57294 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 189 / Friday, September 30, 2005 / Notices 

Routine Administrative Matters. 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Mr. Robert Biersack, Press Officer, 

Telephone: (202) 694–1220. 

Mary W. Dove, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Healthcare Infection Control Practices 

Advisory Committee (HICPAC) 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) 

announces the following meeting. 

Name: Healthcare Infection Control 

Practices Advisory Committee. 

Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., 

October 24, 2005; 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m., October 

25, 2005. 

Place: Sheraton Colony Square, 188 14th 

Street, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30361. 

Status: Open to the public, limited only by 

the space available. 

Purpose: The committee is charged with 

providing advice and guidance to the 

Secretary; the Assistant Secretary for Health; 

the Director, CDC; and the Director, National 

Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), 

regarding (1) the practice of hospital 

infection control; (2) strategies for 

surveillance, prevention, and control of 

infections (e.g., nosocomial infections), 

antimicrobial resistance, and related events 

in settings where healthcare is provided; and 

(3) periodic updating of guidelines and other 

policy statements regarding prevention of 

healthcare-associated infections and 

healthcare-related conditions. 

Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will 

include finalizing recommendations for 

isolation precautions to prevent transmission 

of infectious agents in healthcare settings, 

update on public reporting, and updates on 

CDC activities of interest to the committee. 

Agenda items are subject to change as 

priorities dictate. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Harriette Lynch, Committee Management 

Specialist, HICPAC, Division of Healthcare 

Quality Promotion, NCID, CDC, l600 Clifton 

Road, NE, M/S A–07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, 

telephone 404/498–1182. 

The Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, has been delegated the 

authority to sign Federal Register notices 

pertaining to announcements of meetings and 

other committee management activities for 

both CDC and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Dated: September 26, 2005. 

Diane Allen, 

Acting Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health Advisory Board on 

Radiation and Worker Health 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) 

announces the following committee 

meeting: 

Name: Advisory Board on Radiation and 

Worker Health (ABRWH), National Institute 

for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 

and Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction 

and Site Profile Reviews. 

Subcommittee Meeting Time and Date: 10 

a.m.–3:30 p.m., October 17, 2005. 

Committee Meeting Times and Dates: 8:30 

a.m.–5 p.m., October 18, 2005. 8:30 a.m.–4:30 

p.m., October 19, 2005. 

Place: Knoxville Marriott Hotel, 500 Hill 

Avenue, SE., Knoxville, Tennessee, 37915. 

Telephone: (865) 637–1234. 

Status: Open to the public, limited only by 

the space available. The meeting space 

accommodates approximately 75 people. 

Background: The ABRWH was established 

under the Energy Employees Occupational 

Illness Compensation Program Act 

(EEOICPA) of 2000 to advise the President, 

delegated to the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services (HHS), on a variety of policy 

and technical functions required to 

implement and effectively manage the new 

compensation program. Key functions of the 

Board include providing advice on the 

development of probability of causation 

guidelines which have been promulgated by 

HHS as a final rule, advice on methods of 

dose reconstruction which have also been 

promulgated by HHS as a final rule, advice 

on the scientific validity and quality of dose 

estimation and reconstruction efforts being 

performed for purposes of the compensation 

program, and advice on petitions to add 

classes of workers to the Special Exposure 

Cohort (SEC). 

In December 2000 the President delegated 

responsibility for funding, staffing, and 

operating the Board to HHS, which 

subsequently delegated this authority to CDC. 

NIOSH implements this responsibility for 

CDC. The charter was issued on August 3, 

2001, and renewed on July 27, 2005. 

Purpose: This board is charged with (a) 

providing advice to the Secretary, HHS, on 

the development of guidelines under 

Executive Order 13179; (b) providing advice 

to the Secretary, HHS, on the scientific 

validity and quality of dose reconstruction 

efforts performed for this Program; and (c) 

upon request by the Secretary, HHS, advise 

the Secretary on whether there is a class of 

employees at any Department of Energy 

facility who were exposed to radiation but for 

whom it is not feasible to estimate their 

radiation dose, and on whether there is 

reasonable likelihood that such radiation 

doses may have endangered the health of 

members of this class. 

Matters to be Discussed: The agenda for the 

Subcommittee Meeting includes Individual 

Dose Reconstruction Reviews; Site Profile 

Reviews, particularly Bethlehem Steel, Y–12, 

Savannah River Site and Rocky Flats; and a 

Review of Task 3 of the S. Cohen & 

Associates Contract (SC&A). The Board 

meeting’s agenda includes Subcommittee 

Reports on the agenda items listed; SC&A 

Task 4; Site Profile Reviews; SEC Activities, 

specifically National Bureau of Standards 

Petition Evaluation and § 83.14 Petition 

Evaluation(s); Science Issues; Program 

Updates; and Conflict of Interest Discussions. 

The evening public comment periods are 

scheduled for October 17, 2005 from 4 p.m.–

5 p.m. and October 18, 2005 from 7 p.m.–8 

p.m. 

The agenda is subject to change as 

priorities dictate. 

