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The forms and model plans support 

the States and Territories in meeting the 

statutory requirement and provide a 

consistent set of tools for information 

collection on the grants’ use for each 

State, as well as grant wide. The State 

and Territory reports are congregated 

and analyzed and, in turn, comprise the 

SSBG Annual Report. The data informs 

the program’s performance and 

efficiency measures for program impact 

and efficacy. 

OCS is proposing to make minor 

editorial modifications to some column 

titles in the Pre- and Post-Expenditure 

Reports, for clarification. 

Respondents: Agencies that 

administer SSBG at the State or 

Territory level, including the 50 States; 

the District of Columbia; the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and the 

Territories of American Samoa, Guam, 

the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the 

Commonwealth of Northern Mariana 

Islands. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Total 

number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Annual 

burden 

hours 

Pre-Expenditure Report Form ......................................................................... 57 1 2 114 

Intended Use Plan ........................................................................................... 57 1 40 2,280 

Post-Expenditure Reporting Form ................................................................... 57 1 110 6,270 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours ..................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 8,664 

Comments: The Department 

specifically requests comments on (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information; (c) the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. Consideration will be given 

to comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1397–1397e. 

Mary B. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25712 Filed 11–20–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Solicitation of Nominations for 

Membership on the Secretary’s 

Advisory Committee on Human 

Research Protections 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Health, Office for Human 

Research Protections, Office of the 

Secretary, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office for Human 

Research Protections (OHRP), a program 

office in the Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Health, Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS), is 

seeking nominations of qualified 

candidates to be considered for 

appointment as members of the 

Secretary’s Advisory Committee on 

Human Research Protections (SACHRP). 

SACHRP provides advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary, HHS 

(Secretary), through the Assistant 

Secretary for Health, on matters 

pertaining to the continuance and 

improvement of functions within the 

authority of HHS directed toward 

protections for human subjects in 

research. SACHRP was established by 

the Secretary on October 1, 2002. OHRP 

is seeking nominations of qualified 

candidates to fill three positions on the 

Committee membership that will be 

vacated during the 2024 calendar year. 

DATES: Nominations for membership on 

the Committee must be received no later 

than (60 days). 

ADDRESSES: Nominations may be 

emailed to SACHRP@hhs.gov. 

Nominations may also be mailed or 

delivered to Julia Gorey, Executive 

Director, SACHRP, Office for Human 

Research Protections, Department of 

Health and Human Services, 1101 

Wootton Parkway, Suite 200, Rockville, 

MD 20852. Nominations will not be 

accepted by facsimile. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia 

Gorey, Executive Director, SACHRP, 

Office for Human Research Protections, 

1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 200, 

Rockville, MD 20852, telephone: 240– 

453–8141. A copy of the Committee 

charter and list of the current members 

can be obtained by contacting Ms. 

Gorey, accessing the SACHRP website at 

www.hhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp, or 

requesting via email at sachrp@hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee provides advice on matters 

pertaining to the continuance and 

improvement of functions within the 

authority of HHS directed toward 

protections for human subjects in 

research. Specifically, the Committee 

provides advice relating to the 

responsible conduct of research 

involving human subjects with 

particular emphasis on special 

populations such as neonates and 

children, prisoners, the decisionally 

impaired, pregnant women, embryos 

and fetuses, economically and 

educationally disadvantaged 

populations, individuals and 

populations in international studies, 

investigator conflicts of interest and 

populations in which there are 

individually identifiable samples, data 

or information. 

In addition, the Committee is 

responsible for reviewing selected 

ongoing work and planned activities of 

the OHRP and other offices/agencies 

within HHS responsible for human 

subjects protection. 

Nominations: The OHRP is requesting 

nominations to fill two positions for 

voting members of SACHRP. 

Nominations of potential candidates for 

consideration are being sought from a 

wide array of fields, including, but not 

limited to public health and medicine, 

behavioral and social sciences, patient 

advocacy, health administration, and 

biomedical ethics. To qualify for 

consideration of appointment to the 

Committee, an individual must possess 

demonstrated experience and expertise 

in any of the several disciplines and 

fields pertinent to human subjects 

protection and/or clinical research. 

The individuals selected for 

appointment to the Committee can be 

invited to serve a term of up to four 

years. Committee members receive a 


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stipend and reimbursement for per diem 

and any travel expenses incurred for 

attending Committee meetings and/or 

conducting other business in the 

interest of the Committee. Interested 

applicants may self-nominate. 

The following information should be 

included in the package of material 

submitted for each individual being 

nominated for consideration: (1) A letter 

of nomination that clearly states the 

name and affiliation of the nominee, the 

basis for the nomination (i.e., specific 

attributes which qualify the nominee for 

service in this capacity), and a statement 

that the nominee is willing to serve as 

a member of the Committee; (2) the 

nominator’s name, address, daytime 

telephone number, and the home and/ 

or work address, telephone number, and 

email address of the individual being 

nominated; and (3) a current copy of the 

nominee’s curriculum vitae. Federal 

employees should not be nominated for 

consideration of appointment to this 

Committee. 

