[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75633-75634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30748]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-10434]


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

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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: 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.
    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 held four webinars in lieu 
of including a paper-based version of MACPro. Those webinars were 
associated with our 60-day Federal Register notice (June 8, 2012; 77 FR 
34046). The following changes have been made subsequent to the 
publication of that notice:
     MACPro will be used to create the data feed for updating 
Healthcare.gov based on changes from state plan and CHIP eligibility. 
This effort is in support of the Federally-facilitated Exchange (FFE) 
to conduct assessments of eligibility for state Medicaid and CHIP.
     Section 1115 Waiver Demonstration and Medicaid Eligibility 
authorities will no longer be part of the phase 1 release. They will be 
included in the subsequent releases of the system.

Consequently, this first phase will only include CHIP Eligibility and 
Alternative Benchmark Plans (ABP) portions/modules.
    The webinar associated with this 30-day Federal Register notice 
will be made available for public review/comment at any time/date in 
this notice's public comment period. The webinar can be accessed on the 
Internet at: http://www.medicaid.gov/State-Resource-Center/Medicaid-and-CHIP-Program-Portal/Medicaid-and-CHIP-Program-Portal.htm. A login 
and password is not necessary. 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: 411. 
Total Annual Hours: 10,490. (For policy questions 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 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 [email protected], 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 January 22, 2013.
    OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS 
Desk Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974, Email: OIRA[email protected].

    Dated: December 17, 2012.
Martique Jones,
Deputy Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic 
Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2012-30748 Filed 12-20-12; 8:45 am]
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