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the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than December 23, 

2014. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland 

(Nadine Wallman, Vice President) 1455 

East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 

44101–2566: 

1. First Southern Bancorp Stanford, 

Kentucky; to acquire 100 percent of the 

voting shares of First United, Inc., 

Central City, Kentucky and thereby 

indirectly acquire First National Bank of 

Muhlenberg Kentucky, Central City, 

Kentucky. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 

(Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414: 

1. Chemical Financial Corporation, 

Midland, Michigan; to merge with 

Monarch Community Bancorp, Inc., 

Coldwater, Michigan, and thereby 

indirectly acquire control of Monarch 

Community Bank, Coldwater, Michigan. 

C. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis (Jacquelyn K. Brunmeier, 

Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin 

Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 

55480–0291: 

1. First National Bank in Wadena, 

Minnesota; Employee Stock Ownership 

Plan and Trust, to acquire 30.95 percent 

of the voting shares of FNB Acquisition 

Holding Corporation, Wadena, 

Minnesota and thereby indirectly 

acquire ownership of The First National 

Bank, in Wadena, Minnesota. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, November 21, 2014. 

Michael J. Lewandowski, 

Associate Secretary of the Board. 

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GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice CPL–2014–03; Docket No. 2014– 

0002; Sequence 36] 

GSA Labor-Management Relations 

Council Meeting 

AGENCY: General Services 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting cancellation. 

SUMMARY: The GSA Labor-Management 

Relations Council (GLMRC) previously 

announced in its November 14, 2014 

Federal Register notice that it planned 

to hold a meeting Tuesday, December 2, 

2014 and Wednesday, December 3, 

2014. That meeting is being cancelled. 

A new notice will be posted in the 

Federal Register announcing the date 

and time when rescheduled. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Temple L. Wilson, GLMRC Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO) at the General 

Services Administration, OHRM, 1800 F 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20405; 

phone at 202–969–7110, or email at 

gmlrc@gsa.gov. 

Dated: November 24, 2014. 

Temple L. Wilson, 

GSA Labor-Management Relations Council, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifiers: CMS–10542, CMS– 

10543 and CMS–209] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services. 

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 

January 27, 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 lll, 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 

and associated materials (see 

ADDRESSES). 

CMS 10542 Hospital Consumer 

Assessment of Healthcare Providers 


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and Systems (HCAHPS) Survey Mode 

Experiment 

CMS 10543 Emergency Department 

Patient Experience of Care (EDPEC) 

Survey Mode Experiment 

CMS 209 Laboratory Personnel Report 

(CLIA) and Supporting Regulations 

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 Collection1. 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: New collection (Request for a 

new OMB control number); Title of 

Information Collection: Hospital 

Consumer Assessment of Healthcare 

Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) 

Survey Mode Experiment; Use: 

Hospital-level scores derived from 

national implementation of Hospital 

Consumer Assessment of Healthcare 

Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) 

Survey are publicly reported quality 

data on CMS’ Hospital Compare Web 

site. Our HCAHPS initiative allows 

vendors to select one mode of survey 

administration from four approved 

administration protocols (mail only, 

telephone only, mail-telephone mixed 

mode, and touch-tone IVR only). Before 

public reporting, HCAHPS scores are 

adjusted for the selected mode of 

administration, using mail 

administration as the comparison mode, 

to correct for any inflation or deflation 

of scores that are a result of mode. The 

current mode adjustments employed for 

HCAHPS are the product of two 

separate mode experiments conducted 

using different versions of the survey 

and different sample. The purpose of 

the planned HCAHPS mode experiment 

is to conduct a mode experiment of 

sufficient sample and scale to determine 

if the mode adjustments currently 

employed for the 32-item HCAHPS core 

survey need revision. An additional goal 

is to collect empirical evidence on the 

effect of the number of additional 

supplemental items on survey response 

rate and patterns of response to the 

HCAHPS core demographic items 

(known as ‘‘About You’’ items). Form 

Number: CMS–10542 (OMB control 

number 0938–New); Frequency: Once; 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households; Number of Respondents: 

8,160; Total Annual Responses: 8,160; 

Total Annual Hours: 1,322. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Elizabeth Flow-Delwiche at 

410–786–1718). 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: New collection (Request for a 

new OMB control number); Title of 

Information Collection: Emergency 

Department Patient Experience of Care 

(EDPEC) Survey Mode Experiment; Use: 

This survey supports the six national 

priorities for improving care from the 

National Quality Strategy developed by 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services that was called for under the 

Affordable Care Act to create national 

aims and priorities to guide local, state, 

and national efforts to improve the 

quality of health care. The six priorities 

include: making care safer by reducing 

harm caused by the delivery of care; 

ensuring that each person and family 

are engaged as partners in their care; 

promoting effective communication and 

coordination of care; promoting the 

most effective prevention and treatment 

practices for the leading causes of 

mortality, starting with cardiovascular 

disease; working with communities to 

promote wide use of best practices to 

enable healthy living; and making 

quality care more affordable for 

individuals, families, employers, and 

governments by developing and 

spreading new health care delivery 

models. In 2012, we launched the 

development of the Emergency 

Department Patient Experience of Care 

Survey (EDPEC) to measure the 

experiences of patients (18 and older) 

with emergency department care. This 

survey will provide patient experience 

with care data that enables comparisons 

of emergency department and support 

for improving the quality of patient 

experience in the emergency 

department. Form Number: CMS–10543 

(OMB control number 0938–New); 

Frequency: Once; Affected Public: 

Individuals and households; Number of 

Respondents: 4,951; Total Annual 

Responses: 4,951; Total Annual Hours: 

923. (For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Elizabeth FlowDelwiche at 410–786–1718). 

3. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension without change of a 

currently approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Laboratory 

Personnel Report (CLIA) and Supporting 

Regulations; Use: The information 

collected on this survey form is used in 

the administrative pursuit of the 

Congressionally-mandated program 

with regard to regulation of laboratories 

participating in CLIA. The surveyor will 

provide the laboratory with the CMS– 

209 form. While the surveyor performs 

other aspects of the survey, the 

laboratory will complete the CMS–209 

by recording the personnel data needed 

to support their compliance with the 

personnel requirements of CLIA. The 

surveyor will then use this information 

in choosing a sample of personnel to 

verify compliance with the personnel 

requirements. Information on personnel 

qualifications of all technical personnel 

is needed to ensure the sample is 

representative of the entire laboratory; 

Form Number: CMS–209 (OMB control 

number 0938–0151); Frequency: 

Biennially; Affected Public: Private 

Sector—State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments; and Federal Government; 

Number of Respondents: 19,051; Total 

Annual Responses: 9,526; Total Annual 

Hours: 4,763. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact 

Kathleen Todd at 410–786–3385.) 

Dated: November 24, 2014. 

Martique Jones, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–7034–N] 

Health Insurance Marketplace, 

Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s 

Health Insurance Programs; Meeting of 

the Advisory Panel on Outreach and 

Education (APOE), December 15, 2014 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Advisory Panel on 

Outreach and Education (APOE) (the 

Panel) in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The Panel 

advises and makes recommendations to 

the Secretary of the U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services and the 

Administrator of the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services on 

opportunities to enhance the 

effectiveness of consumer education 

strategies concerning the Health 


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