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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–R–153] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing 

an opportunity for the public to 

comment on CMS’ intention to collect 

information from the public. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension or reinstatement of an existing 

collection of information, and to allow 

a second opportunity for public 

comment on the notice. Interested 

persons are invited to send comments 

regarding the burden estimate or any 

other aspect of this collection of 

information, including the necessity and 

utility of the proposed information 

collection for the proper performance of 

the agency’s functions, the accuracy of 

the estimated burden, ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected and the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology to 

minimize the information collection 

burden. 

DATES: Comments on the collection(s) of 

information must be received by the 

OMB desk officer by August 16, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: When commenting on the 

proposed information collections, 

please reference the document identifier 

or OMB control number. To be assured 

consideration, comments and 

recommendations must be received by 

the OMB desk officer via one of the 

following transmissions: OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: CMS Desk Officer, Fax 

Number: (202) 395–5806 OR, Email: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

To obtain copies of a supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed collection(s) summarized in 

this notice, you may make your request 

using one of following: 

1. Access CMS’ website address at 

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995. 

2. Email your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and CMS document identifier, to 

Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov. 

3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at 

(410) 786–1326. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786– 

1326. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), federal agencies 

must obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. The term ‘‘collection of 

information’’ is defined in 44 U.S.C. 

3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and 

includes agency requests or 

requirements that members of the public 

submit reports, keep records, or provide 

information to a third party. Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)) requires federal agencies 

to publish a 30-day notice in the 

Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension or 

reinstatement of an existing collection 

of information, before submitting the 

collection to OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, CMS is 

publishing this notice that summarizes 

the following proposed collection(s) of 

information for public comment: 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Medicaid Drug 

Use Review (DUR) Program; Use: States 

must provide for a review of drug 

therapy before each prescription is filled 

or delivered to a Medicaid patient. This 

review includes screening for potential 

drug therapy problems due to 

therapeutic duplication, drug-disease 

contraindications, drug-drug 

interactions, incorrect drug dosage or 

duration of drug treatment, drug-allergy 

interactions, and clinical abuse/misuse. 

Pharmacists must make a reasonable 

effort to obtain, record, and maintain 

Medicaid patient profiles. These profiles 

must reflect at least the patient’s name, 

address, telephone number, date of 

birth/age, gender, history, e.g., allergies, 

drug reactions, list of medications, and 

pharmacist’s comments relevant to the 

individual’s drug therapy. 

The State must conduct RetroDUR 

which provides for the ongoing periodic 

examination of claims data and other 

records in order to identify patterns of 

fraud, abuse, inappropriate or medically 

unnecessary care. Patterns or trends of 

drug therapy problems are identified 

and reviewed to determine the need for 

intervention activity with pharmacists 

and/or physicians. States may conduct 

interventions via telephone, 

correspondence, or face-to-face contact. 

Annual reports are submitted to CMS 

for the purposes of monitoring 

compliance and evaluating the progress 

of States’ DUR programs. The 

information submitted by States is 

reviewed and results are compiled by 

CMS in a format intended to provide 

information, comparisons and trends 

related to States’ experiences with DUR. 

The States benefit from the information 

and may enhance their programs each 

year based on State reported innovative 

practices that are compiled by CMS 

from the DUR annual reports. Form 

Number: CMS–R–153 (OMB control 

number: 0938–0659); Frequency: Yearly, 

quarterly, and occasionally; Affected 

Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments; Number of Respondents: 

51; Total Annual Responses: 663; Total 

Annual Hours: 41,004. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Emeka Egwim at 410–786– 

1092.) 

Dated: July 12, 2018. 

William N. Parham, III, 

Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office 

of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Community Living 

Notice of Intent To Award a Single 

Supplement to the National 

Association of Area Agencies on 

Aging 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to award a 

single supplement to the National 

Association of Area Agencies on Aging. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Community Living (ACL) is announcing 

supplemental funding for the National 

Resource Center for Engaging Older 

Adults program. The National Resource 

Center for Engaging Older Adults 

program works to identify and 

disseminate information about emerging 

trends, resources, and replication 

strategies that the Aging Network can 

use and tailor in their communities to 

support the engagement of older adults. 

The purpose of this announcement is to 

award supplemental funds to the 

National Association of Area Agencies 

on Aging to support staff and the 

development of enhanced resources and 

tools to support the Aging Network. 


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Program Name: The National 

Resource Center for Engaging Older 

Adults. 

Award Amount: $62,000. 

Budget Period: 9/1/2018 to 8/31/2019. 

Award Type: Cooperative Agreement. 

Statutory Authority: The statutory 

authority for grants under this notice is 

contained in Title IV of the Older 

Americans Act (OAA) (42U.S.C. 3032), 

as amended by the Older Americans Act 

Amendments of 2006. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.048 

Discretionary Projects. 

