Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 37 / Tuesday, February 25, 1997 / Notices 8451

beginning in May, 1997. CAPI, which

we are currently using in the

community interviews, increases the

accuracy of the interview process by

automating skip patterns, customizing

questions, creating computed variables

such as a time line of residence history,

and automatically checking

completeness and consistency of

responses. Concurrently, we are

modifying some of the questions we

currently use in the facility interview to

make them more comparable to those in

other surveys, particularly the Medical

Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).

These modifications are responsive to

the President’s initiative toward

consistency and integration among

surveys; Frequency: Annually; Affected

Public:; Number of Respondents: 1,900;

Total Annual Responses: 1,900; Total

Annual Hours: 1,900.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms, E-mail

your request, including your address

and phone number, to

Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports

Clearance Office on (410) 786–1326.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collections should be sent

within 30 days of this notice directly to

the OMB Desk Officer designated at the

following address: OMB Human

Resources and Housing Branch,

Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive

Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: February 26, 1997.

Edwin J. Glatzel

Director, Management Analysis and Planning

Staff, Office of Financial and Human

Resources, Health Care Financing

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–4633 Filed 2–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

[ORD–096–N]

New and Pending Demonstration

Project Proposals Submitted Pursuant

to Section 1115(a) of the Social

Security Act: December 1996

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces that,

during the month of December 1996, no

new proposals were submitted under

the authority of section 1115 of the

Social Security Act and no proposals

were disapproved or withdrawn. The

notice also identifies approved and

pending proposals for this time period.

(This notice can be accessed on the

Internet at HTTP://WWW.HCFA.GOV/

ORD/ORDHP1.HTML.)

COMMENTS: We will accept written

comments on these proposals. We will,

if feasible, acknowledge receipt of all

comments, but we will not provide

written responses to comments. We

will, however, neither approve nor

disapprove any new proposal for at least

30 days after the date of this notice to

allow time to receive and consider

comments. Direct comments as

indicated below.

ADDRESSES: Mail correspondence to:

Susan Anderson, Office of Research and

Demonstrations, Health Care Financing

Administration, Mail Stop C3–11–07,

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21244–1850.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Anderson, (410) 786–3996.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Under section 1115 of the Social

Security Act (the Act), the Department

of Health and Human Services (HHS)

may consider and approve research and

demonstration proposals with a broad

range of policy objectives. These

demonstrations can lead to

improvements in achieving the

purposes of the Act.

In exercising her discretionary

authority, the Secretary has developed a

number of policies and procedures for

reviewing proposals. On September 27,

1994, we published a notice in the

Federal Register (59 FR 49249) that

specified (1) the principles that we

ordinarily will consider when

approving or disapproving

demonstration projects under the

authority in section 1115(a) of the Act;

(2) the procedures we expect States to

use in involving the public in the

development of proposed demonstration

projects under section 1115; and (3) the

procedures we ordinarily will follow in

reviewing demonstration proposals. We

are committed to a thorough and

expeditious review of State requests to

conduct such demonstrations.

As part of our procedures, we publish

a notice in the Federal Register with a

monthly listing of all new submissions,

pending proposals, approvals,

disapprovals, and withdrawn proposals.

Proposals submitted in response to a

grant solicitation or other competitive

process are reported as received during

the month that such grant or bid is

awarded, so as to prevent interference

with the awards process.

II. Listing of New, Pending, Approved,

Disapproved, and Withdrawn

Proposals for the Month of December

1996

A. Comprehensive Health Reform

Programs

1. New Proposals

No new proposals were received

during the month of December.

2. Pending Proposals

Pending proposals for the month of

November 1996 identified in the

Federal Register of January 16, 1997 (62

FR 2374) and listed in part in the

Federal Register of December 9, 1995

(61 FR 64914) remain unchanged,

except for the Alabama proposal

identified under item 4 that was

approved.

3. Approved Conceptual Proposals

No conceptual proposals were

approved during the month of

December.

4. Approved Proposals

The following comprehensive health

reform proposal was approved during

the month of December.

Demonstration Title/State: Better

Access for You (BAY) Health Plan

Demonstration—Alabama.

Description: Alabama’s Section 1115

demonstration waiver proposal, Better

Access for You (BAY) Health Plan,’’ is

a 5-year demonstration project that will

enroll current Medicaid beneficiaries

into managed care and offer enhanced

family planning benefits up to 24

months to low-income women. The

State will initially implement the

demonstration in Mobile County with

possible expansion to other counties.

Date Received: July 10, 1995.

State Contact: Vicki Huff, Director of

Managed Care, Alabama Medicaid

Agency, 501 Dexter Avenue, P.O. Box

5624, Montgomery, AL 36103–5624,

(334) 242–5011.

Federal Project Officer: Maria

Boulmetis, Health Care Financing

Administration, Office of Research and

Demonstrations, Office of State Health

Reform Demonstrations, Mail Stop C3–

18–26, 7500 Security Boulevard,

Baltimore, MD 21244–1850.

