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Contact Person for More Information: 

Leandris Liburd, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.A., 

Designated Federal Officer, Health 

Disparities Subcommittee, Advisory 

Committee to the Director, CDC, 1600 

Clifton Road NE., M/S E–67, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30333. Telephone (404) 498– 

2320, Email: LEL1@cdc.gov. 

The Director, Management Analysis 

and Services Office, has been delegated 

the authority to sign Federal Register 

notices pertaining to announcements of 

meetings and other committee 

management activities, for both the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Dated: October 1, 2012. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10142 and CMS– 

R–262] 

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: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Bid Pricing Tool 

(BPT) for Medicare Advantage (MA) 

Plans and Prescription Drug Plans 

(PDP); Use: Under the Medicare 

Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 

Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), and 

implementing regulations at 42 CFR, 

Medicare Advantage organizations 

(MAO) and Prescription Drug Plans 

(PDP) are required to submit an 

actuarial pricing ‘‘bid’’ for each plan 

offered to Medicare beneficiaries for 

approval by the Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS). 

Title I of the MMA established a 

program to offer prescription drug 

benefits to Medicare enrollees through 

Prescription Drug Plans. MMA Title II 

revised several aspects of the 

Medicare+Choice program (renamed 

Medicare Advantage), including the 

payment methodology and the 

introduction of ‘‘Regional’’ MA plans. 

CMS payments to PDPs and MA plans 

will be on a market-based competitive 

approach. 

MAOs and PDPs use the Bid Pricing 

Tool (BPT) software to develop their 

actuarial pricing bid. The information 

provided in the BPT is the basis for the 

plan’s enrollee premiums and CMS 

payments for each contract year. The 

tool collects data such as medical 

expense development (from claims data 

and/or manual rating), administrative 

expenses, profit levels, and projected 

plan enrollment information. By statute, 

completed BPTs are due to CMS by the 

first Monday of June each year. 

CMS reviews and analyzes the 

information provided on the Bid Pricing 

Tool. Ultimately, CMS decides whether 

to approve the plan pricing (i.e., 

payment and premium) proposed by 

each organization. CMS is requesting to 

continue its use of the BPT for the 

collection of information for CY2014 

through CY2016. Form Number: CMS– 

10142 (OCN: 0938–0944); Frequency: 

Yearly; Affected Public: Private Sector— 

Business or other for-profits and not-forprofit institutions; Number of 

Respondents: 555; Total Annual 

Responses: 4,995; Total Annual Hours: 

149,850. (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: Plan Benefit 

Package (PBP) and Formulary 

Submission for Medicare Advantage 

(MA) Plans and Prescription Drug Plans 

(PDP); Use: 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. 

After receiving OMB clearance in 

spring 2000, CMS implemented the PBP 

as part of the Contract Year (CY) 2001 

Adjusted Community Rate Proposal 

(ACRP) process. In addition, 

information collected via the PBP and 

formulary has been used to support the 

marketing material review process, the 

National Medicare Education Program, 

and other program oversight and 

development activities. For instance, the 

PBP software automatically generates 

the standardized sentences for the 

Summary of Benefits (SB) by using the 

plan benefit package data entered into 

the PBP software by the organization’s 

user. These standardized sentences are 

used by the MA organizations in their 

SB marketing materials and by CMS to 

generate plan benefits data for display 

in the Medicare & You handbook and on 

the www.medicare.gov Web site. 

CMS is requesting to continue its use 

of the PBP software and formulary 

submission for the collection of benefits 

and related information for CY 2014 

through CY 2016. CMS estimates that 

578 MA organizations and 63 PDP 

organizations will be required to submit 

the plan benefit package information in 

CY 2014. Based on operational changes 

and policy clarifications to the Medicare 

program and continued input and 

feedback by the industry, CMS has 

made the necessary changes to the plan 

benefit package submission. Form 

Number: CMS–R–262 (OCN: 0938– 

0763); Frequency: Yearly; Affected 

Public: Private Sector—Business or 

other for-profits and not-for-profit 

institutions; Number of Respondents: 

641; Total Annual Responses: 6,169; 

Total Annual Hours: 56,708. (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/ 


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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. 

