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SUMMARY: HHS gives notice concerning 

the final effect of the HHS decision to 

designate a class of employees from 

Clinton Engineer Works in Oak Ridge, 

Tennessee, as an addition to the Special 

Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000. On 

May 11, 2012, as provided for under 42 

U.S.C. 7384q(b), the Secretary of HHS 

designated the following class of 

employees as an addition to the SEC: 

All employees of the Tennessee Eastman 

Corporation (1943–1947) and the Carbide and 

Carbon Chemicals Corporation (1947–1949) 

who were employed at the Clinton Engineer 

Works in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, from January 

1, 1943 through December 31, 1949 for a 

number of work days aggregating at least 250 

work days, occurring either solely under this 

employment or in combination with work 

days within the parameters established for 

one or more classes of employees included in 

the Special Exposure Cohort. 

This designation became effective on 

June 10, 2012, as provided for under 42 

U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning 

on June 10, 2012, members of this class 

of employees, defined as reported in 

this notice, became members of the SEC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division 

of Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 

Columbia Parkway, MS C–46, 

Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 877– 

222–7570. Information requests can also 

be submitted by email to 

DCAS@CDC.GOV. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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BILLING CODE 4163-19-P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Final Effect of Designation of a Class 

of Employees for Addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HHS gives notice concerning 

the final effect of the HHS decision to 

designate a class of employees from the 

Sandia National Laboratories in 

Albuquerque, New Mexico, as an 

addition to the Special Exposure Cohort 

(SEC) under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program Act of 2000. On May 11, 2012, 

as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 

7384q(b), the Secretary of HHS 

designated the following class of 

employees as an addition to the SEC: 

All employees of the Department of 

Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their 

contractors and subcontractors who worked 

in any area at Sandia National Laboratories 

in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from January 

1, 1963 through December 31, 1994, for a 

number of work days aggregating at least 250 

work days, occurring either solely under this 

employment, or in combination with work 

days within the parameters established for 

one or more other classes of employees 

included in the Special Exposure Cohort. 

This designation became effective on 

June 10, 2012, as provided for under 42 

U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning 

on June 10, 2012, members of this class 

of employees, defined as reported in 

this notice, became members of the SEC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division 

of Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 

Columbia Parkway, MS C–46, 

Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 877– 

222–7570. Information requests can also 

be submitted by email to 

DCAS@CDC.GOV. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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BILLING CODE 4163-19-P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Final Effect of Designation of a Class 

of Employees for Addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HHS gives notice concerning 

the final effect of the HHS decision to 

designate a class of employees from the 

Electro Metallurgical site in Niagara 

Falls, New York, as an addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under 

the Energy Employees Occupational 

Illness Compensation Program Act of 

2000. On May 11, 2012, as provided for 

under 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b), the Secretary 

of HHS designated the following class of 

employees as an addition to the SEC: 

All employees of the Department of 

Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their 

contractors and subcontractors who worked 

at the Electro Metallurgical site in Niagara 

Falls, New York, from August 13, 1942 

through December 31, 1947, for a number of 

work days aggregating at least 250 work days, 

occurring either solely under this 

employment, or in combination with work 

days within the parameters established for 

one or more other classes of employees 

included in the Special Exposure Cohort. 

This designation became effective on 

June 10, 2012, as provided for under 42 

U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning 

on June 10, 2012, members of this class 

of employees, defined as reported in 

this notice, became members of the SEC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division 

of Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 

Columbia Parkway, MS C–46, 

Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 877– 

222–7570. Information requests can also 

be submitted by email to 

DCAS@CDC.GOV. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2012–15968 Filed 6–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163-19-P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Final Effect of Designation of a Class 

of Employees for Addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HHS gives notice concerning 

the final effect of the HHS decision to 

designate a class of employees from the 

Brookhaven National Laboratory in 

Upton, New York, as an addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under 

the Energy Employees Occupational 

Illness Compensation Program Act of 

2000. On May 11, 2012, as provided for 

under 42 U.S.C. § 7384q(b), the 

Secretary of HHS designated the 

following class of employees as an 

addition to the SEC: 

All employees of the Department of 

Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their 

contractors and subcontractors who worked 

at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in 

Upton, New York, from January 1, 1980 

through December 31, 1993, for a number of 

work days aggregating at least 250 work days, 

occurring either solely under this 

employment, or in combination with work 

days within the parameters established for 
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one or more other classes of employees 

included in the Special Exposure Cohort. 

This designation became effective on 

June 10, 2012, as provided for under 42 

U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning 

on June 10, 2012, members of this class 

of employees, defined as reported in 

this notice, became members of the SEC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division 

of Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 

Columbia Parkway, MS C–46, 

Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 877– 

222–7570. Information requests can also 

be submitted by email to 

DCAS@CDC.GOV. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS-437A and 437B 

and CMS-10406] 

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, HHS. 

