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respondent

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burden

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hours

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BILLING CODE 4184–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

Circulatory System Devices Panel of

the Medical Devices Advisory

Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

This notice announces a forthcoming

meeting of a public advisory committee

of the Food and Drug Administration

(FDA).The meeting will be open to the

public.

Name of Committee: Circulatory

System Devices Panel of the Medical

Devices Advisory Committee.

General Function of the Committee:

To provide advice and

recommendations to the agency on

FDA’s regulatory issues.

Date and Time: The meeting will be

held on July 9, 2001, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,

and July 10, 2001, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Location: Marriott Washingtonian

Center, Salons A, B, and C, 9751

Washingtonian Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD.

Contact: Megan Moynahan, Center for

Devices and Radiological Health (HFZ–

450), Food and Drug Administration,

9200 Corporate Blvd., Rockville, MD

20850, 301–443–8517, ext. 171, or FDA

Advisory Committee Information Line,

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Washington, DC area), code 12625.

Please call the Information Line for upto-date information on this meeting.

Agenda: On July 9, 2001, the

committee will hear brief presentations

on issues related to endovascular

grafting systems for the treatment of

abdominal aortic aneurysms. The

committee will then discuss, make

recommendations, and vote on a

premarket approval application (PMA)

for a percutaneous myocardial

revascularization system used in the

treatment of angina. On July 10, 2001,

the committee will discuss, make

recommendations, and vote on two

separate PMAs for implantable cardiac

devices used in the treatment of

congestive heart failure.

Background information for each

day’s topic, including the agenda and

questions for the committee, will be

available to the public 1 business day

before the meeting on the Internet at

http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/

panelmtg.html. Material for the July 9

meeting will be posted on July 6, 2001;

material for the July 10 meeting will be

posted on July 9, 2001.

Procedure: Interested persons may

present data, information, or views,

orally or in writing, on issues pending

before the committee. Written

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person by July 2, 2001. On July 9, 2001,

oral presentations from the public will

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end of the committee deliberations. On

July 10, 2001, oral presentations from

the public will be scheduled between

approximately 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., and

between approximately 1:30 p.m. and 2

p.m., and near the end of the committee

deliberations on each submission. Time

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oral presentations should notify the

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submit a brief statement of the general

nature of the evidence or arguments

they wish to present, the names and

addresses of proposed participants, and

an indication of the approximate time

requested to make their presentation.

Notice of this meeting is given under

the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C. app. 2).

Dated: June 14, 2001.

Linda A. Suydam,

Senior Associate Commissioner.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[HCFA–2124–N]

RIN 0938–AK52

State Children’s Health Insurance

Program (SCHIP); Redistribution and

Continued Availability of Unexpended

SCHIP Funds From the Appropriation

for FY 1998

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

application of new statutory provisions

concerning the redistribution and

availability of unexpended funds

appropriated for the fiscal year (FY)

1998 for the State Children’s Health

Insurance Program under title XXI of the

Social Security Act. It sets forth the

amounts available for each of the 50

States, the District of Columbia, and the

Commonwealths and Territories from

the FY 1998 appropriation for a second

period of availability under the statutory

formula. It specifies amounts of

allotments that may remain available

(‘‘retained allotments’’) to the States to

which those amounts were originally

allotted during the initial period, and

the amounts of allotments that are

redistributed from the States to which

they were allotted during the initial

period to be available to other States

(‘‘redistributed allotments’’). This notice

implements section 801 of the Medicare,

Medicaid and SCHIP Benefits

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Improvement and Protection Act (BIPA)

(enacted as part of Pub. L. 106–554 on

December 21, 2000).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Strauss, (410) 786–2019.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Title XXI of the Social Security Act

(the Act) sets forth the State Children’s

Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to

enable States, the District of Columbia,

and specified Commonwealths and

Territories to initiate and expand health

insurance coverage to uninsured, lowincome children. In this notice, unless

otherwise indicated, the use of the terms

‘‘State’’ and ‘‘States,’’ refers to any or all

of the 50 States, the District of

Columbia, and the Commonwealths and

Territories. States may implement

SCHIP through a separate State program

under title XXI of the Act, an expanded

program under title XIX of the Act, or

a combination of both. Under section

2104 of the Act, the SCHIP allotments

for a fiscal year (FY) are available to

match expenditures under an approved

State child health plan for a 3-fiscal year

‘‘period of availability,’’ including the

fiscal year for which the allotment was

provided. After the initial period of

availability, the amount of unspent

allotments is subject to a second period

of availability. With the exception

described below for the allotments made

in FYs 1998 and 1999, allotments

unspent in the initial period of

availability are to be redistributed from

States that did not fully spend these

allotments to States that fully spent

their allotments for that fiscal year. The

Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Benefits

Improvement and Protection Act of

2000 (BIPA), enacted as part of Pub. L.

