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space available on a first-come, firstserved basis. For security reasons, 

members of the public will be subject to 

security screening procedures and must 

present a valid photo identification to 

enter the building. Observers requiring 

auxiliary aids (e.g., sign language 

interpretation) for this meeting should 

email DisabilityProgram@fdic.gov to 

make necessary arrangements. This 

meeting of the Advisory Committee on 

Community Banking will also be 

Webcast live via the internet at http:// 

fdic.windrosemedia.com. For optimal 

viewing, a high-speed internet 

connection is recommended. To view 

the recording, visit http://fdic.windrose

media.com/index.php?category=

Community+Banking+Advisory+

Committee. Written statements may be 

filed with the Advisory Committee 

before or after the meeting. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Dated at Washington, DC, on September 

24, 2024. 

James P. Sheesley, 

Assistant Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22186 Filed 9–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6714–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or 

Bank Holding Company 

The notificants listed below have 

applied under the Change in Bank 

Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 

CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank 

or bank holding company. The factors 

that are considered in acting on the 

applications are set forth in paragraph 7 

of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). 

The public portions of the 

applications listed below, as well as 

other related filings required by the 

Board, if any, are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at 

the offices of the Board of Governors. 

This information may also be obtained 

on an expedited basis, upon request, by 

contacting the appropriate Federal 

Reserve Bank and from the Board’s 

Freedom of Information Office at 

https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/ 

request.htm. Interested persons may 

express their views in writing on the 

standards enumerated in paragraph 7 of 

the Act. 

Comments received are subject to 

public disclosure. In general, comments 

received will be made available without 

change and will not be modified to 

remove personal or business 

information including confidential, 

contact, or other identifying 

information. Comments should not 

include any information such as 

confidential information that would not 

be appropriate for public disclosure. 

Comments regarding each of these 

applications must be received at the 

Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of 

the Board of Governors, Ann E. 

Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th 

Street and Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington DC 20551–0001, not later 

than October 15, 2024. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 

(Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414. 

Comments can also be sent 

electronically to 

Comments.applications@chi.frb.org: 

1. The Michael Carl Martin BAA 

Irrevocable Trust, Michael Carl Martin, 

as trustee, both of Ann Arbor, Michigan, 

and Tye J. Klooster, as Trust Protector, 

Orland Park, Illinois; and the William 

Seth Martin BAA Irrevocable Trust, Ann 

Arbor, Michigan, William Seth Martin, 

as trustee, Wilmette, Illinois, and Tye J. 

Klooster, as Trust Protector, Orland 

Park, Illinois; to join the Martin Family 

Control Group and acquire voting shares 

of Arbor Bancorp, Inc., and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of Bank 

of Ann Arbor, both of Ann Arbor, 

Michigan. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System. 

Michele Taylor Fennell, 

Associate Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22215 Filed 9–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The public portions of the 

applications listed below, as well as 

other related filings required by the 

Board, if any, are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at 

the offices of the Board of Governors. 

This information may also be obtained 

on an expedited basis, upon request, by 

contacting the appropriate Federal 

Reserve Bank and from the Board’s 

Freedom of Information Office at 

https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/ 

request.htm. Interested persons may 

express their views in writing on the 

standards enumerated in the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). 

Comments received are subject to 

public disclosure. In general, comments 

received will be made available without 

change and will not be modified to 

remove personal or business 

information including confidential, 

contact, or other identifying 

information. Comments should not 

include any information such as 

confidential information that would not 

be appropriate for public disclosure. 

Comments regarding each of these 

applications must be received at the 

Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of 

the Board of Governors, Ann E. 

Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th 

Street and Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington DC 20551–0001, not later 

than October 28, 2024. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland 

(Nadine M. Wallman, Vice President) 

1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 

44101–2566. Comments can also be sent 

electronically to 

Comments.applications@clev.frb.org: 

1. Wesbanco, Inc., Wheeling, West 

Virginia; to acquire Premier Financial 

Corp., Defiance, Ohio, and thereby 

indirectly acquire Premier Bank, 

Youngstown, Ohio. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System. 

Michele Taylor Fennell, 

Associate Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22214 Filed 9–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–4206–N] 

Medicare Program; Medicare Appeals; 

Adjustment to the Amount in 

Controversy Threshold Amounts for 

Calendar Year 2025 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), Department 

of Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

annual adjustment in the amount in 


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controversy (AIC) threshold amounts for 

Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) 

hearings and judicial review under the 

Medicare appeals process. The 

adjustment to the AIC threshold 

amounts will be effective for requests 

for ALJ hearings and judicial review 

filed on or after January 1, 2025. The 

calendar year 2025 AIC threshold 

amounts are $190 for ALJ hearings and 

$1,900 for judicial review. 

