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insight regarding the effectiveness of this educational interactive video, and determining whether it meets our customers’ needs and ORI’s mission and goals.



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Keith A. Tucker, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012–9768 Filed 4–23–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4150–31–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES** 

**Meeting of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition;**  **Correction**

**AGENCY :**  Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition.

**ACTION :**  Notice; Correction.

**SUMMARY :**  The Department of Health and Human Services published a notice in the Federal Register on April 13, 2012 to announce the May 1, 2012 meeting of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition. The meeting was scheduled to be held at 200 Independence Avenue, Room 800, SW., Washington, DC 20201. The location of the meeting has changed.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Ms. Shellie Pfohl, Executive Director, President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition, Suite 560 Tower Building, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Rockville, MD 20852, (240) 276–9866.

Correction

In the Federal Register of April 13, 2012, Vol. 77, No. 72, on page 22321, in the first column, correct the **ADDRESSES** caption to read:

**ADDRESSES :**  Verizon Center, 601 F Street NW., Washington, DC 20004.

Dated: April 16, 2012. Shellie Y. Pfohl, Executive Director, President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 2012–9799 Filed 4–23–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4150–35–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND**  **HUMAN SERVICES**

**Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services** 

**[CMS–1444–NC]**

**Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Announcement of Application From a**  **Hospital Requesting Waiver for Organ Procurement Service Area** 

**AGENCY :**  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.

**ACTION :**  Notice with comment period.

**SUMMARY :**  A hospital has requested a waiver of statutory requirements that would otherwise require the hospital to enter into an agreement with its designated Organ Procurement Organization (OPO). The request was made in accordance with section 1138(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (the Act). This notice requests comments from OPOs and the general public for our consideration in determining whether we should grant the requested waiver.

**DATES :**  Comment Date: To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. on June 25, 2012.

**ADDRESSES :**  In commenting, please refer to file code CMS–1444–NC. Because of staff and resource limitations, we cannot accept comments by facsimile (FAX) transmission.

You may submit comments in one of four ways (please choose only one of the ways listed):

1. Electronically. You may submit electronic comments on this regulation
to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions under the ‘‘More Search Options’’ tab.

2. By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the following address ONLY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Attention: CMS–1444–NC, P.O. Box 8010, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850. Please allow sufficient time for mailed comments to be received before the close of the comment period.

3. By express or overnight mail. You may send written comments to the following address ONLY: Department of Health and Human Services, Attention: CMS–1444–NC, Mail Stop C4–26–05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD
21244–1850.

4. By hand or courier. If you prefer, you may deliver (by hand or courier) your written comments before the close of the comment period to either of the following addresses:

a. For delivery in Washington, DC— Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Room 445–G, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201.

(Because access to the interior of the Hubert H. Humphrey Building is not readily available to persons without Federal government identification, commenters are encouraged to leave their comments in the CMS drop slots located in the main lobby of the building. A stamp-in clock is available for persons wishing to retain a proof of filing by stamping in and retaining an extra copy of the comments being filed.)

b. For delivery in Baltimore, MD— Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850.

If you intend to deliver your comments to the Baltimore address, please call telephone number (410) 786– 9994 in advance to schedule your arrival with one of our staff members.

Comments mailed to the addresses indicated as appropriate for hand or courier delivery may be delayed and received after the comment period.

For information on viewing public comments, see the beginning of the

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION** section.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Kwana Johnson, (410) 786–3171.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 

Inspection of Public Comments: All comments received before the close of


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the comment period are available for viewing by the public, including any personally identifiable or confidential business information that is included in a comment. We post all comments received before the close of the comment period on the following Web site as soon as possible after they have been received: http:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the search instructions on that Web site to view public comments.

Comments received timely will also be available for public inspection as they are received, generally beginning approximately 3 weeks after publication of a document, at the headquarters of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244, Monday through Friday of each week from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. To schedule an appointment to view public comments, phone 1–800–743–3951. I. Background

Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) are not-for-profit organizations that are responsible for the procurement, preservation, and transport of organs to transplant centers throughout the country. Qualified OPOs are designated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) torecover or procure organs in CMSdefined exclusive geographic service areas, pursuant to section 371(b)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 273(b)(1)) and our regulations at 42 CFR 486.306. Once an OPO has been designated for an area, hospitals in that area that participate in Medicare and Medicaid are required to work with that OPO in providing organs for transplant, pursuant to section 1138(a)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act (the Act) and our regulations at 42 CFR 482.45.

