17068 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 57 / Friday, March 23, 2012 / Notices 

Dated: March 19, 2012. 

Ron A. Otten, 

Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office 

of the Associate Director for Science (OADS), 

Office of the Director, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–179 and CMS– 

R–74] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS), Department of Health 

and Human Services, is publishing the 

following summary of proposed 

collections for public comment. 

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 function; 

(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. 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: State Plan 

Under Title XIX of the Social Security 

Act (Base plan pages, Attachments, 

Supplements to attachments); Use: State 

Medicaid agencies complete the plan 

pages and CMS reviews the information 

to determine if the State has met all of 

the provisions that the State has chosen 

to implement. If the requirements are 

met, CMS will approve the amendments 

to the State’s Medicaid plan giving the 

State the authority to implement the 

flexibilities. For a State to receive 

Medicaid Title XIX funding, there must 

be an approved Title XIX State plan. In 

addition to the revisions associated with 

the 60-day notice that published on 

December 16, 2011 (76 FR 78264), 

additional changes have been made to 

the Pre-Print (Attachment 4.19–B) 

subsequent to the publication of that 

notice; Form Number: CMS–179 (OCN 

0938–0193); Frequency: Occasionally; 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments; Number of Respondents: 

56; Total Annual Responses: 1,120; 

Total Annual Hours: 400. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Falecia Smith at 202–260–5991. 

For all other issues call 410–786–1326.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Income and 

Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) 

Reporting and Supporting Regulations 

Contained in 42 CFR 431.17, 431.306, 

435.910, 435.920, and 435.940–960; 

Use: The information collected is used 

to verify the income and eligibility of 

Medicaid applicants and recipients, as 

required by section 1137 of the Social 

Security Act. Under Section 1137, States 

must request applicants’ Social Security 

Numbers and use that number to verify 

the income and eligibility information 

contained on each application through 

data matches with specified agencies 

and entities. The State must use 

information collected by unemployment 

compensation agencies and the Internal 

Revenue Service to the extent useful. 

The Qualifying Individual Program 

Supplemental Funding Act of 2008 

amended section 1903(r) of the Social 

Security Act to incorporate the 

requirement that States include data 

matching through the Public Assistance 

Reporting Information System (PARIS) 

in their Income and Eligibility 

Verification Systems (IEVS). PARIS is a 

system for matching data from certain 

public assistance programs, including 

State Medicaid programs, with selected 

Federal and State data for purposes of 

facilitating appropriate enrollment and 

retention in public programs. States are 

required to sign an agreement to 

participate in PARIS as a condition of 

receiving Medicaid funding for 

automated data systems (including the 

Medicaid Management Information 

System). 

States can use the PARIS data match 

to ensure that individuals enrolled in 

Medicaid or other public assistance 

benefits in one State are not receiving 

duplicate benefits based on 

simultaneous enrollment in the 

Medicaid program or other public 

benefit programs in another State. In 

certain circumstances, PARIS may also 

be used as a tool to identify individuals 

who have not applied for Medicaid 

coverage, but who may be eligible based 

on their income. 

Subsequent to the publication of the 

60-day notice that published on January 

4, 2012 (77 FR 291), a State Plan 

Amendment template has been added to 

the PRA package and the burden 

estimate and Supporting Statement have 

been revised; Form Number: CMS–R–74 

(OCN 0938–0467); Frequency: Monthly; 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments; Number of Respondents: 

54; Total Annual Responses: 54; Total 

Annual Hours: 134,865. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Barbara Washington at 410– 

786–9964. For all other issues call 410– 

786–1326.) 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access CMS Web site 

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

PaperworkReductionActof1995, or 

Email your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and CMS document identifier, to 

Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the 

Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786– 

1326. 

To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collections must 

be received by the OMB desk officer at 

the address below, no later than 5 p.m. 

on April 23, 2012. 

OMB, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk 

Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395–6974, 

Email: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: March 19, 2012. 

Martique Jones, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Division-B, Office of Strategic Operations and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–2901–FN] 

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; 

Approval of the Application by the 

American Association for 

Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery 

Facilities for Deeming Authority for 

Rural Health Clinics 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Final notice. 

SUMMARY: This final notice announces 

our decision to approve the American 

Association for Accreditation of 

Ambulatory Surgery Facilities 


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