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listen to the online Committee meeting. 

There will be no opportunity for oral 

public comments during the online 

Committee meeting. Written comments, 

however, can be e-mailed to 

healthypeople@nhic.org. 

To listen to the Committee meeting, 

individuals must pre-register to attend 

at the Healthy People Web site located 

at http://www.healthypeople.gov. 

Participation in the meeting is limited. 

Registrations will be accepted until 

maximum capacity is reached and must 

be completed by 5 p.m. E.D.T. on June 

29, 2011. A waiting list will be 

maintained should registrations exceed 

capacity. Individuals on the waiting list 

will be contacted as additional space for 

the meeting becomes available. 

Registration questions may be 

directed to Hilary Scherer at 

HP2020@norc.org (e-mail), (301) 634– 

9374 (phone), or (301) 634–9301 (fax). 

Dated: May 26, 2011. 

Carter Blakey, 

Acting Director, Office of Disease Prevention 

and Disease Prevention. 

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BILLING CODE 4150–32–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures 

Program: Request for Nominations for 

Expert Panelists 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

nominations for expert panelists. 

SUMMARY: This notice requests members 

of the public to nominate experts to 

provide individual input into the 

CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures 

Program. Section 401(a) of the 

Children’s Health Insurance Program 

Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) of 2009 

(Pub. L. 111–3) amended the Social 

Security Act (the Act) by adding Section 

1139A, which directs the Secretary of 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) to establish a Pediatric 

Quality Measures Program. The purpose 

of the Pediatric Quality Measures 

Program is to (a) Improve and 

strengthen the initial core child health 

care quality measures established 

pursuant to Section 1139A(a) of the Act; 

(b) expand on existing quality measures 

used by public and private health care 

purchasers and advance the 

development of such new and emerging 

quality measures; and (c) increase the 

portfolio of evidence-based, consensus 

pediatric quality measures available to 

public and private purchasers of 

children’s health care services, 

providers, and consumers. A meeting of 

the experts will be held on September 

18, 2011, in Bethesda, Maryland. We are 

seeking experts who can provide 

individual comment on the criteria by 

which new or enhanced children’s 

health care quality measures will be 

evaluated. Expert panels will be 

convened in subsequent years to 

evaluate new or enhanced children’s 

health care quality measures using these 

criteria. These evaluations will take 

place annually before recommended 

changes to the core set of children’s 

health care quality measures are 

published in the Federal Register on or 

before January 1, 2013; January 1, 2014; 

and December 31, 2014. The initial core 

set of children’s health care quality 

measures was published December 29, 

2009, in Volume 74, No. 248 of the 

Federal Register. 

Section 1139A(b) of the Act identifies 

several minimum criteria that the core 

set of children’s health care quality 

measures must meet and requires 

consultation with stakeholders in 

identifying gaps in existing pediatric 

quality measures and establishing 

priorities for development and 

advancement of such measures. AHRQ 

will convene a group of experts 

representing a broad range of 

stakeholder groups. These experts will 

be asked to provide individual 

comments on the additional aspects of 

validity, feasibility, importance, 

understandability, or other criteria that 

should be considered when reviewing 

quality measures. They will also be 

asked to provide individual comments 

on the documentation required to 

provide evidence that each criterion has 

been met. 

We seek nominations for a panel of 15 

experts that will include representatives 

from among the following groups: State 

Medicaid Programs and Children’s 

Health Insurance Programs (CHIP); 

pediatricians, children’s hospitals, and 

other primary and specialized pediatric 

health care professionals (including 

members of the allied health 

professions) who specialize in the care 

and treatment of children, particularly 

children with special physical, mental, 

and developmental health care needs; 

dental professionals, including pediatric 

dental professionals; health care 

providers that furnish primary health 

care to children and families who live 

in urban and rural medically 

underserved communities or who are 

members of distinct population subgroups at heightened risk for poor 

health outcomes; national organizations 

representing children, including 

children with disabilities and children 

with chronic conditions; national 

organizations representing consumers 

and purchasers of children’s health care; 

national organizations and individuals 

with expertise in pediatric health 

quality measurement; and voluntary 

consensus standards setting 

organizations and other organizations 

involved in the advancement of 

evidence-based measures of health care. 

Individuals, who are affiliated with the 

CHIPRA PQMP Centers of Excellence as 

subcontractors, stakeholders, or key 

personnel (‘‘affiliated individuals’’), are 

not eligible to apply. However, other 

individuals from entities represented by 

the affiliated individuals are eligible to 

apply. 

We are seeking individuals who are 

distinguished in their knowledge of 

health care disparities (e.g., racial and 

ethnic disparities), child health quality 

measurement methods, and the 

application of health information 

technology to quality measurement. 

Individuals are particularly sought with 

experience and success in activities 

specified in the summary above. 

DATES: Nominations should be received 

on or before 21 days after date of 

publication. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be emailed to chipra@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

Nominations may also be mailed to 

Edwin Lomotan, AHRQ, 540 Gaither 

Road, Room 2202, Rockville, Maryland 

20850. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

chipra@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

401(a) of the Children’s Health 

Insurance Program Reauthorization Act 

(CHIPRA) of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–3) 

amended the Social Security Act (the 

Act) by adding Section 1139A, which 

directs the Secretary of HHS to establish 

a Pediatric Quality Measures Program. 

Section 1139A(b)(3) of the Act provides 

that the Secretary of HHS shall consult 

with various entities in establishing 

priorities for development and 

advancement of children’s health care 

quality measures. The Secretary 

delegated this task to the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS) entered into an 

Interagency Agreement with the Agency 

for Healthcare Research and Quality 

(AHRQ), by which CMS and AHRQ 

would collaborate to develop the 

Pediatric Quality Measures Program. 

