[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6742-6744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02016]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
[OMB Control No. 0985-0033]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Public Comment Request; of the State Councils on Developmental
Disabilities
AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living 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 State Councils on Developmental Disabilities (Councils) OMB control
number 0985-0033.
DATES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by
March 3, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find the information collection by
selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments''
or by using the search function. 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 Newell-Perez, phone: 202-795-7413
or E-Mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, The
Administration for Community Living (ACL) has submitted the following
proposed collection of information to OMB for review and clearance. ACL
is requesting approval to collect data for the State Councils on
Developmental Disabilities (Councils) OMB control number 0985-0033.
The State Councils on Developmental Disabilities (Councils) are
authorized by Subtitle B, of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance
and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act), as amended, [42 U.S.C. 15001
et seq.] (The DD Act). The DD Act requires them to submit an annual
Program Performance Report. Section 125(c)(7) 42 U.S.C. 15025 states
that: Beginning in fiscal year 2002, the Council shall annually prepare
and transmit to the Secretary a report. Each report shall be in a form
prescribed by the Secretary by regulation under section 104(b). Each
report shall contain information about the progress made by the Council
in achieving the goals of the Council as specified in section
124(c)(4)).
This is a revision of a currently approved information collection.
While the DDC PPR remains the same and is consistent with performance
measures previously approved in the State Plan template, the revisions
include items for collecting information from Councils on their use of
CDC funds to expand vaccine access and Public Health Workforce funds
(PHWF) to strengthen the public health workforce.
The information collected from the DD Councils is used for multiple
purposes:
(1) To develop and submit at least every two years a report to the
President, Congress, and the National Council on Disability that
describes the goals and outcomes of programs supported under the DD
Act.
(2) As a tool for DD Councils to measure and report on progress in
reaching goals and identify areas for which revisions are indicated;
(3) To enhance the Federal project officers' monitoring of DD
Council
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progress in reaching projected outcomes;
(4) As a set of performance measures to comply with the GPRA
Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRAMA) that will yield a national portrait
of DD Council program impact; and
(5) For making funding and appropriation decisions about the DD
Council program.
This IC revision adds items to ensure ACL is gathering the
necessary and relevant demographic information in support of Executive
Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved
Communities Through the Federal Government and the Executive Order on
Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and
Intersex Individuals. The National Academies of Science, Engineering,
and Medicine (NASEM) recently published a report on Measuring Sex,
Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation for the National Institutes of
Health. This report represents the culmination of years of work within
HHS to develop sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data
collection methodology. This IC includes the recommended NASEM SOGI
questions in the Council PPR.
Comments in Response to the 60-Day Federal Register Notice
A notice published in the Federal Register 87 FR 58356 on September
26, 2022. There were five comments received during the 60-day FRN.
ACL's responses to these comments are included below.
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Data collection form Comment ACL response
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PPR (Commenters 1, 3, 4, 5).................. Burden hours do not accurately Burden calculation was based on
reflect the work of the Council the average data entry
and should be increased. estimates shared by a sample
size of Councils. While
Councils range in staffing
size, number of goals and
activities they provide
response to in the PPR. Past
workgroups comprised of DD
Council staff developed the
existing PPR tool after much
consensus building
conversations and a thorough
vetting process. ACL will
continue to have conversations
on areas for potential
streamlining as part of our
continuous quality improvement
efforts. Areas where the
reporting platform can assist
in streamlining will be taken
under consideration.
PPR (Commenters 1, 3, 4, 5).................. Some of the performance measure ACL continues to work with
calculations are too distinct Councils to not only meet the
to accurately collect federal data reporting
information from sub-grantees. requirement needs, be informed
The performance measures, of program progress, but to
designed to standardize data also understand Council's use
collection, often seem to of the PPR as they share
render it meaningless in that annual reports with citizens
it is difficult to begin to and stakeholders in their
assess whether another state/territory. T/TA guidance
Council's initiative might be on ways to best collect and
considered here. The policy utilize performance measures
environments in which Councils data will be provided.
operate make it unclear whether
the data collection has
practical utility to the
public. At present, there is no
public-facing easily digestible
summary of the data for public
review. The current PPR has no
practical utility beyond ACL
staff.
PPR (Commenter 1)............................ There should be a different ACL will explore ways to gather
strategy to collect and compile grantee stories that meet the
stories from DD Councils that needs of the agency and
would be more useful to ACL. outside stakeholders in a real-
Including it in PPR narrative time, realistic way that does
reporting does not seem to not increase overall burden.
address ongoing story needs.
PPR (Commenter 2)............................ The PPR only allows for ACL will explore expanding the
narrative addressing ICF and narrative space available in
HCBS updates. Councils should the reporting platform to help
be able to import initial Councils and ACL better
Comprehensive Review and measure Council projects and
Analysis on these issues from activities that impact systems
the 5-year state plan and any change efforts across the five-
subsequent update from state year planning cycle.
plan PPRs during the five-year
reporting cycle.
PPR (Commenter 2)............................ There is often a wide Through T/TA efforts, Councils
discrepancy between the number will be provided with
of people with I/DD and their additional strategies for
family members who participate capturing quantitative
in Council supported activities performance of sub-grantees,
and the number of people with I/ particularly in a virtual
DD and their family members who format, improving overall
respond to a survey impacting response rates of activity
the validity of Outcome and Sub- participants.
Outcome Measures.
PPR (Commenter 5)............................ It is difficult to address how ACL continues to review all
to collect data about SOGI Federal requirements for SOGI
without knowing what the and will work to ensure T/TA
federal data subcommittee is is provided to clarify
recommending. We also have expectations and address
state Data Privacy Laws that concerns.
must be considered once we
receive more information about
implementation of these
Executive Orders. State law may
prohibit collection of certain
data.
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Estimated Program Burden: Based on the Council reporting
experience, current data and reporting efforts constitute approximately
172 burden hours per grantee for a total of 9,632 annual burden hours.
Councils worked with the technical assistance (TA) provider to
establish burden reporting estimates for Centers for Disease Control
(CDC) and Public Health Workforce (PHWF) reporting for a total of 4,874
hours. It should be noted that not all Councils chose to accept CDC and
PHWF funds. The total addition of burden for the CDC and PHWF reporting
totals 4,874 annual burden hours. The overall estimated total annual
burden hours factoring in all three reports is: 14,506.
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Number of Responses per Hours per Annual burden
Respondent/data collection activity respondents respondent response hours
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PPR............................................. 56 1 172 9,632
CDC............................................. 53 1 76 4,028
PHWF............................................ 47 1 18 846
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 14,506
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Dated: January 26, 2023.
Alison Barkoff,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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