I. Program Description 

The Administration on Aging, an 

agency of the U.S. Administration for 

Community Living, established the 

Engagement and Older Adults Resource 

Center to better ensure that the Aging 

Network has the tools and resources 

necessary for the development of 

programs that provide older adults 

effective ways to stay socially engaged. 

Through myriad approaches such as a 

website, webinars, fact sheets, and other 

materials the project is identifying, 

synthesizing, and disseminating 

innovative social engagements practices 

and programming. 

II. Justification for the Supplemental 

Funding 

In recent years with growing research 

demonstrating the correlation between 

social engagement and healthy aging, 

there has been an increase in the Aging 

Network’s desire to seek new and 

innovative approaches to assist older 

adults remain active and engaged in the 

community. The Resource Center has 

been conducting webinars and 

identifying engagement resources to 

highlight on the Center’s website, but 

there is a need for the project to 

accelerate the development of tools and 

resources, such as best practice profiles, 

fact sheets, and toolkits, to meet the 

needs of the Aging Network. The 

supplemental funding will be used to 

support additional staff to more rapidly 

identify successful engagement 

programs and strategies that can be 

shared with the aging network via the 

website, webinars, and other written 

products. 

III. Eligible Applicants: Current 

Grantee 

Evaluation Criteria: ACL will use the 

following evaluation criteria to ensure 

that proposed activities are within the 

approved scope and budget of the grant: 

Approach 

Is the purpose of the funding clearly 

described? Does it reflect a coherent and 

feasible approach for successfully 

achieving the identified outcome(s)? Is 

the project work plan clear and 

comprehensive? Does it include sensible 

and feasible timeframes for the 

accomplishment of tasks presented? 

Budget 

Is the budget justified with respect to 

the adequacy and reasonableness of 

resources requested? Are budget line 

items clearly delineated and consistent 

with project objectives? 

Project Impact 

Are the expected project benefits/ 

results clear, realistic, and consistent 

with the objectives and purpose of the 

project? 

IV. Application Review Information 

Application will be reviewed by 

Federal staff. 

V. Agency Contact 

For further information or comments 

regarding this program expansion 

supplement, contact Sherri Clark, U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Administration for 

Community Living, Administration on 

Aging, Washington, DC 20201; 

telephone (202) 795–7327; email 

sherri.clark@acl.hhs.gov. 

Dated: July 6, 2018. 

Lance Robertson, 

Administrator and Assistant Secretary on 

Aging. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15194 Filed 7–16–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4154–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier OS–0990–0391] 

Agency Information Collection 

Request. 30-Day Public Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirement of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Secretary (OS), Department of Health 

and Human Services, is publishing the 

following summary of a proposed 

collection for public comment. 

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be 

received on or before August 16, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or via 

facsimile to (202) 395–5806. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sherrette Funn, Sherrette.Funn@hhs.gov 

or (202) 795–7714. When submitting 

comments or requesting information, 

please include the document identifier 

0990–0391 and Hospital Preparedness 

Program Data Collection for reference. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. 

Title of the Collection: Hospital 

Preparedness Program. 

Type of Collection: Extension. 

OMB No.: 0990–0391. 

Abstract: The Hospital Preparedness 

Program (HPP) within the Division of 

National Healthcare Preparedness 

Programs (NHPP), in the Office of 

Emergency Management (OEM), Office 

of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness 

and Response (ASPR), in the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services is seeking clearance by the 

Office of Management of Budget (OMB) 

for an extension on Generic Data 

Collection Form. The Generic Data 

Collection Form will serve as the 

foundation for assessment and 

evaluation for HPP stakeholders, 

recipients, and sub-recipient programs 

and performance under the HPP 

Cooperative Agreement (CA) Program. 

Program data are gathered from 

recipients for both ad-hoc episodic 

reporting as well as required reporting 

as part of the HPP Cooperative 

Agreement. Ad-hoc reporting includes 

but is not limited to Coalition 

Assessment Tool (CAT) Data Collection 

Tool, Impact Survey, HPP Partner 

Survey, CA after action reports, Ebola 

and Other Special Pathogens. Required 

reporting include Mid-Year and End-ofYear Progress Reports and other similar 

information collections (ICs) that 

account for recipient spending and 

program performance on all activities 

conducted in pursuit of achieving the 

HPP Cooperative Agreement goals. 

This generic data collection effort is 

crucial to HPP’s decision-making 

process regarding the continued 

existence, design and funding levels of 

this program. Results from these data 

analyses enable HPP to monitor health 

care emergency preparedness and 

progress towards national preparedness 

and response goals. HPP supports 


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