30180 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 124 / Wednesday, June 27, 2018 / Notices 

Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Acting Chief, Information Collection Review 

Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office 

of the Associate Director for Science, Office 

of the Director, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Community Living 

Availability of Program Application 

Instructions for Tribal MIPPA Program 

Funds 

Title: Medicare Beneficiary Outreach 

and Assistance Program: Funding for 

Title VI Native American Programs. 

Announcement Type: Initial. 

Funding Opportunity Number: HHS– 

2018–ACL–MITRB–1802. 

Statutory Authority: The statutory 

authority for grants under this program 

announcement is contained in 

Subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 119 of the 

Medicare Improvements for Patients and 

Providers Act of 2008, as amended by 

section 3306 of the Patient Protection 

and Affordable Care Act, section 610 of 

the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 

2012, section 1110 of the Pathway for 

SGR Reform Act of 2013, and section 

110 of the Protecting Access to Medicare 

Act of 2014, and section 208 of the 

Medicare Access and CHIP 

Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.071. 

Dates: The deadline date for the 

submission of applications is 11:59PM 

EST August 17, 2018. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Section 110 of the Protecting Access 

to Medicare Act of 2014 extended 

funding for outreach and assistance for 

low income programs under the 

Medicare Improvements for Patients and 

Providers Act (MIPPA). Older 

Americans Act (OAA) Title VI Native 

American Programs can fill an 

important role in providing valuable 

support to help eligible Native 

American elders in accessing the Low 

Income Subsidy program (LIS), 

Medicare Savings Program (MSP), 

Medicare Part D, Medicare prevention 

benefits and screenings and in assisting 

beneficiaries in applying for benefits. 

The purpose of these MIPPA grants will 

be to help inform eligible Native 

American elders about these benefits. 

The Administration for Community 

Living (ACL) seeks certification from 

OAA Title VI Native American 

programs that they will use the funds to 

coordinate at least one community 

announcement and at least one 

community outreach event to inform 

and assist eligible American Indian, 

Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian elders 

about the benefits available to them 

through Medicare Part D, the Low 

Income Subsidy, the Medicare Savings 

Program or Medicare prevention 

benefits and screenings and counsel 

those who are eligible. 

II. Award Information 

ACL/AoA has a total budget of 

$270,000 for the Tribes and will provide 

a grant of at least $1,000 to each Older 

Americans Act Title VI Native American 

grantee. ACL reserves the right to adjust 

funding levels subject to the number of 

applications received and availability of 

funds. ACL/AoA will award grants of at 

least $1,000 to each Title VI Native 

American grantee for a period of 12 

months. The example of at least $1,000 

per event is for illustrative purposes 

only. All expenditures must be properly 

documented and allowable per the 

terms and conditions of the grant award. 

The anticipated award date is on or 

before September 30, 2018. 

III. Eligibility Criteria and Other 

Requirements 

Only current Older Americans Act 

Title VI Native American Program 

grantees are eligible to apply for this 

funding opportunity. Cost Sharing or 

Matching is not required. 

IV. Submission Information 

The program instructions and onepage application template for this 

funding opportunity are available at 

www.grants.gov. At the website, search 

for HHS–2018–ACL–MITRB–1802. 

To receive consideration, signed 

applications must be submitted by 11:59 

p.m. Eastern time on August 17, 2018. 

No applications will be accepted after 

this date. Submit your signed 

application via: 

(1) Email to MIPPA.Grants@

acl.hhs.gov. Include the State, Name of 

Tribe, and Title VI Part A Grant Number 

and the words ‘‘MIPPA Application’’ in 

the subject line; or 

(2) Overnight mail (FedEx, UPS, or 

USPS) to: Administration for 

Community Living, Office of Grants 

Management, 330 C Street SW, Suite 

1136B, Washington, DC 20201; 

Attention: Yi-Hsin Yan. 

V. Agency Contacts 

Direct inquiries regarding this funding 

opportunity to U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services, 

Administration for Community Living, 

Administration on Aging, Washington, 

DC 20201, attention: Cecelia Aldridge or 

by calling (202) 795–7293 or by email 

Cecelia.Aldridge@acl.hhs.gov. 

Dated: June 20, 2018. 

Mary Lazare, 

Principal Deputy Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2018–N–2381] 

The Food and Drug Administration’s 

Comprehensive, Multi-Year Nutrition 

Innovation Strategy; Public Meeting; 

Request for Comments 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA or we) is 

announcing the following public 

meeting entitled ‘‘FDA’s 

Comprehensive, Multi-Year Nutrition 

Innovation Strategy.’’ The purpose of 

the public meeting is to give interested 

persons an opportunity to discuss FDA’s 

nutrition innovation strategy, including: 

A standard icon or symbol for the claim 

‘‘healthy’’; a more efficient review 

strategy for evaluating qualified health 

claims; statements or claims that could 

facilitate innovation to promote 

healthful eating patterns; approaches for 

modernizing standards of identity; 

possible changes that could make 

ingredient information more consumer 

friendly; and FDA’s educational 

campaign for consumers about the 

updated Nutrition Facts Label that 

consumers will be seeing in the 

marketplace. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

on July 26, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. until 

5:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Submit either 

electronic or written comments on this 

public meeting by August 27, 2018. See 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

for registration date and information. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the Hilton Washington DC/ 

Rockville Hotel, 1750 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, MD 20852. For more 

information on the hotel see http://

www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/maryland/ 

hilton-washington-dc-rockville-hoteland-executive-meeting-ctr-IADMRHF/ 

index.html. 

You may submit comments as 

follows. Please note that late, untimely 

filed comments will not be considered. 


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