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in advance of the meeting, to Rashaun 

Roberts, Ph.D., Designated Federal 

Officer, National Center for 

Occupational Safety and Health, Centers 

for Disease and Prevention, 1090 

Tusculum Avenue, Mailstop C–24, 

Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, Telephone: 

(513) 533–6800; Email: ocas@cdc.gov. 

Written comments received in advance 

of the meeting will be included in the 

official record of the meeting. 

The Director, Office of Strategic 

Business Initiatives, Office of the Chief 

Operating Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention, has been 

delegated the authority to sign Federal 

Register notices pertaining to 

announcements of meetings and other 

committee management activities, for 

both the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Kalwant Smagh, 

Director, Office of Strategic Business 

Initiatives, Office of the Chief Operating 

Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Disease, Disability, and Injury 

Prevention and Control Special 

Emphasis Panel (SEP)—RFA–IP–24– 

046, Nationwide Cohort To Estimate 

Burden of Respiratory Viruses and 

Immunologic Response (Blood Donor 

Cohort); Amended Notice of Closed 

Meeting 

Notice is hereby given of a change in 

the closed meeting of the Disease, 

Disability, and Injury Prevention and 

Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP)— 

RFA–IP–24–046, Nationwide Cohort to 

Estimate Burden of Respiratory Viruses 

and Immunologic Response (Blood 

Donor Cohort); April 11–12, 2024, 10 

a.m.–5 p.m., EDT, videoconference, in 

the original Federal Register notice. The 

meeting notice was published in the 

Federal Register on January 16, 2024, 

Volume 89, Number 10, pages 2618– 

2619. 

The notice is being amended to 

change the meeting dates to a one-day 

meeting and should read as follows: 

Name of Committee: Disease, 

Disability, and Injury Prevention and 

Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP)— 

RFA–IP–24–046, Nationwide Cohort to 

Estimate Burden of Respiratory Viruses 

and Immunologic Response (Blood 

Donor Cohort). 

Date: April 11, 2024. 

Time: 10 a.m.–5 p.m., EDT. 

The meeting is closed to the public. 

For Further Information Contact: 

Gregory Anderson, M.S., M.P.H., 

Scientific Review Officer, National 

Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, 

and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 

Road NE, Mailstop H24–6, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30329–4027. Telephone: (404) 

718–8833; Email: GAnderson@cdc.gov. 

The Director, Office of Strategic 

Business Initiatives, Office of the Chief 

Operating Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention, has been 

delegated the authority to sign Federal 

Register notices pertaining to 

announcements of meetings and other 

committee management activities, for 

both the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Kalwant Smagh, 

Director, Office of Strategic Business 

Initiatives, Office of the Chief Operating 

Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifiers: CMS–10706 and 

CMS–10526] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Health and Human 

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 

60 days for public comment on the 

proposed action. Interested persons are 

invited to send comments regarding our 

burden estimates 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 must be received by 

April 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: When commenting, please 

reference the document identifier or 

OMB control number. To be assured 

consideration, comments and 

recommendations must be submitted in 

any one of the following ways: 

1. Electronically. You may send your 

comments electronically to http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for ‘‘Comment or 

Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’ 

to find the information collection 

document(s) that are accepting 

comments. 

2. By regular mail. You may mail 

written comments to the following 

address: CMS, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs, 

Division of Regulations Development, 

Attention: Document Identifier/OMB 

Control Number: ll, Room C4–26–05, 

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21244–1850. 

To obtain copies of a supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed collection(s) summarized in 

this notice, please access the CMS PRA 

website by copying and pasting the 

following web address into your web 

browser: https://www.cms.gov/ 

Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/

PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William N. Parham at (410) 786–4669. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Contents 

This notice sets out a summary of the 

use and burden associated with the 

following information collections. More 

detailed information can be found in 

each collection’s supporting statement 

and associated materials (see 

ADDRESSES). 

CMS–10706 Generic Clearance for the 

Center for Clinical Standards and 

Quality IT Product and Support 

Teams 

CMS–10526 Cost-sharing Reduction 

Reconciliation 

Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), federal agencies must obtain 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 


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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 

requires federal agencies to publish a 

60-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. 