DATES: This annual adjustment takes 

effect on January 1, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Liz 

Hosna, (410) 786–4993. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 1869(b)(1)(E) of the Social 

Security Act (the Act) established the 

amount in controversy (AIC) threshold 

amounts for Administrative Law Judge 

(ALJ) hearings and judicial review at 

$100 and $1,000, respectively, for 

Medicare Part A and Part B appeals. 

Additionally, section 1869(b)(1)(E) of 

the Act provides that beginning in 

January 2005, the AIC threshold 

amounts are to be adjusted annually by 

the percentage increase in the medical 

care component of the consumer price 

index (CPI) for all urban consumers 

(U.S. city average) for July 2003 to the 

July preceding the year involved and 

rounded to the nearest multiple of $10. 

Sections 1852(g)(5) and 1876(c)(5)(B) of 

the Act apply the AIC adjustment 

requirement to Medicare Part C/ 

Medicare Advantage (MA) appeals and 

certain health maintenance organization 

and competitive health plan appeals. 

Health care prepayment plans are also 

subject to MA appeals rules, including 

the AIC adjustment requirement, 

pursuant to 42 CFR 417.840. Section 

1860D–4(h)(1) of the Act, provides that 

a Medicare Part D plan sponsor shall 

meet the requirements of paragraphs (4) 

and (5) of section 1852(g) of the Act 

with respect to benefits, including 

appeals and the application of the AIC 

adjustment requirement to Medicare 

Part D appeals. 

A. Medicare Part A and Part B Appeals 

The statutory formula for the annual 

adjustment to the AIC threshold 

amounts for ALJ hearings and judicial 

review of Medicare Part A and Part B 

appeals, set forth at section 

1869(b)(1)(E) of the Act, is included in 

the applicable implementing 

regulations, 42 CFR 405.1006(b) and (c). 

The regulations at § 405.1006(b)(2) 

require the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services (the Secretary) to 

publish changes to the AIC threshold 

amounts in the Federal Register. To be 

entitled to a hearing before an ALJ, a 

party to a proceeding must meet the AIC 

requirements at § 405.1006(b). Similarly, 

a party must meet the AIC requirements 

at § 405.1006(c) at the time judicial 

review is requested for the court to have 

jurisdiction over the appeal 

(§ 405.1136(a)). 

B. Medicare Part C/MA Appeals 

Section 1852(g)(5) of the Act applies 

the AIC adjustment requirement to 

Medicare Part C appeals. The 

implementing regulations for Medicare 

Part C appeals are found at 42 CFR 422, 

subpart M. Specifically, sections 

422.600 and 422.612 discuss the AIC 

threshold amounts for ALJ hearings and 

judicial review. Section 422.600 grants 

any party to the reconsideration (except 

the MA organization) who is dissatisfied 

with the reconsideration determination 

a right to an ALJ hearing as long as the 

amount remaining in controversy after 

reconsideration meets the threshold 

requirement established annually by the 

Secretary. Section 422.612 states, in 

part, that any party, including the MA 

organization, may request judicial 

review if the AIC meets the threshold 

requirement established annually by the 

Secretary. 

C. Health Maintenance Organizations, 

Competitive Medical Plans, and Health 

Care Prepayment Plans 

Section 1876(c)(5)(B) of the Act states 

that the annual adjustment to the AIC 

dollar amounts set forth in section 

1869(b)(1)(E)(iii) of the Act applies to 

certain beneficiary appeals within the 

context of health maintenance 

organizations and competitive medical 

plans. The applicable implementing 

regulations for Medicare Part C appeals 

are set forth in 42 CFR 422, subpart M 

and apply to these appeals in 

accordance with 42 CFR 417.600(b). The 

Medicare Part C appeals rules also apply 

to health care prepayment plan appeals 

in accordance with 42 CFR 417.840. 

D. Medicare Part D (Prescription Drug 

Plan) Appeals 

The annually adjusted AIC threshold 

amounts for ALJ hearings and judicial 

review that apply to Medicare Parts A, 

B, and C appeals also apply to Medicare 

Part D appeals. Section 1860D–4(h)(1) of 

the Act regarding Part D appeals 

requires a prescription drug plan 

sponsor to meet the requirements set 

forth in sections 1852(g)(4) and (g)(5) of 

the Act, in a similar manner as MA 

organizations. The implementing 

regulations for Medicare Part D appeals 

can be found at 42 CFR 423, subparts M 

and U. More specifically, § 423.2006 of 

the Part D appeals rules discusses the 

AIC threshold amounts for ALJ hearings 

and judicial review. Sections 423.2002 

and 423.2006 grant a Part D enrollee 

who is dissatisfied with the 

independent review entity (IRE) 

reconsideration determination a right to 

an ALJ hearing if the amount remaining 

in controversy after the IRE 

reconsideration meets the threshold 

amount established annually by the 

Secretary, and other requirements set 

forth in § 423.2002. Sections 423.2006 

and 423.2136 allow a Part D enrollee to 

request judicial review of an ALJ or 

Medicare Appeals Council decision if 

the AIC meets the threshold amount 

established annually by the Secretary, 

and other requirements are met as set 

forth in these provisions. 