5. Disapproved Proposals

No proposals were disapproved

during the month of December.

6. Withdrawn Proposals

No proposals were withdrawn during

the month of December.
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B. Other Section 1115 Demonstration

Proposals

1. New, Pending, Approved,

Disapproved, and Withdrawn Proposals

We did not receive any new proposals

or approve or disapprove any Other

Section 1115 Demonstration Proposals

during the month of December nor were

any proposals withdrawn during that

month. Pending proposals for the month

of November 1996 identified in the

Federal Register of January 16, 1997 (62

FR 2374) and listed in the Federal

Register of December 9, 1996 (61 FR

64914) remain unchanged.

III. Requests for Copies of a Proposal

Requests for copies of a specific

Medicaid proposal should be made to

the State contact listed for the specific

proposal. If further help or information

is needed, inquiries should be directed

to HCFA at the address above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program, No. 93.779; Health Financing

Research, Demonstrations, and Experiments)

Dated: February 10, 1997.

Barbara Cooper,

Acting Director, Office of Research and

Demonstrations.

[FR Doc. 97–4649 Filed 2–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463), announcement is

made of the following National

Advisory body scheduled to meet

during the month of March 1997:

Name: National Advisory Council on

Migrant Health

Date & Time: Starts: Friday, March 21,

1997 at 8:00 am; Ends: Saturday, March

22, 1997 at 5:00 pm.

Place: Embassy Row Hotel, 2015

Massachusetts Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20036, 202/256–1600.

The meeting is open to the public.

Agenda: This will be a meeting of the

Council. The agenda includes an

overview of Council general business

activities and priorities. The Council

will hear a presentation from EPA

regarding the outcome of the public

hearings on the Worker Protection

Standards. They will also be discussing

Council Recommendations with federal

representatives.

The Council meeting is being held in

conjunction with the National

Association of Community Health

Centers, Policy and Issues Forum,

March 22–26, 1997.

Anyone requiring information

regarding the subject Council should

contact Susan Hagler, Migrant Health

Program, Staff Support to the National

Advisory Council on Migrant Health,

Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health

Resources and Services Administration,

4350 East West Highway, Room 7–A51,

Bethesda, Maryland 20814, Telephone

(301) 594–4302.

Agenda Items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

Dated: February 19, 1997.

J. Henry Montes,

Director, Office of Policy and Information

Coordination, HRSA.

[FR Doc. 97–4593 Filed 2–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–P

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Community Action Grant

Applications—Technical Assistance

Workshop

AGENCY: Center for Mental Health

Services, Substance Abuse and Mental

Health Services Administration, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of technical assistance

workshop.

The Division of Knowledge

Development and Systems Change,

Center for Mental Health Services,

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration will hold a

technical assistance workshop to assist

prospective applicants in responding to

the Guidance for Applicants (GFA No.

SM 97–002) entitled ‘‘Community

Action Grants for Service Systems

Change.’’ A Notice of Funding

Availability for this grant program was

published in the Federal Register on

February 10, 1997.

DATE: March 4, 1997.

LOCATIONS: Prospective applicants may

participate at any one of four locations.

Three of those locations will be satellite

units at Federal Regional Offices

connected to the central unit by

teleconference. However, Federal

personnel will be available at each

location. For further information, please

call (301) 443–3606 except that

telephone requests for directions to the

satellite units should be made by calling

the phone number listed for that site.

Please note the meeting times vary

according to location. The central unit

will be located at: U.S. Public Health

Service, 5600 Fishers Lane, Conference

Room G, Rockville, MD 20857, Attn:

Neal Brown, Telephone: (301) 443–

3606, Time: 1:00 to 4:00 pm EST.

Satellite units will be located at these

offices of the U.S. Health Care Financing

Administration:

101 Marietta Towers, Suite 701, Atlanta,

GA 30323, Attn: Janice Hargrove,

Telephone: (404) 331–2329, Time:

1:00 to 4:00 pm EST.

1200 Main Street, Suite 2000, Dallas, TX

75202, Attn: Mary Jane Collard,

Telephone: (214) 767–6428, Time:

12:00 to 3:00 pm CST.

75 Hawthorne Street, Room 401, San

Francisco, CA 94105, Attn: Janice

Myrick, Telephone: (415) 744–3523,

Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm PST.

Limited audio connection may be

available on a first-come, first-served

basis at the time of the meeting. To

access, please call (410) 786–7370, at

callers expense.

AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS: Federal personnel

will briefly explain the Community

Action Grant program and answer

questions about the program, and about

administrative requirements for grant

applications. The presentation will

include explanations of the purpose of

the program, its key elements,

application review criteria, and grant

award criteria. Copies of GFA No. SM

97–002, Public Health Service Grant

Application forms—PHS 5161–1 (Rev.

5/96), will be available at the workshop

at all four locations.

Those attending the workshop are

expected to make their own

arrangements for travel and

accommodations. Reservations for the

workshop are not necessary.

Dated February 18, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–4595 Filed 2–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4200–N–31]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing

Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due: April 28, 1997.