106–554 on December 21, 2000,

amended title XXI of the Act, in part by

establishing new requirements for the

second period of availability of amounts

of FYs 1998 and 1999 allotments

unspent during the initial period of

availability. These requirements limit

the redistribution of unspent allotments

to States that fully spent their FY 1998

or 1999 allotments (redistributed

amounts). These requirements also

provide that amounts of unspent

allotments not redistributed as a result

of these limits would remain available

to States that did not fully expend their

FY 1998 or 1999 allotments (retained

allotments). These requirements

prescribe a methodology and process for

determining the FY 1998 and FY 1999

allotment redistribution and retention

amounts.

II. Provisions of This Notice

This notice announces the application

of the new statutory provisions

concerning the redistribution and

continued availability of unexpended

funds appropriated for FY 1998 for the

SCHIP under title XXI of the Act. It sets

forth the FY 1998 unexpended amounts

available for redistribution or continued

availability for the States. Section 2104

of the Act provides an allotment for

each fiscal year for Federal matching

payments for an initial 3-year period for

the States. Specifically, section 801 of

BIPA added the new section 2104(g) to

the Act to provide for a methodology to

redistribute or continue availability of

all unexpended amounts for FYs 1998

and 1999 at the end of the initial 3-year

period.

Section 2104 of the Act requires the

Secretary to calculate allotments for

each State with an approved State child

health plan based on available

appropriated funds for each fiscal year.

All States had approved plans in order

to have access to their final FY 1998

SCHIP allotments, which were

published on May 24, 2000 in the

Federal Register (65 FR 33634). The

final rule setting forth the

methodologies and procedures to

determine the allotment of Federal

funds for each fiscal year and the grant

award and payment process was also

published on May 24, 2000 in the

Federal Register (65 FR 33616).

BIPA amended the SCHIP statute to

add a new section 2104(g) to the Act,

which required the Secretary to

redistribute limited amounts of the

unexpended allotments for FYs 1998

and 1999 to States that had fully

expended their allotments for those

years, and extended the availability of

remaining unexpended allotments for

those years, in accordance with a

specified formula. This notice sets forth

the results of the statutory formula to

the unexpended allotments for FY 1998,

and describes the methodology for the

redistribution and continued

availability of unexpended SCHIP

allotments. A later notice will be

published to address the unexpended

allotments for FY 1999.

III. Application of the Provisions of

Section 2104(g) of the Act to the

Unexpended FY 1998 SCHIP

Allotments To Determine the

Redistribution and Continued

Availability of Allotments for Each

State

Section 2104(e) of the Act requires

that the amount of a State’s allotment

for a fiscal year be available to the State

for matching allowable State

expenditures for a 3-year initial period

of availability; the fiscal year for which

the funds are allotted, and the two

following fiscal years. For FY 1998, the

3-year initial period of availability is

October 1, 1997 through September 30,

2000. With the exception of the

methodology specified in BIPA for

treating unspent FY 1998 and 1999

allotments, section 2104(f) requires

redistribution of the entire amount of

unspent allotments after the initial

period of availability has expired.

Section 2104(e) of the Act provides that

redistributed funds are available for

matching State expenditures through

the end of the fiscal year in which they

are reallotted. Before BIPA, the FY 1998

redistribution funds would have been

available through the end of FY 2001;

that is, through September 30, 2001.

Any redistributed funds for the fiscal

year that remained unexpended at the

end of the fiscal year in which they

were reallotted would have reverted to

the Federal Treasury.

BIPA did not repeal or delete sections

2104(e) and (f) of the Act. However,

BIPA added a new section 2104(g) of the

Act that established a formula for

redistributing and continuing the

availability of unexpended allotments

for FYs 1998 and 1999 and references

the provisions of sections 2104(e) and (f)

of the Act. This formula replaces the

redistribution that otherwise would

have been required under section

2104(f) of the Act.