Information Collection 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved information collection; Title 

of Information Collection: Generic 

Clearance for the Center for Clinical 

Standards and Quality IT Product and 

Support Teams; Use: The CMS Center 

for Clinical Standards and Quality 

(CCSQ) is responsible for administering 

appropriate information systems so that 

the public can submit healthcare-related 

information. While beneficiaries 

ultimately benefit, the primary users of 

CCSQ IT Product and Support Teams 

(CIPST) systems are healthcare facility 

employees and contractors. They are 

responsible for the collection and 

submission of appropriate beneficiary 

data to CMS to receive merit-based 

compensation. 

The systems that support CCSQ 

programs includes but is not limited to: 

End-Stage Renal Disease Quality 

Reporting System (EQRS), Enterprise 

Shared Services (ESS), HCQIS 

ServiceNow (SNOW), Hospital Quality 

Reporting (HQR), Quality Improvement 

and Evaluation System (iQIES), Quality 

Management and Reporting System 

(QMARS), and Quality Payment 

Program (QPP). 

The generic clearance will allow CMS 

to gather information to improve 

information systems that serve CMS 

audiences. CMS will gather this 

information using a mixture of 

qualitative and quantitative consumer 

research strategies (including formative 

research studies and methodological 

tests). CMS implements human-centered 

methods and activities for the 

improvement of policies, services, and 

products. This collection of information 

is necessary to enable CMS to garner 

customer and stakeholder feedback in 

an efficient, timely manner, in 

accordance with our commitment to 

improving service delivery. 

As information systems and 

technologies are developed or improved 

upon, they can be tested and evaluated 

for end-user feedback regarding utility, 

usability, and desirability. The overall 

goal is to apply a human-centered 

engagement model to maximize the 

extent to which CIPST can gather 

ongoing feedback from consumers. 

Feedback helps engineers and designers 

arrive at better solutions, therefore 

minimizing the burden on consumers 

and meeting their needs and goals. 

The activities under this clearance 

involve voluntary engagement with 

target CCSQ users to receive design and 

research feedback. The respondents will 

be voluntary end-users from selfselected customers, as well as 

convenience samples. It is our intent 

that selected respondents will either 

cover a broad range of customers or 

include specific characteristics related 

to certain products or services. All 

collections of information will allow us 

to continually refine our processes, 

systems, and services for the benefit of 

internal and external stakeholders. Form 

Number: CMS–10706 (OMB control 

number: 0938–1397); Frequency: 

Occasionally; Affected Public: 

Individuals and Private Sector (Business 

or other for-profit and Not-for-profit 

institutions); Number of Respondents: 

54,750; Total Annual Responses: 

54,750; Total Annual Hours: 17,850. 

(For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Brandy Barnette at 

410–786–6455). 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Cost-Sharing 

Reduction Reconciliation Use: Under 

established Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) regulations, 

although cost-sharing reduction (CSR) 

payments are not being advanced to 

qualified health plan (QHP) issuers at 

the present time, issuers are still 

permitted to submit data that compares 

the CSR-eligible enrollment for each 

issuer with their actual CSRs provided 

by the issuer for covered services for 

each eligible enrollee in a benefit year. 

HHS will compare this CSR-eligible 

enrollment with the actual CSRs 

provided by the issuers that participate 

in the optional data submission window 

to verify the issuer’s reporting of CSRs 

provided. This revised collection does 

not add any data elements and 

continues to make summary plan level 

reporting optional. 

Based upon CMS’ experience in the 

CSR data collection and evaluation 

process, CMS is not making any 

substantive changes to this information 

collection. The only changes are to 

update the number of policies issuers 

will report data for, based on the most 

recent enrollment numbers in CSR plan 

variants as of June 15, 2023. There are 

no programmatic changes. The CSR 

Issuer Summary Report and Standard 

Methodology Template Plan and Policy 

Report remain the same. Form Number: 

CMS–10526 (OMB control number: 

0938–1266); Frequency: Annually; 

Affected Public: Private Sector, Business 

or other for-profit and not-for-profit 

institutions; Number of Respondents: 

150; Number of Responses: 150; Total 

Annual Hours: 2,362.5. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection, 

contact Deborah Noymer at 301–448– 

3755.) 

William N. Parham, III, 

Director, Division of Information Collections 

and Regulatory Impacts, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs. 

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HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10882] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Health and Human 

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 

60 days for public comment on the 

proposed action. Interested persons are 

invited to send comments regarding our 

burden estimates 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. 


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