[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 203 (Thursday, October 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72591-72592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25416]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Process Evaluation of the Long Term Care 
Ombudsman Program

AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (formerly the 
Administration on Aging (AoA)) is announcing that the continuation of 
collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by 
November 21, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by 
fax 202-395-6974 to the OMB Desk Officer for ACL, Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, OMB.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Jenkins, 202-795-7369.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, the 
Administration for Community Living (Formerly the Administration for 
Aging) has submitted the following proposed collection of information 
to OMB for review and clearance.
    The purpose of the process evaluation is to obtain a thorough 
understanding of the LTCOP's structure and operations at the national, 
state and local levels; use of resources to carry out legislative 
mandates; the nature of program partnerships; and processes for sharing 
information on promising program practices and areas for improvement. 
Data collection for the process evaluation consists of two rounds. ACL 
seeks clearance for round one and provisional clearance for Round 2 
dependent upon receiving final marked up surveys. The first round 
focuses on obtaining information from three respondent categories at 
the national and state levels: Federal staff, national stakeholders, 
and State ombudsmen. Data collection from these respondents will help 
inform and refine the second round of data collection focusing on 
obtaining information from respondents at the local level. These 
include local directors/regional representatives, local 
representatives, and volunteers. For example, data collected from Round 
1 will serve to inform the subsequent data collection for Task 7 of the 
project. This task focuses on investigating how the ombudsman program 
has been addressing and affecting the changing landscape of long term 
services and supports (LTSS). State ombudsmen responses to questions 
about reforms in LTSS and home and community-based care will help 
identify states for further study and obtain information at the local 
level. This package addresses these two rounds of the project, with an 
emphasis on the first round.
    In response to the 60-day Federal Register notice related to this 
proposed data collection and published on July 19, 2016, no relevant 
comments were was received. The proposed data

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collection tool may be found on the ACL Web site: http://www.aoa.acl.gov/Program_Results/Program_survey.aspx.
    The total burden estimate for the remaining data collection is: 
482.67 hours.

    Dated: October 12, 2016.
Edwin L. Walker,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2016-25416 Filed 10-19-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4154-01-P