Section 2104(g) of the Act requires the

Secretary to redistribute and continue

availability of the unexpended FYs 1998

and 1999 allotments under section

2104(f) of the Act. Section 2104(g) also

provides that both FYs 1998 and 1999

redistribution amounts and FYs 1998

and 1999 retained amounts, under

sections 2104(g)(1)(B)(ii) and

2104(g)(2)(A)(i) of the Act, respectively,

shall remain available to the States

through the end of FY 2002; that is,

through September 30, 2002.

Section 2104(g)(2)(C) of the Act

provides an exception to otherwise

applicable limits on outreach

expenditures for States that did not fully

expend their FY 1998 allotments during

the initial period of availability. Section

2105(c)(2) of the Act provided for a ‘‘10-

percent fiscal year limit’’ for certain

expenditures, including outreach,

administration, health services

initiatives, and other child health

assistance expenditures. This limit

provides that Federal matching funds

are not available for expenditures other

than child health assistance for targeted

low-income children in excess of 10-

percent of the total expenditures during

a fiscal year. Section 2104(g)(2)(C) of the

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Act allows States that did not fully

spend their FY 1998 allotment in the

initial availability period to use up to

10-percent of the amount of the retained

FY 1998 allotment for outreach

activities approved by the Secretary

without those expenditures being

applied against the State’s 10-percent

fiscal year limit. In this notice we refer

to this provision of section 2104(g)(2)(C)

of the Act as the ‘‘BIPA outreach

allowance’’ or ‘‘new outreach

allowance.’’ This BIPA outreach

allowance is distinguished from the

limit in section 2105(c)(2) of the Act,

which we refer to in this notice as the

‘‘10-percent fiscal year limit.’’

There are some differences in the

application of the 10-percent fiscal year

limit under section 2105(c)(2) of the Act

and the new outreach allowance under

section 2104(g)(2) of the Act. Under

section 2105(c)(2) of the Act, the 10-

percent fiscal year limit is applied to a

State’s total expenditures for a fiscal

year. In this regard, ‘‘total expenditures’’

refers to both the State and Federal

share portions of the expenditures. The

calculation of the 10-percent fiscal year

limit is set forth in 42 CFR 457.618.

However, the new outreach allowance

under section 2104(g)(2) of the Act, as

added by BIPA, is equal to 10-percent of

the FY 1998 retained allotment

amounts, which are only in Federal

share amounts. Furthermore, the BIPA

outreach allowance is available only if

the State’s FY 1998 retained allotment is

available. That is, once a State’s retained

allotment is exhausted, the BIPA

outreach allowance is no longer

available, even if the amount of

outreach expenditures claimed is less

than the outreach allowance of 10-

percent of the FY 1998 retained

allotment.

We have established a process under

which we will track, through the

Medicaid and SCHIP budget and

expenditure reporting system, the

Federal share amounts of title XXI

outreach expenditures against the new

outreach allowance. If the Federal share

amounts of a State’s retained allotment

outreach expenditure claims exceed this

new outreach allowance, the total

expenditures (State and Federal share)

associated with the excess Federal share

amounts will be applied against the 10-

percent fiscal year limit. In addition, the

total outreach expenditures associated

with outreach claims made after a

State’s retained allotment amounts are

exhausted will be applied against the

10-percent fiscal year limit (whether or

not the new outreach allowance was

met).

The availability of retained allotment

funds and the BIPA outreach allowance

is determined in accordance with

requirements related to the ordering of

expenditures. Section 2105(a)(2) of the

Act, as amended by BIPA, requires that

expenditures be applied against a State’s

available fiscal year SCHIP allotment

amounts in the following order:

(1) Title XIX SCHIP related

expenditures for which payment is

made at the enhanced Federal medical

assistance percentage (FMAP) (section

2105(a)(1)(A) of the Act);

(2) Title XIX expenditures for medical

assistance provided during a

presumptive eligibility period under

section 1920A of the Act (section

2105(a)(1)(B) of the Act);

(3) Child health assistance for targeted

low-income children in the form of

providing health benefits coverage that

meets the requirements of section 2103

(section 2105(a)(1)(C) of the Act); (4)(a)

SCHIP expenditures applicable to the

10-percent fiscal year limit (not

including outreach and administrative

expenditures) (section 2105(a)(1)(D)(i

and ii) of the Act); (4)(b) Outreach

expenditures (section 2105(a)(1)(D)(iii)

of the Act); and (4)(c) Administration

expenditures (section 2105(a)(1)(D)(iv)

of the Act).

