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cdc.gov. 

The Director, Strategic Business 

Initiatives Unit, Office of the Chief 

Operating Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention, 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. 

Kalwant Smagh, 

Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, 

Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Announcement of Requirements and 

Registration for the REACH Lark 

Galloway-Gilliam Nomination for 

Advancing Health Equity Challenge 

(REACH Lark Award Challenge) 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), located 

within the Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS), announces the 

2022 Racial and Ethnic Approaches to 

Community Health (REACH) Lark 

Galloway-Gilliam for Advancing Health 

Equity Award Challenge (REACH Lark 

Award Challenge). This biennial 

challenge was established in 2019 to 

recognize extraordinary individuals, 

organizations, or community coalitions 

associated with the REACH program 

whose work has contributed to the 

implementation of culturally tailored 

interventions that advance health 

equity, reduce health disparities, and 

increase community engagement to 

address preventable risk factors (e.g., 

tobacco use, poor nutrition, physical 

inactivity, and inadequate access to 

clinical services). 

DATES: The Challenge will accept 

applications from February 7, 2022 

through March 18, 2022. 

Award Approving Official: Rochelle P. 

Walensky, MD, MPH, Director, Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention, and 

Administrator, Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristy Mugavero, National Center for 

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy. NE, 

Mailstop S107–5, Atlanta, GA 30341, 

Telephone: 770–488–2047, Email: 

dnpaopolicy@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Racial and 

ethnic disparities in health remain 

pervasive across the United States. CDC 

administers REACH, a national program 

that provides funding to state and local 

health departments, tribes, universities, 

and community-based organizations. 

Since REACH was established in 1999, 

the program has demonstrated success 

in addressing these disparities and 

promoting health equity by engaging 

with diverse communities and 

implementing culturally tailored 

interventions. For more information 

about the REACH program, visit https:// 

www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/statelocal-programs/reach/index.htm. 

The intent of this challenge is to 

recognize individuals and organizations 

or community coalitions associated with 

the REACH program that meaningfully 

assisted with and carried out culturally 

tailored interventions that advance 

health equity, reduce health disparities, 

and increase community engagement to 

address preventable risk factors (e.g., 

tobacco use, poor nutrition, physical 

inactivity, and inadequate access to 

clinical services) in populations or 

groups disproportionately affected by 

chronic disease; specifically, African 

American/Black, American Indian or 

Alaska Native, Asian, Hispanic or 

Latino, and Native Hawaiian or other 

Pacific Islander persons. To support the 

science and practice of improving 

health equity, this challenge can help 

further the goals of the REACH program 

by documenting and further 

disseminating the innovative or unique 

interventions employed by individuals, 

organizations or community coalitions 

applying or nominated for this award. 

Subject of Challenge Competition: 

The challenge is authorized by Public 

Law 111–358, the America Creating 

Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote 

Excellence in Technology, Education 

and Science Reauthorization Act of 

2010 (COMPETES Act). 

The ‘‘applicant’’ refers to each 

individual, organization, or community 

coalition who submits an application or 

nomination. The ‘‘nominee’’ refers to 

each individual or organization/ 

community coalition who is nominated, 

whether self-nominated or nominated 

by a separate applicant. 

Applicants will be asked to respond 

to a series of questions related to how 

the nominee assisted with and carried 

out culturally tailored interventions to 

advance health equity, reduce health 

disparities, and increase community 

engagement to address preventable risk 

factors (e.g., tobacco use, poor nutrition, 

physical inactivity, and inadequate 

access to clinical services) in 

populations or groups 

disproportionately affected by chronic 

disease; specifically African American/ 

Black, American Indian or Alaska 

Native, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, and 

Native Hawaiian or other Pacific 

Islander persons. 

Eligibility Rules for Participating in the 

Challenge 

The REACH Lark Award Challenge is 

open to the public. To be eligible for 

this award, nominees must meet the 

following eligibility requirements: 

(1) Shall have completed the 

application (for self-nominees) or have 

had an application submitted on their 

behalf (for those nominate by others) for 

the competition under the rules 

promulgated by HHS/CDC; 

(2) Shall have complied with all the 

requirements under this section and 

satisfy one of the following 

requirements: 

a. Be a currently or previously funded 

CDC REACH recipient that has not 

previously received the REACH Lark 

Award in any year; or 

b. Be a technical assistance provider 

to a former or current REACH recipient 

(current and past REACH recipients can 

be found at: https://www.cdc.gov/ 

nccdphp/dnpao/state-local-programs/ 

reach/index.htm); or 

c. Be a partner organization, part of a 

partner network, or coalition members 

that collaborated on REACH-related 

work with a current or previously 

funded REACH recipient; 

(3) Shall not have been a REACH Lark 

Award Challenge recipient in any 

previous year; 