In the event an individual cannot attend, 

written comments may be submitted. Any 

written comments received will be provided 

at the meeting and should be submitted to 

the contact person below well in advance of 

the meeting. 

Contact Person for More Information: Dr. 

Lewis V. Wade, Executive Secretary, NIOSH, 

CDC, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, 

Ohio 45226, telephone 513–533–6825, fax 

513–533–6826. 

The Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, has been delegated the 

authority to sign Federal Register notices 

pertaining to announcements of meetings and 

other committee management activities for 

both the CDC and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Dated: September 26, 2005. 

Diane Allen, 

Acting Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10148] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS), Department of Health 

and Human Services, is publishing the 

following summary of proposed 

collections for public comment. 

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 function; 

(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. 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: HIPAA 

Administrative Simplification NonPrivacy Enforcement; Form Nos.: CMS–

10148 (OMB# 0938–0948); Use: The 

Health Insurance Portability and 

Accountability Act (HIPAA) became law 

in 1996 (Pub. L. 104–191). Subtitle F of 

Title II of HIPAA, entitled 

‘‘Administrative Simplification,’’ (A.S.) 

requires the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services to adopt national 

standards for certain information-related 

activities of the health care industry. 

The HIPAA provisions, by statute, apply 

only to ‘‘covered entities’’ referred to in 

section 1320d–2(a)(1) of this title. 

Responsibility for administering and 

enforcing the HIPAA A.S. Transactions, 

Code Sets, Identifiers and Security 

Rules has been delegated to the Centers 

for Medicare & Medicaid Services; 

Frequency: Reporting—On occasion; 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Individuals or Households; Notfor-profit institutions, Federal 

Government, and State, Local or Tribal 

Government; Number of Respondents: 

500; Total Annual Responses: 500; Total 

Annual Hours: 500. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for 

these paperwork collections referenced 

above, access CMS Web site address at 

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/regulations/ 

pra/, or e-mail your request, including 

your address, phone number, OMB 

number, and CMS document identifier, 

to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the 

Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786–

1326. 

To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collections must 

be received by the OMB Desk Officer at 

the address below, no later than 5 p.m. 

on October 31, 2005. 

OMB Human Resources and Housing 

Branch, Attention: Christopher Martin, 

New Executive Office Building, Room 

10235, Washington, DC 20503. 

Dated: September 21, 2005. 

Michelle Shortt, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10157, CMS–R–

0074, CMS–R–244 and CMS–10163] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS) is publishing the 

following summary of proposed 

collections for public comment. 

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. 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: CMS Real-time 

Eligibility Agreement and Access 

Request; Form Number: CMS–10157 

(OMB#: 0938–0960); Use: Federal law 

requires that CMS take precautions to 

minimize the security risk to Federal 

information systems. Accordingly, CMS 

is requiring that trading partners who 

wish to conduct the eligibility 

transaction on a real-time basis to access 

Medicare beneficiary information 

provide certain assurances as a 

condition of receiving access to the 

Medicare database for the purpose of 

conducting eligibility verification. 

Health care providers, clearinghouses, 

and health plans that wish access to the 

Medicare database are required to 

complete this form. The information 

will be used to assure that those entities 

that access the Medicare database are 

aware of applicable provisions and 

penalties. Frequency: Recordkeeping 

and Reporting—One time; Affected 

Public: Business or other for-profit, Notfor-profit institutions; Number of 

Respondents: 122,000; Total Annual 

Responses: 122,000; Total Annual 

Hours: 45,000. 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Income and 

Eligibility Verification System Reporting 

in Section 1137 of the Social Security 

Act and Supporting Regulations in 42 

CFR 431.17, 431.306, 435.910, 435.920, 

435.940–435.960; Form Number: CMS–

R–0074 (OMB#: 0938–0467); Use: This 

information is used to verify the income 

and eligibility of Medicaid applicants 

and recipients as required by Section 

1137 of the Social Security Act; Affected 

Public: Individuals or Households and 

State, Local or Tribal Government; 

Number of Respondents: 54; Total 

Annual Responses: 54; Total Annual 

Hours: 124,054. 

3. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Medicare and 

Medicaid: Programs of All-Inclusive 

Care for the Elderly (PACE) contained in 

42 CFR 460.12–460.210/Medicare and 

Medicaid: Programs of All-Inclusive 

Care for the Elderly (PACE; Program 

Revisions) contained in 42 CFR 460.10–

460.210; Form Number: CMS–R–244 

(OMB#: 0938–0790); Use: PACE is a prepaid, capitated plan that provides 

comprehensive health care services to 

frail, older adults in the community, 

who are eligible for nursing home care 

according to State standards. The 

Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 

authorized coverage of PACE under the 

Medicare program and as a State option 

under Medicaid. The Medicare, 

Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits 

Improvement Act of 2000 (BIPA) 

amended section 1894 and 1943 of 

Social Security Act to provide authority 

for CMS to modify or waive PACE 

regulatory provisions. Organizations 

that seek participation under PACE 

must apply for approval and are 

evaluated in terms of specific criteria. 

The information collection requirement 

is necessary to ensure that only 

appropriate organizations are selected to 

become PACE organizations. CMS and 

the State Administering Agencies will