To implement the BIPA outreach

allowance, claims for Federal matching

funds for outreach expenditures will be

compared to the new outreach

allowance. If, under this comparison,

the Federal share of outreach

expenditures is less than or equal to, but

not greater than, the new outreach

allowance, none of these outreach

expenditures will be applied against the

10-percent fiscal year limit; they will

only serve to reduce the new outreach

allowance. The following example

illustrates this:

Example 1. The State’s FY 1998

retained allotment is $20 million.

Therefore, the State’s outreach

allowance would be $2 million (10

percent of $20 million). On the first

quarterly expenditure report for FY

2001, the State claims $2 million in

outreach expenditures (Federal share).

In this example, assume at least $2

million of retained allotment funds,

based on claims of expenditures other

than outreach, remain available. Since

the outreach claims are $2 million, none

of the outreach expenditures would

apply against the 10-percent fiscal year

limit; but instead would be applied to

reduce the new outreach allowance. In

this case, if the outreach claims were

exactly $2 million, there would be $0

remaining of the BIPA outreach

allowance ($2 million outreach

allowance minus $2 million in outreach

claims).

If the Federal share of claims for

outreach expenditures is greater than

the BIPA outreach allowance, the total

(State and Federal share) expenditures

in excess of the Federal share amount

above the new outreach allowance will

be applied against the 10-percent fiscal

year limit. Example 2 illustrates this:

Example 2. The State’s FY 1998

retained allotment is $20 million.

Therefore, the State’s outreach

allowance would be $2 million (10

percent of $20 million). In this example,

assume there are at least $2 million of

available retained allotment funds,

based on claims of expenditures other

than outreach. On the first quarterly

expenditure report for FY 2001, the

State claims $2,650,000 in outreach

expenditures (Federal share). These

claims exceed the outreach allowance

by $650,000 ($2,650,000 in outreach

claims minus the $2 million outreach

allowance). We will apply the outreach

expenditure claims first to exhaust the

outreach allowance. The total

expenditures (State and Federal shares)

associated with the remaining $650,000

in outreach claims that are in excess of

the new outreach allowance would then

be subject to the 10-percent fiscal year

limit, as long as the State has not

exceeded the 10-percent fiscal year

limit. Therefore, the amount of outreach

claims up to the outreach allowance ($2

million) would not be included in

expenditures applied against the 10-

percent fiscal year limit. Assuming an

enhanced Federal matching rate of 65

percent, the claim for Federal matching

in excess of the outreach allowance

would represent $1 million ($650,000

divided by 65 percent, the State’s

enhanced FMAP). The $1 million in

total outreach expenditures would be

applied against the 10-percent fiscal

year limit.

Example 3a, illustrates the case in

which program expenditures are

applied first to exhaust the State’s

available FY 1998 retained allotment

amount, resulting in the new outreach

allowance being unavailable. Example

3b, illustrates the case in which the

BIPA outreach allowance is used by the

application of outreach expenditures

first to exhaust the new outreach

allowance. The only difference between

Examples 3a and 3b is the order of

submission in the categories of

expenditures; the amounts of the

expenditures are the same. The result is

that in Example 3a, all of the outreach

expenditures must be applied against

the 10-percent fiscal year limit; in

Example 3b, none of the outreach

expenditures are applied against the 10-

percent fiscal year limit.

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Example 3a. The State’s retained FY

1998 allotment amount is $20 million;

therefore, the BIPA outreach allowance

is $2 million (10 percent of $20 million).

On the first quarter expenditure report

for FY 2001, the State claims $21

million in Federal matching for SCHIP

program expenditures. On the second

quarter expenditure report for FY 2001,

the State claims $2 million in Federal

matching for outreach expenditures.

The first quarter FY 2001 claims of $21

million in program expenditures would

be applied first against, and thereby

exhaust, the State’s FY 1998 retained

allotment of $20 million. Since the

retained allotment amounts are no

longer available, the BIPA outreach

allowance would also no longer be

available. Therefore, all $2 million of

the total second quarter FY 2001

outreach expenditures (State and

Federal share) would be applied against

the State’s FY 2001 10-percent fiscal

year limit. In this example, if the State’s

enhanced FMAP was 65 percent,

approximately $3.1 million ($2 million

divided by 65 percent), representing the

State and Federal shares of the $2

million Federal share claim, would be

applied against the State’s FY 2001 10-

percent fiscal year limit.

