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Contact Person For More Information: 

Theodore Katz, Designated Federal 

Officer, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road 

NE., Mailstop E–20, Atlanta Georgia 

30333, Telephone (513) 533–6800, Toll 

Free 1(800)CDC–INFO, Email ocas@

cdc.gov. 

The Director, Management Analysis 

and Services Office, has been delegated 

the authority to sign Federal Register 

notices pertaining to announcements of 

meetings and other committee 

management activities, for both the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07542 Filed 4–1–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Advisory Committee to the Director 

(ACD), Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) 

announces the following meeting of the 

aforementioned committee: 

Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m., 

EDT, April 23, 2015. 

Place: CDC, Building 19, Auditorium 

B3, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Atlanta, 

Georgia 30333. 

Status: Open to the public, limited 

only by the space and phone lines 

available. The meeting room 

accommodates approximately 50 

people. Advance registration for inperson participation is required by April 

16, 2015. The public is welcome to 

participate during the public comment 

period, which is tentatively scheduled 

from 2:35 p.m. to 2:40 p.m. This 

meeting will also be available by 

teleconference. Please dial (877) 930– 

8819 and enter code 1579739. 

Web links: Windows Media: http://

wm.onlinevideoservice.com/CDC1. 

Flash: http://

www.onlinevideoservice.com/clients/

CDC/?mount=CDC3. 

If you are unable to connect using the 

link, copy and paste the link into your 

web browser. For technical support 

please call: (404) 639–3737. 

Purpose: The Advisory Committee to 

the Director, CDC, shall advise the 

Secretary, HHS, and the Director, CDC, 

on policy and broad strategies that will 

enable CDC to fulfill its mission of 

protecting health through health 

promotion, prevention, and 

preparedness. The committee 

recommends ways to prioritize CDC’s 

activities, improve results, and address 

health disparities. It also provides 

guidance to help CDC work more 

effectively with its various private and 

public sector constituents to make 

health protection a practical reality. 

Matters for Discussion: The Advisory 

Committee to the Director will receive 

updates from the State, Tribal, Local 

and Territorial Subcommittee; the 

Health Disparities Subcommittee, the 

Global Workgroup, the Internal and 

External Laboratory Safety Workgroups, 

and the Public Health—Health Care 

Collaboration Workgroup, the Ebola 

response, global health security, recent 

viral outbreaks, antimicrobial resistance, 

as well as an update from the CDC 

Director. 

Agenda items are subject to change as 

priorities dictate. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Carmen Villar, MSW, Designated 

Federal Officer, ACD, CDC, 1600 Clifton 

Road NE., M/S D–14, Atlanta, Georgia 

30333. Telephone (404) 639–7158, 

Email: GHickman@cdc.gov. The 

deadline to register for in-person 

attendance at this meeting is April 16, 

2015. To register, please send an email 

to GHickman@cdc.gov. 

The Director, Management Analysis 

and Services Office, has been delegated 

the authority to sign Federal Register 

notices pertaining to announcements of 

meetings and other committee 

management activities, for both the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

[FR Doc. 2015–07543 Filed 4–1–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifiers: CMS–10549] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

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 any of the 

following subjects: (1) The necessity and 

utility of the proposed information 

collection for the proper performance of 

the agency’s functions; (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. 

DATES: Comments on the collection(s) of 

information must be received by the 

OMB desk officer by May 4, 2015: 

ADDRESSES: When commenting on the 

proposed information collections, 

please reference the document identifier 

or OMB control number. To be assured 

consideration, comments and 

recommendations must be received by 

the OMB desk officer via one of the 

following transmissions: OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: CMS Desk Officer, Fax 

Number: (202) 395–5806 OR, Email: 

OIRA_s submission@omb.eop.gov. 

To obtain copies of a supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed collection(s) summarized in 

this notice, you may make your request 

using one of following: 

1. Access CMS’ Web site address at 

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

PaperworkReductionActof1995. 

2. Email your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and CMS document identifier, to 

Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov. 

3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at 

(410) 786–1326. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786– 

1326. 

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 


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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: New collection (Request for a 

new OMB control number); Title of 

Information Collection: Generic 

Clearance for Questionnaire Testing and 

Methodological Research for the 

Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey 

(MCBS); Use: The purpose of this OMB 

clearance package is to clear a Generic 

Clearance to support an effort to 

evaluate the operations and content of 

the Medicare Current Beneficiary 

Survey (MCBS). The MCBS is a 

continuous, multipurpose survey of a 

nationally representative sample of 

aged, disabled, and institutionalized 

Medicare beneficiaries. The MCBS, 

which is sponsored by the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is 

the only comprehensive source of 

information on the health status, health 

care use and expenditures, health 

insurance coverage, and socioeconomic 

and demographic characteristics of the 

entire spectrum of Medicare 

beneficiaries. 

