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Ultimately, CMS decides whether to 

approve the plan pricing (i.e., payment 

and premium) proposed by each 

organization. Form Number: CMS– 

10142 (OMB#: 0938–0944); Frequency: 

Yearly; Affected Public: Business or 

other for-profits and not-for-profit 

institutions; Number of Respondents: 

550; Total Annual Responses: 4,950; 

Total Annual Hours: 148,500. (For 

policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Diane Spitalnic at 

410–786–5745. For all other issues call 

410–786–1326.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: CY 2012 Plan 

Benefit Package (PBP) Software and 

Formulary Submission; Under the 

Medicare Modernization Act (MMA), 

Medicare Advantage (MA) and 

Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) 

organizations are required to submit 

plan benefit packages for all Medicare 

beneficiaries residing in their service 

area. The plan benefit package 

submission consists of the Plan Benefit 

Package (PBP) software, formulary file, 

and supporting documentation, as 

necessary. MA and PDP organizations 

use the PBP software to describe their 

organization’s plan benefit packages, 

including information on premiums, 

cost sharing, authorization rules, and 

supplemental benefits. They also 

generate a formulary to describe their 

list of drugs, including information on 

prior authorization, step therapy, 

tiering, and quantity limits. 

Additionally, CMS uses the PBP and 

formulary data to review and approve 

the plan benefit packages proposed by 

each MA and PDP organization. 

CMS requires that MA and PDP 

organizations submit a completed PBP 

and formulary as part of the annual 

bidding process. During this process, 

organizations prepare their proposed 

plan benefit packages for the upcoming 

contract year and submit them to CMS 

for review and approval. Refer to the 

supporting document ‘‘Appendix B’’ for 

a list of changes. Form Number: CMS– 

R–262 (OMB#: 0938–0763); Frequency: 

Yearly; Affected Public: Business or 

other for-profits and not-for-profit 

institutions; Number of Respondents: 

651; Total Annual Responses: 6,159; 

Total Annual Hours: 45,407. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Kristy Holtje at 410–786–2209. 

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 

E-mail 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 February 9, 2011, OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: CMS Desk Officer. Fax 

Number: (202) 395–6974. E-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Martique Jones, 

Director, Regulations Development DivisionB, Office of Strategic Operations and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2011–243 Filed 1–7–11; 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: Tracking of Participants in the 

Early Head Start Research and 

Evaluation Project. 

OMB No.: New Collection. 

Billing Accounting Code (BAC): 

418422 (G994426). 

Description: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACE) within the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) will conduct tracking of 

children/families who participated in 

the Early Head Start Research and 

Evaluation Project (EHSREP). The 

purpose of tracking these participants is 

to maintain up-to-date contact 

information for the children/families in 

the event that the Administration for 

Children and Families (ACE) determines 

that a future follow-up to the EHSREP 

will take place. 

The EHSREP is a longitudinal study 

originally designed to meet 1994 

requirement for a national evaluation of 

the Early Head Start program. 3001 

children and families in 17 sites were 

randomly assigned either to the program 

group (allowed to enroll in EHS), or to 

the control group (precluded from 

enrolling in EHS, although they could 

receive other services in the 

community). Child and family 

assessments were conducted when 

children were 14 months old, 24 months 

old, 36 months old, in the spring prior 

to kindergarten entry, and again in the 

spring of the sixth year of formal 

schooling (5th grade for most children). 

If the decision is made to follow the 

sample through high school, it is 

important to maintain contact with the 

participants so that response rates at 

follow-up points will be maximized. 

Telephone interviews will be conducted 

in order to update the respondent’s 

location and contact information. This 

information will be collected from 

parents or guardians in the spring of 

2011. 

Respondents: Treatment and control 

group members in the Early Head Start 

Research and Evaluation Project. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Annual 

number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Tracking Interview ............................................................................................ 2700 1 .25 675 

3rd Party Contacts ........................................................................................... 200 1 .05 10 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 685. 

Additional Information 

Copies of the proposed collection may 

be obtained by writing to the 

Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Planning, Research 

and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 

20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance 

Officer. All requests should be 

identified by the title of the information 

collection. E-mail address: 

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OMB Comment 

OMB is required to make a decision 

concerning the collection of information 

between 30 and 60 days after 

publication of this document in the 

Federal Register. 

Therefore, a comment is best assured 

of having its full effect if OMB receives 

it within 30 days of publication. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

directly to the following: Office of 

Management and Budget, Paperwork 

Reduction Project. Fax: 202–395–6974. 

Attn: Desk Officer for the 

Administration for Children and 

Families. 

Dated: January 4, 2011. 

