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Message from Medicare (IM); Use: 

Requirements that hospitals notify 

beneficiaries in inpatient hospital 

settings of their rights as a hospital 

patient including their discharge appeal 

rights are referenced in Section 1866 of 

the Social Security Act (The Act). The 

authority for the right to an expedited 

determination is set forth at Sections 

1869 and 1154 of the Act. The hospital 

must deliver valid, written notice (the 

IM) of a patient’s rights as a hospital 

patient including the discharge appeal 

rights, within 2 calendar days of 

admission. A follow-up copy of the 

signed IM is given again as far as 

possible in advance of discharge, but no 

more than 2 calendar days before. 

Follow-up notice is not required if 

provision of the admission IM falls 

within 2 calendar days of discharge. The 

collection has been revised to include 

documentation of the time when the 

beneficiary signs the document when it 

is delivered initially and as a follow up 

copy. Form Number: CMS–R–193 

(OMB#: 0938–1019); Frequency: 

Reporting—Yearly; Affected Public: 

Business or other for-profits and Notfor-profit institutions; Number of 

Respondents: 3193; Total Annual 

Responses: 13,218; Total Annual Hours: 

19,680,000. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact Evelyn 

Blaemire at 410–786–1803. For all other 

issues call 410–786–1326.) 

3. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Recovery Act— 

Reporting Requirements for States 

Under FMAP Increase and TMA 

Provisions; Use: The American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

(Recovery Act), Public Law 111–5, 

requires that States submit quarterly 

reports to the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services in accordance with 

section 5001 Temporary Increase of 

Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance 

Percentage (FMAP) and section 5004(d) 

Extension of Transitional Medical 

Assistance (TMA). The reports under 

section 5001 are required for the period 

of October 1, 2008—September 30, 

2011. The reports under section 5004 

are required beginning on July 1, 2009 

until the Federal authority for TMA 

coverage sunsets (now scheduled to 

sunset on December 31, 2010). Each 

State Medicaid agency will submit its 

quarterly reports to the appropriate 

Regional Office of CMS. The reports will 

be compiled and summarized for annual 

reports to Congress. Form Number: 

CMS–10295 (OMB#: 0938–1073); 

Frequency: Reporting—Quarterly; 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments; Number of Respondents: 

50; Total Annual Responses: 200; Total 

Annual Hours: 600. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Richard Strauss at 410–786– 

2019. For all other issues call 410–786– 

1326.) 

4. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: State Plan Preprint implementing Section 6087 of the 

Deficit Reduction Act: Optional SelfDirection Personal Assistance Services 

(PAS) Program (Cash and Counseling); 

Form Number: CMS–10234 (OMB#: 

0938–1024); Use: Information submitted 

via the State Plan Amendment (SPA) 

pre-print is used by CMS and Regional 

Offices to analyze a State’s proposal to 

implement Section 6087 of the Deficit 

Reduction Act (DRA). State Medicaid 

Agencies will complete the SPA preprint, and submit it to CMS for a 

comprehensive analysis. The pre-print 

contains assurances, check-off items, 

and areas for States to describe policies 

and procedures for subjects such as 

quality assurance, risk management, and 

voluntary and involuntary 

disenrollment; Frequency: Reporting— 

Once; Affected Public: State, Local, or 

Tribal Government; Number of 

Respondents: 56; Total Annual 

Responses: 20; Total Annual Hours: 

400. (For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Carrie Smith at 410– 

786–4485. 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 

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. 

In commenting on the proposed 

information collections please reference 

the document identifier or OMB control 

number. To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations must 

be submitted in one of the following 

ways by March 26, 2010: 

1. Electronically. You may submit 

your comments electronically to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for ‘‘Comment or 

Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’ 

to find the information collection 

document(s) accepting comments. 

2. By regular mail. You may mail 

written comments to the following 

address: CMS, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs, 

Division of Regulations Development, 

Attention: Document Identifier/OMB 

Control Number, Room C4–26–05, 7500 

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21244–1850. 

Dated: January 15, 2010. 