The Department makes every effort to 

ensure that the membership of HHS 

Federal advisory committees is fairly 

balanced in terms of points of view 

represented and the committee’s 

function. Every effort is made to ensure 

that individuals from a broad 

representation of geographic areas, 

women and men, ethnic and minority 

groups, and the disabled are given 

consideration for membership on HHS 

Federal advisory committees. 

Appointment to this Committee shall be 

made without discrimination on the 

basis of age, race, ethnicity, gender, 

sexual orientation, disability, and 

cultural, religious, or socioeconomic 

status. 

Individuals who are selected to be 

considered for appointment will be 

required to provide detailed information 

regarding their financial holdings, 

consultancies, and research grants or 

contracts. Disclosure of this information 

is necessary in order to determine if the 

selected candidate is involved in any 

activity that may pose a potential 

conflict with the official duties to be 

performed as a member of SACHRP. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 217a, section 222 

of the Public Health Service Act, as 

amended. The Committee is governed 

by the provisions of Public Law 92–463, 

as amended (5 U.S.C. appendix 2), 

which sets forth standards for the 

formation and use of advisory 

committees. 

Julia Gorey, 

Executive Director, Secretary’s Advisory 

Committee on Human Research, Protections, 

Office for Human Research Protections. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25742 Filed 11–20–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

Federal Financial Participation in State 

Assistance Expenditures; Federal 

Matching Shares for Medicaid, the 

Children’s Health Insurance Program, 

and Aid to Needy Aged, Blind, or 

Disabled Persons for October 1, 2024, 

Through September 30, 2025 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Medical 

Assistance Percentages (FMAP), 

Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance 

Percentages (eFMAP), and disasterrecovery FMAP adjustments for fiscal 

year 2025 have been calculated 

pursuant to the Social Security Act (the 

Act). These percentages will be effective 

from October 1, 2024, through 

September 30, 2025. This notice 

announces the calculated FMAP rates, 

in accordance with the Act, that the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) will use in determining 

the amount of Federal matching for state 

medical assistance (Medicaid), 

Temporary Assistance for Needy 

Families (TANF) Contingency Funds, 

Child Support collections, Child Care 

Mandatory and Matching Funds of the 

Child Care and Development Fund, 

Title IV–E Foster Care Maintenance 

payments, Adoption Assistance 

payments and Kinship Guardianship 

Assistance payments, and the eFMAP 

rates for the Children’s Health Insurance 

Program (CHIP) expenditures. Table 1 

gives figures for each of the 50 states, 

the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 

the Virgin Islands, Guam, American 

Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands. This notice 

reminds states of adjustments available 

for states meeting requirements for 

disproportionate employer pension or 

insurance fund contributions and 

adjustments for disaster recovery. At 

this time, no state qualifies for such 

adjustments, and territories are not 

eligible. 

DATES: The percentages listed in Table 

1 will be effective for each of the four 

quarter-year periods beginning October 

1, 2024, and ending September 30, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amelia Whitman, Office of Health 

Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Planning and Evaluation, Room 

447D—Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 

200 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20201, (202) 578–1478. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Programs 

under titles IV, XIX and XXI of the Act 

exist in each jurisdiction. Programs 

under titles I, X, and XIV operate only 

in Guam and the Virgin Islands, and a 

program under title XVI (Aid to the 

Aged, Blind, or Disabled) operates only 

in Puerto Rico. The percentages in this 

notice apply to state expenditures for 

most medical assistance and child 

health assistance, and assistance 

payments for certain social services. The 

Act provides separately for Federal 

matching of administrative costs. 

Sections 1905(b) and 1101(a)(8)(B) of 

the Social Security Act (the Act) require 

the Secretary of HHS to publish the 

FMAP rates each year. The Secretary 

calculates the percentages, using 

formulas in sections 1905(b) and 

1101(a)(8), and calculations by the 

Department of Commerce of average 

income per person in each state and for 

the United States (meaning, for this 

purpose, the fifty states and the District 

of Columbia). The percentages must fall 

within the upper and lower limits 

specified in section 1905(b) of the Act. 

The percentages for the District of 

Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin 

Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and 

the Northern Mariana Islands are 

specified in statute, and thus are not 

based on the statutory formula that 

determines the percentages for the 50 

states. 

Federal Medical Assistance Percentage 

(FMAP) 

Section 1905(b) of the Act specifies 

the formula for calculating FMAPs as 

follows: 

‘‘ ‘‘Federal medical assistance 

percentage’’ for any state shall be 100 

per centum less the state percentage; 

and the state percentage shall be that 

percentage which bears the same ratio to 

45 per centum as the square of the per 

capita income of such state bears to the 

square of the per capita income of the 

continental United States (including 

Alaska) and Hawaii; except that (1) the 

Federal medical assistance percentage 

shall in no case be less than 50 per 

centum or more than 83 per centum’’. 

Section 1905(b) further specifies that 

the FMAP for Puerto Rico, the Virgin 

Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana 

Islands, and American Samoa shall be 

55 percent. 


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