31506 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 112 / Monday, June 14, 2021 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–R–308] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Health and Human 

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 

the necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the agency’s functions, 

the accuracy of the estimated burden, 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected, and the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology to minimize the 

information collection burden. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

August 13, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: When commenting, please 

reference the document identifier or 

OMB control number. To be assured 

consideration, comments and 

recommendations must be submitted in 

any one of the following ways: 

1. Electronically. You may send 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) that are 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. 

To obtain copies of a supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed collection(s) summarized in 

this notice, you may make your request 

using one of following: 

1. Access CMS’ website address at 

website address at https://www.cms.gov/ 

Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William N. Parham at (410) 786–4669. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Contents 

This notice sets out a summary of the 

use and burden associated with the 

following information collections. More 

detailed information can be found in 

each collection’s supporting statement 

and associated materials (see 

ADDRESSES). 

CMS–R–308 State Children’s Health 

Insurance Program and Supporting 

Regulations 

Under the 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. 

The term ‘‘collection of information’’ is 

defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 

1320.3(c) and includes agency requests 

or requirements that members of the 

public submit reports, keep records, or 

provide information to a third party. 

Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA 

requires federal agencies to publish a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension or reinstatement of an existing 

collection of information, before 

submitting the collection to OMB for 

approval. To comply with this 

requirement, CMS is publishing this 

notice. 

Information Collection 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: State Children’s 

Health Insurance Program and 

Supporting Regulations; Use: States 

must submit title XXI plans and 

amendments for approval by the 

Secretary. We use the plan and its 

subsequent amendments to determine if 

the state has met the requirements of 

title XXI. Information provided in the 

state plan, state plan amendments, and 

from the other information we are 

collecting will be used by advocacy 

groups, beneficiaries, applicants, other 

governmental agencies, providers 

groups, research organizations, health 

care corporations, health care 

consultants. States will use the 

information collected to assess state 

plan performance, health outcomes and 

an evaluation of the amount of 

substitution of private coverage that 

occurs as a result of the subsidies and 

the effect of the subsidies on access to 

coverage. 

This iteration proposes to: Remove 

certain reporting requirements, revise 

the information collection instrument, 

and revise reporting instructions. We 

are also proposing to change the 

respondent’s occupation and hourly 

wage, adjust the number of respondents, 

and adjust the number of enrollees by 

using more recent data. Form Number: 

CMS–R–308 (OMB control number: 

0938–0841); Frequency: Yearly, Once, 

and Occasionally; Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments; Number 

of Respondents: 51; Total Annual 

Responses: 9,677,272; Total Annual 

Hours: 485,940. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact Cassie 

Lagorio at 410–786–4554.) 

Dated: June 8, 2021. 

William N. Parham, III, 

Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, 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: Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Public Comment 

Request; Small Health Care Provider 

Quality Improvement Program, OMB 

No. 0915–0387—Extension 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

HRSA has submitted an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. Comments 

submitted during the first public review 

of this ICR will be provided to OMB. 

OMB will accept further comments from 

the public during the review and 

approval period. OMB may act on 

HRSA’s ICR only after the 30 day 

comment period for this notice has 

closed. 

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be 

received no later than July 14, 2021. 


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ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under Review—Open for 

Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request a copy of the clearance requests 

submitted to OMB for review, email Lisa 

Wright-Solomon, the HRSA Information 

Collection Clearance Officer at 

paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 443– 

1984. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Small Health Care Provider Quality 

Improvement Program, OMB No. 0915– 

0387 Extension. 

Abstract: This program is authorized 

by Title III, Public Health Service Act, 

Section 330A(g) (42 U.S.C. 254c(g)), as 

amended; Public Law 115–245. This 

authority authorizes HRSA’s Federal 

Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) 

to issue grants that expand access to, 

coordinate, contain the cost of, and 

improve the quality of essential health 

care services, including preventive and 

emergency services, through the 

development of health care networks in 

rural and frontier areas and regions. 

Across these various programs, the 

authority allows HRSA to provide funds 

to rural communities to support the 

direct delivery of health care and related 

services, expand existing services, or 

enhance health service delivery through 

education, promotion, and prevention 

programs. 

The purpose of the Small Health Care 

Provider Quality Improvement Grant 

(Rural Quality) Program is to provide 

support to rural primary care providers 

for implementation of quality 

improvement activities. The goal of the 

program is to promote the development 

of an evidence-based culture and 

delivery of coordinated care in the 

primary care setting. Additional 

objectives of the program include 

improved health outcomes for patients, 

enhanced chronic disease management, 

and better engagement of patients and 

their caregivers. Organizations 

participating in the program are 

required to use an evidence-based 

quality improvement model, perform 

tests of change focused on 

improvement, and use health 

information technology (HIT) to collect 

and report data. HIT may include an 

electronic patient registry or an 

electronic health record, and is a critical 

component for improving quality and 

patient outcomes. With HIT it is 

possible to generate timely and 

meaningful data, which helps providers 

track and plan care. 

A 60-day Notice published in the 

Federal Register on February 24, 2021, 

vol. 86, No. 35; pp. 11306. There were 

no public comments. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: For this program, 

performance measures were drafted to 

provide data to the program and to 

enable HRSA to provide aggregate 

program data required by Congress 

under the Government Performance and 

Results Act of 1993. These measures 

cover the principal topic areas of 

interest to FORHP, including: (a) Access 

to care; (b) population demographics; (c) 

staffing; (d) consortium/network; (e) 

sustainability; and (f) project specific 

domains. All measures will speak to 

FORHP’s progress toward meeting the 

goals set. 

FORHP collects this information to 

quantify the impact of grant funding on 

access to health care, quality of services, 

and improvement of health outcomes. 

FORHP uses the data for program 

improvement and grantees use the data 

for performance tracking. No changes 

are proposed from the current data 

collection effort. 

Likely Respondents: The respondents 

would be recipients of the Small Health 

Care Provider Quality Improvement 

Program. 

Burden Statement: Burden in this 

context means the time expended by 

persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose or provide the information 

requested. 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. The total annual burden 

hours estimated for this ICR are 

summarized in the table below. 

TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden hours 

Quality Program PIMS Measures ........................................ 32 1 32 8 256 

Total .............................................................................. 32 ........................ 32 ........................ 256 

HRSA 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. 

Maria G. Button, 

Director, Executive Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Senior Executive Service Performance 

Review Board 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 


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