[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 111 (Friday, June 8, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34046-34047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13869]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier CMS-10434]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Webinars

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.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New collection (request for 
a new OMB control number). Title of Information Collection: Medicaid 
and CHIP Program (MACPro). Use: Medicaid, authorized by Title XIX of 
the Social Security Act and, CHIP, reauthorized by the Children's 
Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA), play an 
important role in financing health care for approximately 48 million 
people throughout the country. By 2014, it is expected that an 
additional 16 million people will become eligible for Medicaid and CHIP 
as a result of the Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111-148). In order to 
implement the statute, CMS must provide a mechanism to ensure timely 
approval of Medicaid and CHIP State plans, waivers and demonstrations 
and provide a repository for all Medicaid and CHIP program data that 
supplies data to populate Healthcare.gov and other required reports. 
Additionally, 42 CFR 430.12 sets forth the authority for the submittal 
and collection of State plans and plan amendment information. Pursuant 
to this requirement, CMS has created the MACPro system.
    Generally, MACPro will be used by both State and CMS officials to: 
Improve the State application and Federal review processes, improve 
Federal program management of Medicaid programs and CHIP, and 
standardize Medicaid program data. More specifically, it will be used 
by State agencies to (among other things): (1) Submit and amend 
Medicaid State Plans, CHIP State Plans, and Information System Advanced 
Planning Documents, and (2) submit applications and amendments for 
State waivers, demonstration, and benchmark and grant programs. It will 
be used by CMS to (among other things): (1) Provide for the review and 
disposition of applications, and (2) monitor and track application 
activity.
    This system will be operational in phases, beginning with this 
first phase or Phase 1, MACPro will include the following three 
authorities: State Plan and CHIP Eligibility, Alternative Benchmark 
plans, and 1115 Waiver Demonstration portions/modules to be implemented 
before January 1, 2013.
    A paper-based version of the MACPro instrument would be sizable and 
time consuming for interested parties to follow as a paper-based 
instrument. In our effort to provide the public with the most efficient 
means to make sense of the MACPro system, we will be conducting four 
webinars in lieu of including a paper-based version of MACPro on CMS' 
PRA-related Web site.
    The webinars will be held:
    1. June 13, 2012, from 1 to 3 p.m. EST.
    2. June 20, 2012, from 1 to 3 p.m. EST.
    3. June 27, 2012, from 1 to 3 p.m. EST.
    4. July 11, 2012, from 1 to 3 p.m. EST.
    Please note that the webinars will be recorded by CMS and can be 
accessed by the public at http://www.medicaid.gov/State-Resource-Center/Events-and-Announcements/Events-and-Announcements.html at any 
time during the duration of the public comment period. Each webinar 
will present the most current MACPro information so they are not 
expected to be identical. No login or password is needed.
    Form Number: CMS-10434 (OCN 0938-New). Frequency: Annual and once. 
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments. Number of 
Respondents: 56. Total Annual Responses: 15. Total Annual Hours: 15,736 
(or 5,245 hr for each of the three authorities). (For policy questions

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regarding this collection contact Darlene Anderson at 410-786-9828. For 
all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement 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 [email protected], 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 August 7, 2012:
    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 
CMS-10434, Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 
21244-1850.

    Dated: June 4, 2012.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Division B Office of Strategic 
Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
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