Example 3b. Assume the same facts as

in Example 3a, except that the order of

submission of expenditures, by quarter,

is reversed; that is, $2 million in

outreach expenditures are submitted on

the first quarter expenditure report for

FY 2001, and $21 million in program

expenditures are submitted on the

second quarter expenditure report for

FY 2001. In this example, the $2 million

in outreach expenditures would be

applied first against the new outreach

allowance, reducing it to $0; these

outreach expenditure claims would also

be applied against the State’s $20

million FY 1998 retained allotment,

thereby reducing it to $18 million ($20

million minus $2 million). Since the

outreach expenditures were not in

excess of the BIPA outreach allowance,

none of the outreach expenditures

would be applied against the State’s FY

2001 10-percent fiscal year limit. The

$21 million in program expenditure

claims included in the second quarter

expenditure report for FY 2001 would

then be applied against the remaining

retained allotment amounts ($18

million), and the $3 million excess

would be applied against the next

available SCHIP allotment.

In general, States’ expenditures will

be applied against the FY 1998

redistribution and retained amounts in

accordance with existing SCHIP

regulations on allotments (42 CFR parts

447 and 457). These regulations,

however, do not directly address the

treatment of redistributed allotments

because they do not make clear whether

these expenditures will be applied to

these allotments based on the fiscal year

of the initial allotment, the fiscal year of

the redistribution, or the fiscal year of

the allotment whose expiration date

matches the redistribution. This notice

permits States the option to decide the

order of application of expenditures

against the redistribution amounts and

other available fiscal year allotment

amounts. Under this option, a

redistribution State may have a

maximum of four possible choices for

the order of the application of FY 1998

redistribution funds in FY 2001,

depending on what other fiscal year

allotments are available in FY 2001: (1)

Before FY 1999 allotments, (2) after FY

1999 and before FY 2000 allotments, (3)

after FY 2000 and before FY 2001

allotments, and (4) after FY 2001

allotments.

We believe that States should be

afforded the flexibility to decide

whether redistributed funds would be

used before or after other available

allotment funds to allow them to

optimize the use of such funds.

Therefore, in implementing the BIPA

legislation, we offered States that will

receive an FY 1998 redistribution the

option of choosing the order of when it

would be expended during FY 2001

among the other available allotments

during FY 2001. All of the redistribution

States have responded to us with their

decision regarding this option. Under

this option, once a State chooses the

order of the FY 1998 redistribution

amounts, it cannot change that order at

a later date.

Both the redistribution amounts and

the retained amounts for FY 1998 will

be available for allowable SCHIP

expenditures reported for the 2-year

extension period of October 1, 2000

through September 30, 2002. This will

ensure that the redistribution and

retained allotment amounts will be

available for SCHIP expenditures for the

entire period, October 1, 2000 through

September 30, 2002, even though this

notice is being published after October

1, 2000.

We have made provisions on the

Form HCFA–21C, Allocation of Title

XIX and Title XXI Expenditures to the

SCHIP Fiscal Year Allotment, which is

used for tracking States’ expenditures

against their allotments, to include the

States’ FY 1998 redistributed and

retained amounts. The redistributed and

retained amounts will be automatically

entered on this form and the Medicaid

and SCHIP expenditure system will

automatically apply expenditures

reported on the quarterly expenditure

reports for the period of October 1, 2000

through September 30, 2002 to the FY

1998 redistributed and retained

amounts available through September

30, 2002. Except as provided above in

terms of the States’ options with respect

to the redistribution amounts,

expenditures reported by States during

this period will be applied first against

any available FY 1998 redistribution or

retained amounts before they will be

applied against any other available FY

allotments or future FY redistribution

and retained amounts, in accordance

with the SCHIP regulations published

on May 24, 2000 in the Federal Register

(65 FR 33616).

IV. Determination of Redistribution or

Continued Availability of Unexpended

FY 1998 Allotments

In Table 1 of this notice, we set forth

the amount of unexpended allotments

as of December 15, 2000, as specified in

section 2104(g) of the Act. We also set

forth the retained amounts that, under

the statutory formula, are subject to

continued availability by States that did

not fully expend their FY 1998

allotments, and the amounts that are

redistributed for availability to States

that fully expended their FY 1998

allotments. The formula for determining

the redistributed and retained amounts

of the FY 1998 SCHIP allotments is

described below.