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 December 4, 2012: 

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 llll, Room C4–26– 

05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21244–1850. 

Dated: October 2, 2012. 

Martique Jones, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Division B, Office of Strategic Operations and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–24647 Filed 10–4–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

[CFDA Number: 93.602] 

Announcement of the Award of SingleSource Program Expansion 

Supplement Grants to Seven Assets 

for Independence Demonstration 

Program Grantees 

AGENCY: Office of Community Services 

(OCS), ACF, HHS. 

ACTION: The Administration for Children 

and Families (ACF), Office of 

Community Services (OCS) announces 

the award of single-source program 

expansion supplements to seven FY 

2012 grantees under the Assets for 

Independence Demonstration Program. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), Office of 

Community Services (OCS) announces 

the award of single-source program 

expansion supplements to seven FY 

2012 grantees under the Assets for 

Independence Demonstration Program 

(AFI). Grantees will provide an array of 

supports and services to enable 

individuals and families with low 

incomes to become more economically 

self-sufficient for the long term. A 

primary feature of each AFI project is 

that project participants are given access 

to special matched savings accounts 

called Individual Development 

Accounts (IDA). Participants open an 

IDA and save earned income in the 

account regularly with the goal of 

accumulating savings to acquire an 

economic asset that will appreciate over 

time—specifically, to purchase a home, 

capitalize or expand a business for selfemployment, or attend higher education 

or training. Grantees also ensure that 

participants have access to financial 

literacy education and coaching such as 

training on money management and 

consumer issues. Grant recipients must 

finance the projects with a combination 

of the federal AFI grant and non-federal 

cash. The non-federal cash amount must 

be at least equal to the federal AFI grant 

amount. 

DATES: Project periods are 04/1/2012– 

03/31/2017 and 07/1/2012–06/30/2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al 

Fleming, Program Manager, Assets for 

Independence, 370 L’Enfant Promenade 

SW., Washington, DC 20447. Telephone: 

202–401–4977; Email: 

al.fleming@acf.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following AFI grantees will receive 

single-source program expansion 

supplement awards: 

Grantee organization Grantee location Award 

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma ......................................................................................................... Durant, OK ......................... $400,000 

Umpqua Community Development Corporation dba NeighborWorks ........................................... Roseburg, OR .................... 50,000 

Community and Shelter Assistance Corp. dba CASA of Oregon .................................................. Sherwood, OR .................... 184,715 

City of Austin .................................................................................................................................. Austin, TX ........................... 50,000 

College Opportunity Resources for Education ............................................................................... Philadelphia, PA ................. 134,715 

Juma Ventures ................................................................................................................................ San Francisco, CA ............. 74,118 

The Midas Collaborative, Inc .......................................................................................................... Allston, MA ......................... 23,423 

Statutory Authority: The Assets for 

Independence Act (AFI) (Title IV of the 

Community Opportunities, Accountability 

and Training and Educational Act of 1998, as 

amended, Pub. L. 105–285, 42 U.S.C. 604 

note). 

Jeannine L. Chaffin, 

Director, Office of Community Services. 

[FR Doc. 2012–24588 Filed 10–4–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegations of Authority 

AGENCY: Administration for Children 

and Families, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Statement of Organization, 

Functions, and Delegations of 

Authority. The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) has 

reorganized the Office of the Assistant 

Secretary (OAS) and the Office of Public 

Affairs (OPA). This reorganization 

transfers the Freedom of Information 

Act (FOIA) function from the Office of 

the Assistant Secretary (OAS) to the 

Office of Public Affairs (OPA). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marrianne McMullen, Director, Office of 

Public Affairs, 370 L’Enfant Promenade 

SW., Washington, DC 20447, 202–401– 

9216. 

This notice amends Part K of the 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegations of Authority of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) as follows: 

Chapter KA, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary (OAS) last amended, 76 FR 

72418–72420, November 23, 2011, and 

Chapter KN, Office of Public Affairs 

(OPA) last amended, 72 FR 31072– 


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