[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37952-37953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13575]



DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Evaluation of Participants of an Annual SMP/SHIP 
National Training Conference Hosted by the Office of Healthcare 
Information and Counseling [OMB #0985-New]

AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.

ACTION: Notice

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SUMMARY: 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. This 30-Day notice collects comments on the 
information collection requirements related to Proposed new information 
collection requirements related to Evaluation of participants of an 
Annual SMP/SHIP National Training Conference hosted by the Office of 
Healthcare Information and Counseling.

DATES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by July 
24, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit electronic comments on the collection of information 
by:
    (a) Email to: [email protected], Attn: OMB Desk Officer 
for ACL;
    (b) fax to 202.395.5806, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACL; or
    (c) by mail to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
OMB, New Executive Office Bldg., 725 17th St. NW, Rm. 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACL.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marissa Whitehouse, Administration for 
Community Living, Washington, DC 20201, [email protected] 
or 202-795-7425.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, ACL has 
submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for 
review and clearance. The Office of Healthcare Information and 
Counseling (OHIC) hosts an annual national training conference for the 
federally funded programs that it administers. The audience for this 
training conference includes attendees from State Health Insurance 
Assistance Program (SHIP) and Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) programs, 
which are two nationally recognized programs that provide Medicare 
information and counseling to Medicare beneficiaries and help, fight 
Medicare fraud through prevention and education. Grantee leadership is 
required to attend this training annually to ensure they receive 
critical information and technical assistance needed to help them 
successfully meet the requirements of their grant awards.
    Grantees are encouraged to bring up to three (3) people from each 
program. Programs operate in each of the 50 states, the District of 
Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. The information 
collected in this survey is necessary to ensure that ACL is meeting the 
technical assistance needs of the attendees and to capture valuable 
feedback to be used for future training meetings. By gathering feedback 
on the quality of the training and content provided, we can ensure 
attendee satisfaction and gather information for future planning. ACL 
administers a contract to develop and provide the training conference 
evaluation tool for ACL's approval. They also disseminate a tool to all 
participants following each training conference to evaluate attendee 
satisfaction. This training conference survey is introduced and 
explained during the program specific meetings and during the general 
session on the first day of the training conference. The survey is not 
mandatory, but is reinforced as a way for ACL to provide useful, 
engaging sessions that assist the attendees in successfully meeting the 
requirements of their grant awards. This evaluation tool will gather 
feedback on the quality of the training and content provided and the 
experience of the attendees to be used for future planning.

Comments in Response to the 60-Day Federal Register Notice

    A 60-Day Notice s published in the Federal Register on February 7, 
2020 Vol. 85 pages 7309-7310. ACL received one public comment during 
the 60-day public comment period; the public comment related to the 
current COVID-19 pandemic requesting the 2020 event be held virtually. 
Though it is essential for this event to be held in-person and to bring 
together national partners from across the country each year, this 
year's COVID-19 pandemic has halted all in-person event capability. ACL 
intends to hold the 2020 conference virtually.
    For review and comment on this proposed information collection 
request, please visit the ACL website https://www.acl.gov/about-acl/public-input.

Estimated Program Burden

    ACL estimates the burden associated with this collection of 
information as follows:

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   Respondent/data collection        Number of      Responses per                                 Annual burden
            activity                respondents       respondent         Hours per response           hours
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Conference Evaluation...........              364                1  15 minutes.................               91
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    Dated: June 17, 2020.
Mary Lazare,
Principal Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2020-13575 Filed 6-23-20; 8:45 am]
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