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six. Question eight is simplified. 

References to race and ethnicity are 

updated to better match preliminary 

U.S. Census Bureau question format and 

statements from the U.S. Department of 

Education to allow individuals to selfidentify their ethnicity and race and 

permit individuals to select more than 

one race and/or ethnicity. These 

changes will not increase respondent 

burden. 

Likely Respondents: Respondents will 

include all patients, caregivers, and 

family members who have contact with 

Be The Match® Patient Services 

Coordinators via phone or email for 

transplant navigation services and 

support. The decision to survey all 

participants was made based on historic 

evidence of patients’ unavailability due 

to frequent transitions in health status 

as well as transfer between home and 

the hospital for initial treatment and 

care for complications. 

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: (1) Review instructions; (2) 

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; (3) train 

personnel; (4) be able to respond to a 

collection of information; (5) search data 

sources; (6) to complete and review the 

collection of information; (7) and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. The total annual burden 

hours estimated for this Information 

Collection Request 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 

Be The Match® Patient Services Survey ............................ 420 1 420 0.25 105 

Total .............................................................................. 420 ........................ 420 ........................ 105 

Amy McNulty, 

Acting Director, Division of the Executive 

Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

[OMB No. 0915–0172—Revision] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Public Comment 

Request; Title V Maternal and Child 

Health Services Block Grant to States 

Program: Guidance and Forms for the 

Title V Application/Annual Report 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with 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. 

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be 

received no later than December 13, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

including the ICR Title, to the desk 

officer for HRSA, either by email to 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by 

fax to 202–395–5806. 

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: 

Title V Maternal and Child Health 

Services Block Grant to States Program: 

Guidance and Forms for the Title V 

Application/Annual Report. 

OMB No.: 0915–0172—Revision. 

Abstract: HRSA is updating the Title 

V Maternal and Child Health Services 

Block Grant to States Program: 

Guidance and Forms for the Title V 

Application/Annual Report. This 

guidance is used annually by the 50 

states and 9 jurisdictions in applying for 

Block Grants under Title V of the Social 

Security Act and in preparing the 

required annual report. The updates 

proposed by HRSA’s Maternal and 

Child Health Bureau (MCHB) for this 

edition of the guidance are intended to 

reinforce the reporting structure and 

vision outlined in the previous edition 

and to reinforce the role of the state in 

developing a Title V Maternal and Child 

Health (MCH) Action Plan that responds 

to its unique priority needs. These 

updates are intended to enable a state to 

present an articulate and comprehensive 

description of its Title V program 

activities and leadership role in assuring 

a public health system for serving the 

MCH population. The proposed updates 

to the next edition of the guidance were 

informed by comments received from 

state Title V MCH program leadership, 

national MCH leaders, family-led 

organizations, other MCH stakeholders 

and the public. Publication of a 60-day 

Federal Register notice on June 9, 2017 

at 82 FR 26810, generated comments on 

the proposed changes to the narrative 

reporting requirements, reporting forms, 

definitions, consolidation of the 15 

National Performance Measures (NPMs) 

into five domains, re-titling of a sixth 

domain to ‘‘Cross-cutting and Systems 

Building,’’ reduction in the required 

number of state-selected NPMs and 

description of family partnerships. 

Specific updates to this edition of the 

Title V Maternal and Child Health 

Services Block Grant to States Program: 

Guidance and Forms for the Title V 

Application/Annual Report include the 

following: 

(1) The current performance measure 

framework is maintained, but the 15 

National Performance Measures (NPMs) 

are now distributed within five 

population domains (i.e., (Women/ 

Maternal Health; Perinatal/Infant 

Health; Child Health; Adolescent 

Health; and Children with Special 

Health Care Needs (CSHCN)). 

(2) The Cross-cutting/Life Course 

domain is replaced by the Cross-cutting 

and Systems Building Domain, which is 

an optional domain for states to include 

as a State Performance Measure (SPM) 

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need that is not aligned with one or 

more of the five population health 

domains. The compound NPMs 

formerly included in the Cross-cutting/ 

Life Course domain (i.e., NPM #13 and 

NPM #14), along with NPM #15, are 

incorporated into the most relevant 

population health domain(s). 

(3) The required minimum number of 

NPMs to be selected by a state is 

reduced from eight to five. A state will 

select at least one NPM in each of the 

five population health domains, but a 

state can choose to select additional 

NPMs based on its current State Action 

Plan and identified priority needs. 

(4) A state has flexibility in the 

number of SPMs it develops, provided 

each identified MCH priority need is 

addressed by either a NPM and/or SPM. 

(5) The development and 

implementation of evidence-based and/ 

or evidence–informed strategies and 

measures continues to be a point of 

focus and an enhanced definition of 

‘‘evidence-based,’’ clarifying 

instructions and state examples of 

Evidence-based or -informed Strategy 

Measures are included. 

