[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 207 (Thursday, October 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65068-65069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23364]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Public Comment Request; of the Office of Healthcare Information and 
Counseling (OHIC) Profiles at ACL OMB #0985-New

AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and 
Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 
(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 is 
a new information collection request soliciting comments on the 
information collection requirements relating to the Office of 
Healthcare Information and Counseling (OHIC) Profiles project at ACL.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information must be submitted 
electronically by 11:59 p.m. (EST) or postmarked by December 27, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit electronic comments on the collection of information 
to: Amanda Cash, [email protected], 202-795-7369. Submit written 
comments on the collection of information to Administration for 
Community Living, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201, Attention: 
Amanda Cash.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amanda Cash, [email protected], 
202-795-7369.

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 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 Administration for Community Living (ACL) is currently engaged 
in an effort to streamline and standardize grantee profiles across 
three programs managed by the Office of Healthcare Information and 
Counseling (OHIC): the State Health Insurance Assistance Program 
(SHIP), Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP), and Medicare Improvements for 
Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA). Grantees in each program must 
adhere to a specific set of reporting requirements and associated 
reporting schedules outlined in their Program Reporting Guidelines. 
While reporting requirements are effective in ensuring grantees data, 
there is no consistency or uniformity in how individual grantees submit 
their data. For example, SHIP profiles currently exist; these profiles 
are accessible to the SHIP grantee network via the program's technical 
assistance center, and they can be updated directly by grantee states. 
SMP and MIPPA profiles have yet to be developed. The goal of this data 
collection effort is to obtain consistent data elements for the three 
programs that will allow ACL to reimagine the

[[Page 65069]]

existing profiles into a comparable set of data elements across 
programs.
    These data will allow RTI International, a contractor to ACL, to 
develop an updated set of grantee profiles that are accessible, 
visually appealing, and consistent across programs. Specifically, the 
purpose of this data collection effort is to update the SHIP grantee 
profiles, which were last updated in 2016, and develop similar profiles 
for SMP and MIPPA. These profiles will be internal to ACL and will only 
be shared with grantees.
    A web-based questionnaire will be emailed to all 125 grant managers 
(representing 54 states and territories) electronically via Smartsheet. 
The collected data will be imported into a dataset and will be used to 
create program profiles accessible to ACL and grantees.
    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 of this collection of information as 
follows:
    A maximum of 125 grantees are expected to respond to the web-based 
data collection instrument. The approximate burden for pre-data 
collection preparation is 30 minutes per respondent and approximate 
burden for form completion is 20 minutes per respondent for a total 
annual estimate of 103.75 hours. The estimated completion burden 
includes time to review the instructions, read the questions and 
complete and responses.

                                                 IC Burden Chart
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    Number of     Responses per      Hours per     Annual burden
      Respondent/data collection activity          respondents      respondent       response          hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pre-data collection preparation................             125                1             0.5            62.5
Web-based data collection......................             125                1            0.33           41.25
                                                ----------------------------------------------------------------
    Total......................................             125                1            0.83          103.75
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


    Dated: October 21, 2022.
Alison Barkoff,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2022-23364 Filed 10-26-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4154-01-P