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action. However, CMS needs to remain 

apprised of any potential payment 

changes. Hospitals are required to 

provide CMS with copy of any 

applications that they made to the 

MGCRB. CMS also developed the 

guidelines for the MGCRB that were the 

interim final issue of the Federal 

Register, and must ensure that the 

MGCRB properly applied the 

guidelines. This check and balance 

process also contributes to limiting the 

number of hospitals that ultimately 

need to appeal their MGCRB decisions 

to the CMS Administrator. Form 

Number: CMS–R–138 (OMB control 

number: 0938–0573); Frequency: 

Occasionally; Affected Public: 

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

Respondents: 300; Total Annual 

Responses: 300; Total Annual Hours: 

300. (For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Noel Manlove at 410– 

786–5161.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Disclosure 

Requirement for the In-Office Ancillary 

Services Exception; Use: Section 6003 of 

the ACA established a disclosure 

requirement for the in-office ancillary 

services exception to the prohibition of 

physician self-referral for certain 

imaging services. This section of the 

ACA amended section 1877(b)(2) of the 

Social Security Act by adding a 

requirement that the referring physician 

informs the patient, at the time of the 

referral and in writing, that the patient 

may receive the imaging service from 

another supplier. The implementing 

regulations are at 42 CFR 411.355(b)(7). 

Physicians who provide certain 

imaging services (MRI, CT, and PET) 

under the in-office ancillary services 

exception to the physician self-referral 

prohibition are required to provide the 

disclosure notice as well as the list of 

other imaging suppliers to the patient. 

The patient will then be able to use the 

disclosure notice and list of suppliers in 

making an informed decision about his 

or her course of care for the imaging 

service. CMS would use the collected 

information for enforcement purposes. 

Specifically, if we were investigating the 

referrals of a physician providing 

advanced imaging services under the inoffice ancillary services exception, we 

would review the written disclosure in 

order to determine if it satisfied the 

requirement. Form Number: CMS– 

10332 (OMB control number: 0938– 

1133); Frequency: Occasionally; 

Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal 

Governments; Number of Respondents: 

7,100; Total Annual Responses: 

759,700; Total Annual Hours: 19,638. 

(For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Laura Dash at 410– 

786–8623.) 

Dated: September 11, 2017. 

William N. Parham, III, 

Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office 

of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Community Living 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; Public 

Comment Request; Revision of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection (ICR–REV); State Plan for 

Assistive Technology (OMB Approval 

Number 0985–0048) 

AGENCY: Administration for Community 

Living, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Community Living (ACL) is announcing 

an opportunity for the public to 

comment on ACL’s intention to collect 

information necessary to determine 

grantee compliance with Section 4 of 

the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, as 

amended (AT Act). Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), Federal agencies are required to 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of an existing collection of 

information, and to allow 60 days for 

public comment in response to the 

proposed action. This notice solicits 

comments on a proposed revision to an 

existing information collection related 

to the State Grants for Assistive 

Technology Program State Plan for AT, 

formerly the 664 Report. 

DATES: Submit written or electronic 

comments on the collection of 

information by November 14, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit electronic 

comments on the collection of 

information to: Robert.Groenendaal@

acl.hhs.gov. Submit written comments 

on the collection of information by mail 

to Robert Groenendaal, U.S. Department 

of Health and Human Services, 

Administration for Community Living, 

Washington, DC 20201. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Groenendaal at (202) 795–7356 

or Robert.Groenendaal@acl.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 4 

of the AT Act establishes formula grants 

to states to support comprehensive 

statewide programs (Statewide AT 

Programs) that conduct activities that 

improve access to and acquisition of AT 

devices and services for individuals 

with disabilities across the lifespan and 

across a wide array of disabilities, and 

their family members, guardians, 

advocates, and authorized 

representatives. State Grants for AT 

program conducts the following statelevel and state leadership activities: 

State financing, device demonstration, 

device loans, device reutilization, 

training and technical assistance, public 

awareness, and information and referral. 

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. 

‘‘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 (44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires Federal 

agencies to provide a 60-day notice in 

the Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension or 

update of an existing collection of 

information, before submitting the 

collection to OMB for approval. The 

proposed data collection represents a 

revision of a currently approved 

collection (ICR–Rev). In order to comply 

with the above requirement, ACL is 

requesting approval of a revision of a 

previously approved collection, the 

State Grants for Assistive Technology 

Program State Plan for AT, formerly 

known as the 664 report (0985–0048). 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, ACL invites 

comments on: (1) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of ACL’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of ACL’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

when appropriate, and other forms of 

information technology. 