(4) Shall be either: 

a. A U.S. citizen or legal permanent 

resident, eighteen years of age or older, 

if the nominee is an individual or group 

of individuals; or 

b. Incorporated in and maintain a 

primary place of business in the United 

States, if the nominee is an entity; 

where the United States means a state, 

the District of Columbia, the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any 

other territory or possession of the 

United States; 

(5) Shall not be a federal entity or 

federal employee acting within the 

scope of their employment; 

(6) Shall not be an employee of or 

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(7) Shall not use federal funds to 

develop COMPETES Act challenge 

applications for this challenge, if the 

applicant is a federal grantee; 

(8) Shall not use federal funds from a 

contract to develop COMPETES Act 

challenge applications or to fund efforts 

in support of a COMPETES Act 

challenge submission, if the applicant is 

a federal contractor; 

(9) Shall not be deemed ineligible 

because an individual or team applicant 

or nominee used federal facilities or 

consulted with federal employees 

during a competition if the facilities and 

employees are made available to all 

individuals and entities participating in 

the competition on an equitable basis. 

(10) By participating, the applicant 

represents, warrants, and agrees that the 

entry contains accurate information. If 

an applicant is nominating another 

individual, organization, community 

coalition (e.g., not self-nominating), the 

applicant must provide 

acknowledgement in writing that the 

nominee consents to being nominated. 

(11) Applicants and nominees must 

agree to be recognized if selected as a 

winner and agree to participate in an 

interview with CDC staff to provide 

information that may be used by CDC 

staff to write a success story that 

describes the intervention(s) that 

promoted health equity. Winners and 

their intervention(s) may be recognized 

and the success story may be made 

public, including but not limited to, 

posted on the CDC’s Division of 

Nutrition, Physical Activity, and 

Obesity website, the CDC website, social 

media, or other communication 

platforms, some combination of these 

communication channels, or all of these 

channels. 

(12) By participating in this challenge, 

applicants agree to assume any and all 

risks related to participating in the 

challenge. Applicants also agree to 

waive claims against the federal 

government and its related entities, 

except in the case of willful misconduct, 

when participating in the challenge, 

including claims for injury; death; 

damage; or loss of property, money, or 

profits; and including those risks caused 

by negligence or other causes. 

Registration Process for Participants 

To participate and submit an 

application, interested parties should go 

to https://www.challenge.gov. The 

application requires responses to six 

questions; the answer to each question 

should be no longer than 300 words. 

Generally, the questions ask the 

applicant to describe how the nominee 

assisted with and carried out culturally 

tailored interventions that achieve 

health equity, reduce health disparities, 

and increase community engagement to 

address preventable risk factors (e.g., 

tobacco use, poor nutrition, physical 

inactivity, and inadequate access to 

clinical services) in populations or 

groups disproportionately affected by 

chronic disease. 

Applicants can also submit evidence 

that demonstrates that the criteria were 

met through publications, links to 

online content, and other forms of 

written material. 

Amount of the Prize 

No cash prize will be awarded. A 

maximum of two nominees (one 

individual and one organization or 

community coalition) will receive a 

plaque (‘‘Winner’’). While the winners 

may be invited to meetings by CDC, 

attendance at such events is not 

required as a condition of accepting the 

award. 

Basis Upon Which Winners Will Be 

Selected 

CDC’s Division of Nutrition, Physical 

Activity, and Obesity (DNPAO) Policy 

Office will convene a panel of three to 

five internal and external experts (panel 

members may recuse themselves in the 

event of a conflict of interest related to 

the nominee) to review the applications 

and select up to two award recipients 

(one individual and one organization or 

community coalition) from all eligible 

entries based on: 

• The extent to which the problem or 

challenge is clearly identified and the 

strategies that the nominee used to 

address the challenges are described. 

• The extent to which nominee’s 

work addresses one or more of the 

following preventable risk factors: 

Tobacco use, poor nutrition, physical 

inactivity, and inadequate access to 

clinical services that are related to 

chronic diseases such as hypertension, 

heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and 

obesity. 

• The extent to which the nominee’s 

work aligns with the National Center for 

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion’s goals of achieving health 

equity by addressing social 

determinants of health. Examples of 

social determinants health include, but 

are not limited to the built environment, 

community-clinical linkages, food and 

nutrition security, social connectedness, 

and tobacco-free policies. 

• The extent to which the solutions 

are culturally tailored, evidence or 

practice-based, and designed 

specifically to reduce health inequities 

for populations or groups 

disproportionately affected by chronic 

disease or related risk factors. 

• The extent to which the nominee 

has actively and effectively engaged 

community members and partners 

across different sectors such as, but not 

limited to, transportation, healthcare, 

agriculture, emergency food systems, 

and faith-based organizations. 

