8016 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 29 / Friday, February 11, 2022 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifiers CMS–10338 and 

CMS–10409] 

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 (the 

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 

April 12, 2022. 

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, you may make your request 

using one of following: 

1. Access CMS’ website address at 

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

ReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing. 

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–10338 Affordable Care Act 

Internal Claims and Appeals and 

External Review Procedures for Nongrandfathered Group Health Plans and 

Issuers and Individual Market Issuers 

CMS–10409 LTCH CARE Data Set for 

the Collection of Data Pertaining to 

the Long-Term Care Hospital Quality 

Reporting Program 

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 Collection 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Affordable Care 

Act Internal Claims and Appeals and 

External Review Procedures for Nongrandfathered Group Health Plans and 

Issuers and Individual Market Issuers; 

Use: The information collection 

requirements ensure that claimants 

receive adequate information regarding 

the plan’s claims procedures and the 

plan’s handling of specific benefit 

claims. Claimants need to understand 

plan procedures and plan decisions in 

order to appropriately request benefits 

and/or appeal benefit denials. The 

information collected in connection 

with the HHS-administered federal 

external review process is collected by 

HHS, and is used to provide claimants 

with an independent external review. 

Form Number: CMS–10338 (OMB 

control number: 0938–1099); Frequency: 

Occasionally; Affected Public: Private 

Sector (Business or other for-profit and 

Not-for-profit institutions); Number of 

Respondents: 497,262; Total Annual 

Responses: 517,014,153; Total Annual 

Hours: 1,198,692. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact Laura 

Byabazaire at 301–492–4128.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: LTCH CARE 

Data Set for the Collection of Data 

Pertaining to the Long-Term Care 

Hospital Quality Reporting Program; 

Use: We are requesting an extension to 

the Long-Term Care Hospital Continuity 

Assessment Record and Evaluation Data 

Set (LTCH CARE Data Set or LCDS) 

Version 5.0 that will be effective on 

October 1, 2022. 

On November 2, 2021 the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 

issued a final rule (86 FR 62240) which 

finalized proposed modifications to the 

effective date for the reporting of 

measures and certain standardized 

patient assessment data in the Longterm Care Hospital Quality Reporting 

Program (LTCH QRP). Per the final rule 

CMS will require LTCHs to start 

collecting assessment data using LCDS 

Version 5.0 beginning October 1, 2022. 

The information collection request for 

LCDS Version 5.0 was re-approved on 

December 7, 2021 with an October 1, 

2022 implementation date. CMS is 

asking for an extension of the approved 

LCDS Version 5.0, which currently 

expires on December 31, 2022. 

The LTCH CARE Data Set is used to 

collect, submit, and report quality data 

to CMS for compliance with the LongTerm Care Hospital Quality Reporting 

Program (LTCH QRP). Form Number: 

CMS–10409 (OMB control number: 

0938–1163); Frequency: Occasionally; 

Affected Public: Private Sector: Business 

or other for-profit and not-for-profit 

institutions; Number of Respondents: 

415; Total Annual Responses: 204,936; 

Total Annual Hours: 145,831. (For 

policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Christy Hughes at 

410–786–5662.) 


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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 29 / Friday, February 11, 2022 / Notices 8017 

Dated: February 8, 2022. 

William N. Parham, III, 

Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office 

of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02992 Filed 2–10–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

[OMB No. 0970–0215] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Tribal TANF Data Report, 

TANF Annual Report, and Reasonable 

Cause/Corrective Action 

Documentation Process 

AGENCY: Office of Family Assistance, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) is 

requesting a 3-year extension of the 

form OFA–0084: Tribal TANF Data 

Report, TANF Annual Report, and 

Reasonable Cause/Corrective Action 

Documentation Process (OMB #0970– 

0215, expiration 4/30/2022). There are 

no changes requested to the form. 

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of 

publication. 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: 42 U.S.C. 612 (section 

412 of the Social Security Act as 

amended by Pub. L. 104–193, the 

Personal Responsibility and Work 

Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 

1996), mandates that federally 

recognized Indian tribes with an 

approved Tribal TANF program collect 

and submit to the Secretary of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services data on the recipients served 

by the tribes’ programs. This 

information collection includes both 

aggregated and disaggregated data on 

case characteristics and individual 

characteristics. In addition, tribes that 

are subject to a penalty are allowed to 

provide reasonable cause justifications 

as to why a penalty should not be 

imposed or may develop and implement 

corrective compliance procedures to 

eliminate the source of the penalty. 

Finally, there is an annual report, which 

requires the tribes to describe program 

characteristics. All of the above 

requirements are currently approved by 

OMB and ACF is simply proposing to 

extend them without any changes. 

Respondents: Native American tribes 

and tribal organizations operating Tribal 

TANF programs. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Total 

number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Annual 

burden hours 

Final Tribal TANF Data Report ........................................................................ 75 4 451 135,300 

Tribal TANF Annual Report ............................................................................. 75 1 40 3,000 

Tribal TANF Reasonable Cause/Corrective .................................................... 10 1 60 600 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 138,900. 

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: 42 U.S.C. 612, 45 CFR part 

286. 

Mary B. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02922 Filed 2–10–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–36–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; OPRE Data Collection for 

State Child Welfare Data Linkages 

Descriptive Study (New Collection) 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, Administration for 

Children and Families, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for Public Comment. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) is 

requesting approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for a 

new primary data collection about 

connected child welfare data. We define 

connected data as child welfare data 

that are linked or integrated with data 

from other systems or agencies. The 

State Child Welfare Data Linkages 

Descriptive Study (Data Linkages 

Descriptive Study) will gather 

systematic information on the extent to 

which states connect their child 

maltreatment data to other data sets; 

how any linked data sets are created, 

managed, and used; and challenges 

states face in linking data. 

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of 

publication. 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: Copies of the proposed 

collection of information can be 

obtained and comments may be 

forwarded by emailing 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

Identify all requests by the title of the 

information collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: The State Child Welfare 

Data Linkages Descriptive Study will 

examine the extent to which child 

welfare agencies in 50 states, Puerto 

Rico, and Washington, DC, link 

administrative data on child 

maltreatment to data in other systems 

and to learn more about states’ practices 

related to sharing and linking data. The 

study aims to inform the ongoing and 


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