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payment methodology for Part B 

covered drugs that are not paid on a cost 

or prospective payment basis. In 

particular, section 303(d) of the MMA 

amends Title XVIII of the Social 

Security Act by adding a new section 

1847(B), which establishes a 

competitive acquisition program for the 

acquisition of and payment for Part B 

covered drugs and biologicals furnished 

on or after January 1, 2006. Since its 

inception, additional legislation has 

augmented the CAP. Section 108 of the 

Medicare Improvements and Extension 

Act under Division B, Title I of the Tax 

Relief Health Care Act of 2006 (MIEA–

TRHCA) amended section 1847b(a)(3) of 

the Social Security Act and requires that 

CAP implement a post payment review 

process. This procedure is done to 

assure that payment is made for a drug 

or biological under this section only if 

the drug or biological has been 

administered to a beneficiary. Form 

Number: CMS–10145 (OMB# 0938–

0945); Frequency: Weekly; Affected 

Public: Private sector—business or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions; 

Number of Respondents: 3,000; Total 

Annual Responses: 156,000; Total 

Annual Hours: 31,188. 

3. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Evaluation of 

the Medical Adult Day Care Services 

Demonstration; Use: Section 703 of the 

Medicare Prescription Drug, 

Improvement and Modernization Act of 

2003 (Pub. L. 108–173) authorizes a 

three-year demonstration to conduct an 

evaluation of the clinical and costeffectiveness of providing medical adult 

day-care services as a substitute for a 

portion of home health services that 

would otherwise be provided in the 

beneficiary’s home. Delivering home 

health services in the adult day-care 

setting represents an expansion of 

coverage under the home health benefit 

under Medicare. The Demonstration 

aims to evaluate both the costs and the 

benefits of delivering home health 

services in the adult day-care setting. 

The evaluation will examine the 

achievements as well as the difficulties 

inherent in demonstration 

implementation. 

Telephone survey data from Medicare 

beneficiary’s interviews are to be 

completed during Phase II of the 

Evaluation of the Medical Adult DayCare Services Demonstration. The 

survey was developed based on 

collection of data from face-to-face 

interviews with beneficiaries from 

Phase I of the Demonstration evaluation. 

Form Number: CMS–10204 (OMB# 

0938–1017); Frequency: Once; Affected 

Public: Individuals or households; 

Number of Respondents: 900; Total 

Annual Responses: 900; Total Annual 

Hours: 150. 

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. 

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 April 8, 2008. 

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 

Numberll , Room C4–26–05, 7500 

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21244–1850. 

Dated: January 30, 2008. 

Michelle Shortt, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–2552–96 and 

CMS–10008] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, HHS. 

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), Department of Health 

and Human Services, 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 function; 

(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: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Hospital and 

Health Care Complexes Cost Report and 

supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 

413.20 and 413.24; Use: This Cost 

Report Form is filed annually by 

freestanding providers participating in 

the Medicare program to effect year end 

cost settlement for providing services to 

Medicare beneficiaries. The CMS–2552–

96 cost report is needed to determine 

the amount of reimbursable cost, based 

upon the cost limits, that is due these 

providers furnishing medical services to 

Medicare beneficiaries. Form Number: 

CMS–2552–96 (OMB#: 0938–0050); 

Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: 

Private sector—business or other forprofit and not-for-profit institutions; 

Number of Respondents: 6,175; Total 

Annual Responses: 6,175; Total Annual 

Hours: 4,090,474. 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Process and 

Information Required to Determine 

Eligibility of Drugs, Biologicals, and 

Radiopharmaceutical Agents for 

Transitional Pass-Through Status Under 

the Hospital Outpatient Prospective 

Payment System (OPPS); Use: Section 

1833(t)(6) of the Social Security Act 

provides for temporary additional 

payments or ‘‘transitional pass-through 

payments’’ for certain drugs and 

biological agents. Interested parties such 

as hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, 

and physicians can apply for 

transitional pass-through payment for 

drugs and biologicals used with services 

covered under the OPPS. CMS uses this 

information to determine if the criteria 

for making a transitional pass-through 

payment are met and if an interim 

Healthcare Common Procedure Coding 

System (HCPCS) code for a new drug or 

biological is necessary. Form Number: 