• The impact of the nominee’s work 

in addressing preventable risk factors in 

populations or groups 

disproportionately affected by chronic 

disease. 

Panel members will score 

applications on a 100-point scale to 

select the winners. 

Additional Information 

Information about the winners, such 

as the name and location of the 

individual, organization, or community 

coalition, priority population served, 

and health outcomes addressed, may be 

shared through press releases, the 

challenge website, and Division of 

Nutrition, Physical Activity, and 

Obesity and CDC Resources, and other 

publicly available platforms (e.g., social 

media, CDC website, etc.). Details 

regarding the winners and their 

applications may be shared with the 

public as part of recognition efforts. 

Applicants and nominees who are not 

selected for the award may be asked for 

permission for CDC to share information 

about successful interventions that 

promoted health equity on CDC’s 

Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, 

and Obesity website, the CDC website, 

social media, or other platform generally 

with appropriate attribution to the 

applicant or nominee. 

The award is named in honor of Lark 

Galloway-Gilliam, the founding 

Executive Director of Community 

Health Councils, Inc. (CHC). CHC began 

in 1992 to support planning, resource 

development, and policy education in 

response to the growing health crisis in 

the South Los Angeles area and other 

under-resourced and marginalized 

communities throughout Los Angeles 

County. Lark led the CHC team to 

engage communities and strengthen the 

connections among organizations in 

order to improve health, eliminate 

disparities, and achieve health equity. 

Under Lark’s leadership, CHC became 

an expert in health equity in Los 

Angeles, across California, and the 

country. Lark also served in several 

leadership roles, including the first 

president of the National REACH 

Coalition, the MLK Medical center 

Advisory Board, and the IP3 Board of 

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Compliance With Rules and Contacting 

Challenge Winners 

Applicants, nominees, and the 

REACH Lark Award Challenge winners 

must comply with all terms and 

conditions of these Official Rules and 

winning is contingent upon fulfilling all 

requirements herein. The winners will 

be notified by email, telephone, or mail 

after the date of the judging. 

Privacy 

If applicants choose to provide HHS/ 

CDC with personal information by 

registering or filling out the application 

form through the Challenge.gov website, 

that information will only be used to 

respond to contestants in matters 

regarding their submission, 

announcements of entrants, finalists, 

and winners of the contest. Information 

is not collected for commercial 

marketing. Winners are permitted to cite 

that they won this contest. 

General Conditions 

CDC reserves the right to cancel, 

suspend, and/or modify the Challenge, 

or any part of it, for any reason, at CDC’s 

sole discretion. 

Participation in this Challenge 

constitutes an applicants’ full and 

unconditional agreement to abide by the 

Challenge’s Official Rules found at 

https://www.Challenge.gov. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719. 

Dated: February 1, 2022. 

Angela K. Oliver, 

Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10793] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; 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 

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 March 7, 2022. 

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, you may make your request 

using one of following: 

1. Access CMS’ website address at 

website address at: https://

www.cms.gov/Regulations-andGuidance/Legislation/Paperwork

ReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing.html. 

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: New collection (Request for a 

new OMB control number); Title of 

Information Collection: Medicare 

Advantage and Prescription Drug Plan 

Consumer Assessment of Healthcare 

Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Survey 

Field Test; Use: CMS is required to 

collect and report information on the 

quality of health care services and 

prescription drug coverage available to 

persons enrolled in a Medicare health or 

prescription drug plan under provisions 

in the Medicare Prescription Drug, 

Improvement, and Modernization Act of 

2003 (MMA). Specifically, the MMA 

under Sec. 1860D–4 (Information to 

Facilitate Enrollment) requires CMS to 

conduct consumer satisfaction surveys 

regarding Medicare PDPs and MA plans 

and report this information to Medicare 

beneficiaries prior to the Medicare 

annual enrollment period. The Medicare 

CAHPS survey meets the requirement of 

collecting and publicly reporting 

consumer satisfaction information. 

Currently, the MA & PDP CAHPS 

Surveys (0938–0732) are administered 

using a mixed mode data collection 

protocol (mail+phone) that includes two 

survey mailings and phone follow-up 

with non-respondents. This request is to 

conduct a field test with the main goal 

of testing the effects of new survey 

content and a web-based mode on 

patterns of response and survey scores. 

The test will also allow for assessment 

of the measurement properties of new 

survey items. The results of the field test 

will inform CMS’s decision-making 

about updates to MA & PDP CAHPS 

survey content and survey 

administration procedures. Form 

Number: CMS–10793 (OMB control 

number: 0938–New); Frequency: Yearly; 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households; Number of Respondents: 

5,000; Total Annual Responses: 5,000; 

Total Annual Hours: 1,290. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Lauren K. Fuentes at 410–786– 

2290.) 

Dated: January 31, 2022. 

William N. Parham, III, 

Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office 

of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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