78876 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 187 / Thursday, September 26, 2024 / Notices 

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 

a second opportunity for public 

comment on the notice. Interested 

persons are invited to send comments 

regarding the burden estimate 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 on the collection(s) of 

information must be received by the 

OMB desk officer by October 28, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

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 Parham at (410) 786–4669. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (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 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)) requires federal agencies 

to publish a 30-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 that summarizes 

the following proposed collection(s) of 

information for public comment: 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Medicaid 

Managed Care and Supporting 

Regulations; Use: The collection of 

information request pertains to the 

attestation collection requirement at 42 

CFR 438.6(c)(2)(ii)(H), which requires 

that providers receiving payment under 

a State directed payment attest that they 

do not participate in any hold harmless 

arrangement for any health care-related 

tax as specified in § 433.68(f)(3) in 

which the State or other unit of 

government imposing the tax provides 

for any direct or indirect payment, 

offset, or waiver such that the provision 

of the payment, offset, or waiver directly 

or indirectly guarantees to hold the 

taxpayer harmless for all or any portion 

of the tax amount, and ensure either that 

(upon CMS request) such attestations 

are available, or that the State provides 

an explanation that is satisfactory to 

CMS about why specific providers are 

unable or unwilling to make such 

attestations. Form Number: CMS–10856 

(OMB control number: 0938–1453); 

Frequency: Yearly and once; Affected 

Public: Private sector and State, Local, 

or Tribal Governments; Number of 

Respondents: 1,088,094; Total Annual 

Responses: 1,088,138; Total Annual 

Hours: 145,523. (For questions regarding 

this collection contact Abigail Walker at 

410–786–1725.) 

William N. Parham, III 

Director, Division of Information Collections 

and Regulatory Impacts, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Community Living 

Announcing the Intent To Award a 

Single-Source Supplement for the 

Alternatives to Guardianship Youth 

Resource Center Cooperative 

Agreement 

AGENCY: Administration for Community 

Living, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Community Living (ACL) announces the 

intent to award a single-source 

supplement to the current cooperative 

agreement held by the University of 

Massachusetts for the Alternatives to 

Guardianship Youth Resource Center 

cooperative agreement. The purpose of 

this project is to divert high school 

students with intellectual and 

developmental disabilities (I/DD) away 

from guardianship to less restrictive 

decisional supports. The target audience 

for this information includes youth with 

I/DD, families and caregivers of high 

school students with I/DD, teachers, 

education administrators, advocates, 

vocational rehabilitation counselors, 

guidance counselors, and school district 

officials. The administrative supplement 

for FY 2024 will amount to $200,000, 

bringing the total award for FY 2024 to 

$500,000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dana Fink, 202–795–7604, dana.fink@

acl.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

supplementary funding will expand the 

Alternatives to Guardianship Youth 

Resource Center’s engagement and 

education efforts around diverting high 

school students with I/DD away from 

guardianship to less restrictive 

decisional supports. As a result of 

funding this Center, ACL expects that: 

• More students with I/DD will have 

more decisional options, such as Powers 

of Attorney, supported-decision-making, 

joint bank accounts, bill paying services, 

and medical or educational release 

forms, on completion of high school; 

• Fewer young adults with I/DD will 

be subject to guardianship; 

• The public will become more 

knowledgeable of alternatives to 

guardianship; and 

• Youth will become more 

independent by gaining job experience 

and personal responsibilities. 

This supplement will fund: 

• Support to enhance the engagement 

of youth advisory board members, 

including (1) a dedicated staff member 

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coordination and support and; (2) paid 

opportunities for youth advisory board 

members to be more deeply engaged in 

project activities. 

• Continued support for two 

additional staff members from grant 

partner Self-Advocates Becoming 

Empowered who have joined the youth 

ambassador training team. 

• Support for travel for youth 

ambassadors and youth advisors to 

participate in conference presentations. 

• Supervisory support for the youth 

trainer position that will begin. This 

youth trainer joined the Youth 

Ambassador workgroup and is a part of 

the training team that facilitates the 

third cohort of youth ambassadors from 

Texas, California, and New York. 

• Continued enhancement to the 

project website, which includes a 

dedicated page for each of the 40+ youth 

ambassadors, youth-friendly products 

and videos, and plain language 

documents. 

The administrative supplement for FY 

2024 will amount to $200,000, bringing 

the total award for FY 2024 to $500,000. 

Program Name: Center for Youth 

Voice Youth Choice (CYVYC) 

Alternatives to Guardianship Youth 

Resource Center. 