Establishing the Amount of

Unexpended FY 1998 Allotments. The

amount of unexpended FY 1998

allotments is established by comparing

the total reported by each State for the

3-year period of availability on its 12

quarterly expenditure reports for the

period, as submitted and certified to

HCFA as of December 15, 2000, to the

amounts of the State’s final FY 1998

allotment, as published on May 24, 2000

in the Federal Register (65 FR 33634).

Based on States’ expenditure reports

submitted and certified through

December 15, 2000, the total amount of

unexpended FY 1998 SCHIP allotments

is $2,033,508,296.

Time Frames for Expenditure Reports.

To determine unexpended allotments

during the initial period of availability,

or to identify States that have fully

expended their allotments, section

2104(g)(3) of the Act provides that the

Secretary use expenditures reported as

of December 15, 2000 on the Form

HCFA–64 or HCFA–21, as approved by

the Secretary. By December 15, 2000, all

States did report and certify their FY

2000 fourth quarter expenditure reports

(representing the last of the 12 quarterly

expenditure reports for the 3-year

period of availability for FY 1998).

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Expenditures reflected in Table 1 below

were taken from our Medicaid and State

Children’s Health Insurance Program

Budget and Expenditure System (MBES/

CBES) ‘‘masterfile,’’ which represent the

State’s official certified SCHIP and

Medicaid expenditure reporting system

records.

Redistribution for the States and the

District of Columbia. Section

2104(g)(1)(i)(I) of the Act specifies the

FY 1998 redistribution for the 50 States

and the District of Columbia that have

fully expended their FY 1998

allotments. Specifically, the

redistribution amounts are equal to

these States’ ‘‘excess’’ expenditures

during the FY 1998 period of

availability; this amount is the

difference between the States’ total

reported applicable expenditures for the

period FYs 1998 through 2000, and the

States’ FY 1998 SCHIP allotments.

Redistribution for the

Commonwealths and Territories.

Section 2104(g)(1)(ii) of the Act

specifies the FY 1998 redistribution for

the Commonwealths and Territories that

have fully expended their FY 1998

allotments. Under this provision, first

the total Commonwealths and

Territories redistribution amount is

calculated by multiplying the total

amount of the allotments available for

redistribution and continued

availability by 1.05 percent; for the FY

1998 redistribution calculation, this

amount is $21,351,837 (1.05 percent of

$2,033,508,296). Second, only those

Commonwealths and Territories that

have fully expended their FY 1998

allotments will receive an amount equal

to a specified percentage of the 1.05

percent amount; that percentage is

determined by dividing the

Commonwealth or Territory’s FY 1998

SCHIP allotment by the total of all the

jurisdictions’ FY 1998 allotments.

Continued Availability of

Unexpended FY 1998 Allotments.

Section 2104(g)(2)(B) of the Act

specifies the formula for determining

the amount of the unexpended FY 1998

allotments for continued availability to

States. Under section 2104(g)(2)(B) of

the Act, first the total amount for

continued availability for all States is

determined. The total amount for

continued availability is calculated by

subtracting the redistribution amounts

from the total amount available for

redistribution or continued availability

described above. Next, a percentage is

calculated by dividing the total retained

amounts by the total amount available

for redistribution or continued

availability. Finally, each State’s

retained amount is calculated by

multiplying this percentage by the

amount of the State’s unexpended FY

1998 SCHIP allotment.

V. Table of SCHIP FY 1998

Redistribution and Continued

Availability of Unexpended FY 1998

Allotments

A description of the formula used to

determine the amount of the

unexpendedFY 1998 SCHIP allotments

for redistribution or continued

availability is described below.

Following the description is Table 1,

which presents each State’s FY 1998

SCHIP allotment redistribution or

retained amount.

Redistribution. A total of

$4,235,000,000 was allotted nationally

for FY 1998, representing

$4,224,262,500 in allotments to the 50

States and the District of Columbia, and

$10,737,500 in allotments to the

Commonwealths and Territories. Based

on the 12 quarterly expenditure reports

for the FY 1998 3-year period of

availability, which were submitted and

certified by December 15, 2000, 12

States and all of the Commonwealths

and Territories fully expended their FY

1998 allotments.

Thirty-nine States including the

District of Columbia did not fully

expend their FY 1998 allotments. For

the 39 States, including the District of

Columbia, that did not fully expend

their FY 1998 allotments, their total FY

1998 allotments were $3,401,470,924,

and their total expenditures through the

end of the FY 1998 3-year period of

availability were $1,367,962,628.

Therefore, the amount available for

redistribution for FY 1998 is

$2,033,508,296 ($3,401,470,924 minus

$1,367,962,628).

In accordance with the redistribution

calculation for FY 1998 described

above, of the total $2,033,508,296

available from the FY 1998 allotments,

$698,855,508 is needed for

redistribution for 12 States, and

$21,351,837 is needed for redistribution

to the Commonwealths and Territories.

Therefore, a total of $720,207,345 is

needed for redistribution. As a result,

$1,313,300,951 ($2,033,508,296 minus

$720,207,345) is the total amount for

continued availability to the 39 States,

including the District of Columbia. Both

the $720,207,345 redistribution amount

and the $1,313,300,951 retained

amounts will remain available through

the end of FY 2002.

Key to Table 1—Calculation of the

SCHIP FY 1998 Redistribution and

Continued Availability of the

Unexpended FY 1998 Allotments

Column/Description

Column A = State. Name of State,

District of Columbia, the

Commonwealth or Territory.

Column B = FYs 98–00 Expenditures,

as Reported and Certified by States, and

Approved by HCFA, By December 15,

2000. This column contains the

cumulative expenditures for the 3-year

period of availability for FY 1998

(October 1, 1997 through September 30,

2000), as reported and certified by all

States by December 15, 2000.

Column C = FY 1998 Allotment. This

column contains the FY 1998 SCHIP

allotments for all States, which were

published on May 24, 2000 in the

Federal Register (65 FR 33634).

Column D = Unexpended FY 1998

Allotment Amounts. This column

contains the amounts of unexpended FY

1998 SCHIP allotments for States that

did not fully expend the allotments

during the 3-year period of availability

for FY 1998 (FYs 1998 through 2000),

and is equal to the difference between

the amounts in Column C and Column

B. For States that did fully expend their

FY 1998 allotments during the period of

availability, the entry in this column is

‘‘NA.’’ The total of the amounts in this

column indicated at the bottom of

Column D ($2,033,508,296) represents

the total amount available for

redistribution and continued

availability for FY 1998.

Column E = Redistributed Amounts.

This column contains the amounts of

States’ unexpended FY 1998 SCHIP

allotments that are being redistributed

to those States that have fully expended

their FY 1998 allotments. For the States

that have fully expended their FY 1998

SCHIP allotments, the amount in

Column E is the difference between

Column B and Column C. This

represents, as applicable, the amount

that each State’s cumulative

expenditures for FYs 1998 through 2000

exceeded its FY 1998 allotment. For the

12 States that have fully expended their

FY 1998 allotments, the FY 1998

redistribution amounts total

$698,855,508. For the Commonwealths

and Territories that have fully expended

their FY 1998 allotments, the amounts

in Column E represents their respective

proportionate shares of $21,351,837

based on their FY 1998 allotments (1.05

percent of the total amount for

redistribution and continued

availability of $2,033,508,296). For

those States, Commonwealths and

Territories that did not fully expend

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their FY 1998 allotments during the

period of availability, the entry in

Column E is ‘‘NA.’’

Column F = Continued Allotment

Availability. For the States that did not

fully expend their FY 1998 allotments,

this column contains the amounts of the

States’ FY 1998 unexpended allotments

after the application of the

proportionate reduction to account for

the total redistribution amounts needed

for the States that did fully expend their

FY 1998 allotments. As indicated at the

top of Column F, the proportionate

reduction is approximately 64.6 percent.

This percentage is multiplied by the

unexpended amounts of the States’ FY

1998 allotments in Column D; the result

is the amount that remains available of

the States’ unexpended FY 1998

allotments. As indicated at the bottom

of Column F, the total amount that

remains available of the unexpended FY

1998 allotments is $1,313,300,951.

Column G = Unexpended Amounts

Used in Redistribution. For the States

that did not fully expend their FY 1998

allotments, this column contains the

amounts of the States’ FY 1998

unexpended allotments that were used

in the redistribution in Column E; these

amounts are no longer available to these

States. The amount in Column G is

equal to the difference between

Columns D and F. For States that did

fully expend their FY 1998 allotments,

the entry in Column G is ‘‘NA.’’