Steven M. Hanmer, 

OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–207 Filed 1–7–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Issuance of Final Policy Directive 

AGENCY: Administration for Native 

Americans, ACF, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Native Americans (ANA) is issuing final 

interpretive rules, general statements of 

policy and rules of agency organization, 

procedure, or practice relating to the 

following Funding Opportunity 

Announcements (FOAs): Social and 

Economic Development Strategies 

(SEDS), Social and Economic 

Development Strategies—Tribal 

Governance (SEDS—TG), Social and 

Economic Development Strategies— 

Assets for Independence (SEDS—AFI), 

Native Language Preservation and 

Maintenance (Language P&M), Native 

Language Preservation and 

Maintenance—Esther Martinez Initiative 

(Language—EMI), and Environmental 

Regulatory Enhancement (ERE). This 

notice also provides information about 

how ANA will administer these 

programs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Killian, Program Specialist, (877) 

922–9262. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

814 of the Native American Programs 

Act of 1974 (NAPA), as amended, 

requires ANA to provide members of the 

public an opportunity to comment on 

proposed changes in interpretive rules, 

general statements of policy and rules of 

agency organization, procedure, or 

practice and to give notice of the final 

adoption of such changes at least 30 

days before the changes become 

effective. 

ANA published a Notice of Public 

Comment (NOPC) in the Federal 

Register (75 FR 74056) on November 30, 

2010, with proposed policy and 

program clarifications, modifications, 

and activities for the fiscal year (FY) 

2011 FOAs. The public comment period 

was open for 30 days. ANA did not 

receive any public comments on the 

NOPC, and this notice shall suffice as 

ANA’s final policy. 

A. Funding Opportunity 

Announcements 

1. Social and Economic Development 

Strategies (SEDS) 

In FY 2011, ANA will combine the 

SEDS and SEDS—Special Initiative 

(SEDS—SI) FOAs from FY 2010 into one 

SEDS FOA. The SEDS FOA will include 

all program areas of interest from the 

previous FOAs which address Social 

Development, Economic Development, 

and Strengthening Families. Governance 

projects will be addressed in a separate 

FOA (see SEDS—TG, below). The SEDS 

FOA will include two funding ranges 

with the higher funding amount being 

the disqualification factor for 

applications (see Section C of this 

Notice for more information on funding 

ranges). Furthermore, through the SEDS 

FOA, ANA will fund project proposals 

from Tribes to prepare applications for 

Federal recognition. Tribes will only be 

allowed to receive funding for this 

priority area once, as per the funding 

restriction which states, ‘‘ANA does not 

fund projects that are essentially 

identical or similar in whole or in part 

to previously funded projects proposed 

by the same applicant or activities or 

projects proposed by a consortium that 

duplicate activities for which any 

consortium member also receives 

funding from ANA.’’ This is a return to 

the ANA priority of the 1990s. (Legal 

authority: Section 803(a) of NAPA, as 

amended.) 

2. SEDS—Tribal Governance (TG) 

In FY 2011, ANA will introduce 

SEDS—TG to fund Tribal governance 

projects. These types of projects were 

formerly funded under SEDS. ANA will 

expand the governance priority to 

emphasize projects that strengthen the 

internal capacity and infrastructure of 

Tribal governments to increase services 

provided to children and families. The 

FOA will also emphasize increasing the 

Tribal government’s ability to exercise 

local control and decision making over 

their resources. ANA is particularly 

interested in projects designed to 

develop strong linkages between social 

services, health programs, and schools 

serving Native children. Program areas 

of interest will be expanded to include: 

(1) Interoperability: Promote program 

coordination among human and social 

service programs for Tribal communities 

to strengthen the programs they provide 

to their children, youth, and families. 

(2) Comprehensive Strategies: 

Develop comprehensive 

intergovernmental strategies involving 

Tribal, State, and Federal governments 

to meet the needs of Tribal children and 

youth. 

(3) Self-Governance: Build the 

capacity and infrastructure of Tribal 

governments to enter into selfgovernance compacts. 

ANA believes this FOA will 

encourage Tribes and Native 

communities to look at new 

opportunities and methods for 

providing services to their communities. 

Applicants eligible for this FOA are the 

same as those identified for SEDS. 

(Legal authority: Section 803(a) of 

NAPA, as amended.) 

3. SEDS—Assets for Independence (AFI) 

ANA is partnering with the Office of 

Community Services’ (OCS) AFI 

program to support Tribes and Native 

organizations in planning and 

implementing comprehensive assetbuilding projects. ANA and OCS are 

providing this support through funding 

opportunities, training, and technical 

assistance. The AFI program is an 

assets-based approach for assisting lowincome families out of poverty. The 

program assists individuals and families 

to save earned income in specialpurpose, matched savings accounts 

called Individual Development 

Accounts (IDAs). Every dollar in savings 

deposited into an IDA by a participant 

will be combined with non-participant 

funds (from $1 to $8 combined Federal 

(AFI) and non-Federal funds). The 

program promotes savings and enables a 

participant to acquire a lasting asset. An 

AFI participant can use the IDA savings 

to achieve any of three objectives: 

Acquire a first home, capitalize a small 

business, or enroll in postsecondary 

education or training. 

ANA, through its SEDS program, and 

OCS, through its AFI program, are 

offering Tribes and Native organizations 

a joint funding initiative. The purpose 

of the joint SEDS—AFI funding is to 

support Tribes and Native organizations 

implement asset building projects with 

an AFI-funded IDA component. The 

ANA—SEDS portion of the funding will 


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