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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued 

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden hours 

NEARS Data Recording (paper form) ..... 1,400 1 30/60 700 

NEARS Data Reporting (web entry) ....... 1,400 1 30/60 700 

Retail food personnel ........................ NEARS Manager Interview ..................... 5,600 1 20/60 1,867 

Total ............................................ .................................................................. .................... ........................ .................... 20,067 

Leroy A. Richardson, 

Chief, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the 

Associate Director for Science, Office of the 

Director, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–16–0106; Docket No. CDC–2016– 

0017] 

Proposed Data Collection Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of 

its continuing efforts to reduce public 

burden and maximize the utility of 

government information, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. This notice invites 

comment on a proposed revision of the 

information collection project entitled 

‘‘Preventive Health and Health Services 

Block Grant’’. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before April 5, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2016– 

0017 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, 

Information Collection Review Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS– 

D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket Number. All relevant comments 

received will be posted without change 

to Regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

access to the docket to read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

Regulations.gov. 

Please note: All public comment should be 

submitted through the Federal eRulemaking 

portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 

address listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on the 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the information collection plan and 

instruments, contact the Information 

Collection Review Office, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 

Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570; 

Email: omb@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies 

must obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also 

requires Federal agencies to provide a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each new 

proposed collection, each proposed 

extension of existing collection of 

information, and each reinstatement of 

previously approved information 

collection before submitting the 

collection to OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, we are 

publishing this notice of a proposed 

data collection as described below. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (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; (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; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

Proposed Project 

Preventive Health and Health Services 

Block Grant (OMB Control No. 0920– 

0106, exp. 8/31/2016)—Revision— 

Office for State, Tribal, Local and 

Territorial Support (OSTLTS), Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The management of the Preventive 

Health and Health Services (PHHS) 

Block Grant program has transitioned 

from the National Center for Chronic 

Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion to the Office for State, Tribal, 

Local and Territorial Support (OSTLTS). 

The Program continues to provide 

awardees with a source of flexible 

funding for health promotion and 

disease prevention programs. Currently, 

61 awardees (50 states, the District of 

Columbia, two American Indian Tribes, 

and eight U.S. territories) receive Block 

Grants to address locally-defined public 

health needs in innovative ways. Block 

Grants allow awardees to prioritize the 

use of funds and to fill funding gaps in 

programs that deal with the leading 

causes of death and disability. Block 

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Grant funding also provides awardees 

with the ability to respond rapidly to 

emerging health issues, including 

outbreaks of diseases or pathogens. The 

PHHS Block Grant program is 

authorized by sections 1901–1907 of the 

Public Health Service Act. 

CDC currently collects information 

from Block Grant awardees to monitor 

their objectives and activities 

(Preventive Health and Health Services 

Block Grant, OMB No. 0920–0106, exp. 

8/31/2016). Each awardee is required to 

submit an annual application for 

funding (Work Plan) that describes its 

objectives and the populations to be 

addressed, and an Annual Report that 

describes activities, progress toward 

objectives, and Success Stories which 

highlight the improvements Block Grant 

programs have made and the value of 

program activities. Information is 

submitted electronically through the 

web-based Block Grant Information 

Management System (BGMIS). 

CDC PHHS Block Grant program has 

benefited from this system by efficiently 

collecting mandated information in a 

format that allows data to be easily 

retrieved in standardized reports. The 

electronic format verifies completeness 

of data at data entry prior to submission 

to CDC, reducing the number of resubmissions that are required to provide 

concise and complete information. 

The Work Plan and Annual Report are 

designed to help Block Grant awardees 

attain their goals and to meet reporting 

requirements specified in the program’s 

authorizing legislation. Each Work Plan 

objective is defined in SMART format 

(Specific, Measurable, Achievable, 

Realistic and Time-based), and includes 

a specified start date and end date. 

Block Grant activities adhere to the 

Healthy People (HP) framework 

established by the Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). The current 

version of the BGMIS associates each 

awardee-defined activity with a specific 

HP National Objective, and identifies 

the location where funds are applied. 

Although there are no substantive 

changes to the information collected 

(Attachment 4A), the Work Plan 

guidance document for users 

(Attachments 4B) has been updated to 

improve their usability and the clarity of 

instructions provided to BGMIS users. 

These changes are summarized in 

Attachments 4C. 

There are no changes to the number 

of Block Grant awardees (respondents), 

or the estimated burden per response for 

the Work Plan or the Annual Report. At 

this time, the BGMIS does not collect 

data related to performance measures, 

but a future information collection 

request may outline additional reporting 

requirements related to performance 

measures. 

The PHHS Block Grant program must 

continue to collect data in order to 

remain in compliance with legislative 

mandates. The system allows CDC and 

Grantees to measure performance, 

identifying the extent to which 

objectives were met and identifying the 

most highly successful program 

interventions. CDC requests OMB 

approval to continue the Block Grant 

information collection for three years. 

CDC will continue to use the BGMIS to 

monitor awardee progress, identify 

activities and personnel supported with 

Block Grant funding, conduct 

compliance reviews of Block Grant 

awardees, and promote the use of 

evidence-based guidelines and 

interventions. There are no changes to 

the number of respondents or the 

estimated annual burden per 

respondent. The Work Plan and the 

Annual Report will be submitted 

annually. The estimated burden per 

response for the Work Plan is 20 hours 

and the estimated burden per response 

for the Annual Report is 15 hours. 

Participation in this information 

collection is required for Block Grant 

awardees. There are no costs to 

respondents other than their time. 

Awardees continue to submit Success 

Stories with their Annual Progress 

reports through BGMIS, without 

changes. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Block Grant Awardees ...................... Work Plan ........................................ 61 1 20 1,220 

Annual Report .................................. 61 1 15 915 

Total ........................................... .......................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 2,135 

Leroy A. Richardson, 

Chief, Information Collection Review Office, 

Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the 

Associate Director for Science, Office of the 

Director, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10406 and CMS– 

10599] 

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 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information (including each proposed 

extension or reinstatement of an existing 

collection of information) and to allow 

60 days for public comment on the 

proposed action. Interested persons are 

invited to send comments regarding our 

burden estimates 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, 

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