Section 1138(a)(1)(A)(iii) of the Act provides that a hospital must notify the designated OPO (for the service area in which it is located) of potential organ donors. Under section 1138(a)(1)(C) of the Act, every participating hospital must have an agreement only with its designated OPO to identify potential donors.

However, section 1138(a)(2)(A) of the Act provides that a hospital may obtain a waiver of the above requirements from the Secretary under certain specified conditions. A waiver allows the hospital to have an agreement with an OPO other than the one initially designated by CMS, if the hospital meets certain conditions specified in section 1138(a)(2)(A) of the Act. In addition, the Secretary may review additional criteria described in section 1138(a)(2)(B) of the Act to evaluate the hospital’s request for a waiver.

Section 1138(a)(2)(A) of the Act states that in granting a waiver, the Secretary must determine that the waiver—(1) is expected to increase organ donations; and (2) will ensure equitable treatment of patients referred for transplants within the service area served by the designated OPO and within the service area served by the OPO with which the hospital seeks to enter into an agreement under the waiver. In making a waiver determination, section 1138(a)(2)(B) of the Act provides that the Secretary may consider, among other factors: (1) cost-effectiveness; (2) improvements in quality; (3) whether there has been any change in a hospital’s designated OPO due to the changes made in definitions for metropolitan statistical areas; and (4) the length and continuity of a hospital’s relationship with an OPO other than the hospital’s designated OPO. Under section 1138(a)(2)(D) of the Act, the Secretary is required to publish a notice of any waiver application received from a hospital within 30 days of receiving the application, and to offer interested parties an opportunity to submit comments during the 60-day comment period beginning on the publication date in the Federal Register

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The criteria that the Secretary uses to evaluate the waiver in these cases are the same as those described above under sections 1138(a)(2)(A) and (B) of the Act and have been incorporated into the regulations at § 486.308(e) and (f).
II. Waiver Request Procedures

In October 1995, we issued a Program Memorandum (Transmittal No. A–95– 11) detailing the waiver process and discussing the information hospitals must provide in requesting a waiver. We indicated that upon receipt of a waiver request, we would publish a Federal Register notice to solicit public comments, as required by section 1138(a)(2)(D) of the Act.

According to these requirements, we will review the comments received. During the review process, we may consult on an as-needed basis with the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Division of Transplantation, the United Network for Organ Sharing, and our regional offices. If necessary, we may request additional clarifying information from the applying hospital or others. We will then make a final determination on the waiver request and notify the hospital and the designated and requested OPOs. III. Hospital Waiver Request As permitted by 42 CFR 486.308(e), the following hospital has requested a waiver in order to enter into an agreement with a designated OPO other than the OPO designated for the service area in which the hospital is located:

Transplant Institute at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare of Memphis, Tennessee, is requesting a waiver to work with: Tennessee Donor Services, 1600 Hayes Street, Suite 300, Nashville, TN 37203.

The Hospital’s Designated OPO is: Mid-South Transplant Foundation, Inc., 8001 Centerview Parkway, Suite 302, Memphis, TN 38018.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.773, Medicare—Hospital Insurance; Program No. 93.774, Medicare— Supplementary Medical Insurance, and Program No. 93.778, Medical Assistance Program)

Dated: April 18, 2012. Marilyn Tavenner, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
[FR Doc. 2012–9977 Filed 4–23–12; 8:45 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES** 

**Administration for Children and Families** 

**Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request** 

Title: TANF Quarterly Financial Report, ACF–196.

OMB No.: 0970–0247. Description: This information collection is authorized under Section 411(a)(3) of the Social Security Act. This request is for renewal of approval to use the Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) 196 form for periodic financial reporting under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. States participating in the TANF program are required by statute to report financial data on a quarterly basis. This form meets the legal standard and provides essential data on the use of Federal funds. Failure to collect the data would seriously compromise ACF’s ability to monitor program expenditures, estimate funding needs, and to prepare budget submissions required by Congress. Financial reporting under the TANF program is governed by 45 CFR part 265. This renewal removes columns for reporting Emergency Contingency Fund and Supplemental Grant expenditures, as those funding streams are no longer available, and includes a requirement to