Under the Pediatric Quality Measures 

Program, AHRQ has funded seven 

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Centers of Excellence through 

cooperative agreements under the 

funding opportunity announcement 

HS11–001, the CHIPRA PQMP Centers 

of Excellence. For more information, see 

http://www.AHRQ.gov/chipra/ 

PQMPFACT.htm. These seven Centers 

of Excellence, in concert with two CMSfunded CHIPRA Quality Demonstration 

grantee States (Massachusetts and 

Illinois), will develop new and 

enhanced children’s health care quality 

measures and will participate in the 

process to identify and refine criteria by 

which new or enhanced children’s 

health care quality measures will be 

evaluated. 

The expected time commitment for 

expert panelists is up to 3 days. This 

includes travel to and from the expert 

panel meeting to be held on September 

18, 2011, as one of the pre-meetings to 

the AHRQ Annual Conference in 

Bethesda, Maryland; review of materials 

in advance of the in-person meeting; 

and attendance at the full-day in-person 

meeting on September 18, 2011. 

Interested persons may nominate one 

or more qualified persons for the expert 

panel. Self-nominations are accepted. 

Nominations shall include: (1) A copy 

of the nominee’s resume or curriculum 

vitae; (2) a statement of the stakeholder 

group or groups that the nominee would 

represent, from among the following: 

State Medicaid Programs and Children’s 

Health Insurance Programs (CHIP); 

pediatricians, children’s hospitals, and 

other primary and specialized pediatric 

health care professionals (including 

members of the allied health 

professions) who specialize in the care 

and treatment of children, particularly 

children with special physical, mental, 

and developmental health care needs; 

dental professionals, including pediatric 

dental professionals; health care 

providers that furnish primary health 

care to children and families who live 

in urban and rural medically 

underserved communities or who are 

members of distinct population subgroups at heightened risk for poor 

health outcomes; national organizations 

representing children, including 

children with disabilities and children 

with chronic conditions; national 

organizations representing consumers 

and purchasers of children’s health care; 

national organizations and individuals 

with expertise in pediatric health 

quality measurement; and voluntary 

consensus standards setting 

organizations and other organizations 

involved in the advancement of 

evidence-based measures of health care; 

(3) a statement that the nominee is 

willing to serve as a member of the 

expert panel; (4) a statement about any 

financial interest, arrangement or 

affiliation with any entity that may 

create a potential conflict of interest for 

the nominee or his or her family; if any, 

please describe the relationship with 

each entity as either Grant/Research 

Support, Consultant, Speakers Bureau, 

Major Stock Shareholder, or Other 

Financial or Material Support; and (5) a 

statement about any intellectual interest 

in a study or other research related to 

children’s health care quality measures, 

if any. Please note that once you are 

nominated, AHRQ may consider your 

nomination for future expert panels 

related to the Pediatric Quality 

Measures Program. 

AHRQ strives to ensure that 

membership on expert panels is fairly 

balanced in terms of points of view 

represented and the panel’s function. 

Every effort is made to ensure that the 

views of women, all ethnic and racial 

groups, and people with disabilities are 

represented on expert panels and, 

therefore, AHRQ encourages 

nominations of qualified candidates 

from these groups. AHRQ also 

encourages geographic diversity in the 

composition of expert panels. Selection 

of panelists shall be made without 

discrimination on the basis of age, race, 

ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, 

disability, and cultural, religious, or 

socioeconomic status. 

Dated: May 27, 2011. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director, AHRQ. 

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BILLING CODE M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration on Aging 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Extension 

of Certification of Maintenance of 

Effort for the Title III and Minor 

Revisions to the Certification of LongTerm Care Ombudsman Program 

Expenditures 

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging 

(AoA) is announcing that the proposed 

collection of information listed below 

has been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Submit written comments on the 

collection of information by July 11, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information by fax 

202–395–6974 to the OMB Desk Officer 

for AoA, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, OMB. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Becky Kurtz, National Long-Term Care 

Ombudsman, Administration on Aging, 

Washington, DC 20201. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, AoA 

has submitted the following proposed 

collection of information to OMB for 

review and clearance. AoA invites 

comments on: (1) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of AoA’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of AoA’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

when appropriate, and other forms of 

information technology. 

The Certification on Maintenance of 

Effort for the Title III and Certification 

of Long-Term Care Ombudsman 

Program Expenditures provides 

statutorily required information 

regarding state’s contribution to 

programs funded under the Older 

American’s Act and conformance with 

legislative requirements, pertinent 

Federal regulations and other applicable 

instructions and guidelines issued by 

the Administration on Aging. This 

information will be used for Federal 

oversight of Title III Programs and the 

Title VII Ombudsman Program. 

AoA estimates the burden of this 

collection of information as follows: 56 

State Agencies on Aging respond 

annually with an average burden of one 

half (1⁄2) hour per State agency or a total 

of twenty-eight hours for all state 

agencies annually. The proposed data 

collection tools may be found on the 

AoA Web site for review at http:// 

www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/AoA_Programs/ 

Tools_Resources/Cert_Forms.aspx. 

In the Federal Register of March 29, 

2011 (Vol. 76 No. 60 Page 17419) the 

agency requested comments on the 

proposed collection of information. One 

comment was received. The National 

Association of State Long-Term Care 

Ombudsmen (NASOP) commented that 

the forms are necessary for proper 

stewardship of public funds and to 

assure that states are complying with 

the requirements of the Older 

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