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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 January 13, 2025. 

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, please access the CMS PRA 

website by copying and pasting the 

following web address into your web 

browser: https://www.cms.gov/ 

Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing 

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: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Triennial 

Network Adequacy Review for Medicare 

Advantage Organizations and 1876 Cost 

Plans; Use: CMS regulations at 42 CFR 

417.414, 417.416, 422.112(a)(1)(i), and 

422.114(a)(3)(ii) require that all 

Medicare Advantage organizations 

(MAOs) offering coordinated care plans, 

network-based private fee-for-service 

(PFFS) plans, and as well as section 

1876 cost organizations, maintain a 

network of appropriate providers that is 

sufficient to provide adequate access to 

covered services to meet the needs of 

the population served. To enforce this 

requirement, CMS regulations at 

§ 422.116 outline network adequacy 

criteria which set forth the minimum 

number of providers and maximum 

travel time and distance from enrollees 

to providers, for required provider 

specialty types in each county in the 

United States and its territories. 

Organizations must be in compliance 

with the current CMS network adequacy 

criteria guidance, which is updated and 

published annually on CMS’s website. 

This collection of information is 

essential to appropriate and timely 

compliance monitoring by CMS, in 

order to ensure that all active contracts 

offering network-based plans maintain 

an adequate network; Form Number: 

CMS–10636 (OMB control number: 

0938–1346); Frequency: Yearly; Affected 

Public: Private sector; Number of 

Respondents: 502; Number of 

Responses: 2,753; Total Annual Hours: 

27,470. (For policy questions regarding 

this collection contact Jackie Ford at 

410–786–7767.) 

William N. Parham, III, 

Director, Division of Information Collections 

and Regulatory Impacts, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for Office of Management 

and Budget Review; Intergovernmental 

Reference Guide (IRG) (Office of 

Management and Budget No.: 0970– 

0209) 

AGENCY: Office of Child Support 

Services, Administration for Children 

and Families, U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), Office of 

Child Support Services (OCSS), is 

requesting the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to approve the 

Intergovernmental Reference Guide 

(IRG) for an additional three years. The 

IRG contains State and Tribal child 

support information that helps State and 

Tribal child support agencies (CSAs) 

administer their respective programs. 

Minor updates are proposed, as 

described below. The current OMB 

approval (OMB #: 0970–0209) expires 

on February 28, 2025. 

DATES: Comments due January 13, 2025. 

OMB is required to decide concerning 

the collection of information between 30 

and 60 days after publication of this 

document in the Federal Register. 

Therefore, a comment is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication. 

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. You can also obtain 

copies of the proposed collection of 

information by emailing infocollection@

acf.hhs.gov. Identify all emailed 

requests by the title of the information 

collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: The IRG is a centralized 

and automated repository of State and 

Tribal profiles that contains high-level 

descriptions of each CSA program. 

These profiles provide State, Tribal, and 

foreign country CSAs with an effective 

and efficient method for updating and 

accessing information needed to process 

intergovernmental child support cases. 

Revisions are proposed as a result of 

feedback from respondents suggesting 

changes, recommendations from the 

program team, or from the program team 

workgroup of interested partners. The 

workgroup is engaged to evaluate the 

efficacy of the instruments. Specifically, 

the following changes are proposed: 

• Minor edits to change Office of 

Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) to 

Office of Child Support Services 

(OCSS). 

• Edits to the State profile based on 

recommendations that were received 

but not implemented in 2022 when the 

current version of the profile went 

through the OMB approval process. 

OCSS has an overview of those 

recommendations and OCSS responses 

available upon request. 

• Edits to clarify the State profile 

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respondents to understand and 

complete them. Some of these edits 

were based on the comments referenced 

in the prior bullet and others based on 

other feedback from program staff and 

workgroup members. 

• Addition of questions in the State 

profile instrument that are designed to 

help States establish health care 

coverage and manage the financial 

aspects of child support services. The 

new questions pertain to policies and 

procedures associated with new hire 

reporting, income withholdings, lump 

sum payments, medical support, and 

State electronic funds transfers. The 

addition of these questions slightly 

increased the estimated time per 

response from .3 hours to .5 hours. 

