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leads inactive polio virus introduction 

to immunization systems in oral polio 

virus using countries as mandated 

through the Immunization Management 

Group of the Global Polio Eradication 

Initiative; improves routine 

immunization systems globally (or 

improves access to and utilization of 

vaccines globally through strengthening 

of routine immunization systems); (12) 

develops, evaluates, and scales-up 

evidence-based strategies to tackle 

inequities in access to and delivery of 

vaccines; (13) develops evaluates, and 

scales-up comprehensive and 

coordinated approaches to integrate 

immunization services; (14) promotes 

innovation to improve routine 

immunization program efficiencies and 

increase coverage and impact; (15) 

conducts advocacy to national programs 

on the need to strengthen immunization 

system abilities to monitor, assess and 

respond to issues related to vaccine 

safety; and (16) conducts operational 

research to identify and test 

interventions to improve the access and 

utilization of immunization services and 

provide guidance on what areas are in 

need of workforce capacity building 

activities. 

Strategic Information and Workforce 

Development Branch (CWKE). (1) Builds 

workforce, systems, and information 

capacity to effectively deliver 

immunization services in selected 

countries; (2) provides technical 

assistance and support, guidance, and 

advice on statistical analysis and study 

design, data management, and data 

integrity to the GID; (3) provides 

statistical expertise to support internal 

data management needs of the division 

and field staff (standard setting for 

record keeping, archiving, ensuring 

reproducibility of analyses); (4) 

collaborates with branch and team level 

leadership and GID management to 

ensure that statistical and 

methodological standards continue to 

remain an integral part of planning, 

conduct, and review of science and 

program within GID including with the 

context of the official clearance process; 

(5) provides GID statistical 

representation on internal and external 

committees and work groups and at 

relevant meetings, workshops, and fora; 

(6) promotes capacity building for polio, 

other VPDs and immunization functions 

in partnership with WHO and UNICEF 

through recruiting, coordinating training 

of, and deploying STOP teams; (7) 

promotes capacity building for polio, 

other VPDs and immunization functions 

in partnership with WHO and UNICEF; 

(8) leads the development of strong 

national immunization programs and 

systems through workforce capacity 

development; (9) ensures recruitment 

for training and WHO deployment for 

each STOP team; (10) creates and 

maintains strategic partnerships and 

collaborations and provides technical 

assistance to develop and evaluate 

sustainable programs aimed at 

increasing capacity and effectiveness of 

workforce responsible for implementing 

immunization programs; (11) conducts 

operational research to identify, 

implement and evaluate interventions 

aimed at improving immunization (or 

integrated public health) workforce 

effectiveness and contributes to the 

scientific knowledge base regarding 

interventions aimed at improving 

immunization workforce effectiveness; 

(12) leads strengthening routine 

immunization systems as mandated 

through the Immunization Management 

Group of the Global Polio Eradication 

Initiative; and (13) leads the 

development of strong immunization 

systems through improving quality, 

management, and use of immunization 

data and providing specific technical 

skills for program evaluation to include 

strategic information, informatics and 

information systems, program 

evaluation, polio eradication and 

endgame strategy, and operational 

research. 

James D. Seligman, 

Acting Chief Operating Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00145 Filed 1–8–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifiers: CMS–10249 and 

CMS–10545] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 

March 10, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: When commenting, please 

reference the document identifier or 

OMB control number (OCN). 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 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 


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and associated materials (see 

ADDRESSES). 

CMS–10249 Administrative 

Requirements for Section 6071 of 

the Deficit Reduction Act 

CMS–10545 Outcome and 

Assessment Information Set 

(OASIS) OASIS–C1/ICD–10 

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: Administrative 

Requirements for Section 6071 of the 

Deficit Reduction Act; Use: State 

Operational Protocols should provide 

enough information such that: The CMS 

Project Officer and other federal officials 

may use it to understand the operation 

of the demonstration and/or prepare for 

potential site visits without needing 

additional information; the State Project 

Director can use it as the manual for 

program implementation; and external 

stakeholders may use it to understand 

the operation of the demonstration. The 

financial information collection is used 

in our financial statements and shared 

with the auditors who validate CMS’ 

financial position. The Money Follows 

the Person Rebalancing Demonstration 

(MFP) Finders File, MFP Program 

Participation Data file, and MFP 

Services File are used by the national 

evaluation contractor to assess program 

outcomes while we use the information 

to monitor program implementation. 

The MFP Quality of Life data is used by 

the national evaluation contractor to 

assess program outcomes. The 

evaluation is used to determine how 

participants’ quality of life changes after 

transitioning to the community. The 

semi-annual progress report is used by 

the national evaluation contractor and 

CMS to monitor program 

implementation at the grantee level. 

Form Number: CMS–10249 (OMB 

control number: 0938–1053); Frequency: 

Yearly, quarterly, and semi-annually; 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments; Number of Respondents: 

45; Total Annual Responses: 28,590; 

Total Annual Hours: 14,225. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Michael Smith at 410–786– 

2267.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: New collection (Request for a 

new OMB control number); Title of 

Information Collection: Outcome and 

Assessment Information Set (OASIS) 

OASIS–C1/ICD–10; Use: Home health 

agencies (HHAs) are required to collect 

the outcome and assessment 

information data set (OASIS) to 

participate in the Medicare program. We 

are requesting a new OMB control 

number for the proposed revised OASIS 

item set, referred to hereafter as OASIS– 

C1/ICD–10. The current version of the 

OASIS–C1/ICD–9 data set was approved 

by OMB on October 7, 2014 (0938– 

0760), and will be in use until the 

implementation of the ICD–10 coding 

system which is currently scheduled for 

October 1, 2015. Form Number: CMS– 

10545 (OMB control number: 0938— 

NEW); Frequency: Occasionally; 

Affected Public: Private Sector (Business 

or other for-profit and Not-for-profit 

institutions); Number of Respondents: 

12,014; Total Annual Responses: 

17,268,890; Total Annual Hours: 

15,320,253. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact Cheryl 

Wiseman at 410–786–1175.) 

Dated: January 6, 2015. 

Martique Jones, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00175 Filed 1–8–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Title: Formative Data Collections for 

Policy Research. 

OMB No.: 0970–0356. 

Description: The Office of Planning, 

Research and Evaluation (OPRE), in the 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department 

of Health and Human Services (HHS) 

intends to request approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for renewal of a generic 

clearance to allow OPRE to conduct a 

variety of formative data collections 

with more than nine respondents. The 

data collections will inform future 

research and evaluation but will not be 

highly systematic nor intended to be 

statistically representative. 

OPRE conducts research on a wide 

variety of policy and programmatic 

areas. OPRE’s research serves to provide 

further understanding of current 

programs and service populations, 

explore options for program 

improvement, and assess alternative 

policy and program designs. OPRE uses 

this formative data collection generic 

clearance to employ a variety of 

information collection techniques, 

including semi-structured discussions, 

focus groups and interviews. These 

activities inform the development of 

OPRE research and evaluation 

(including technical assistance), help 

OPRE maintain a research agenda that is 

rigorous and relevant, and ensure that 

research products and are as current as 

possible. 

Following standard OMB 

requirements, OPRE will submit a 

change request for each individual data 

collection activity under this generic 

clearance. Each request will include the 

individual instrument(s), a justification 

specific to the individual information 

collection, and any supplementary 

documents. OPRE requests OMB review 

within 10 days of receiving each change 

request. 

Respondents: Researchers, 

practitioners, TA providers, service 

providers and potential participants 

throughout the fields pertaining to ACF 

research. 


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