[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 144 (Friday, July 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48853-48854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16015]



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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; of the Annual Senior Medicare Patrol/
State Health Insurance Assistance Program/Medicare Improvements for 
Patients and Providers Act National Training Conference Survey; OMB 
Control Number 0985-0068

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 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 the Annual SMP/SHIP/MIPPA National 
Training Conference Survey; OMB Control Number 0985-0068.

DATES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by 
August 28, 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: Katherine Glendening, Administration 
for Community Living, at (202) 795-7350 or 
[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. 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), Senior 
Medicare Patrol (SMP) programs and Medicare Improvements for Patients 
and Providers Act (MIPPA) programs, which are three 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 U.S. 
Virgin Islands.
    Section 4360(f) of OBRA 1990 created the State Health Insurance 
Assistance Program (SHIP) and requires the Secretary to support a 
national network of grantees to provide outreach and assistance to 
Medicare beneficiaries. In addition, under Public Law 104-208, the 
Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997, Congress established 
the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects to further curb losses to the 
Medicare program. The Senate Committee noted that retired 
professionals, with appropriate training, could serve as educators and 
resources to assist Medicare beneficiaries and others to detect and 
report error, fraud, and abuse.
    This tool provides ACL an opportunity to assess the success and 
impact of the training provided to the SHIP and SMP grantees by ACL 
along with determining the future training needs of the program 
grantees. Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241) 
is the authorizing law for data collections within the Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS). Specifically, agencies within HHS 
should ``collect and make available through publications and other 
appropriate means . . . research and other activities.'' The March 3, 
1998, White House Memorandum, ``Conducting Conversations with America 
to Further Improve Customer Service,'' directs agencies ``to track 
customer service measurements, then take necessary actions to change or 
improve how the agency operates, as appropriate. Integrate what your 
agency learns from its customers with your agency's strategic plans, 
operating plans, and performance measures required by the Government 
Performance and Results Act of 1993, reporting on financial and program 
performance under the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, and the 
Government Management Reform Act of 1994.'' 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.

Comments in Response to the 60-Day Federal Register Notice

    A notice published in the Federal Register 88 FR 30764 on Friday, 
May 12, 2023. There were no comments were received during the 60-day 
FRN.
    Estimated Program Burden: ACL estimates the burden of this 
collection of information as follows:
    ACL will collect data once following the Annual SMP/SHIP/MIPPA 
National Training Conference. This evaluation will be sent to all event 
attendees, which is estimated to include maximum 486 participants, each 
survey is estimated at .25 hours to complete. This time estimate is 
based on research performed by ACL with the existing survey instrument 
and in consideration of previous survey content and length. The target 
number 486 is a result of 54 states/territories, each sending up to 
nine conference participants who may be eligible to complete a survey 
(54 * 9 = 486). Factoring in an additional 40 non-grantee, non-federal 
partner event participants (486 + 40 = 526). 526 respondents taking 15 
minutes to complete for a total of 131.5 annual burden hours.

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                 Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                       Average burden
    Number of        Responses per        hours per       Total burden
   respondents         respondent         response            hours
                                          (minutes)
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            526                  1                 15             131.5
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    Dated: July 25, 2023.
Alison Barkoff,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2023-16015 Filed 7-27-23; 8:45 am]
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