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CMS–10008 (OMB#: 0938–0802); 

Frequency: Once; Affected Public: 

Private sector—Business or other forprofit; Number of Respondents: 10; 

Total Annual Responses: 10; Total 

Annual Hours: 160. 

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 March 10, 2008. OMB Human 

Resources and Housing Branch, 

Attention: Carolyn Lovett, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, Fax Number: 

(202) 395–6974. 

Dated: January 30, 2008. 

Michelle Shortt, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E8–2066 Filed 2–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Proposed Project: 

Title: Building Strong Families (BSF) 

Demonstration and Evaluation—Impact 

Study Second Follow-up 

OMB No.: New Collection. 

Description: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), is proposing a data 

collection activity as part of the 

Building Strong Families (BSF) 

Demonstration and Evaluation. The 

proposed collection will consist of two 

elements: (1) A telephone survey to be 

administered to both partners in couples 

enrolled in the BSF research sample 

about 36 months after enrollment, and 

(2) observational assessments of BSF 

families and their children. 

These data collections are part of the 

BSF evaluation, which is an important 

opportunity to learn if well-designed 

interventions can help low-income 

couples develop the knowledge and 

relationship skills that research has 

shown are associated with healthy 

marriages. BSF programs provide 

instruction and support to improve 

marriage and relationship skills and 

enhance couples’ understanding of 

marriage. In addition, BSF programs 

provide links to a variety of other 

services that could help couples sustain 

a healthy relationship (e.g., employment 

assistance). The BSF evaluation uses an 

experimental design that randomly 

assigns couples who volunteer to 

participate in BSF programs to a 

program or to a control group. 

The 36-month data collection effort 

draws heavily from the 15-month survey 

conducted in BSF sites. Materials for the 

15-month data collection effort were 

previously submitted to OMB and were 

approved under OMB Control No. 0970–

0304. 

Respondents: The respondents for the 

telephone questionnaire will be all 

couples in the BSF evaluation. The 

respondents for the observational 

assessments will be a sub-sample of 

children of the couples. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Annual 

number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average burden 

hours per 

response 

Estimated 

annual burden 

hours 

36-month telephone survey (female partner) .................................. 2,099 1 .9166666 

(55 minutes) 

1,924 

36-month telephone survey (male partner) ..................................... 1,978 1 .8333333 

(50 minutes) 

1,648 

Child/family observations ................................................................. 1,125 1 .6666666 

(40 minutes) 

750 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 4,322 

Additional Information: Copies of the 

proposed collection may be obtained by 

writing to the Administration for 

Children and Families, Office of 

Administration, Office of Information 

Services, 370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW., 

Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF 

Reports Clearance Officer. All requests 

should be identified by the title of the 

information collection. E-mail address: 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

OMB Comment: OMB is required to 

made a decision concerning the 

collection of information between 30 

and 60 days after publication of this 

document in the Federal Register. 

Therefore, a comment is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication. Written 

comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collection should 

be sent directly to the following: Office 

of Management and Budget, Paperwork 

Reduction Project, FAX: 202–395–6974, 

Attn: Desk Officer for ACF. 

Dated: February 1, 2008. 

Brendan Kelly, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Title: Voluntary Establishment of 

Paternity. 

OMB No.: 0970–0175. 

Description: Section 466(a)(5)(C) of 

the Social Security Act requires States 

to pass laws ensuring a simple civil 

process for voluntarily acknowledging 

paternity under which the State must 

provide that the mother and putative 

father must be given notice, orally and 

in writing, of the benefits and legal 


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