Michelle Shortt, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–1341 Filed 1–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approve the proposed 

information collection project: 

‘‘Collection of Information for Agency 

for Healthcare Research and Quality’s 

(AHRQ) Consumer Assessment of 

Healthcare Providers and Systems 

(CAHPS) Health Plan Survey 

Comparative Database.’’ In accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 

U.S.C. 3501–3520, AHRQ invites the 

public to comment on this proposed 

information collection. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by March 26, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, 

Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

Copies of the proposed collection 

plans, data collection instruments, and 

specific details on the estimated burden 

can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by 

e-mail at 

doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

Collection of Information for Agency 

for Healthcare Research and Quality’s 

(AHRQ) Consumer Assessment of 

Healthcare Providers and Systems 

(CAHPS) Health Plan Survey 

Comparative Database. 


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The Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ) requests that the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approve, under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, AHRQ’s 

collection of information for the AHRQ 

Consumer Assessment of Healthcare 

Providers and Systems (CAHPS) 

Database for Health Plans. The CAHPS 

Health Plan Database consists of data 

from the AHRQ CAHPS Health Plan 

Survey. Health plans in the U.S. are 

asked to voluntarily submit data from 

the survey to AHRQ, through its 

contractor, Westat. The CAHPS 

Database was developed by AHRQ in 

1998 in response to requests from health 

plans, purchasers, and the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to 

provide comparative data to support 

public reporting of health plan ratings, 

health plan accreditation and quality 

improvement. 

The CAHPS Health Plan Survey is a 

tool for collecting standardized 

information on enrollees’ experiences 

with health plans and their services. 

The development of the CAHPS Health 

Plan Survey began in 1995, when AHRQ 

awarded the first set of CAHPS grants to 

Harvard, RTI, and RAND. In 1997 the 

CAHPS 1.0 survey was released by the 

CAHPS Consortium. The CAHPS 

Consortium refers to the research 

organizations involved in the 

development, dissemination, and 

support of CAHPS products. The 

current Consortium includes AHRQ, 

CMS, RAND, Yale School of Public 

Health, and Westat. 

Since that time, the Consortium has 

clarified and updated the survey 

instrument to reflect field test results; 

feedback from industry experts; reports 

from health plan participants, data 

collection vendors, and other users; and 

evidence from cognitive testing and 

focus groups. In November 2006, the 

CAHPS Consortium released the latest 

version of the instrument: The CAHPS 

Health Plan Survey 4.0. The 

development of this update to the 

Health Plan Survey has been part of the 

‘‘Ambulatory CAHPS (A–CAHPS) 

Initiative,’’ which arose as a result of 

extensive research conducted with 

users. AHRQ released the CAHPS 

Health Plan Survey 4.0, along with 

guidance on how to customize and 

administer it. The National Quality 

Forum endorsed the 4.0 version of the 

Health Plan Survey in July 2007. 

The CAHPS Health Plan Database 

uses data from AHRQ’s standardized 

CAHPS Health plan survey to provide 

comparative results to health care 

purchasers, consumers, regulators and 

policy makers across the country. The 

Database also provides data for AHRQ’s 

annual National Healthcare Quality and 

National Healthcare Disparities Reports. 

Voluntary participants include public 

and private employers, State Medicaid 

agencies, State Children’s Health 

Insurance Programs (SCHIP), CMS, and 

individual health plans. 

The collection of information for the 

CAHPS Database for Health Plans is 

being conducted pursuant to AHRQ’s 

statutory authority to conduct and 

support research on health care and 

systems for the delivery of such care, 

including activities with respect to the 

quality, effectiveness, efficiency, 

appropriateness and value of health care 

services. See 42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(1). 

Method of Collection 

Information for the CAHPS Health 

Plan Database has been collected by 

AHRQ through its contractor Westat on 

an annual basis since 1998. Health plans 

are asked to voluntarily submit their 

data to the comparative database in June 

of each year. The data are cleaned with 

standardized programs, then aggregated 

and used to produce comparative results 

for commercial (adult and child), 

Medicaid (adult and child), and 

Medicare (adult) populations for the two 

most recent years. In addition, 

individual participant reports are 

produced that display the participating 

organizations’ own results compared to 

appropriate comparisons derived from 

the National, regional and product-type 

distributions on a password-protected 

section of the online reporting system. 

