 

Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments 

should be received within 60 days of 

this notice. 

Dated: March 2, 2011. 

Reva Harris, 

Acting Director, Division of Policy and 

Information Coordination. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5366 Filed 3–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Advisory Committee on the Maternal, 

Infant and Early Childhood Home 

Visiting Program Evaluation 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), and 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice to announce the 

establishment of the Advisory 

Committee on the Maternal, Infant and 

Early Childhood Home Visiting Program 

Evaluation. 

SUMMARY: HRSA and ACF announce 

through this notice the establishment of 

the Advisory Committee on the 

Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood 

Home Visiting Program Evaluation (‘‘the 

Committee’’), pursuant to subsection 

2951(g) of the Patient Protection and 

Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care 

Act). Under this authority, the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services (‘‘the 

Secretary’’) is to appoint an independent 

advisory panel consisting of experts in 

program evaluation and research, 

education, and early childhood 

development. The purpose of the 

Committee is to provide advice to the 

Secretary on the design, plan, progress, 

and findings of the evaluation required 

for the home visiting program under the 

Affordable Care Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Billie Butler, Maternal and Child Health 

Bureau; bbutler@hrsa.gov; (301) 443– 

1149. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Subsection 2951(g) of the Affordable 

Care Act of 2010 mandates the 

appointment of an advisory committee 

to review, and make recommendations 

on, the design and plan for the 

evaluation required under the 

Affordable Care Act, and to maintain 

and advise the Secretary regarding the 

progress of the evaluation. To comply 

with the authorizing directive and the 

guidelines under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), a charter has 

been filed with the Committee 

Management Secretariat in the General 

Services Administration (GSA), the 

appropriate committees in the U.S. 

Senate and House of Representatives, 

and the Library of Congress to establish 

the Committee as a non-discretionary 

Federal advisory committee. The charter 

was filed on January 27, 2011. 

Objectives and Scope of Activities 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

provide advice and make 

recommendations to the Secretary 

through the Administrator, HRSA, and 

the Assistant Secretary, ACF, with 

respect to the design, plan, progress and 

results of the evaluation. 

Membership and Designation 

The Committee shall consist of up to 

25 voting members appointed by the 

Secretary. Members shall be experts in 

the areas of program evaluation and 

research, education, and early 

childhood development. Independent 

members shall be appointed as Special 

Government Employees. The Committee 

may also include voting members 

representing HRSA, ACF, and other 

agencies of the Federal Government 

designated by the Secretary as ex-officio 

members. The HRSA Administrator and 

ACF Assistant Secretary each shall 

recommend nominees for Co-Chairs of 

the Committee. Members shall be 

invited to serve from the date of 

appointment through March 31, 2015; 

such terms are contingent upon the 

renewal of the Committee by 

appropriate action prior to its 

termination. 

Administrative Management and 

Support 

Coordination, management and 

operational services for the Committee 

shall be provided by HRSA with 

assistance from ACF. A copy of the 

Committee charter can be obtained from 

the designated contact or by accessing 

the FACA database that is maintained 

by the GSA Committee Management 

Secretariat. The website for the FACA 

database is http://fido.gov/ 

facadatabase/. 

Authority: The Committee is authorized 

by subsection 511(g)(1) of Title V of the 

Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701 et seq.), as 

amended by subsection 2951(g) of the 

Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111– 

148). The Committee is governed by 

provisions of Public Law 92–463, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.2), which sets forth 

standards for the formation and use of 

advisory committees. 

Dated: March 4, 2011. 

Mary K. Wakefield, 

Administrator, Health Resources and Services 

Administration. 

Dated: March 4, 2011. 

Mark Greenberg, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, 

Administration for Children and Families. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5504 Filed 3–7–11; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4165–15–P 


Emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES