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identifying the national accrediting 

body making the request, describing the 

nature of the request, and providing at 

least a 30-day public comment period. 

We have 210 days from the receipt of a 

complete application to publish notice 

of approval or denial of the application. 

The purpose of this proposed notice 

is to inform the public of TJC’s request 

for CMS-approval of its psychiatric 

hospital accreditation program. This 

notice also solicits public comment on 

whether TJC’s requirements meet or 

exceed the Medicare conditions of 

participation (CoPs) for psychiatric 

hospitals. 

B. Evaluation of Deeming Authority 

Request 

TJC submitted all the necessary 

materials to enable us to make a 

determination concerning its request for 

CMS-approval of its psychiatric hospital 

accreditation program. This application 

was determined to be complete on July 

30, 2018. Under section 1865(a)(2) of the 

Act and our regulations at § 488.5 

(Application and re-application 

procedures for national accrediting 

organizations), our review and 

evaluation of TJC will be conducted in 

accordance with, but not necessarily 

limited to, the following factors: 

• The equivalency of TJC’s standards 

for psychiatric hospitals as compared 

with CMS’ psychiatric hospital CoPs. 

• TJC’s survey process to determine 

the following: 

++ The composition of the survey 

team, surveyor qualifications, and the 

ability of the organization to provide 

continuing surveyor training. 

++ The comparability of TJC’s 

processes to those of State agencies, 

including survey frequency, and the 

ability to investigate and respond 

appropriately to complaints against 

accredited facilities. 

++ TJC’s processes and procedures 

for monitoring a psychiatric hospital 

found out of compliance with the TJC’s 

program requirements. These 

monitoring procedures are used only 

when TJC identifies noncompliance. If 

noncompliance is identified through 

validation reviews or complaint 

surveys, the state survey agency 

monitors corrections as specified at 

§ 488.9(c). 

++ TJC’s capacity to report 

deficiencies to the surveyed facilities 

and respond to the facility’s plan of 

correction in a timely manner. 

++ TJC’s capacity to provide CMS 

with electronic data and reports 

necessary for effective validation and 

assessment of the organization’s survey 

process. 

++ The adequacy of TJC’s staff and 

other resources, and its financial 

viability. 

++ TJC’s capacity to adequately fund 

required surveys. 

++ TJC’s policies with respect to 

whether surveys are announced or 

unannounced, to assure that surveys are 

unannounced. 

++ TJC’s agreement to provide CMS 

with a copy of the most current 

accreditation survey together with any 

other information related to the survey 

as CMS may require (including 

corrective action plans). 

III. Collection of Information 

Requirements 

This document does not impose 

information collection requirements, 

that is, reporting, recordkeeping or 

third-party disclosure requirements. 

Consequently, there is no need for 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget under the authority of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

IV. Response to Comments 

Because of the large number of public 

comments we normally receive on 

Federal Register documents, we are not 

able to acknowledge or respond to them 

individually. We will consider all 

comments we receive by the date and 

time specified in the DATES section of 

this preamble, and, when we proceed 

with a subsequent document, we will 

respond to the comments in the 

preamble to that document. 

Upon completion of our evaluation, 

including evaluation of comments 

received as a result of this notice, we 

will publish a final notice in the Federal 

Register announcing the result of our 

evaluation. 

V. Regulatory Impact Statement 

This proposed notice does not impose 

any regulatory impact. 

In accordance with the provisions of 

Executive Order 12866, this regulation 

was not reviewed by the Office of 

Management and Budget. 

Dated: August 6, 2018. 

Seema Verma, 

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Title: Evaluation of Domestic Victims 

of Human Trafficking Program. 

OMB No.: 0970–0487. 

Description: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) is proposing data 

collection as part of the study, 

‘‘Evaluation of the Domestic Victims of 

Human Trafficking (DVHT) Program’’. 

This notice addresses the cross-site 

process evaluation to be conducted with 

the 13 FY 2016 DVHT grantees who 

were awarded 3-year cooperative 

agreements by the Office of Trafficking 

in Persons (OTIP). The intent of the 

DVHT Program is to build, expand, and 

sustain organizational and community 

capacity to deliver trauma-informed, 

strength-based, and victim-centered 

services for domestic victims of severe 

forms of human trafficking through 

coordinated case management, a system 

of referrals and the formation of 

community partnerships. 

The objective of the evaluation is to 

describe the ways in which projects 

achieve the goals of the DVHT Program 

and examine types of models that serve 

victims of human trafficking. Evaluation 

questions are focused on understanding 

project and service delivery models, 

process, and implementation; including 

partnership and collaboration 

development; services offered to and 

received by victims, strategies to 

identify and engage survivors; ways 

projects define and monitor program 

successes and outcomes; and program 

challenges, achievements, and lessons 

learned. Information from the 

evaluation will assist federal, state, and 

community policymakers and funders 

in making decisions about future 

program models to serve domestic 

victims of human trafficking, as well as 

to refine evaluation strategies for future 

programs targeting trafficking victims. 

The evaluation of the DVHT Program 

will document and describe grantees’ 

projects and implementation 

approaches, including their service 

models and community partners; 

services provided to clients (i.e., victims 

of severe forms of human trafficking); 

service delivery practices; strategies to 

meet survivors’ immediate and longterm housing needs; and approaches to 

engaging survivors in program 

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Primary data for the evaluation will 

be collected via surveys with project 

directors, case managers, and key 

community partners; and semistructured qualitative interviews, 

including telephone interviews with 

project directors, in-person interviews 

with select project staff, survivor 

leaders, and program partners, and 

individual interviews with program 

clients. Interviews from multiple 

perspectives will enhance the 

government’s understanding of 

appropriate service models and practice 

strategies for identifying, engaging, and 

meeting the needs of diverse 

populations of victims of severe forms 

of human trafficking. Data collection 

will take place after receiving OMB 

approval through March 2020. 

Data collection for an exploratory 

evaluation of the DVHT FY15 grantees 

(‘‘Domestic Human Trafficking 

Demonstration Projects’’) is being 

conducted under a prior Information 

Collection Request under 0970–0487. 

The data have provided insight into 

approaches grantees used to enhance 

organizational and community capacity, 

identify domestic victims, and deliver 

case management and direct services in 

collaboration with their community 

partners. The currently proposed data 

collection for DVHT FY16 will build on 

this earlier data collection for the DVHT 

FY15 study to understand strategies and 

program models implemented by the 

grantees in various program contexts. 

All data collection approved for DVHT 

FY15 is complete. 

Respondents: Project directors, case 

managers, survivor leaders, other select 

project staff, key community partners, 

and clients. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Total 

number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

Project Director Survey ........................................................ 13 7 1 .5 4 

Partner Survey ..................................................................... 260 130 1 .25 33 

Case Manager Survey ......................................................... 130 65 1 .33 21 

Project Director Interview #1 ............................................... 13 7 1 2 14 

Project Director Interview #2 ............................................... 13 7 1 1.5 11 

Site Visit Interview Guide ..................................................... 136 68 1 1.5 102 

Client Interview Guide .......................................................... 40 20 1 1 20 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 205. 

Additional Information: Copies of the 

proposed collection may be obtained by 

writing to the Administration for 

Children and Families, Office of 

Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 

C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201, 

Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. 

All requests should be identified by the 

title of the information collection. Email 

address: OPREinfocollection@

acf.hhs.gov. 

OMB Comment: OMB is required to 

make a decision concerning the 

collection of information between 30 

and 60 days after publication of this 

document in the Federal Register. 

Therefore, a comment is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication. Written 

comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collection should 

be sent directly to the following: Office 

of Management and Budget, Paperwork 

Reduction Project, Email: OIRA_

SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn: 

Desk Officer for the Administration for 

Children and Families. 

Emily B. Jabbour, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Title: 2019 National Survey of Early 

Care and Education 

OMB No.: 0970–0391 

Description: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), is proposing a data 

collection activity as part of the 

National Survey of Early Care and 

Education (NSECE) which will be 

conducted October 2018 through August 

2019. The objective of the NSECE is to 

document the nation’s current supply of 

early care and education services (that 

is, home-based providers, center-based 

providers, and the center-based provider 

workforce). The 2019 NSECE will 

collect information on child care and 

early education providers that serve 

families with children from birth to 13 

years in the country, as well as the early 

care and education (ECE) workforce 

providing these services. The proposed 

collection will consist of three 

coordinated nationally representative 

surveys: 

1. A survey of individuals providing 

care for children under the age of 13 in 

a residential setting (Home-based 

Provider Interview), 

2. a survey of providers of care to 

children ages 0 through 5 years of age 

(not yet in kindergarten) in a nonresidential setting (Center-based 

Provider Interview), and 

3. a survey conducted with 

individuals employed in center-based 

child care programs working directly 

with children in classrooms (Workforce 

Interview). 

Both the home-based and centerbased provider surveys will require a 

screener to determine eligibility for the 

main survey. 

The 2019 NSECE data collection 

efforts will provide urgently needed 

information about the supply of child 

care and early education available to 

families across all income levels, 

including providers serving low-income 

families of various racial, ethnic, 

language, and cultural backgrounds, in 

diverse geographic areas. The provider 

data will include programs that do or do 

not participate in the child care subsidy 

program, are regulated, registered, or 

otherwise appear in state or national 

lists and are home-based providers or 

center-based programs (e.g., private, 

community-based child care, Head 

Start, and state or local Pre-K). Accurate 

data on the availability and 

characteristics of early care and 

education programs are essential to 

assess the current and changing 

landscape of child care and early 

education programs since the 2012 

NSECE data collection, and to provide 


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