The CAHPS Health Plan Database 

receives the data from three sources. 

First, commercial health plan data is 

purchased by the CAHPS Health Plan 

Database directly from the National 

Committee for Quality Assurance 

(NCQA). The data is collected by NCQA 

from those who participate in its 

accreditation program. Second, 

Medicare data is provided by CMS 

through an agency data use agreement. 

The Medicare data is collected by CMS 

and their contractor from beneficiaries 

who were enrolled in a managed care 

health plan. Third, Medicaid data is 

collected by the CAHPS Health Plan 

Database. Medicaid agencies and their 

vendors directly submit their Medicaid 

health plan survey data to the CAPHS 

Health Plan Database through an online 

data submission system. Data submitted 

by Medicaid plans are compiled along 

with the data received from CMS and 

NCQA to comprise the CAHPS Health 

Plan Survey comparative database. 

Estimated Annual Respondent Burden 

Each year State Medicaid agencies 

and individual health plans decide 

whether to participate in the database 

and prepare their materials and dataset 

for submission to the CAHPS Health 

Plan Database. Participating 

organizations are typically State 

Medicaid agencies with multiple health 

plans. However, individual health plans 

are also encouraged to submit their data 

to the CAHPS Database. The number of 

data submissions per registrant varies 

from participant to participant and year 

to year because some participants 

submit data for multiple health plans, 

while others may only submit survey 

data for one plan. 

Each organization that decides to 

participate in the database must have 

their POC complete a registration form 

providing their contact information for 

access to the on-line data submission 

system, sign and submit a data use 

agreement (DUA), and provide health 

plan characteristics such as health plan 

name, product type, type of population 

surveyed, health plan state, and plan 

name to appear in the reporting of their 

results. 

Each vendor that submits files on 

behalf of a Medicaid agency or 

individual health plan must also 

complete the registration form in order 

to obtain access to the on-line 

submission system. The vendor, on 

behalf of their client, may also complete 

additional information about survey 

administration (CAHPS survey version 

used, mode of survey administration, 

total enrollment count, description of 

how the sample was selected), submit a 

copy of the questionnaire used, and 

submit one data file per health plan. 

Commercial health plan data is received 

directly from NCQA. Medicare health 

plan data is received from CMS. 

The burden hours and costs below 

pertain only to the collection of 

Medicaid data from State Medicaid 

agencies and individual Medicaid 

health plans because those are the only 

entities that submit data through the 

data submission process (other data are 

obtained directly from NCQA and CMS 

as noted earlier in Section 2). In 2009, 

a total of 60 participants, representing 

45 individual organizations and 15 

vendors, submitted data for 244 health 

plans (an average of about 4 health 

plans per participant). 

Exhibits 1 and 2 are based on the 

estimated number of individual 

participants (participating organizations 

and/or vendors) who will complete the 

database submission steps and forms in 

the coming years, and is not based on 

the total number of health plans that are 

submitted. The number of respondents 

and burden hours are based on an 

estimated slight increase in the number 

of participants to 70 in 2010 and 2011. 


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In Exhibit 1, the 70 participants that 

will complete the registration form and 

submit information to the CAHPS 

Health Plan Database are a combination 

of an estimated 50 State Medicaid 

agencies and individual health plans, 

and 20 estimated vendors. The 50 State 

Medicaid agencies or individual health 

plans will sign and submit a DUA. 

Vendors do not sign or submit DUAs. 

Health plan information and data files 

are submitted for each health plan. 

Exhibit 1 shows an estimated total of 

280 health plans (70 estimated 

participants with 4 health plans per 

participant). The total burden hours for 

completing the registration, DUA and 

data submission process are estimated 

to be 722 hours. 

EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form name 

Number of 

respondents/ 

POCS 

Number of 

responses per 

POC 

Hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Registration Form and Data Submission * ....................................................... 70 1 7.6 532 

Data Use Agreement ** .................................................................................... 50 1 1 50 

Health Plan Information *** .............................................................................. 70 4 30/60 140 

Total .......................................................................................................... 190 NA NA 722 

* The online Registration Form requires about 5 minutes to complete; however, over 7 hours is required to plan/prepare for the data submission. This includes the amount of time the participating organization, and others (CEO, lawyer, vendor) typically spend deciding whether to participate in the database and preparing their materials and dataset for submission to the CAHPS Health Plan Database and performing the submission. 

** The Data Use Agreement requires about 3 minutes to complete; however, about 57 minutes is required for the participating organization to 

review the agreement prior to signing. This includes the review by the organization’s CEO or legal department. 

*** A few health plans may submit their data directly; however, most health plan data will be submitted by the POC. 

Exhibit 2 shows the estimated 

annualized cost burden based on the 

respondents’ time to complete the 

submission process. The cost burden is 

estimated to be $31,046 annually. 

EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Total burden 

hours 

Average 

hourly wage 

rate ** 

Total cost 

burden 

Registration Form and Data Submission * ....................................................... 70 532 $43.00 $22,876 

Data Use Agreement ....................................................................................... 50 50 43.00 2,150 

Health Plan Information ................................................................................... 70 140 43.00 6,020 

Total .......................................................................................................... 190 722 NA 31,046 

* Wage rates were calculated using the mean hourly wage based on occupational employment and wage estimates from the Dept of Labor, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics’ May 2008 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates NAICS 622000—located at 

http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm. 

** Wage rate of $43.00 is based on the mean hourly wages for Medical and Health Services Managers. Wage rate of $42.67 is the weighted 

mean hourly wage for: Medical and Health Services Managers ($42.67 × 2.6 hours = $110.95), Lawyers ($59.98 × .5 hours = $29.99), Chief Executives ($89.16 × .5 hours = $44.58), and Computer programmer ($35.32 × 4 hours = $141.28) [Weighted mean = ($110.95 + 29.99 + 44.58 + 

141.28)/7.6 hours = $326.80/7.6 hours = $43.00/hour]. 

Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal 

Government 

Exhibit 3 shows the estimated 

annualized cost to the government for 

developing, maintaining and managing 

the Health Plan Database and analyzing 

the data and reporting results. The cost 

is estimated to be $260,000 annually. 

Annualized costs for collecting and 

processing the CAHPS Health Plan 

Database are based upon 10 years of 

historical project costs. Start-up costs 

were present in the early years of the 

database only. 

EXHIBIT 3—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED

COST

Cost component Annualized 

cost 

Database Maintenance ............... $50,000 

Data Submission ........................ 100,000 

Data Analysis and Reporting ...... 110,000 

Total ........................................ 260,000 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the above-cited 

Paperwork Reduction Act legislation, 

comments on AHRQ’s information 

collection are requested with regard to 

any of the following: (a) Whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

AHRQ healthcare research and 

healthcare information dissemination 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of 

burden (including hours and costs) of 

the proposed collection(s) 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 upon the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the Agency’s subsequent 

request for OMB approval of the 

proposed information collection. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 


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Dated: January 11, 2010. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2010–1158 Filed 1–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–90–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Advisory Board on Radiation and 

Worker Health (ABRWH or Advisory 

Board), National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) 

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

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), and pursuant to the 

requirements of 42 CFR 83.15(a), the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), announces the 

following meeting of the 

aforementioned committee: 

Board Public Meeting Times and Dates 

(All Times Are Pacific Standard Time) 

8:45 a.m.–4:30 p.m., February 9, 2010. 

9 a.m.–6 p.m., February 10, 2010. 

9 a.m.–3 p.m., February 11, 2010. 

Public Comment Times and Dates (All 

Times Are Pacific Standard Time) 

4:30 p.m.–6 p.m., February 9, 2010.* 

6 p.m.–7:30 p.m., February 10, 2010.* 

*Please note that the public comment 

periods may end before the times 

indicated, following the last call for 

comments. Members of the public who 

wish to provide public comment should 

plan to attend public comment sessions 

at the start times listed. 

