102150 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 242 / Tuesday, December 17, 2024 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–2088–17] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Correction 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: On December 9, 2024, CMS 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register that sought comment on a 

collection of information concerning 

CMS–2088–17 (OMB control number 

0938–0037) entitled ‘‘Community 

Mental Health Center Cost Report.’’ The 

OMB control number identifying the 

aforementioned information collection 

request is incorrectly listed in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

the notice. This document corrects the 

error. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William N. Parham, III, (410) 786–4669. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In the December 9, 2024, issue of the 

Federal Register (89 FR 97619), we 

published a Paperwork Reduction Act 

notice requesting a 30-day public 

comment period for the information 

collection request identified under 

CMS–2088–17, OMB control number 

0938–0037, and titled ‘‘Community 

Mental Health Center Cost Report.’’ 

II. Explanation of Error 

In the December 9, 2024 (89 FR 

97619) notice, the OMB control number 

is incorrect. The incorrect language is 

located on the 15th and 16th lines at the 

top of the middle column on page 

97620, ‘‘(OMB control number: 0938– 

0378)’’ All of the other information 

contained in the December 9, 2024, 

notice is correct and remains 

unchanged. The related public comment 

period remains in effect and ends 

January 8, 2024. 

III. Correction of Error 

In FR Doc. 2024–28857 of December 

9, 2024 (89 FR 97619), page 97620, in 

the 15th and 16th lines of the second 

column, ‘‘(OMB control number: 0938– 

0378)’’, is corrected to read as ‘‘(OMB 

control number: 0938–0037)’’. 

William N. Parham, III, 

Director, Division of Information Collections 

and Regulatory Impacts, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29754 Filed 12–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Notice of Proposed Purchased/ 

Referred Care Delivery Area 

Redesignation for the Chippewa Cree 

Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation 

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice advises the public 

that the Indian Health Service (IHS) 

proposes to expand the geographic 

boundaries of the Purchased/Referred 

Care Delivery Area (PRCDA) for the 

Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s 

Reservation (‘‘Chippewa Cree Tribe’’ or 

‘‘Tribe’’) to include the Montana county 

of Cascade. The current PRCDA for the 

Chippewa Cree Tribe includes the 

Montana counties of Choteau, Hill and 

Liberty. Chippewa Cree Tribal members 

who reside outside of the PRCDA are 

eligible for direct care services; 

however, they are not eligible for 

Purchased/Referred Care (PRC) services. 

The sole purpose of this expansion 

would be to authorize additional 

Chippewa Cree Tribal members and 

beneficiaries to receive PRC services. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

January 16, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: In commenting, please refer 

to file code [Federal Register insert file 

code number]. Because of staff and 

resource limitations, we cannot accept 

comments by facsimile (FAX) 

transmission. You may submit 

comments in one of four ways (please 

choose only one of the ways listed): 

1. Electronically. You may submit 

electronic comments on this regulation 

to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ instructions. 

2. By regular mail. You may mail 

written comments to the following 

address ONLY: Carl Mitchell, Director, 

Division of Regulatory and Policy 

Coordination, Indian Health Service, 

5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop: 09E70, 

Rockville, Maryland 20857. 

Please allow sufficient time for mailed 

comments to be received before the 

close of the comment period. 

3. By express or overnight mail. You 

may send written comments to the 

above address. 

4. By hand or courier. If you prefer, 

you may deliver (by hand or courier) 

your written comments before the close 

of the comment period to the address 

above. 

If you intend to deliver your 

comments to the Rockville address, 

please call telephone number (301) 443– 

1116 in advance to schedule your 

arrival with a staff member. 

Inspection of Public Comments: All 

comments received before the close of 

the comment period are available for 

viewing by the public, including any 

personally identifiable or confidential 

business information that is included in 

a comment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

CAPT John Rael, Director, Office of 

Resource Access and Partnerships, 

Indian Health Service, 5600 Fishers 

Lane, Mail Stop: 10E85C, Rockville, 

Maryland 20857. Telephone (301) 443– 

0969 (This is not a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IHS 

provides services under regulations in 

effect as of September 15, 1987, and 

republished at 42 CFR part 136, 

subparts A–C. Subpart C defines a 

Contract Health Service Delivery Area 

(CHSDA), now referred to as a PRCDA, 

as the geographic area within which 

PRC will be made available by the IHS 

to members of an identified Indian 

community who reside in the PRCDA. 

Residence within a PRCDA by a person 

who is within the scope of the Indian 

health program, as set forth in 42 CFR 

136.12, creates no legal entitlement to 

PRC services but only potential 

eligibility for services. Services needed, 

but not available at an IHS/Tribal 

facility, are provided under the PRC 

program depending on the availability 

of funds, the relative medical priority of 

the services to be provided, and the 

actual availability and accessibility of 

alternate resources in accordance with 

the regulations. 

The regulations at 42 CFR part 136, 

subpart C provide that, unless otherwise 

designated, a PRCDA shall consist of a 

county which includes all or part of a 

reservation and any county or counties 

which have a common boundary with 

the reservation. 42 CFR 136.22(a)(6). 

The regulations also provide that after 

consultation with the Tribal governing 

body or bodies on those reservations 

included within the PRCDA, the 

Secretary may, from time to time, 

redesignate areas within the United 

States for inclusion in or exclusion from 

a PRCDA. 42 CFR 136.22(b). The 

regulations require that certain criteria 


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be considered before any redesignation 

is made. The criteria are as follows: 

(1) The number of Indians residing in 

the area proposed to be so included or 

excluded; 

(2) Whether the Tribal governing body 

has determined that Indians residing in 

the area near the reservation are socially 

and economically affiliated with the 

Tribe; 

(3) The geographic proximity to the 

reservation of the area whose inclusion 

or exclusion is being considered; and 

(4) The level of funding which would 

be available for the provision of PRC. 

