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Because some information may not be 

available in the contract document, such 

as the TAS, the FAQs provide 

instruction on how to easily locate this 

information in the Recovery Act Report 

updated daily at https://www.fpds.gov. 

The current interim rule will remain 

in effect. The FAR Council anticipates 

that the first reporting cycle will 

provide valuable experience and 

information necessary to inform the 

Council’s decision on how best to 

proceed with the FAR rule. Federal 

contractors will be notified of the FAR 

Council’s plan through the Federal 

Register. 

An emergency information collection 

request adding the additional data 

elements and extending OMB–9000– 

0166 has been approved by the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs. 

Information Collections for OMB–9000– 

0167, 9000–0168, and 9000–0169 have 

been extended. See 

http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain and select ‘‘DOD/GSA/NASA 

(FAR)’’ as agency. 

Dated: September 23, 2009. 

Al Matera, 

Director, Acquisition Policy Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–23329 Filed 9–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10180, CMS–R– 

199, CMS–R–72, CMS–10260 and CMS– 

10178] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS), Department of Health 

and Human Services, is publishing the 

following summary of proposed 

collections for public comment. 

Interested persons are invited to send 

comments regarding this burden 

estimate 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 function; 

(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. 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Children’s 

Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Report 

on Payables and Receivables; Use: 

Collection of CHIP data and the 

calculation of the CHIP Incurred But 

Not Reported (IBNR) estimate are 

pertinent to CMS’ financial audit. The 

CFO auditors have reported the lack of 

an estimate for CHIP IBNR payables and 

receivables as a reportable condition in 

the FY 2005 audit of CMS’s financial 

statements. It is essential that CMS 

collect the necessary data from State 

agencies in FY 2006, so that CMS 

continues to receive an unqualified 

audit opinion on its financial 

statements. Program expenditures for 

the CHIP have increased since its 

inception; as such, CHIP receivables and 

payables may materially impact the 

financial statements. The CHIP Report 

on Payables and Receivables will 

provide the information needed to 

calculate the CHIP IBNR.; Form 

Number: CMS–10180 (OMB#: 0938– 

0988); Frequency: Reporting—Annually; 

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal 

governments; Number of Respondents: 

56; Total Annual Responses: 56; Total 

Annual Hours: 336. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Deborah McLeod at 410–786– 

0013. For all other issues call 410–786– 

1326.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Medicaid Report 

on Payables and Receivables; Use: The 

Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act of 

1990, as amended by the Government 

Management Reform Act (GMRA) of 

1994, requires government agencies to 

produce auditable financial statements. 

Because the Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) fulfills its 

mission through its contractors and the 

States; these entities are the primary 

source of information for the financial 

statements. There are three basic 

categories of data: Expenses, payables, 

and receivables. The CMS–64 is used to 

collect data on Medicaid expenses. The 

CMS–R–199 collects Medicaid payable 

and receivable accounting data from the 

States. Form Number: CMS–R–199 

(OMB#: 0938–0697); Frequency: 

Reporting—Annually; Affected Public: 

State, Local or Tribal governments; 

Number of Respondents: 56; Total 

Annual Responses: 56; Total Annual 

Hours: 336. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact 

Deborah McLeod at 410–786–0013. For 

all other issues call 410–786–1326.) 

3. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Reinstatement without change 

of a previously approved collection; 

Title of Information Collection: 

Information Collection Requirements in 

42 CFR 478.18, 478.34, 478.36, 478.42, 

QIO Reconsiderations and Appeals; Use: 

In the event that a beneficiary, provider, 

physician, or other practitioner does not 

agree with the initial determination of a 

Quality Improvement Organization 

(QIO) or a QIO subcontractor, it is 

within that party’s rights to request 

reconsideration. The information 

collection requirements 42 CFR 478.18, 

478.34, 478.36, and 478.42, contain 

procedures for QIOs to use in 

reconsideration of initial 

determinations. The information 

requirements contained in these 

regulations are on QIOs to provide 

information to parties requesting the 

reconsideration. These parties will use 

the information as guidelines for appeal 

rights in instances where issues are 

actively being disputed. Form Number: 

CMS–R–72 (OMB#: 0938–0443); 

Frequency: Reporting—On occasion; 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households and Business or other forprofit institutions; Number of 

Respondents: 2,590; Total Annual 

Responses: 5,228; Total Annual Hours: 

2,822. (For policy questions regarding 

this collection contact Tom Kessler at 

410–786–1991. For all other issues call 

410–786–1326.) 

4. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Medicare 

Advantage and Prescription Drug 

Program: Final Marketing Provisions 

CFR 422.111(a)(3) and 423.128 (a)(3) 

Use: Medicare Advantage (MA) plans 

must provide notice to plan members of 

impending changes to plan benefits, 

premiums and copays in the coming 

year so that members will be in the best 

position to make an informed choice on 

continued enrollment or disenrollment 

from that plan at least 15 days before the 

Annual Election Period (AEP). 

Beginning 2009, organizations will be 

required to notify plan members of the 

coming year changes using a combined 

standardized document at the time of 

enrollment and annually thereafter. 