Recipient: University of 

Massachusetts, Boston. 

Period of Performance: The 

supplement award will be issued during 

the fifth year of the five-year project 

period of September 1, 2024, through 

August 31, 2025. 

Total Supplement Award Amount: 

$200,000. 

Award Type: Cooperative Agreement. 

Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 

15081(2). 

Basis for award: The University of 

Massachusetts is currently funded to 

carry out the CYVYC Project for the 

period of September 1, 2020 through 

August 31, 2025. Much work has 

already been completed and further 

tasks are currently being accomplished. 

It would be unnecessarily time 

consuming and disruptive to the 

CYVYC project and the beneficiaries 

being served for ACL to establish a new 

grantee at this time when critical 

services are presently being provided in 

an efficient manner. 

Dated: September 22, 2024. 

Alison Barkoff, 

Principal Deputy Administrator for the 

Administration for Community Living, 

performing the delegable duties of the 

Administrator and the Assistant Secretary for 

Aging. 

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BILLING CODE 4154–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Community Living 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Public Comment Request; 

ACL Administration on Aging Formula 

Grant Programs (OMB Control Number 

0985–New) 

AGENCY: Administration for Community 

Living, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Community Living (ACL) is announcing 

that the proposed collection of 

information listed above has been 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

clearance as required under section 

506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. This 30-day notice collects 

comments on the information collection 

requirements related to the proposed 

new information collection 

requirements relating to the ACL 

Administration on Aging Formula Grant 

Programs (OMB Control Number 0985– 

New). 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information must be submitted 

electronically by 11:59 p.m. (EST) or 

postmarked by October 28, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

and recommendations for the proposed 

information collection within 30 days of 

publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find the information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

By mail to the Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, New 

Executive Office Bldg., 725 17th St. NW, 

Rm. 10235, Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention: OMB Desk Officer for ACL. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adam Mosey, ACL Administration on 

Aging, phone: 202–795–7631 and email: 

Adam.Mosey@acl.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, ACL 

has submitted the following proposed 

collection of information to OMB for 

review and clearance. This 

announcement solicits comments on the 

ACL Administration on Aging Formula 

Grant Programs. As a center in the 

Administration for Community Living, 

the Administration on Aging (AoA) 

provides expertise on program 

development, advocacy, initiatives for 

older Americans, their caregivers, and 

families. Working with state agencies, 

local agencies, grantees, and community 

providers, AoA directs programs 

authorized by the Older Americans Act 

(OAA) of 1965 as amended (42 U.S.C 

3001 et seq.). The OAA provides the 

foundation for the National Aging 

Network, which includes ACL/AoA, 

state units on aging (SUA), area agencies 

on aging (AAA), Tribal organizations, 

service providers, and volunteers. SUAs 

are an integral part of the network 

responsible for developing and 

administering a multi-year state plan 

that advocates and aids older residents, 

their families, caregivers, and adults 

with disabilities. The Elder Justice Act 

(42 U.S.C. 1397j), passed in 2010 is the 

first comprehensive legislation to 

address the abuse, neglect, and 

exploitation of older adults at the 

federal level. The law authorized a 

variety of programs and initiatives to 

better coordinate federal responses to 

elder abuse, promote elder justice 

research and innovation, support Adult 

Protective Services (APS) systems, and 

provide additional protections for 

residents of long-term care facilities. 

The importance of these services at the 

state-level and local-level is 

demonstrated by the fact that states 

significantly leverage OAA funds to 

obtain other funding for these activities. 

Through these programs, multi-year 

state plans, assurances, and other 

financial forms are needed to provide 

approval and oversight of grant 

recipients. ACL is seeking approval for 

a new information collection which will 

collect data related to AoA formula 

grant programs. This information 

collection will include data collection 

activity for state plans on aging and 

assurances, financial forms, and a 

corrective action plan (CAP) template 

each associated with aging formula 

grant management. The purpose of this 

information collection is for 

programmatic and financial 

management of the aging and APS 

formula grants. The state plan on aging 

documents and provides the 

opportunity report achievements and 

planned activities for the multi-year 

plan period. A wide range of 

constituents use or will use the state 

plans on aging to coordinate, monitor, 

evaluate, and improve aging network by 

using the state plans on aging as a 

blueprint for service planning and 

delivery. Additionally, ACL leverages 

state plans on aging to understand the 

numerous services older adults use, and 

to utilize the information for advocating 

the needs of older adults, and for 

requesting additional funding. The 

financial forms will assist in the 

facilitation of OAA formula grant 

management. 


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