57630 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 193 / Friday, October 3, 2008 / Notices 

management activities for both CDC and 

the Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry. 

Dated: September 25, 2008. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E8–23397 Filed 10–2–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Prospective Granting of a CoExclusive License 

AGENCY: Technology Transfer Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice in accordance 

with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 

404.7(a)(1)(i) that the Technology 

Transfer Office, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (DHHS), is contemplating the 

granting of a co-exclusive worldwide 

license to practice the invention 

embodied in the patent application 

referred below to Mk-IX Technologies, 

having a place of business in Huntsville, 

Alabama. CDC intends to grant rights to 

practice this invention to no more than 

one other co-licensee. The patent rights 

in these inventions have been assigned 

to the government of the United States 

of America. The patent application to be 

licensed is: 

Non-Provisional Patent Application 

Title: Wipes and Methods for Removal 

of Metal Contamination from Surfaces. 

Serial No. 11/039,178. 

Filing date: 01/18/2005. 

Issue Date: Patent pending. 

The prospective exclusive license will 

be royalty-bearing and will comply with 

the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 

209 and 37 CFR 404.7. 

ADDRESSES: Requests for a copy of these 

patent applications, inquiries, 

comments, and other materials relating 

to the contemplated license should be 

directed to Andrew Watkins, Director, 

Technology Transfer Office, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 

4770 Buford Highway, Mailstop K–79, 

Atlanta, GA 30341, telephone: (770) 

488–8610; facsimile: (770) 488–8615. 

Applications for an exclusive license 

filed in response to this notice will be 

treated as objections to the grant of the 

contemplated co-exclusive license. Only 

written comments and/or applications 

for a license which are received by CDC 

within thirty days of this notice will be 

considered. Comments and objections 

submitted in response to this notice will 

not be made available for public 

inspection, and, to the extent permitted 

by law, will not be released under the 

Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 

552. A signed Confidential Disclosure 

Agreement will be required to receive a 

copy of any pending patent application. 

Dated: September 26, 2008. 

James D. Seligman, 

Chief Information Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E8–23398 Filed 10–2–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10001, CMS– 

10009, CMS–10272 and CMS–10242] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

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) 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: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Health 

Insurance Portability and 

Accountability Act (HIPAA) 

Nondiscrimination Provisions and 

Supporting Regulations in 45 CFR 

146.121(h) and 121(i)(2)(i); Use: If 

coverage has been denied to any 

individual because the sponsor of a selffunded non-Federal governmental plan 

had exempt the plan from the 

nondiscrimination requirements under 

45 CFR 146.180 ‘‘Treatment of NonFederal Governmental Plans’’, and the 

plan sponsor subsequently chooses to 

bring the plan into compliance, the plan 

sponsor must comply with the 

requirements under 45 CFR 

146.121(i)(2)(i) ‘‘Special Transitional 

Rule for Self-Funded Non-Federal 

Governmental Plans Exempted under 45 

CFR 146.180’’. To bring the plan into 

compliance with the requirements, the 

plan must notify the individual that the 

plan will be coming into compliance, 

afford the individual an opportunity to 

enroll, specify the effective date of 

compliance, and inform the individual 

regarding any enrollment restrictions 

that may apply under the terms of the 

plan once the plan is in compliance. 

Form Number: CMS–10001 (OMB# 

0938–0827); Frequency: Yearly; Affected 

Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments; Number of Respondents: 

18; Total Annual Responses: 18; Total 

Annual Hours: 194. 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Health 

Insurance Portability and 

Accountability Act (HIPAA) 

Nondiscrimination Provisions and 

Supporting Regulations in 45 CFR 

146.121(f)(2)(v)(A); Use: Section 146.121 

of the regulations requires Health plans 

or issuers to disclose in all plan 

materials the terms of certain wellness 

programs including the availability of a 

reasonable alternative standard. Plan 

participants and their dependents need 

this information to understand the 

rights they have under HIPAA. States 

and the Federal government may need 

the information supplied by issuers to 

properly perform their regulatory 

functions. Form Number: CMS–10009 

(OMB# 0938–0819); Frequency: Yearly; 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments; Number of Respondents: 

2,600; Total Annual Responses: 2,600; 

Total Annual Hours: 1,300. 

3. Type of Information Collection 

Request: New collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Hospital 

Leadership Quality Assessment Tool 

(HLQAT); Use: In 2006, the Hospital 

Leadership Collaborative (HLC) 

launched a public-private partnership to 

develop a CMS-endorsed selfassessment tool, ‘‘The Hospital 

Leadership and Quality Assessment 

Tool’’ (HLQAT) to assist hospitals in the 

improvement of quality through 

enhanced hospital governance, 

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