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), 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: Revision of a currently 

approved collection. Title of 

Information Collection: State Agency 

Sheets for Verifying Exclusions from the 

Inpatient Prospective Payment System 

and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 

412.20–412.29. Use: For first time 

verification requests for exclusion from 

the Inpatient Prospective Payment 

System (IPPS), a hospital/unit must 

notify the Regional Office (RO) servicing 

the State in which it is located that it 

believes it meets the criteria for 

exclusion from the IPPS. Currently, all 

new inpatient rehabilitation facilities 

(IRFs) must provide written certification 

that the inpatient population it intends 

to serve will meet the requirements of 

the IPPS exclusion criteria for IRFs. 

They must also complete the Form 

CMS–437A if they are a rehabilitation 

unit or complete Form CMS–437B if 

they are a rehabilitation hospital. This 

information is submitted to the State 

Agency (SA) no later than 5 months 

before the date the hospital/unit would 

become subject to IRF–PPS. 

CMS proposes to continue to use the 

Criteria Worksheets (Forms CMS–437A 

and CMS–437B) for verifying first-time 

exclusions from the IPPS, for complaint 

surveys, for its annual 5 percent 

validation sample, and for facility selfattestation. These forms are related to 

the survey and certification and 

Medicare approval of the IPPS-excluded 

rehabilitation units and rehabilitation 

hospitals. 

For rehabilitation hospitals and 

rehabilitation units already excluded 

from the IPPS, annual onsite reverification surveys by the SA are not 

required. These hospitals and units will 

be provided with a copy of the 

appropriate CMS–437 Worksheet at 

least 5-months prior to the beginning of 

its cost reporting period, so that the 

hospital/unit official may complete and 

sign an attestation statement and 

complete and return the appropriate 

CMS–437A or CMS–437B at least 5 

months prior to the beginning of its cost 

reporting period. Fiscal Intermediaries 

will continue to verify, on an annual 

basis, compliance with the 60 percent 

rule (42 CFR 412.29(b)(2)) for 

rehabilitation hospitals and 

rehabilitation units through a sample of 

medical records and the SA will verify 

the medical director requirement. 

The SA will maintain the documents 

unless instructed otherwise by the RO. 

The SA will notify the RO at least 60 

days prior to the end of the 

rehabilitation hospital’s/unit’s cost 

reporting period of the IRF’s compliance 

or non-compliance with the payment 

requirements. The information collected 

on these forms, along with other 

information submitted by the IRF is 

necessary for determining exclusion 

from the IPPS. Hospitals and units that 

have already been excluded need not 

reapply for exclusion. These facilities 

will automatically be reevaluated yearly 

to determine whether they continue to 

meet the exclusion criteria. 

Both forms have been revised since 

the publication of the 60-day Federal 

Register notice on April 4, 2012 (77 FR 

20404). Burden estimates have not 

changed. 

Form Number: CMS–437A and CMS– 

437B (OCN 0938–0986). Frequency: 

Yearly. Affected Public: Private Sector 

(Business or other for-profits). Number 

of Respondents: 1,164. Total Annual 

Responses: 1,164. Total Annual Hours: 

291. (For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Georgia Johnson at 

410–786–6859. For all other issues call 

410–786–1326.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: New collection. Title of 

Information Collection: Probable Fraud 

Measurement Pilot; Use: The Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is 

seeking Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval of the 

collections required for a probable fraud 

measurement pilot. The probable fraud 

measurement pilot would establish a 

baseline estimate of probable fraud in 

payments for home health care services 

in the fee-for-service Medicare program. 

CMS and its agents will collect 

information from home health agencies, 

the referring physicians and Medicare 

beneficiaries selected in a national 

random sample of home health claims. 

The pilot will rely on the information 

collected along with a summary of the 

service history of the HHA, the referring 

provider, and the beneficiary to estimate 

the percentage of total payments that are 

associated with probable fraud and the 

percentage of all claims that are 

associated with probable fraud for 

Medicare fee-for-service home health. 

CMS is requesting an exemption from 

the Paperwork Reduction Act under 5 

CFR 1320.14A. However, CMS is 

providing information related to the 

purpose and need for this data 

collection in Supporting Statement 

Part A. 

Form Number: CMS–10406 (OCN: 

0938—New). Frequency: Yearly; 

Affected Public: Individual and Private 

Sector—Business or other for-profits; 

Number of Respondents: 6,000; Total 

Annual Responses: 6,000; Total Annual 

Hours: 10,500. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact Kelly 

Gent at 410–786–0918. For all other 

issues call 410–786–1326.) 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access CMS Web Site 

address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995, or email