[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 203 (Monday, October 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 49027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22914]


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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) (OMB Approval Number 0985-0004); Maintenance of 
Effort for Title III and Extension of, and Minor Revisions Due to 
Statutory Language Changes to the Certification of Long-Term Care 
Ombudsman Program Expenditures

AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under the PRA, Federal agencies must obtain approval from the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. 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 section 506(c)(2)(A) 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA). This 30-Day notice 
requests comments on the information collection requirements related to 
the proposed revision of an existing data collection regarding the 
information collection requirements in the Maintenance of Effort 
collection form for all ACL/AoA Title III Grantees.

DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of 
information by November 22, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information: By 
fax at 202.395.5806 or by email to [email protected], Attn: 
OMB Desk Officer for ACL.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jesse Moore at (202) 795-7578 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with Section 44 U.S.C. 3507, 
ACL has submitted the following proposed collection of information to 
OMB for review and clearance. ACL is requesting approval for three 
years of an extension of the currently approved data collection with 
modifications.
    The Certification of Maintenance of Effort under Tittle III and 
Certification of Long-Term Care Ombudsman (LTCO) Program Expenditures 
provide statutorily required information regarding each state's 
contribution to programs funded under the Older Americans Act and 
compliance with legislative requirements, pertinent Federal 
regulations, and other applicable instructions and guidelines issued by 
ACL.
    In addition to renewing OMB approval of these data collection 
instruments, minor changes are being proposed to the LTCO Expenditures 
Certification and an accompanying document which provides specific 
statutory references related to Ombudsman program minimum funding, non-
supplanting requirements, and state authorization to expend Title III-B 
funds on Ombudsman activities. Specifically, changes include making the 
reference to the Fiscal Year at the bottom of the form a fillable field 
to allow the date to be changed annually; listing the ``Administration 
for Community Living (ACL)'' as the intended recipient of the completed 
form; and updating statutory language references, i.e., Section 
306(a)(9), which is provided on the second page, to reflect changes 
made during the 2016 reauthorization of the OAA.

Comments in Response to the 60-Day Federal Register Notice

    A 60-Day notice was published in the Federal Register in Vol. 82, 
No. 137, on June 19, 2017. No comments were received.

Annual Burden Estimates

    ACL estimates the burden of this collection of information as 
follows: 56 State Agencies on Aging respond annually, and it takes each 
agency an average of one half (\1/2\) hour per State agency per year to 
complete each form for a total of twenty-eight hours for all state 
agencies annually. The half hour estimate is based on prior years' 
experience with States in completing these forms.
    The proposed data collection tool may be found on the ACL Web site 
for review at: https://www.acl.gov/about-acl/public-input.

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                                         Number of                                   Hours per     Annual burden
 Respondent/data collection activity    respondents    Responses per respondent      response          hours
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Certification on Maintenance of                   56  1/year....................           \1/2\              28
 Effort under Title III.
Certification of Long-Term Care                   56  1/year....................           \1/2\              28
 Ombudsman Program Expenditures.
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    Total...........................             112  2.........................               1              56
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    Dated: October 12, 2017.
Mary Lazare,
Principal Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2017-22914 Filed 10-20-17; 8:45 am]
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