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Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et. seq), is 

amended by adding the following 

paragraph: 

d. The Health Resources and Services 

Administration shall exercise the 

authority under section 1905(l)(2)(B)(iii) 

(42 U.S.C. 1396d(l)(2)(B)(iii)) of the 

Social Security Act to make 

determinations that entities meet the 

requirements for receiving a grant under 

section 330 of the Public Health Service 

Act, and to qualify as a federally 

qualified health center. This authority 

will not extend to issues of payment 

rates or provider enrollment under Title 

XIX of the Act. 

I instruct HRSA to consult and 

collaborate with CMS, as appropriate. 

HRSA will notify the appropriate 

regional office of its determination that 

entities meet the requirements to qualify 

as an FQHC in order to ensure that 

CMS’ provider enrollment process 

continues without interruption. 

This delegation of authority excludes 

the authority to issue regulations, to 

establish advisory committees and 

councils, and appoint their members, 

and shall be exercised in accordance 

with the Department’s applicable 

policies, procedures, and guidelines. 

I hereby affirm and ratify any actions 

taken by the Administrator, HRSA, and 

Administrator, CMS, or other HRSA and 

CMS officials, which involve the 

exercise of the authorities prior to the 

effective date of this delegation of 

authority. 

These authorities may be re-delegated. 

This delegation of authority is 

effective upon date of signature. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3101. 

Dated: November 15, 2012. 

Kathleen Sebelius, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifiers CMS–10305] 

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. 

Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title: Medicare 

Part C and Part D Data Validation (42 

CFR 422.516g and 423.514g); Use: The 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 

Services (CMS) established reporting 

requirements for Medicare Part C and 

Part D sponsoring organizations 

(Medicare Advantage Organizations 

[MAOs], Cost Plans, and Medicare Part 

D sponsors) under the authority 

described in 42 CFR 422.516(a) and 

423.514(a), respectively. Under these 

reporting requirements, each sponsoring 

organization must submit Medicare Part 

C, Medicare Part D, or Medicare Part C 

and Part D data (depending on the type 

of contracts they have in place with 

CMS). 

In order for the reported data to be 

useful for monitoring and performance 

measurement, it must be reliable, valid, 

complete, and comparable among 

sponsoring organizations. In 2009, CMS 

developed the data validation program 

as a mechanism to verify the data 

reported are accurate, valid, and 

reliable. To maintain the independence 

of the validation process, sponsoring 

organizations do not use their own staff 

to conduct the data validation. Instead, 

sponsoring organizations are 

responsible for hiring external, 

independent data validation contractors 

(DVCs) who meet a minimum set of 

qualifications and credentials. 

CMS developed standards and data 

validation criteria for specific Medicare 

Part C and Part D reporting 

requirements that the DVCs use in 

validating the sponsoring organizations’ 

data. These standards and criteria are 

described in Appendix 1 ‘‘Data 

Validation Standards.’’ The data 

validation standards for each reporting 

section include standard instructions 

relating to the types of information that 

should be reviewed, and reporting 

section criteria (MSC) that are aligned 

with the ‘‘Medicare Part C and Part D 

Reporting Requirement Technical 

Specifications.’’ Furthermore, the 

standards and criteria describe how the 

DVCs should validate the sponsoring 

organizations’ compilations of reported 

data, taking into account appropriate 

data exclusions, and verifying 

calculations, source code, and 

algorithms. The data validation reviews 

are conducted at the contract level given 

that the Medicare Part C and Part D data 

are generally available at the contract 

level and the contract is the basis of any 

legal and accountability issues 

concerning the rendering of services. 

The review is conducted over a threemonth period following the final 

submission of data by the sponsoring 

organizations. In addition to the ‘‘Data 

Validation Standards’’ described in 

Appendix 1, the DVCs employ a set of 

information collection tools when 

performing their reviews, which are 

included in the appendices described 

below: 

Appendix 2: ‘‘Organizational 

Assessment Instrument’’ 

Appendix 3: ‘‘Data Extraction and 

Sampling Instructions’’ 

Appendix 4: ‘‘Instructions for the 

Findings Data Collection Form’’ 

Appendix 5: ‘‘Findings Data Collection 

Form (FDCF)’’ 

Data collected via ‘‘Medicare Part C 

and Part D Reporting Requirements 

Technical Specifications’’ is an integral 

resource for oversight, monitoring, 

compliance and auditing activities 

necessary to ensure quality provision of 

the Medicare benefits to beneficiaries. 