Section 422.111 requires, to the extent 

that a MA plan has a Web site, annual 

notification through the Web site of 

written, hard copy notification sent to 

the beneficiaries. Section 423.128 

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mechanisms for providing specific 

information on a timely basis to current 

and prospective enrollees upon request. 

These mechanisms include, Internet 

Web site that includes information on 

part D plan description. MA 

organizations (formerly M+C 

organizations) and Prescription Drug 

Plan Sponsors use the information to 

comply with the eligibility requirements 

and the MA and part D contract 

requirements. CMS will use this 

information to ensure that correct 

information is disclosed to Medicare 

beneficiaries, both potential enrollees 

and enrollees. Form Number: CMS– 

10260 (OMB#: 0938–1051); Frequency: 

Reporting—Yearly; Affected Public: 

Business or other for-profits; Number of 

Respondents: 740; Total Annual 

Responses: 740; Total Annual Hours: 

8,880. (For policy questions regarding 

this collection contact Camille Brown at 

410–786–0274. For all other issues call 

410–786–1326.) 

5. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Medicaid and 

Children’s Health Insurance (CHIP) 

Managed Care; Use: The Payment Error 

Rate Measurement (PERM) program 

measures improper payments for 

Medicaid and the State Children’s 

Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The 

program was designed to comply with 

the Improper Payments Information Act 

(IPIA) of 2002 and the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

guidance. Although OMB guidance 

requires error rate measurement for 

SCHIP, 2009 SCHIP legislation 

temporarily suspended PERM 

measurement for this program and 

changed to Children’s Health Insurance 

Program (CHIP) effective April 01, 2009. 

See Children’s Health Insurance 

Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 

(CHIPRA) Public Law 111–3 for more 

details. 

There are two phases of the PERM 

program, the measurement phase and 

the corrective action phase. PERM 

measures improper payments in 

Medicaid and CHIP and produces State 

and national-level error rates for each 

program. The error rates are based on 

reviews of Medicaid and CHIP fee-forservice (FFS) and managed care 

payments made in the Federal fiscal 

year under review. States conduct 

eligibility reviews and report eligibility 

related payment error rates also used in 

the national error rate calculation. CMS 

created a 17 State rotation cycle so that 

each State will participate in PERM 

once every three years. 

The information collected from the 

selected States will be used by Federal 

contractors to conduct Medicaid and 

CHIP managed care data processing 

reviews on which State-specific error 

rates will be calculated. The quarterly 

capitation payments will provide the 

contractor with the actual claims to be 

sampled. The managed care contracts, 

rate schedules, and updates to both, will 

be used by the federal contractor when 

conducting the managed care claims 

reviews. Form Number: CMS–10178 

(OMB#: 0938–0994); Frequency: 

Reporting—Occasionally; Affected 

Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

governments; Number of Respondents: 

34; Total Annual Responses: 2,040; 

Total Annual Hours: 28,050. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Nicole Perry at 410–786–8786. 

For all other issues call 410–786–1326.) 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access CMS Web site 

address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995, or email your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and CMS document identifier, to 

Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the 

Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786– 

1326. 

To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collections must 

be received by the OMB desk officer at 

the address below, no later than 5 p.m. 

on October 26, 2009. 

OMB, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk 

Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395–6974. 

e-mail: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: September 18, 2009. 

Michelle Shortt, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Proposed Collection: Comment 

Request; 0MB No. 0925–0601/exp. 2/28/ 

2010, ‘‘Request for Human Embryonic 

Stem Cell Line To Be Approved for Use 

in NIH Funded Research’’ 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

for opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects, the 

Office of Extramural Research, the 

National Institutes of Health (NIH) will 

publish periodic summaries of proposed 

projects to be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (0MB) for 

review and approval. 

Proposed Collection: Title: Request for 

Human Embryonic Stem Cell Line to be 

Approved for Use in NIH Funded 

Research. Type of Information 

Collection Request: Extension, 0MB 

0925–0601, Expiration Date 2/28/2010. 

Form Number: 2890. The form is used 

by applicants to request that human 

embryonic stem cell lines be approved 

for use in NIH funded research. 

Applicants may submit applications at 

any time; this request is a one-time 

submission. Affected Public: Business 

or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 

institutions; Federal Government; and 

State, Local or Tribal Government. Type 

of Respondents: Adult scientific 

professionals. The annual reporting 

burden is as follows: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

100; Estimated Number of Responses 

per Respondent: 1; Average Burden 

Hours Per Response: 3; and Estimated 

Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 

300. The estimated annualized cost to 

respondents is $10,500. 

Request for Comments: Written 

comments and/or suggestions from the 

public and affected agencies are invited 

on one or more of the following points: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the function of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (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 those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on the 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, contact Ms. Mikia Currie, 

Division of Grants Policy, Office of 

Policy for Extramural Research 

Administration, NIH, Rockledge 1 

Building, Room 3505, 6705 Rockledge 

Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892–7974, or 

call non-toll-free number 301–435– 

0941, or E-mail your request, including 

your address to: [curriem@od.nih.gov]. 

Comments Due Date: Comments 

regarding this information collection are 


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