II. Provisions of the Notice—Annual 

AIC Adjustments 

A. AIC Adjustment Formula and AIC 

Adjustments 

Section 1869(b)(1)(E)(iii) of the Act 

requires that the AIC threshold amounts 

be adjusted annually, beginning in 

January 2005, by the percentage increase 

in the medical care component of the 

CPI for all urban consumers (U.S. city 

average) for July 2003 to July of the year 

preceding the year involved and 

rounded to the nearest multiple of $10. 

B. Calendar Year 2025 

The AIC threshold amount for ALJ 

hearings will rise from $180 for CY 2024 

to $190 for CY 2025, and the AIC 

threshold amount for judicial review 

will increase from $1,840 for CY 2024 

to $1,900 for CY 2025. These amounts 

are based on the 89.529 percent change 

in the medical care component of the 

CPI, which was at 297.600 in July 2003 

and rose to 564.039 in July 2024. The 

AIC threshold amount for ALJ hearings 

changes to $189.53 based on the 89.529 

percent increase over the initial 

threshold amount of $100 established in 

2003. In accordance with section 

1869(b)(1)(E)(iii) of the Act, the adjusted 

threshold amounts are rounded to the 

nearest multiple of $10. Therefore, the 

CY 2025 AIC threshold amount for ALJ 

hearings is $190.00. The AIC threshold 

amount for judicial review changes to 

$1,895.21 based on the 89.529 percent 

increase over the initial threshold 

amount of $1,000. This amount was 

rounded to the nearest multiple of $10, 

resulting in the CY 2025 AIC threshold 

amount of $1,900.00 for judicial review. 

C. Summary Table of Adjustments in 

the AIC Threshold Amounts 

In the following table we list the CYs 

2021 through 2025 threshold amounts. 


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CY 2021 CY 2022 CY 2023 CY 2024 CY 2025 

ALJ Hearing ......................................................................... $180 $180 $180 $180 $190 

Judicial Review .................................................................... 1,760 1,760 1,850 1,840 1,900 

III. Collection of Information 

Requirements 

This document announces the annual 

adjustment in the AIC threshold 

amounts and does not impose any 

‘‘collection of information’’ 

requirements as defined under 5 CFR 

1320.3(c). Consequently, the notice is 

not subject to the requirements of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

The Administrator of the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), 

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, having 

reviewed and approved this document, 

authorizes Evell Barco, who is the 

Federal Register Liaison, to 

electronically sign this document for 

purposes of publication in the Federal 

Register. 

Chyana Woodyard, 

Federal Register Liaison, Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22142 Filed 9–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Diaper Distribution 

Demonstration and Research Pilot 

Beneficiary Survey 

AGENCY: Office of Community Services, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Community 

Services (OCS), Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, is proposing to continue to 

collect data to understand diaper need 

and outcomes for beneficiaries of the 

Diaper Distribution Demonstration and 

Research Pilot (DDDRP). 

DATES: Comments due November 26, 

2024. 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 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. Identify all 

requests by the title of the information 

collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: The DDDRP beneficiary 

survey was developed to examine 

diaper need and outcomes for 

beneficiaries served by DDDRP. It was 

piloted under the Formative Data 

Collections for ACF Program Support 

information collection (Office of 

Management and Budget #0970–0531) 

with the first three cohorts of DDDRP 

grant recipients. The survey includes an 

enrollment version, which collects 

demographic data on the children 

served and caregivers enrolling the 

program, along with information about 

employment, education, and income as 

well as indicators of diaper need. The 

follow-up version reduces the number 

of demographic items to focus on 

change over time in employment, 

education, income, and diaper need. 

Respondents: Respondents are the 

caregivers enrolling their family 

members with diaper needs in DDDRP 

services. 

Annual Burden Estimates: 

Instrument Total number 

of respondents 

Total 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

Annual burden 

hours 

Beneficiary Survey—Enrollment Version ............................. 63,750 1 .083 5,291.25 1,763.75 

Beneficiary Survey—Follow-Up Version .............................. 22,500 1 .067 1,507.5 502.5 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,266.25. 

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: Section 1110, Social 

Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1310. 

Mary C. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22132 Filed 9–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Public Comment 

Request; State Maternal Health 

Innovation Maternal Health Annual 

Report 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

HRSA submitted an Information 


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