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1Public Law 104–191, 110 Stat. 1936 (Aug 21, 

1996), available at https://www.congress.gov/104/ 

plaws/publ191/PLAW-104publ191.pdf. 

2Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 

Final Rule: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; 

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; 

Interoperability and Patient Access for Medicare 

Advantage Organization and Medicaid Managed 

Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, CHIP 

Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers 

of Qualified Health Plans on the FederallyFacilitated Exchanges, and Health Care Providers,’’ 

85 FR 25510, May 1, 2020, available at https://

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-05-01/pdf/ 

2020-05050.pdf. 

3Public Law 114–255, 130 STAT. 1033 (Dec. 13, 

2016), available at https://www.congress.gov/114/ 

plaws/publ255/PLAW-114publ255.pdf. 

4Public Law 111–148, 124 Stat. 119 (Mar 13. 

2010), available at https://www.congress.gov/111/ 

plaws/publ148/PLAW-111publ148.pdf. 

5Public Law 111–5, Title XIII, 123 Stat. 115, 226 

(Feb. 17, 2009), available at https://

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-111publ5/pdf/ 

PLAW-111publ5.pdf. 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

Title of the Collection: Generic 

Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery. 

Type of Collection: Father Generic ICR 

revision. 

OMB No. 0955–0003—Office of the 

National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

Abstract: The Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology is seeking a three-year 

revision of OMB control number 0955– 

0003 to continue collecting routine 

customer feedback on agency service 

delivery. The proposed information 

collection activity provides a means to 

garner qualitative customer and 

stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with the 

Administration’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. Qualitative 

feedback means information that 

provides useful insights on perceptions 

and opinions, and is not statistical 

surveys that yield quantitative results 

that can be generalized to the 

population of study. This feedback will 

provide insights into customer or 

stakeholder perceptions, experiences, 

and expectations; provide an early 

warning of issues with the service; or 

focus attention on areas where 

communication, training, or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative, 

and actionable communications 

between the Agency and its customers 

and stakeholders. It will also allow 

feedback to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

The solicitation of feedback will target 

areas such as timeliness, 

appropriateness, accuracy of 

information, courtesy, efficiency of 

service delivery, and resolution of 

issues with service delivery. Responses 

will be assessed to plan and inform 

efforts to improve or maintain the 

quality of service offered to the public. 

If this information is not collected, vital 

feedback from customers and 

stakeholders on the Agency’s services 

will be unavailable. 

Affected Public: Individuals, 

households, professionals, and/or the 

public/private sector. 

Average estimates for the next three 

years: 

Estimated Total Number of 

Respondents: 10,000. 

Expected Annual Number of 

Activities: 6. 

Average Number of Respondents per 

Activity: 1667. 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

activity. 

Average Minutes per Response: 7. 

Total Burden Hours: 1167. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Type of respondent Number of 

respondents 

Number 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Individuals, households, professionals, and/or the public/private sector ........ 10,000 1 7/60 1167 

Total .......................................................................................................... 10,000 1 7/60 1167 

Sherrette A. Funn, 

Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 

Officer, Office of the Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Committee on Vital and Health 

Statistics: Notice of Meeting and 

Request for Public Comment 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) 

announces the following advisory 

committee meeting and request for 

public comment. 

Name: National Committee on Vital 

and Health Statistics (NCVHS), 

Listening Session to be held by the 

Subcommittee on Standards. 

Dates and Times: Wednesday, August 

25, 2021: 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. EST. 

Place: Virtual. 

Status: Open. 

Purpose: The purpose of this listening 

session is to obtain input from 

representatives of standards 

development organizations, invited 

industry stakeholders, and 

representatives from federal agencies on 

a variety of topics pertaining to data 

standards, harmonization of standards 

and code sets, new Fast Healthcare 

Interoperability Resources (FHIR) 

application programming interfaces 

(APIs) to enhance the exchange of 

clinical and administrative data, the 

state of readiness for certain 

administrative and clinical standards to 

be considered for adoption or use as 

standards under the Health Insurance 

Portability and Accountability Act 

(HIPAA),1 for interoperability, and other 

subjects beyond HIPAA transactions. 

This Notice also includes a Request 

for Public Comment to solicit input 

from interested individuals and 

stakeholders who would like to provide 

input to the Subcommittee in advance 

of the August 25, 2021, listening 

session. 

The Subcommittee seeks to 

understand the extent to which current 

and emerging standards for exchanging 

electronic health-related data under 

HIPAA and other applicable federal 

legislation and regulatory processes are 

meeting the business needs of the health 

care system. Applicable legislation and 

regulation include, but are not limited 

to HIPAA, the final Interoperability and 

Patient Access Rule promulgated by the 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 

Services (CMS),2 the 21st Century Cures 

Act,3 the Affordable Care Act of 2010,4

the Health Information Technology for 

Economic and Clinical Health Act 

(HITECH),5 and Medicare Access and 


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6Public Law 114–10, 129 Stat. 87 (April 16, 

2015), available at https://www.congress.gov/114/ 

plaws/publ10/PLAW-114publ10.pdf. 

CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 

(MACRA).6

Building on recent work of both 

NCVHS and the Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology (ONC), the Subcommittee is 

gathering input to inform phase 1 of its 

two-year project Standardization of 

Information for Burden Reduction and 

Post-Pandemic America. This work 

involves assessing the current landscape 

of standards development and 

regulatory adoption processes and 

identifying opportunities for improving 

coordination of standards development, 

adoption, implementation, and 

conformity across disparate healthrelated data systems. NCVHS may use 

the information to inform 

recommendations to HHS. These 

recommendations may include an 

updated framework for standards 

adoption and implementation that takes 

into consideration public health, 

wellness, social services, clinical and 

claims information and newer 

technologies that promote 

interoperability across the health care 

system. 

In conjunction with the August 25th 

listening session, the Subcommittee is 

including in this notice a Request for 

Public Comment to obtain written input 

from any interested stakeholders 

including: Trading partners and 

consumers; payers; providers; patients; 

standards organizations; advocacy 

groups; data exchanges; health 

information technology developers; and 

other data producers and data 

consumers including long term and 

post-acute care providers; public health 

agencies; population health registries; 

and operators of public and private 

sector claims and encounter data 

reporting systems. The Committee has 

developed specific questions to ensure 

comments address key issues under 

consideration by the Committee. Those 

questions are outlined here and 

available at: https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/ 

Request-for-Public-Comment-StandardsSubcommittee-August-ListeningSession. 

(1) How can data sharing be improved 

between patients, providers, payers, 

public health system, and other actors 

in health care? What are the barriers to 

these improvements? 

(2) Are there any new standards or 

use cases available or under 

development that should be considered 

by NCVHS for recommendation to HHS 

for adoption to support interoperability, 

burden reduction and administrative 

simplification? Some examples might 

include new information sharing in 

health care, such as data or semantics 

for social determinants of health, public 

health case reporting, or All Payer 

Claims Databases. Please do not limit 

responses to these examples. 

(3) How have other industries 

effectively implemented, tested, and 

certified standards for data and their 

exchange that could be considered for 

health care? 

(4) What short term, mid-term and 

long-term opportunities or solutions do 

you believe should be priorities for 

HHS? 

Please submit comments to 

NCVHSmail@cdc.gov by close of 

business Friday, July 30, 2021. 

The Subcommittee will consider 

information from the invited panelists 

as well as all timely submitted written 

comments from the public in its 

development of a landscape assessment 

and potential recommendations. 

There will be a public comment 

period. The meeting times and topics 

are subject to change. Please refer to the 

NCVHS website posted agenda for any 

updates. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Substantive program information may 

be obtained from Rebecca Hines, MHS, 

Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National 

Center for Health Statistics, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 

Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 

20782, telephone (301) 458–4715, email 

NCVHSmail@cdc.gov. Summaries of 

meetings and a roster of Committee 

members are available on the home page 

of the NCVHS website https://

ncvhs.hhs.gov/. Further information, 

including an agenda and instructions to 

access the broadcast of the meeting, will 

be posted as soon as the information is 

available. 

Should you require reasonable 

accommodation, please contact the CDC 

Office of Equal Employment 

Opportunity on (770) 488–3210 as soon 

as possible. 

Sharon Arnold, 

Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Planning and Evaluation, Science and Data 

Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Planning and Evaluation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

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[Document Identifier: OS–0990–0260] 

Agency Information Collection 

Request; 30-Day Public Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirement of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Secretary (OS), Department of Health 

and Human Services, is publishing the 

following summary of a proposed 

collection for public comment. 

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be 

received on or before July 26, 2021. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sherrette.Funn@hhs.gov or (202) 795– 

7714. When submitting comments or 

requesting information, please include 

the document identifier 0990–0260 and 

project title for reference. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested 

persons are invited to send comments 

regarding this burden estimate or any 

other aspect of this collection of 

information, including any of the 

following subjects: (1) The necessity and 

utility of the proposed information 

collection for the proper performance of 

the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(4) the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

Title of the Collection: Protection of 

Human Subjects: Assurance of 

Compliance with Federal Policy/IRB 

Review/IRB Recordkeeping/Informed 

Consent/Consent Documentation. 

Type of Collection: Extension with 

change. 

OMB No. 0990–0260 Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Health, Office for 

Human Research Protections. 

Abstract: The Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Health, Office for Human 

Research Protections is requesting a 

three-year extension of the Protection of 

Human Subjects: Assurance of 

Compliance with Federal Policy/IRB 


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