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in fulfillment of the Agency’s mission; 

(2) plans and manages the program 

evaluation activities of the Agency, 

including evaluations of dissemination, 

training, and research programs; (3) 

provides support and management for 

the activities of the Agency’s National 

Advisory Council; and (4) maintains 

ongoing liaison with public and private 

sector producers and users of health 

services research. 

All delegations and redelegations of 

authority to officers and employees of 

the Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality officers and employees 

immediately before the effective date of 

this reorganization shall continue in 

effect pending further redelegation, 

provided they are consistent with this 

reorganization. 

These changes are effective upon the 

date of signature. 

Dated: October 3, 2024. 

Robert Otto Valdez, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifiers: CMS–10142 and 

CMS–10203] 

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 

December 9, 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: lll, 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–10142 Bid Pricing Tool (BPT) for 

Medicare Advantage (MA) Plans and 

Prescription Drug Plans (PDP) 

CMS–10203 Medicare Health Outcomes 

Survey 

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 Collections 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Bid Pricing Tool 

(BPT) for Medicare Advantage (MA) 

Plans and Prescription Drug Plans 

(PDP); Use: Medicare Advantage 

organizations (MAO) and Prescription 

Drug Plans (PDP) are required to submit 

an actuarial pricing ‘‘bid’’ for each plan 

offered to Medicare beneficiaries for 

approval by CMS. The MAOs and PDPs 

use the Bid Pricing Tool (BPT) software 

to develop their actuarial pricing bid. 

The competitive bidding process 

defined by the ‘‘The Medicare 

Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 

Modernization Act’’ (MMA) applies to 

both the MA and Part D programs. It is 

an annual process that encompasses the 

release of the MA rate book in April, the 

bid’s that plans submit to CMS in June, 

and the release of the Part D and RPPO 

benchmarks, which typically occurs in 

August. Form Number: CMS–10142 

(OMB control number: 0938–0944); 

Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: 

Private sector—Business or other forprofit and Not-for-profit institutions; 

Number of Respondents: 460; Total 

Annual Responses: 11,700; Total 

Annual Hours: 406,000. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Rachel Shevland at 410–786– 

3026 or rachel.shevland@cms.hhs.gov.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Medicare Health 

Outcomes Survey; Use: The HOS is a 

longitudinal patient-reported outcome 

measure (PROM) that assesses selfreported beneficiary quality of life and 

daily functioning. As a PROM, the HOS 

measures the impact of services 

provided by MAOs, whereas process 

and patient experience measures only 

provide a snapshot of activities or 

experiences at a specific point in time. 

PROM data collected by the HOS allows 

CMS to continue to assess the health of 

the Medicare Advantage population. 

This older population is at increased 

risk of adverse health outcomes, 

including chronic diseases and mobility 

impairments that may significantly 


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hamper quality of life. The HOS 

supports CMS’s commitment to improve 

health outcomes for beneficiaries while 

reducing burden on providers. CMS 

accomplishes this by focusing on highpriority areas for quality measurement 

and improvement established in the 

agency’s Meaningful Measures 

Framework. The HOS uses quality 

measures that ask beneficiaries about 

health outcomes related to specific 

mental and Physical Conditions. Form 

Number: CMS–10203 (OMB control 

number: 0938–0701); Frequency: Yearly; 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households; Number of Respondents: 

1,275; Total Annual Responses: 

663,150; Total Annual Hours: 212,208. 

(For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Alyssa Rosen at 410– 

786–8559 or Alyssa.Rosen@

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 

Submission for Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) Review; Community 

Services Block Grant (CSBG) Annual 

Report (OMB No. 0970–0492) 

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) requests 

an extension with substantial changes to 

the currently approved Community 

Services Block Grant (CSBG) Annual 

Report. This is specific to a significantly 

revised version (Annual Report 3.0), to 

begin as an option for use in Fiscal Year 

(FY) 2026 and to be required beginning 

in FY2027. 

DATES: Comments due November 8, 

2024. OMB must make a decision about 

the collection of information between 30 

and 60 days after publication of this 

document in the Federal Register. 

Therefore, a comment is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication. 

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. You can also obtain 

copies of the proposed collection of 

information by emailing infocollection@

acf.hhs.gov. Identify all emailed 

requests by the title of the information 

collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: Section 678E of the CSBG 

Act requires States, including the 

District of Columbia and the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and U.S. 

territories, to annually prepare and 

submit a report on the measured 

performance of the State and the eligible 

entities in the State. Prior to the 

participation of the State in the 

performance measurement system, the 

State shall include in the report any 

information collected by the State 

relating to such performance. Each State 

shall also include in the report an 

accounting of the expenditure of funds 

received by the State through the CSBG 

program, including an accounting of 

funds spent on administrative costs by 

the State and the eligible entities, and 

funds spent by the eligible entities on 

the direct delivery of local services, and 

shall include information on the 

number of and characteristics of clients 

served under the subtitle in the State, 

based on data collected from the eligible 

entities. The State shall also include in 

the report a summary describing the 

training and technical assistance offered 

by the State. 

Section 3(b) of the Government 

Performance and Results (GPRA) 

Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRAMA) 

requires OCS, as an office under the 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services, to collect performance 

information for the CSBG. 

OCS has updated the Annual Report 

for future years, the CSBG Annual 

Report 3.0. This updated version was 

originally planned to be submitted in 

conjunction with the extension of 

version 2.1, but in an effort to be 

responsive to the public comments 

received during the 60-day comment 

period (89 FR 29339), OCS delayed 

submission of version 3.0. OCS has 

reviewed all comments and applied 

revisions to the instrument as a result of 

the feedback. 

This request includes the final 

proposed CSBG Annual Report 3.0, 

which is a substantial revision of the 

current Annual Report form. This 

updated version streamlines State 

administrative information, as well as 

National Performance Indicators for 

individuals and families as reported by 

eligible entities. The proposed revisions 

seek to lessen the burden of the 

previous iteration of the report by 

decreasing the amount of data points 

collected, clarifying data points by using 

plain language, removing items not 

pertinent to annual report data 

collection, and improving data points to 

reflect industry standards in measuring 

the reduction of poverty. This revision 

would be an optional collection 

instrument in FY 2026 to support 

incremental implementation and 

minimize burden to the public and 

would become the required sole 

collection instrument in FY 2027. 

Copies of the proposed collections of 

information can be obtained by visiting: 

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/ 

programs/csbg. 

There are no changes proposed to the 

other versions of the Annual Report, 

which can be found here: https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAICList?ref_nbr=202406-0970-004. 

Respondents: State governments, 

including the District of Columbia, the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. 

territories, directly funded federally and 

State-recognized tribes and CSBG 

eligible entities. 

Annual Burden Estimates 

Below is the estimated annual burden 

for data collection for all versions of the 

CSBG Annual Report, including Tribal 

reports. Please note that there are no 

changes to the Annual Report 2.1, the 

Tribal Annual Report or the Tribal Short 

Form. In FY24, States and Tribal grant 

recipients would be required to 

complete the current versions of the 

Annual Reports. 

Instrument Total number 

of respondents 

Total 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

Annual burden 

hours 

CSBG Annual Report 3.0 (States) ....................................... 56 2 124 13,888 4,629.3 

CSBG Annual Report 3.0 (Eligible Entities) ........................ 1,000 2 426 852,000 284,000 


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