[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37951-37952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13576]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Public Comment Request; SHIP-SMP Survey of Group Outreach and 
Education Events, Formerly the ``Senior Medicare Program National 
Beneficiary Survey'', OMB #0985-0056

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 the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 
30-Day notice collects comments on the information collection 
requirements related to the Proposed Revision and solicits comments on 
the information collection requirements related to the ``National SHIP-
SMP Beneficiary Survey of Group Outreach and Education Events''.

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: Sara Vogler, Administration for 
Community Living, Washington, DC 20201, 202-795-7461, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act, ACL has submitted the following proposed information collection to 
OMB for review and clearance.
    The SHIP-SMP Survey of Group Outreach and Education Events is a 
survey of individuals who attend outreach and education events provided 
by the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) or Senior 
Medicare Patrol (SMP). These events help Medicare beneficiaries 
understand their Medicare benefits and options. These events also 
increase the ability of beneficiaries to identify fraud, waste, and 
abuse within health care programs generally, and Medicare/Medicaid 
specifically.
    The State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) was created 
under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990. This section of 
the law authorized the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to 
make grants to states to establish and maintain health insurance 
advisory service programs for Medicare beneficiaries. Grant funds were 
made available to support information, counseling, and assistance 
activities related to Medicare, Medicaid, and other health insurance 
options.
    The Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) program was authorized in 1997 
under Titles II and IV of the Older Americans Act, the Omnibus 
Consolidated Appropriation Act of 1997 and the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. The SMP mission is to 
empower and assist Medicare beneficiaries, their families, and 
caregivers, to prevent, detect, and report suspected healthcare fraud, 
errors, and abuse through outreach, counseling, and education.
    SMP grantees support ACL's goals of promoting increased choice and 
greater independence among older adults and individuals with 
disabilities. SMP activities enhance the financial, emotional, 
physical, and mental well-being of older adults, thereby increasing 
their capacity to maintain security in retirement and make better 
financial and healthcare choices.
    SHIP-SMP grantees provide group outreach and education through 
presentation events, and this collection will survey the attendees of 
those events. The SHIP-SMP Survey of Group Outreach and Education 
Events will focus on group outreach and education events and the 
individuals who attend them, to determine if the target audience is 
satisfied with the information they are receiving. This is a renewal of 
the existing Senior Medicare Program National Beneficiary Survey, which 
received clearance on August 28, 2017, with ICR Reference Number 
201702-0985-003 and OMB Control Number 0985-0056. That survey was 
conducted over a three-year period beginning on October 1, 2017, and 
will conclude on March 30, 2020.
    To date, the Senior Medicare Program National Beneficiary Survey 
has generated over 5000 responses, all of which were submitted 
anonymously and voluntarily.
    ACL requests renewal of the survey to continue the collection 
performed in Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020. Reports developed for 
FY18 and FY19 participants have provided an overall measure of 
presentation attendee satisfaction and have provided insight into the 
relationship between presentation inputs (information provided, access 
to presentations) and overall satisfaction. The renewed survey will 
include both SHIP and SMP presentations and will survey every 
participating state and territory at least once each year.
    To generate a sample with a 95% confidence level at the national 
level 400 responses will be required, which is based on over 500,000 
group outreach and education event attendees in 2018. ACL will draw a 
representative sample of event attendees by surveying each of the 54 
participating states and territories at least once. An average event 
surveyed in FY18 or FY19 generated 11 completed surveys, resulting in 
an estimated minimal collection of 600 responses.
    In the first three years of the existing survey states and 
territories had the opportunity to exceed the minimum requirements, in 
order to collect a larger overall dataset for their state or territory. 
This opportunity will continue with the renewed survey. Assuming that 
an average state or territory collects 100 surveys per year, the 
maximum burden estimate is 5400 responses per year.
    The proposed data collection tools may be found on the ACL website 
for review at 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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                                                 Number of
     Respondent/data collection activity        respondents     Responses per      Hours per      Annual burden
                                                 (minimum)        respondent        response          hours
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Survey, Stratified Random Sample............              600                1             5/60               50
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    Total...................................              600                1             5/60               50
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                                                 Number of
     Respondent/data collection activity        respondents     Responses per      Hours per      Annual burden
                                                 (maximum)        respondent        response          hours
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Survey, Stratified Random Sample............            5,400                1             5/60              450
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    Total...................................            5,400                1             5/60              450
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    Dated: June 17, 2020.
Mary Lazare,
Principal Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2020-13576 Filed 6-23-20; 8:45 am]
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