CMS uses the data collected through the 

Medicare Data Validation Program to 

substantiate the data collected via 

‘‘Medicare Part C and Part D Reporting 

Requirements Technical 

Specifications.’’ If CMS detects data 

anomalies, the CMS division with 

primary responsibility for the applicable 

reporting requirement assists with 

determining a resolution. 

The hour burden on industry is 

estimated at 179,301 total hours, or 879 

hours for one contract within one 

organization reporting both Part C and 

Part D reporting sections. The validation 

would require 378 hours from the 

sponsoring organization and 501 from 

the DVCs. The estimates are based on 

the total number of Part C and/or Part 

D reporting sections, the average 

number of sponsors, and the average 

number of contracts by type (Part C, Part 

D, Part C/D) being validated as well as 

a level of effort associated with the 

individual activities associated with the 

data validation process. Form Number: 

CMS–10305 (OMB#: 0938–1115); 

Frequency: Reporting—Annually; 

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Affected Public: sponsoring 

organizations. Number of Respondents: 

135; Total Annual Responses: 657; Total 

Annual Hours: 179,301. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Terry Lied at 410–786–8973. 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 January 4, 2013. 

OMB, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS 

Desk Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395– 

6974, Email: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: November 29, 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 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects 

Title: Form OCSE–396–A, Child 

Support Enforcement Program 

Expenditure Report, Form OCSE–34–A, 

Child Support Enforcement Program 

Collection Report. 

OMB No.: 0970–0181. 

Note: This Comment Request supersedes 

the Comment Request published November 

28, 2012 (77 FR 71005), concerning OMB 

Control No. 0970–0181. 

Description: Form OCSE–396–A is a 

financial report submitted following the 

end of each fiscal quarter by each State 

with an approved plan under title IV– 

D of the Social Security Act to 

administer the Child Support 

Enforcement Program. The purpose of 

this form is to enable each State to meet 

its statutory and regulatory requirement 

to report program expenditures made in 

the preceding fiscal quarter and to 

estimate program expenditures to be 

made in the upcoming fiscal quarter and 

to estimate the amount of incentive 

payments to be earned in the upcoming 

quarter. 

Form OCSE–34–A is a financial report 

submitted following the end of each 

fiscal quarter by each State and Tribe 

with an approved plan under title IV– 

D of the Social Security Act to 

administer the Child Support 

Enforcement Program. The purpose of 

this form is to enable each State and 

Tribe to meet its statutory and 

regulatory requirement to report child 

support collection activity during the 

preceding quarter, including collection 

received, collections remaining 

undistributed from previous quarters, if 

any, and the distribution and 

disbursement of collections. 

The Administration for Children and 

Families provides Federal funding to 

States for the Child Support 

Enforcement Program at the rate of 66 

percent for all allowable and legitimate 

administrative costs of this program. 

(Federal funding is also provided to 

Tribes at the rates of 80 or 90 percent. 

However, in accordance with program 

regulations, Tribes are not required to 

submit Form OCSE–396–A and use, 

instead, quarterly submissions of OMB 

Standard Form 425. SF–425 is not 

included in this comment request.) 

The information collected in these 

reports is used by this agency to 

calculate quarterly Federal grant awards 

and incentive payments to States, to 

enable oversight of the financial 

management of the program for both 

States and Tribes and may be included 

in statistical and financial reports 

available to the public. 

Respondents: States (including Puerto 

Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands and the 

District of Columbia) and Tribes with 

approved title IV–D plans. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

OCSE–396A .................................................................................................... 54 4 6 1,296 

OCSE–34A ...................................................................................................... 112 4 14 6,272 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 7,568. 

In compliance with the requirements 

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Administration for Children and 

Families is soliciting public comment 

on the specific aspects of the 

information collection described above. 

Copies of the proposed collection of 

information can be obtained and 

comments may be forwarded by writing 

to the Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Planning, Research 

and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 

20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance 

Officer. Email address: 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests 

should be identified by the title of the 

information collection. 

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. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

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