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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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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

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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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 https://

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–10882 The Medicare Advantage 

and Prescription Drug Programs: Part 

C and Part D Medicare Prescription 

Payment Plan Model Documents. 

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 

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: New collection (Request for a 

new OMB control number); Title of 

Information Collection: The Medicare 

Advantage and Prescription Drug 

Programs: Part C and Part D Medicare 

Prescription Payment Plan Model 

Documents; Use: Sections 1860D– 

2(b)(2)(E)(v)(II)–(IV) of the Act state the 

requirements for Part D sponsors and 

MA organizations in implementing the 

program, which include the processes 

for outreach to enrollees identified as 

likely to benefit, election, and 

termination. Subsection II states that 

any Part D enrollee may elect into the 

program prior to (aa) or during (bb) the 

plan year. Subsection III details that 

PDP sponsors and MA organizations 

must have a mechanism in place to 

inform enrollees that they are likely to 

benefit from electing into the program at 

the point of sale (POS). Subsection 

IV(aa) states that plans must terminate 

a beneficiary’s participation in the 

program when the beneficiary fails to 

pay the amounts owed under this 

program. 

CMS has developed the six materials 

in the attached package as model 

notices in order to provide standardized 

and consistent language for potential 

and active program participants, 

regardless of which Part D plan they 

may be enrolled in. CMS will require 

Part D plans to disseminate these 

notices, as appropriate, to Part D 

enrollees to fulfill the requirements of 

the Sections 1860D–2(b)(2)(E)(v)(II)–(IV) 

of the Act. Form Number: CMS–10882 

(OMB control number: 0938–New); 

Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: 

Private, Federal Government, Business 

or other for profits, Not-for-profits 

institutions; Number of Respondents: 

1,065; Total Annual Responses: 3,195; 

Total Annual Hours: 127,800. (For 

policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Michael Brown at 

(872) 287–1370 or michael.brown3@

cms.hhs.gov.) 

William N. Parham, III, 

Director, Division of Information Collections 

and Regulatory Impacts, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Generic Clearance for the 

Comprehensive Child Welfare 

Information System (CCWIS) Technical 

Assistance and Review Process (Office 

of Management and Budget #: 0970– 

0568) 

AGENCY: Children’s Bureau, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Children’s Bureau (CB), 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) is 

requesting a 3-year extension of the 

Generic Clearance for the 

Comprehensive Child Welfare 

Information System (CCWIS) Technical 

Assistance (TA) and Review Process, 

(OMB #0970–0568, expiration 4/30/ 

2024) and all approved information 

collections under this generic. There are 

no changes requested to the terms of the 

umbrella generic or to the currently 

approved information collections. 

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of 

publication. In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting 

public comment on the specific aspects 

of the information collection described 

above. 

ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the 

proposed collection of information and 

submit comments by emailing info

collection@acf.hhs.gov. Identify all 

requests by the title of the information 

collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: The CCWIS Technical 

Assistance and Review information 

collection includes two components. 

The CCWIS Assessment Review 

(CAR) Process. 

TA tools for title IV–E agencies to selfassess their conformity to CCWIS 

project and design requirements at 45 

CFR 1355.52–3; The CCWIS 

requirements at 45 CFR 1355.55 require 

the review, assessment, and inspection 

of the planning, design, development, 

installation, operation, and maintenance 

of each CCWIS project on a continuing 

basis. The Advance Planning Document 

(APD) regulations at 45 CFR 95.621 

require periodic reviews of state and 

local agency methods and practices to 

ensure information systems, including 

CCWIS, are utilized for purposes 


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