(6) Clearer expectations around state 

Title V reporting on family are outlined, 

which include enhanced discussion of 

specific program activities, their impact 

on all sectors of the MCH population 

and their demonstrated value in 

improving MCH outcomes. 

(7) Narrative reporting requirements 

around services for CSHCN are 

enhanced to allow each state to identify 

and define the components of its system 

of services. States are also encouraged to 

reflect on the impact of these services 

within the context of the identified 

priority needs and the measures 

selected for the State Action Plan. 

(8) Further anticipated reductions to 

state burden are attained through more 

streamlined narrative reporting, 

particularly between the State 

Overview, Needs Assessment and State 

Action Plan sections; clearer 

descriptions of expected content in each 

of the narrative sections; and refined 

instructions for completing the data 

reporting forms. Notable among these 

updates is the restructuring of the State 

Action Plan narrative discussion to 

allow a state Title V program greater 

flexibility in describing its public health 

framework (e.g., life course model), 

leadership and partnership roles, crosscutting strategies and the leveraging of 

resources. 

It is recognized that the full extent of 

the anticipated burden reduction will be 

realized over time as states become 

more familiar with the updated 

instructions and reporting requirements. 

The burden estimates presented in the 

table below are based on previous 

burden estimates and consultations with 

a few states on the proposed updates. 

Once implemented, HRSA will explore 

opportunities for soliciting additional 

information from no more than nine 

states to derive accurate estimates. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: Each year, all states and 

jurisdictions are required to submit an 

Application/Annual Report for Federal 

funds for their Title V MCH Services 

Block Grant to States Program to 

HRSA’s MCHB (Section 505(a) of Title 

V of the Social Security Act). In 

addition, each state is required to 

conduct a statewide, comprehensive 

Needs Assessment every five years. The 

information and instructions for the 

preparation and submission of this 

Application/Annual Report are 

contained in the Title V Maternal and 

Child Health Services Block Grant to 

States Program: Guidance and Forms for 

the Title V Application/Annual Report. 

Likely Respondents: By legislation 

(Section 505(a) of Title V of the Social 

Security Act), the MCH Block Grant 

application/annual report must be 

developed by, or in consultation with, 

the state MCH Health agency. 

Burden Statement: Burden in this 

context means the time expended by 

persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose, or provide the information 

requested. This estimate 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 

Burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden hours 

Application and Annual Report without 5-Year Needs Assessment Summary .......................................................... 59 1 59 120 7,080 

Application and Annual Report with 5-Year Needs Assessment Summary ................................................................. 59 1 59 189 11,151 

Average Total Annual Burden ...................................... 59 ........................ 59 ........................ * 8,437 

* Reflects the average of one Application/Annual Report with a Five-Year Needs Assessment Summary and two Applications/Annual Reports 

without a Five-Year Needs Assessment Summary. 

In fiscal year (FY) 2019 and FY 2020, 

states and jurisdictions will be 

submitting an application and annual 

report without a Five-year Needs 

Assessment Summary for a total 

estimated burden of 14,160 hours. In FY 

2021, states and jurisdictions will be 

submitting an application and annual 

report with a five-year Needs 

Assessment Summary for a total 

estimated burden of 11,151 hours. 

In deriving these estimates, HRSA 

contacted fewer than 10 states to discuss 

the level of burden associated with the 

development and submission of an 

application/annual Report under the 

current guidance. The burden estimates 

reflect the average level of burden 

necessary to meet the specified 

reporting requirements. States often 

report a range of burden hours due to 

the differences in their population size, 

program resources and the 

extensiveness of the processes they use 

to conduct their five-year Needs 

Assessment and to prepare the yearly 

MCH Block Grant Applications/Annual 

Reports. Continued enhancements to the 

electronic data entry system also 

contribute to reductions in state burden 

associated with the yearly preparation/ 

submission of an application/annual 

Report. 

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 


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or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

Amy McNulty, 

Acting Director, Division of the Executive 

Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Advisory Commission on Childhood 

Vaccines 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), notice is hereby given that a 

meeting is scheduled for the Advisory 

Commission on Childhood Vaccines 

(ACCV). This meeting will be open to 

the public. Information about the ACCV 

and the agenda for this meeting can be 

obtained by accessing the following 

Web site: http://www.hrsa.gov/ 

advisorycommittees/childhoodvaccines/ 

index.html. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

December 8, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. ET. 