Respondents: State and Tribal CSAs. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Information collection instrument 

Total number 

of annual 

respondents 

Number of 

annual 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

annual burden 

hour per 

response 

Annual burden 

hours 

IRG: State Profile Guide (states and territories) ............................................. 54 18 0.5 486 

IRG: Tribal Profile Guide ................................................................................. 62 18 0.3 335 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 821. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 652(a)(7); 42 

U.S.C. 666(f); 45 CFR 301.1; 45 CFR 

303.7; and 45 CFR 309.120. 

Mary C. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Meeting of the Advisory Committee on 

Minority Health 

AGENCY: Office of Minority Health, 

Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department 

of Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice 

that the Advisory Committee on 

Minority Health (ACMH) will hold a 

meeting conducted as a webcast on 

January 16, 2025. This virtual meeting 

will be open to the public. 

DATES: The virtual ACMH meeting will 

be held on January 16, 2025, from 2 p.m. 

to 3 p.m. EST. If the Committee 

completes its work before 3 p.m. EST, 

the meeting will adjourn early. 

Registration is required for the public 

to attend the meeting, provide comment, 

and/or distribute material(s) to ACMH 

members. Any individual who wishes to 

participate in the virtual meeting should 

register using the Zoom registration link 

provided below by 5 p.m. EST on 

January 14, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

virtually and will be accessible by 

webcast. Instructions regarding webcast 

access and providing written public 

comments will be given after meeting 

registration occurs. Information about 

the meeting will be posted on the HHS 

Office of Minority Health (OMH) 

website: www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov. 

Information about ACMH activities can 

be found on the OMH website under the 

heading About OMH, Committees and 

Working Groups. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Violet Woo, Designated Federal Officer, 

Advisory Committee on Minority 

Health, OMH, HHS, Tower Building, 

1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 100, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. Phone: 240– 

453–6816; email: OMH-ACMH@hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with Public Law 105–392, 

the ACMH was established to provide 

advice to the Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Minority Health on the development 

of goals and program activities related to 

OMH’s duties. 

The topic to be discussed during the 

virtual meeting will be finalizing 

recommendations on the 

implementation of the updated Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) federal 

race and ethnicity data collection 

standards (SPD 15) that is focused on 

opportunities for engagement with 

racial, ethnic, and tribal community 

level organizations to support increased 

awareness of OMB SPD 15 and their 

intended goals within their 

communities. The final 

recommendations will be given to the 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority 

Health to inform efforts related to 

engagement with racial, ethnic, and 

tribal community level organizations to 

support increased awareness of OMB 

SPD 15 and their intended goals within 

their communities. 

Any individual who wishes to attend 

the meeting must register via the Zoom 

registration link, https://

www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/ 

WN_LmiIgMlgQ_ahBhwZB5-twA, by 5 

p.m. EST on January 14, 2025. Each 

registrant should provide their name, 

affiliation, phone number, email 

address, if they plan to provide either 

written or verbal comment, and whether 

they have requests for special 

accommodations, including sign 

language interpretation. After 

registering, registrants will receive an 

automated email response with the 

meeting connection link. The meeting 

connection link is unique to each 

registrant and should not be shared. 

Members of the public will have an 

opportunity to provide comments at the 

meeting. 

Individuals should indicate during 

registration whether they intend to 

provide written or verbal comment. 

Public comments will be limited to two 

minutes per speaker during the time 

allotted. 

Individuals of the public may also 

submit and distribute electronic or 

printed statements or material(s) related 

to this meeting’s topic. Written 

statements or material(s) should be 

double-spaced with one-inch margins 

and not exceed two pages in length. Any 

content beyond the two-page limit will 

not be presented to the Committee. 

Registered members of the public who 

plan to submit electronic and distribute 

electronic or printed public statements 

or material(s) related to the meeting’s 

topic should email the material to OMHACMH@hhs.gov at least two (2) business 

days prior to the meeting. 

Violet Woo, 

Designated Federal Officer, Advisory 

Committee on Minority Health. 

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