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VI. Impact Statement

We have examined the impact of this

notice as required by Executive Order

(EO) 12866. Executive Order 12866

directs agencies to assess all costs and

benefits of available regulatory

alternatives and, when rules are

necessary, to select regulatory

approaches that maximize net benefits

(including potential economic,

environmental, public health and safety,

other advantages, distributive impacts,

and equity). The Regulatory Flexibility

Act (RFA) requires agencies to analyze

options for regulatory relief of small

businesses. For purposes of the RFA,

small entities include small businesses,

nonprofit organizations and government

agencies. This announcement is the

result of a statutory formula that does

not involve any agency discretion or

policy.

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

of 1995 requires that agencies prepare

an assessment of anticipated costs and

benefits before publishing any notice

that may result in an annual

expenditure by State, local, and tribal

governments, in the aggregate, or by the

private sector, of $100 million or more

(adjusted each year for inflation) in any

one year. Because participation in the

SCHIP program on the part of States is

voluntary, any payments and

expenditures States make or incur on

behalf of the program that are not

reimbursed by the Federal Government

are made voluntarily. This notice will

not create an unfunded mandate on

States, tribal, or local governments.

Therefore, we are not required to

perform an assessment of the costs and

benefits of these regulations.

Under Executive Order 13132,

Federalism, we have reviewed this

notice and determined that it does not

significantly affect States’ rights, roles,

and responsibilities.

Low-income children will benefit

from payments under this program

through increased opportunities for

health insurance coverage.

We believe this notice will have an

overall positive impact by informing

States, the District of Columbia, and

Commonwealths and Territories of the

extent to which they are permitted to

expend funds under their child health

plans using the FY 1998 allotment

redistribution and retained amounts.

In accordance with the provisions of

Executive Order 12866, this notice was

not reviewed by the Office of

Management and Budget.

(Section 1102 of the Social Security Act (42

U.S.C. 1302))

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 00.000, State Children’s Health

Insurance Program)

Dated: March 19, 2001.

Michael McMullan,

Acting Deputy Administrator, Health Care

Financing Administration.

Dated: May 27, 2001.

Tommy G. Thompson,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4650–N–42]

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB;

Application for Multifamily Housing

Project

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information

Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

has been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: July 23,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

approval number (2502–0029) and

should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

OMB Desk Officer, Office of

Management and Budget, Room 10235,

New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management

Officer, Q, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,

Southwest, Washington, DC 20410; email Wayne_Eddins@HUD.gov;

telephone (202) 708–2374. This is not a

toll-free number. Copies of the proposed

forms and other available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department has submitted the proposal

for the collection of information, as

described below, to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The Notice

lists the following information. (1) The

title of the information collection

proposal; (2) the office of the agency to

collect the information; (3) the OMB

approval number, if applicable; (4) the

description of the need for the

information and its proposed use; (5)

the agency form number, if applicable;

(6) what members of the public will be

affected by the proposal; (7) how

frequently information submissions will

be required; (8) an estimate of the total

number of hours needed to prepare the

information submission including

number of respondents, frequency of

response, and hours of response; (9)

whether the proposal is new, an

extension, reinstatement, or revision of

an information collection requirement;

and (10) the name and telephone

number of an agency official familiar

with the proposal and of the OMB Desk

Officer for the Department.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Application for

Multifamily Housing Project.

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0029.

Form Numbers: HUD–92013, HUD–

92013–Supp, HUD–92013–NHICF.

Description of the Need for the

Information and its Proposed Use:

Authority for this report is Section

207(b) of the National Housing Act (P.L.

479, 48 Stat. 12 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).

Completed by sponsors and general

contractors of proposed multifamily

projects and submitted by a HUDapproved mortgages for application of

FHA mortgage insurance. Forms are

used to determine project feasibility,

principal’s acceptability, and

creditworthiness. Required by HUD to

analyze specific information including

financial data, sponsors qualifications,

credit standing, and project feasibility

for mortgage insurance and other

benefits.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions.

Frequency of Submission: One time

only during initial application period.

Reporting burden: Number of

respondents x Frequency ofrespondents x Hours perresponse = Burden hours

6,300 1 26.7 168,280