The core of the MCBS is a series of 

interviews with a stratified random 

sample of the Medicare population, 

including aged and disabled enrollees, 

residing in the community or in 

institutions. Questions are asked about 

enrollees’ patterns of health care use, 

charges, insurance coverage, and 

payments over time. Respondents are 

asked about their sources of health care 

coverage and payment, their 

demographic characteristics, their 

health and work history, and their 

family living circumstances. In addition 

to collecting information through the 

core questionnaire, the MCBS collects 

information on special topics through 

supplements. For example, questions 

are asked about enrollees’ income and 

assets, access to health care, health and 

functional status and satisfaction with 

care. Special supplements also focus on 

emerging trends in health care. Form 

Number: CMS–10549 (OMB control 

number 0938–New); Frequency: 

Occasionally; Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households; Number of 

Respondents: 1,500; Total Annual 

Responses: 1,500; Total Annual Hours: 

1,117. (For policy questions regarding 

this collection contact William Long at 

410–786–7927.) 

Dated: March 26, 2015. 

William N. Parham, III, 

Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office 

of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Notice of Availability: Test Tools and 

Test Procedures Approved by the 

National Coordinator for the ONC HIT 

Certification Program 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology (ONC), Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of test tools and test 

procedures approved by the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology (the National Coordinator) 

for the testing of EHR technology to two 

2014 Edition Release 2 EHR certification 

criteria under the ONC HIT Certification 

Program. The approved test tools and 

test procedures for the ‘‘optional— 

transitions of care’’ certification 

criterion (§ 170.314(b)(8)) and the 

revised ‘‘view, download, and transmit 

to 3rd party’’ certification criterion 

(§ 170.314(e)(1)) are identified on the 

ONC Web site at: http://healthit.gov/

policy-researchers-implementers/

testing-and-test-methods. The test tools 

and test procedures for all the other 

2014 Edition Release 2 EHR certification 

criteria were previously approved by the 

National Coordinator. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alicia Morton, Director, Office of 

Certification, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, 202–549–7851. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 7, 2011, the Department of 

Health and Human Services issued a 

final rule establishing a permanent 

certification program for the purposes of 

testing and certifying health information 

technology (‘‘Establishment of the 

Permanent Certification Program for 

Health Information Technology,’’ 76 FR 

1262) (Permanent Certification Program 

final rule). The permanent certification 

program was renamed the ‘‘ONC HIT 

Certification Program’’ in a final rule 

published on September 4, 2012 (77 FR 

54163) (‘‘2014 Edition EHR Certification 

Criteria final rule’’). In the preamble of 

the Permanent Certification Program 

final rule, we stated that when the 

National Coordinator had approved test 

tools and test procedures for 

certification criteria adopted by the 

Secretary ONC would publish a notice 

of availability in the Federal Register 

and identify the approved test tools and 

test procedures on the ONC Web site. 

In the 2014 Edition Release 2 EHR 

Certification Criteria final rule the 

Secretary adopted additional and 

revised certification criteria as part of 

the 2014 Edition EHR certification 

criteria (79 FR 54430). The National 

Coordinator has approved test tools and 

test procedures for testing EHR 

technology for two 2014 Edition Release 

2 EHR certification criteria under the 

ONC HIT Certification Program. These 

approved test tools and test procedures 

for the ‘‘optional—transitions of care’’ 

certification criterion (§ 170.314(b)(8)) 

and the revised ‘‘view, download, and 

transmit to 3rd party’’ certification 

criterion (§ 170.314(e)(1)) are identified 

on the ONC Web site at: http://

healthit.gov/policy-researchersimplementers/testing-and-test-methods. 

The test tools and test procedures for all 

the other 2014 Edition Release 2 EHR 

certification criteria were previously 

approved by the National Coordinator 

(80 FR 4577) and are available for 

review at the Web site listed above. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300jj–11. 

Dated: March 20, 2015. 

Lisa Lewis, 

Acting National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Advisory Council for the Elimination of 

Tuberculosis: Notice of Charter 

Renewal 

This gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463) of October 6, 1972, that the 

Advisory Council for the Elimination of 

Tuberculosis, Department of Health and 

Human Services, has been renewed for 

a 2-year period through March 15, 2017. 

For information, contact Hazel Dean, 

Sc.D., M.P.H., Designated Federal 

Officer, Advisory Council for the 


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