[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 148 (Friday, July 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 46123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16582]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; State Health Insurance Assistance Program Annual Sub-
Recipients Report [OMB #0985-New]

AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing an 
opportunity for the public to comment on the proposed collection of 
information listed above. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish a notice in the 
Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, 
including each proposed extension of an existing collection of 
information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the 
notice. This notice solicits comments on the Proposed Revised 
Collection and solicits comments on the information collection 
requirements related to the State Health Insurance Assistance Program 
Annual Sub-Recipients Report.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information must be submitted 
electronically by 11:59 p.m. (EST) or postmarked by September 29, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit electronic comments on the collection of information 
to: Margaret Flowers. Submit written comments on the collection of 
information to Administration for Community Living, Washington, DC 
20201, Attention: Margaret Flowers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Flowers, Administration for 
Community Living, Washington, DC 20201, 202-795-7315, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal 
agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. 
``Collection of information'' is defined in the PRA and includes agency 
requests or requirements that members of the public submit reports, 
keep records, or provide information to a third party. The PRA requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each 
proposed extension of an existing collection of information, before 
submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this 
requirement, ACL is publishing a notice of the proposed collection of 
information set forth in this document. With respect to the following 
collection of information, ACL invites comments on our burden estimates 
or any other aspect of this collection of information, including:
    (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of ACL's functions, including whether the 
information will have practical utility;
    (2) the accuracy of ACL's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used to determine burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance 
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; 
and
    (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques when appropriate, and other forms of information technology.
    The purpose of this data collection is to collect sub-award data 
from grantees, including agency name, address, and annual federal funds 
received. Congress requires this data collection for program monitoring 
for the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) under the 
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, SEC. 50207 (b). This data collection 
allows the Administration for Community Living (ACL) and the Center for 
Innovation and Partnership (CIP) to communicate with Congress and the 
public on the SHIP network of agencies. This is a new data collection 
requiring State SHIP grantees to provide the amount of federal funds 
provided annually to each sub-contractor and sub-grantee that are 
delivering SHIP services. The data collected will be will be 
electronically posted on the ACL website to educate the network on who 
the SHIP state sub-recipients are and how much money they are 
receiving.
    SHIP grantees are located in each of the 50 states, the District of 
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The 
respondents for this data collection are grantees who meet with 
Medicare beneficiaries and older adults' in-group settings and in one-
on-one sessions to educate them on Medicare.
    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     Responses per     Hours per     Annual burden
       Respondent/data collection activity          respondents     respondent       response          hours
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                                                              54               1               1              54
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    Total.......................................              54               1               1              54
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    Dated: July 27, 2020.
Mary Lazare,
Principal Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2020-16582 Filed 7-30-20; 8:45 am]
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