The State Plan for AT is submitted 

every three years and updated annually 

by all State Grants for AT programs 

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receiving formula funds under Section 4 

of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, 

as Amended (AT Act). The State Plan 

for AT is used by ACL to assess 

grantees’ compliance with Section 4 of 

the AT Act and enables ACL to analyze 

qualitative and quantitative information 

to track performance outcomes and 

efficiency measures of the State Grants 

for AT programs; support budget 

requests; comply with the GPRA 

Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRAMA) 

reporting requirements; provide 

national benchmark information; and 

inform program development and 

management activities. The burden table 

below identifies the data collection 

activities for the instrument as well as 

the estimates for record keeping and 

entry of aggregate data. In addition to 

submitting a State Plan every three 

years, states and outlying areas are 

required to submit annual progress 

reports on their activities. The data 

required for these progress reports is 

specified in Section 4(f) of the AT Act. 

The proposed State Grants for 

Assistive Technology Program State 

Plan for AT may be found on the ACL 

Web site at: https://www.acl.gov/aboutacl/public-input. 

Burden Estimates 

ACL estimates the burden of this 

collection of information as follows: 

The total estimated hour burden per 

respondent for the proposed State Plan 

for AT will decrease from the 74 hours 

per respondent estimated in FY 2015 to 

73 hours estimated for FY 2018, an 

estimated reduction of one hour per 

respondent or 56 hours in total. The 

proposed State Plan for AT changes 

focus on a streamline of drop down 

choice lists in the current instrument. 

Actual expenditure data elements for 

state-level and state leadership tracking 

replaces the budget projections to 

provide more accurate fiscal data to 

ACL and to ensure compliance with AT 

Act requirements for expenditures. The 

proposed instrument simplifies the 

coordination and collaboration items to 

focus on activities conducted through a 

formal written agreement to ensure 

consistency and usefulness of data 

reported. The revised instrument aligns 

demographic data elements with the AT 

Annual Performance Report (APR), so 

that the data will be: Entered once, then 

only updated from that point on; used 

for both the State Plan and APR; 

updated quarterly with reminders; and 

used to populate the online State AT 

Program listing to ensure currency and 

accuracy. The reduction in burden is a 

result of a data collection workgroup 

composed of State AT program staff that 

met to suggest revisions to the current 

instrument. The workgroup solicited 

feedback from all of the grantees 

through face-to-face meetings and 

webinar presentations. The number of 

hours is multiplied by 56 AT State 

Grants programs, resulting in a total 

estimated hour burden of 4,088 hours. 

Respondent/data collection activity Number of 

respondents 

Responses per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Annual burden 

hours 

State Plan for AT Annual Progress Report (AT APR) .................................. 56 1 73.0 4,088 

Dated: September 7, 2017. 

Mary Lazare, 

Principal Deputy Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 4154–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Community Living 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; Public 

Comment Request; Extension of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection; Annual Performance 

Reports for the Centers for 

Independent Living (CILs), Designated 

State Entities (DSEs), and Statewide 

Independent Living Councils (SILC) 

(704 Parts I and II Reports) 

AGENCY: Independent Living 

Administration, Administration on 

Disabilities, Administration for 

Community Living, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Community Living (ACL) is announcing 

that the proposed collection of 

information listed above has been 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

clearance as required under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the 

PRA). This 30-day notice requests 

comments on the information collection 

requirements related to a proposed 

Extension Without Changes of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection (ICR Ext) (OMB approval 

number 0985–0023). The extension 

would allow ACL to continue to collect 

information necessary to determine 

grantee compliance with Title VII of the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended 

by the Workforce Innovation and 

Opportunity Act of 2014. 

ACL received a large number of 

public comments resulting from a 60- 

day Federal Register notice for the 704 

Part II report. In response to the 

comments, ACL is proposing to extend 

the currently approved forms for one 

year while we work on a revision that 

addresses all the comments from the 60- 

day notice regarding the updated form. 

DATES: Submit written comments on the 

collection of information by October 16, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information: By fax 

at 202.395.5806 or by email to OIRA_

submission@omb.eop.gov, Attn: OMB 

Desk Officer for ACL. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Veronica Hogan at (202) 795–7365 or 

veronica.hogan@acl.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. 

‘‘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 (44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires Federal 

agencies to provide a 60-day notice in 

the Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension or 

update of an existing collection of 

information, before submitting the 

collection to OMB for approval. The 

proposed data collection represents an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

In order to comply with the above 

requirement, the Independent Living 

Administration (ILA) is requesting 

approval of an extension of a previously 

approved collection, the Centers for 

Independent Living Program 

Performance Report (704 Part II), and 

the Independent Living Services 

Program Performance Report (704 Part I) 

annual reports (0985–0043). Sections 

704(m)(4)(D), 706(d), 721(b)(3), and 

725(c) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 

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