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492–4452. For all other issues call 410– 

786–1326.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Territory 

Cooperative Agreement for the 

Affordable Care Act’s Exchanges; Use: 

On March 23, 2010, the President signed 

into law the Patient Protection and 

Affordable Care Act. On March 30, 

2010, the Health Care and Education 

Reconciliation Act of 2010 was signed 

into law. The two laws are collectively 

referred to as the Affordable Care Act. 

The Affordable Care Act includes a 

wide variety of provisions designed to 

expand coverage, provide more health 

care choices, enhance the quality of 

health care for all Americans, hold 

insurance companies more accountable, 

and lower health care costs. 

The Affordable Care Act provides 

each State with the option to set up a 

State-operated Health Benefits 

Exchange. An Exchange is an organized 

marketplace to help consumers and 

small businesses buy health insurance 

in a way that permits easy comparison 

of available plan options based on price, 

benefits, and quality. By pooling people 

together, reducing transaction costs, and 

increasing price and quality 

transparency, Exchanges create more 

efficient and competitive health 

insurance markets for individuals and 

small employers. The Exchange will 

carry out a number of functions as 

required by the Affordable Care Act, 

including certifying qualified health 

plans, administering premium tax 

credits and cost-sharing reductions, 

responding to consumer requests for 

assistance, and providing an easy-to-use 

website and written materials that 

individuals can use to assess eligibility 

and enroll in health insurance coverage, 

and coordinating eligibility for and 

enrollment in other state health subsidy 

programs, including Medicaid and 

CHIP. 

Section 1311 of the Affordable Care 

Act provides for grants to States for the 

planning and establishment of 

American Health Benefit Exchanges. 

The Secretary is planning to disburse 

funds in at least three phases: First, for 

planning; second, for early information 

technology development; and third, for 

implementation. $5 million was made 

available for Territories Exchange early 

implementation. Five Territories were 

eligible to receive a Notice of Grant 

Award; four applied and have been 

awarded funds. The Commonwealth of 

the Northern Mariana Islands did not 

apply for this funding opportunity 

announcement. States and Territories 

are eligible for up to $1 million each 

from this grant announcement, which 

will extend for up to twelve months. 

Form Number: CMS–10370 (OCN: 

0938–1118); Frequency: Occasionally; 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments; Number of Respondents: 

4; Number of Responses: 40; Total 

Annual Hours: 18,706 hours. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection, 

contact Katherine Harkins at (301) 492– 

4445. 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 

at http://www.cms.gov/

PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAL/

list.asp#TopOfPage 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 at 410–786– 

1326. 

In commenting on the proposed 

information collections please reference 

the document identifier or OMB control 

number. To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations must 

be submitted in one of the following 

ways by June 28, 2011: 

1. Electronically. You may submit 

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) 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. 

Dated: April 26, 2011. 

Martique Jones, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Division B, Office of Strategic Operations and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10388] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, HHS. 

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) 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 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. 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: New collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Section 1115 

Demonstration HIV and AIDS 

Application Template; Use: Section 

1115 of the Social Security Act (the Act) 

allows the Secretary of the Department 

of Health and Human Services (the 

Secretary) to waive selected provisions 

of section 1902 of the Act for 

experimental, pilot, or demonstration 

projects (demonstrations), and to 

provide Federal Financial Participation 

(FFP) for demonstration costs which 

would not otherwise be considered as 

expenditures under the Medicaid State 

plan, when the Secretary finds that the 

demonstrations are likely to assist in 

promoting the objectives of Medicaid. 

While some States have applied for 

section 1115 demonstrations, many 

have not because the process is long and 

often tenuous. The purpose of the 

application template is to streamline the 

process by collecting the minimally 

acceptable amount of information 

required to appropriately review a 

demonstration request. The template 

will minimize the amount of time the 

State spends preparing a demonstration 

request and it should shorten the review 

process because the required 

information should be present. Form 


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Number: CMS–10388 (OMB#: 0938– 

NEW); Frequency: Once; Affected 

Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments; Number of Respondents: 

56; Total Annual Responses: 6; Total 

Annual Hours: 270; (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Robin Preston at 410–786–3420. 

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 

at http://www.cms.gov/

PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAL/

list.asp#TopOfPage 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 at 410–786– 

1326. 

In commenting on the proposed 

information collections please reference 

the document identifier or OMB control 

number. To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations must 

be submitted in one of the following 

ways by June 28, 2011: 

1. Electronically. You may submit 

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) 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. 

Dated: April 25, 2011. 

Martique Jones, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Division B, Office of Strategic Operations and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2011–10370 Filed 4–28–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10224] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, HHS. 

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: Revision of currently approved 

collection; Title of Information 

Collection: Healthcare Common 

Procedure Coding System (HCPCS); Use: 

In October 2003, the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services delegated the 

Center for Medicare and Medicaid 

Services (CMS) authority to maintain 

and distribute HCPCS Level II Codes. As 

a result, the National Panel was 

delineated and CMS continued with the 

decision-making process under its 

current structure, the CMS HCPCS 

Workgroup (herein referred to as ‘‘the 

Workgroup’’. CMS’ HCPCS Workgroup 

is an internal workgroup comprised of 

representatives of the major components 

of CMS, and private insurers, as well as 

other consultants from pertinent Federal 

agencies. Currently the application 

intake is paper-based. However, the 

process has grown and the HCPCS staff 

is exploring electronic processes for the 

collection and storage of applications. 

We have received feedback on the 

nature of the application; and have 

streamlined the form into a userfriendly application. The content of the 

material is the same, but the questions 

have been refined in accordance with 

comments received from industry 

members; and the level of necessity of 

the information required to render 

quality coding decision as determined 

by the CMS workgroup. The information 

on the form is used to update the 

HCPCS code set. All information is 

received and distributed to CMS’ 

HCPCS workgroup and is reviewed and 

discussed at workgroup meetings. In 

turn, CMS’ HCPCS workgroup reaches a 

decision as to whether a change should 

be made to codes in the HCPCS code 

set. The respondent who submits the 

application form can be anyone who has 

an interest in obtaining a code or 

modifying an existing code. However, 

respondents are usually manufacturers 

of products, or consultants on behalf of 

the manufacturer. Form Number: CMS– 

10224 (OMB#: 0938–1042); Frequency: 

Occasionally; Affected Public: Private 

sector, business and other for-profit and 

not-for-profit institutions; Number of 

Respondents: 300; Total Annual 

Responses: 300; Total Annual Hours: 

3300. (For policy questions regarding 

this collection contact Felicia Eggleston 

at 410–786–9287 or Lori Anderson at 

410–786–6190. For all other issues call 

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 May 31, 2011. 

OMB, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS 

Desk Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395– 

6974, E-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: April 25, 2011. 

Martique Jones, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Division B, Office of Strategic Operations and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2009–E–0087] 

Determination of Regulatory Review 

Period for Purposes of Patent 

Extension; CONVENIA 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) has determined 

the regulatory review period for 

CONVENIA and is publishing this 

notice of that determination as required 

by law. FDA has made the 

determination because of the 

submission of an application to the 

Director of Patents and Trademarks, 

Department of Commerce, for the 

extension of a patent which claims that 

animal drug product. 

ADDRESSES: Submit electronic 

comments to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Submit written 

petitions along with three copies and 

written comments to the Division of 

Dockets Management (HFA–305), Food 


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