equity, improve quality, and help to become more culturally and utilized by its intended audiences. 


eliminate health care disparities. The linguistically competent, neither the Likely Respondents: 


National CLAS Standards, revised in original nor the enhanced National 
 The information to be collected as 2013, are comprised of 15 Standards CLAS Standards have been part of this assessment will come from that provide health and health care systematically evaluated in terms of five categories of respondents: Training organizations with a blueprint for public awareness, organizational and Development Specialists and successfully implementing and adoption and implementation, or impact Managers; Other Management; Health maintaining culturally and linguistically on health services outcomes. There is a and Health Care Organization appropriate services. need, then, to collect information from Despite increased recognition of the Executives and Managers; Health and

National CLAS Standards as a health and health care organizations to Health Care Providers, Managers, and understand how and to what extent the Support Staff; Health Care Practitioners; fundamental tool for health and health National CLAS Standards have been care organizations to use in their efforts and Technical Staff.

TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifiers: CMS–10142 and 

CMS–R–262] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing 

an opportunity for the public to 

comment on CMS’ intention to collect 

information from the public. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the 

PRA), federal agencies are required to 

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Form name Type of 

respondent 

Number of 

respondent 

Number 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(hours) 

Total 

burden 

(hours) 

National CLAS Standards Stakeholder 

Interview. 

CLAS Stakeholder Interview ..................... 

Health and Health Care Organization 

Leadership Interview. 

Health and Health Care Organization 

Staff Survey. 

Health and Health Care Organization 

Screener Survey. 

National CLAS Standards Experience 

Form. 

Total ................................................... 

Training and Development Specialists 

and Managers; Other Management Occupations. 

Training and Development Specialists 

and Managers; Other Management Occupations. 

Health and Health Care Organization Executives and Managers. 

Health and Health Care Providers, Managers, and Support Staff. 

Health and Health Care Organization Executives. 

Health Care Practitioners and Technical 

Occupations. 

21 

21 

140 

2,500 

50,000 

240,000 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

45/60 

1 

1 

15/60 

5/60 

10/60 

16 

21 

140 

625 

4,167 

40,000 

................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 44,969 

OS specifically requests comments on 

(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. 

Darius Taylor, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–23000 Filed 9–25–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Decision To Evaluate a Petition To 

Designate a Class of Employees From 

the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho 

Falls, Idaho, To Be Included in 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. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: NIOSH gives notice as 

required by 42 C.F.R. § 83.12(e) of a 

decision to evaluate a petition to 

designate a class of employees from the 

Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho 

Falls, Idaho, to be included in the 

Special Exposure Cohort under the 

Energy Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000. The

initial proposed definition for the class 

being evaluated, subject to revision as 

warranted by the evaluation, is as 

follows: 

Facility: Idaho National Laboratory. 

Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho. 

Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All 

employees who worked in any area. 

Period of Employment: January 1, 

1949 through December 31, 1970. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division 

of Compensation Analysis and Support,

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum 

Avenue, MS C–46, Cincinnati, OH 

45226–1938, 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. 2014–22943 Filed 9–25–14; 8:45 am] 

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