ADDRESSES: The address for the meeting 

is 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD, 

Conference Room 5N54. The public can 

join the meeting by: 

1. (In Person) Persons interested in 

attending the meeting in person are 

encouraged to submit a written 

notification to: Annie Herzog, Division 

of Injury Compensation Programs 

(DICP), Healthcare Systems Bureau 

(HSB), HRSA, Room 08N146B, 5600 

Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 

20857 or email: aherzog@hrsa.gov. 

Since this meeting is to be held in a 

federal government building, attendees 

will need to go through a security check 

to enter the building and participate in 

the meeting. Written notification is 

encouraged so that a list of attendees 

can be provided to make entry through 

security quicker. Persons may attend in 

person without providing written 

notification, but their entry into the 

building may be delayed due to security 

checks and the requirement to be 

escorted to the meeting by a federal 

government employee. To request an 

escort to the meeting after entering the 

building, call Amber Johnson at (301) 

443–0129. 

2. (Audio Portion) Calling the 

conference phone number 1–800–369– 

1833 and providing the following 

information: 

Leader Name: Dr. Narayan Nair. 

Password: 6706374. 

3. (Visual Portion) Connecting to the 

ACCV Adobe Connect Pro Meeting 

using the following URL: https://

hrsa.connectsolutions.com/accv/ (copy 

and paste the link into your browser if 

it does not work directly, and enter as 

a guest). Participants should call and 

connect 15 minutes prior to the meeting 

in order for logistics to be set up. If you 

have never attended an Adobe Connect 

meeting, please test your connection 

using the following URL: https://

hrsa.connectsolutions.com/common/ 

help/en/support/meeting_test.htm and 

get a quick overview by following URL: 

http://www.adobe.com/go/connectpro_

overview. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anyone requesting information 

regarding the ACCV should contact 

Annie Herzog, Program Analyst, DICP, 

HRSA in one of three ways: (1) Send a 

request to the following address: Annie 

Herzog, Program Analyst, DICP, HSB, 

HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, 08N146B, 

Rockville, Maryland 20857; (2) call 

(301) 443–6593; or (3) send an email to 

aherzog@hrsa.gov. 

The ACCV will meet on Friday, 

December 8, 2017, beginning at 9:00 

a.m. ET in the 5600 Fishers Lane 

Building, Conference Room 5N54, 

Rockville, Maryland 20857; however, 

meeting times and locations could 

change. For the latest information 

regarding meeting start time and 

location, please check the ACCV Web 

site: http://www.hrsa.gov/ 

advisorycommittees/childhoodvaccines/ 

index.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ACCV 

was established by section 2119 of the 

Public Health Service Act (the Act) (42 

U.S.C. 300aa–19), as enacted by Public 

Law (Pub. L.) 99–660, and as 

subsequently amended, and advises the 

Secretary of HHS (the Secretary) on 

issues related to implementation of the 

National Vaccine Injury Compensation 

Program (VICP). 

Other activities of the ACCV include: 

Recommending changes to the Vaccine 

Injury Table at its own initiative or as 

the result of the filing of a petition; 

advising the Secretary in implementing 

section 2127 of the Act regarding the 

need for childhood vaccination 

products that result in fewer or no 

significant adverse reactions; surveying 

federal, state, and local programs and 

activities related to gathering 

information on injuries associated with 

the administration of childhood 

vaccines, including the adverse reaction 

reporting requirements of section 

2125(b) of the Act; advising the 

Secretary on the methods of obtaining, 

compiling, publishing, and using 

credible data related to the frequency 

and severity of adverse reactions 

associated with childhood vaccines; 

consulting on the development or 

revision of Vaccine Information 

Statements; and recommending to the 

Director of the National Vaccine 

Program research related to vaccine 

injuries which should be conducted to 

carry out the VICP. 

The agenda items for the December 8, 

2017, meeting will include, but are not 

limited to, review of petitions to add 

injuries to the vaccine injury table, and 

updates from DICP, Department of 

Justice (DOJ), National Vaccine Program 

Office (NVPO), Immunization Safety 

Office (Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention), National Institute of 

Allergy and Infectious Diseases 

(National Institutes of Health), and 

Center for Biologics, Evaluation and 

Research (Food and Drug 

Administration). A draft agenda and 

additional meeting materials will be 

posted on the ACCV Web site (http://

www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/ 

childhoodvaccines/index.html) prior to 

the meeting. Agenda items are subject to 

change as priorities dictate. 

Members of the public will have the 

opportunity to provide comments. Oral 

comments will be honored in the order 

they are requested and may be limited 

as time allows. Requests to make oral 

comments or provide written comments 

to the ACCV should be sent to Annie 

Herzog using the address and phone 

number above by December 4, 2017. 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

need special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

notify Annie Herzog, using the address 

and phone number above at least 10 

days prior to the meeting. 

Amy McNulty, 

Acting Director, Division of the Executive 

Secretariat. 

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