Additionally, the regulations require 

that any redesignation of a PRCDA be 

made in accordance with the procedures 

of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 

U.S.C. 553). 42 CFR 136.22(c). In 

compliance with this requirement, the 

IHS is publishing this Notice and 

requesting public comments. 

The Chippewa Cree Tribe of the 

Rocky Boy’s Reservation is located Hill 

and Choteau Counties of Montana. The 

Chippewa Cree Tribe operates their PRC 

program under an Indian SelfDetermination and Education 

Assistance Act agreement with the IHS. 

The Chippewa Cree Tribe has requested 

that the IHS expand its PRCDA to 

include Cascade County, Montana. The 

requested PRCDA redesignation would 

share Cascade County with the PRCDA 

of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians of Montana (‘‘Little Shell 

Tribe’’). The Billings Area held 

discussions with the Little Shell Tribe, 

during which the Little Shell Tribe did 

not raise any objections to the 

expansion of the Chippewa Cree Tribe’s 

PRCDA to include Cascade County. 

Under 42 CFR 136.23, those otherwise 

eligible Indians who do not reside on a 

reservation, but reside within a PRCDA, 

must be either members of the Tribe or 

other IHS beneficiaries who maintain 

close economic and social ties with the 

Tribe. In this case, applying the 

aforementioned PRCDA redesignation 

criteria required by operative 

regulations codified at 42 CFR part 136, 

subpart C, the following findings are 

made: 

1. By expanding the PRCDA to 

include Cascade County, Montana, the 

IHS and the Chippewa Cree Tribe 

estimate that the Tribe’s PRC eligible 

population would increase by an 

estimated 251 Tribal members. 

2. As part of their expansion request, 

the Chippewa Cree Tribe submitted a 

resolution from the Tribe’s governing 

body. The resolution explains that the 

expansion is intended to serve their 

members living in Cascade County, 

Montana and it describes those 

members as being socially and 

economically tied to the Tribe’s 

reservation. The IHS therefore finds that 

the Tribal members within the 

proposed, expanded PRCDA are socially 

and economically affiliated with the 

Chippewa Cree Tribe. 

3. The expanded PRCDA county 

forms a contiguous area with the 

existing PRCDA. Members of the 

Chippewa Cree Tribe reside in the 

county proposed for inclusion in the 

expanded PRCDA. Through their 

expansion request, the Tribe described 

how close Cascade County, Montana is 

to their reservation and explained that 

it is close enough for their members 

residing there to return frequently to the 

Tribe’s reservation for ceremony and 

participation in Tribal elections. For 

these reasons, the IHS has determined 

the additional county proposed for 

inclusion herein to be geographically 

proximate, meaning ‘‘on or near,’’ to the 

Tribe’s reservation. 

4. Through the Chippewa Cree Tribe’s 

request to expand its PRCDA, the Tribe 

has indicated that the PRC program can 

continue providing the same level of 

care to the PRC eligible population if the 

PRCDA is expanded as proposed, 

without requiring additional funding 

from the IHS or reduction of the current 

medical priority level. 

Accordingly, the IHS proposes to 

expand the PRCDA of the Chippewa 

Cree Tribe to include the county of 

Cascade in the state of Montana. 

This Notice does not contain 

reporting or recordkeeping requirements 

subject to prior approval by the Office 

of Management and Budget under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980. 

Roselyn Tso, 

Director, Indian Health Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29689 Filed 12–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4166–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Office of the Director; Notice of 

Meeting 

Pursuant to section 1009 of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, notice is hereby given of the 

following meeting. 

The meeting will be held as a virtual 

meeting and will be open to the public 

as indicated below. Interested 

individuals should pre-register at 

https://cvent.me/N0moVx to attend this 

meeting. Individuals who need special 

assistance, such as sign language 

interpretation or other reasonable 

accommodations, should notify the 

Contact Person listed below in advance 

of the meeting. The meeting can be 

accessed from the NIH Videocast at the 

following link: http://videocast.nih.gov/. 

Name of Committee: Scientific 

Management Review Board. 

Date: January 10, 2025. 

Time: 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

Agenda: Establish priorities and review 

prior recommendations and report. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, One 

Center Drive, Building 1, Bethesda, MD 

20892. 

Meeting Format: Virtual Meeting. 

Contact Person: Tyrone Spady, Ph.D., 

Acting Senior Advisor to the NIH Deputy 

Director, Office of the Director, One Center 

Drive, Building 1, Room 108, Bethesda, MD 

20892, (301) 496–2433, smrb@nih.gov. 

Any interested person may file written 

comments with the committee by forwarding 

the statement to the Contact Person listed on 

this notice. The statement should include the 

name, address, telephone number and when 

applicable, the business or professional 

affiliation of the interested person. 

The draft meeting agenda and other 

information about the SMRB, including 

information about access to the webcast, will 

be available prior to the meeting at http://

smrb.od.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Numbers: 93.14, Intramural 

Research Training Award; 93.22, Clinical 

Research Loan Repayment Program for 

Individuals from Disadvantaged 

Backgrounds; 93.232, Loan Repayment 

Program for Research Generally; 93.39, 

Academic Research Enhancement Award; 

93.936, NIH Acquired Immunodeficiency 

Syndrome Research Loan Repayment 

Program; 93.187, Undergraduate Scholarship 

Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged 

Backgrounds, National Institutes of Health, 

HHS.) 

Dated: December 12, 2024. 

Lauren A. Fleck, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29701 Filed 12–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Allergy and 

Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed 

Meeting 

Pursuant to section 1009 of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, notice is hereby given of the 

following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The contract proposals and 

the discussions could disclose 


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