Place: Marriott Manhattan Beach, 

1400 Parkview Avenue, Manhattan 

Beach, California; Phone: (310) 546– 

7511; Fax: (310) 939–1486. Audio 

Conference Call via FTS Conferencing. 

The USA toll free dial-in number is 1– 

866–659–0537 with a pass code of 

9933701. 

Status: Open to the public, limited 

only by the space available. The meeting 

space accommodates approximately 100 

people. 

Background: The Advisory Board was 

established under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program (EEOICP) Act of 2000 to advise 

the President on a variety of policy and 

technical functions required to 

implement and effectively manage the 

new compensation program. Key 

functions of the Advisory Board include 

providing advice on the development of 

probability of causation guidelines 

which have been promulgated by the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (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 Advisory 

Board to HHS, which subsequently 

delegated this authority to the CDC. 

NIOSH implements this responsibility 

for CDC. The charter was issued on 

August 3, 2001, renewed at appropriate 

intervals, and will expire on August 3, 

2011. 

Purpose: This Advisory 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 Advisory Board meeting 

includes: NIOSH Program Update and 

Program Evaluation Plans; Department 

of Labor (DOL) Program Update; 

Department of Energy (DOE) Program 

Update; OCAS Science Update; Special 

Exposure Cohort (SEC) petitions for: 

Lawrence Livermore National 

Laboratory, Santa Susana Area IV, 

Canoga Avenue Facility (Los Angeles 

County, California), Lawrence Berkeley 

National Laboratory, General Electric 

Company (Evendale, Ohio), Blockson 

Chemical Company, Chapman Valve 

Manufacturing Company, United 

Nuclear Corporation (Hematite, 

Missouri), Hanger 481 at Kirtland Air 

Force Base, Nevada Test Site, and 

Westinghouse Electric Corportation 

(Bloomfield, New Jersey); SEC Petition 

Status Updates; Subcommittee and 

Work Group Reports; Board Working 

Time; and Conflict of Interest 

Requirements. 

The agenda is subject to change as 

priorities dictate. 

In the event an individual cannot 

attend, written comments may be 

submitted in accordance with the 

redaction policy provided below. 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. 

Policy on Redaction of Board Meeting 

Transcripts (Public Comment), (1) If a 

person making a comment gives his or 

her name, no attempt will be made to 

redact that name. (2) NIOSH will take 

reasonable steps to ensure that 

individuals making public comment are 

aware of the fact that their comments 

(including their name, if provided) will 

appear in a transcript of the meeting 

posted on a public Web site. Such 

reasonable steps include: (a) A 

statement read at the start of each public 

comment period stating that transcripts 

will be posted and names of speakers 

will not be redacted; (b) A printed copy 

of the statement mentioned in (a) above 

will be displayed on the table where 

individuals sign up to make public 

comment; (c) A statement such as 

outlined in (a) above will also appear 

with the agenda for a Board Meeting 

when it is posted on the NIOSH Web 

site; (d) A statement such as in (a) above 

will appear in the Federal Register 

Notice that announces Board and 

Subcommittee meetings. (3) If an 

individual, in making a statement, 

reveals personal information (e.g., 

medical information) about themselves, 

that information will not usually be 

redacted. The NIOSH FOIA coordinator 

will, however, review such revelations 

in accordance with the Freedom of 

Information Act and the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act and if deemed 

appropriate, will redact such 

information. (4) All disclosures of 

information concerning third parties 

will be redacted. (5) If it comes to the 

attention of the DFO that an individual 

wishes to share information with the 

Board but objects to doing so in a public 

forum, the DFO will work with that 

individual, in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, to 

find a way that the Board can hear such 

comments. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Theodore Katz, M.P.A., Executive 

Secretary, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton 

Road, MS E–20, Atlanta, GA 30333, 

Telephone (513) 533–6800, Toll Free 

1(800) CDC–INFO, E-mail ocas@cdc.gov. 

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. 


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