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determine whether and to what extent 

the SHIPs have met the goals of 

improved CMS customer service to 

beneficiaries and better understanding 

by beneficiaries of their health 

insurance options. Further, the 

information will be used in the 

administration of the grants, to measure 

performance and appropriate use of the 

funds by the state grantees, to identify 

gaps in services and technical support 

needed by SHIPs, and to identify and 

share best practices. Frequency: Yearly; 

Affected Public: State, Tribal and Local 

governments; Number of Respondents: 

20,778; Total Annual Responses: 

1,672,454; Total Annual Hours: 139,475. 

(For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Barbara Childers at 

410–786–7610. 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 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 June 17, 2010: OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: CMS Desk Officer, Fax 

Number: (202) 395–6974, E-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Michelle Shortt, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection: 

Comment Request 

In compliance with the requirement 

for opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects 

(section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Title 44, United 

States Code, as amended by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. 

L. 104–13), the Health Resources and 

Services Administration (HRSA) 

publishes periodic summaries of 

proposed projects being developed for 

submission to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. To request more 

information on the proposed project or 

to obtain a copy of the data collection 

plans and draft instruments, e-mail 

paperwork@hrsa.gov or call the HRSA 

Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443– 

1129. 

Comments are invited on: (a) The 

proposed collection of information for 

the proper performance of the functions 

of the agency; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

HRSA Telehealth Outcome Measures 

(OMB No. 0915–0311)—Extension 

In order to help carry out its mission, 

the Office for the Advancement of 

Telehealth (OAT) created a set of 

performance measures that grantees can 

use to evaluate the effectiveness of their 

services programs and monitor their 

progress through the use of performance 

reporting data. As required by the 

Government Performance and Review 

Act of 1993 (GPRA), all federal agencies 

must develop strategic plans describing 

their overall goal and objectives. The 

Office for the Advancement of 

Telehealth (OAT) has worked with its 

grantees to develop performance 

measures to be used to evaluate and 

monitor the progress of the grantees. 

Grantee goals are to: Improve access to 

needed services; reduce rural 

practitioner isolation; improve health 

system productivity and efficiency; and 

improve patient outcomes. In each of 

these categories, specific indicators 

were designed to be reported through a 

performance monitoring Web site. 

The Program Assessment Response 

Tool (PART) is the instrument created 

for use by Federal agencies. The Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) uses 

the PART to assess Federal programs. 

The PART is a series of diagnostic 

questions used to assess and evaluate 

programs across a set of performancerelated criteria, including program 

design and purpose, strategic planning, 

program management, and results. 

PART results are used to inform the 

budget process and improve program 

management. OAT’s Telehealth 

Network Grant Program has been 

undergoing a PART assessment this 

year. Thus, in addition to responding to 

the GPRA initiative, OAT now has the 

added responsibility of responding to 

the PART assessment of its Telehealth 

Network Grant Program. The proposed 

performance measures will provide 

performance data that will address the 

PART assessment, monitor progress, 

and evaluate program effectiveness. 

The estimates of burden are as 

follows: 

Form Number of 

respondents 

Average 

number of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Hours per 

response 

Total 

burden 

hours 

Performance Measurement Tool ............................................................. 667 2 1,334 7 9,338 

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E-mail comments to 

paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA 

Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10–33, 

Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 

Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments 

should be received within 60 days of 

this notice. 

Dated: May 12, 2010. 

Sahira Rafiullah, 

Director, Division of Policy and Information 

Coordination. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

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Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

Periodically, the Health Resources 

and Services Administration (HRSA) 

publishes abstracts of information 

collection requests under review by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of 

the clearance requests submitted to 

OMB for review, e-mail 

paperwork@hrsa.gov or call the HRSA 

Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443– 

1129. 

The following request has been 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget for review under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995: 

Proposed Project: Data Collection Tool 

for State Offices of Rural Health Grant 

Program 

(OMB No. 0915–0322)—Extension 

The mission of the Office of Rural 

Health Policy (ORHP) is to sustain and 

improve access to quality care services 

for rural communities. In its authorizing 

language (Sec. 711 of the Social Security 

Act [42 U.S.C. 912]), Congress charged 

ORHP with administering grants, 

cooperative agreements, and contracts to 

provide technical assistance and other 

activities as necessary to support 

activities related to improving health 

care in rural areas. 

In accordance with the Public Health 

Service Act, Section 338J; 42 U.S.C. 

254r, the Health Resources and Services 

Administration proposes to revise the 

State Offices of Rural Health Grant 

Program—Guidance and Forms for the 

Application. The guidance is used 

annually by 50 States in writing 

applications for grants under the State 

Offices of Rural Health (SORH) Grant 

Program of the Public Health Service 

Act, and in preparing the required 

report. 

ORHP seeks to expand the 

information gathered from grantees on 

their efforts to provide technical 

assistance to clients within their State. 

SORH grantees would be required to 

submit a Technical Assistance Report 

that includes: (1) The total number of 

technical assistance encounters 

provided directly by the Grantee; and, 

(2) the total number of unduplicated 

clients that received direct technical 

assistance from the grantee. Submission 

of the Technical Assistance Report 

would be done via e-mail to ORHP no 

later than 30 days after the end of each 

twelve month budget period. 

The estimated average annual burden 

is as follows: 

Form Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

Technical Assistance Report ........................................................................... 50 1 12.5 625 

Total .......................................................................................................... 50 ........................ ........................ 625 

Written comments and 

recommendations concerning the 

proposed information collection should 

be sent within 30 days of this notice to 

the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov 

or by fax to 202–395–6974. Please direct 

all correspondence to the ‘‘attention of 

the desk officer for HRSA.’’ 

Dated: May 11, 2010. 

Sahira Rafiullah, 

Director, Division of Policy and Information 

Coordination. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10171, CMS–460 

and CMS–10318] 

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: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Coordination of 

Benefits between Part D Plans and Other 

Prescription Coverage Providers; Use: 

Section 1860D–23 and 1860D–24 of the 

Social Security Act requires the 

Secretary to establish requirements for 

prescription drug plans to ensure the 

effective coordination between Part D 

plans, State pharmaceutical Assistance 

programs and other payers. The 

requirements must relate to the 

following elements: (1) Enrollment file 

sharing; (2) claims processing and 

payment; (3) claims reconciliation 

reports; (4) application of the 

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