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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued
Number of
responses per
respondent

Retail food personnel ........................

NEARS Data Recording (paper form) .....
NEARS Data Reporting (web entry) .......
NEARS Manager Interview .....................

1,400
1,400
5,600

1
1
1

30/60
30/60
20/60

700
700
1,867

Total ............................................

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....................

........................

....................

20,067

Form name

Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–16–0106; Docket No. CDC–2016–
0017]

Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:

The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing efforts to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. This notice invites
comment on a proposed revision of the
information collection project entitled
‘‘Preventive Health and Health Services
Block Grant’’.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before April 5, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2016–
0017 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulation.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
• Mail: Leroy A. Richardson,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS–
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
SUMMARY:

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on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology; and (e) estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
Please note: All public comment should be generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
submitted through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the agency. This includes the time needed
address listed above.
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install and utilize technology
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
and systems for the purpose of
request more information on the
collecting, validating and verifying
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
information, processing and
the information collection plan and
maintaining information, and disclosing
instruments, contact the Information
and providing information; to train
Collection Review Office, Centers for
personnel and to be able to respond to
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
a collection of information, to search
Clifton Road NE., MS–D74, Atlanta,
data sources, to complete and review
Georgia 30329; phone: 404–639–7570;
the collection of information; and to
Email: omb@cdc.gov.
transmit or otherwise disclose the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
information.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies Proposed Project
must obtain approval from the Office of
Preventive Health and Health Services
Management and Budget (OMB) for each Block Grant (OMB Control No. 0920–
collection of information they conduct
0106, exp. 8/31/2016)—Revision—
or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
Office for State, Tribal, Local and
requires Federal agencies to provide a
Territorial Support (OSTLTS), Centers
60-day notice in the Federal Register
for Disease Control and Prevention
concerning each proposed collection of
(CDC).
information, including each new
Background and Brief Description
proposed collection, each proposed
The management of the Preventive
extension of existing collection of
Health and Health Services (PHHS)
information, and each reinstatement of
Block Grant program has transitioned
previously approved information
from the National Center for Chronic
collection before submitting the
Disease Prevention and Health
collection to OMB for approval. To
Promotion to the Office for State, Tribal,
comply with this requirement, we are
Local and Territorial Support (OSTLTS).
publishing this notice of a proposed
The Program continues to provide
data collection as described below.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether awardees with a source of flexible
funding for health promotion and
the proposed collection of information
disease prevention programs. Currently,
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including 61 awardees (50 states, the District of
Columbia, two American Indian Tribes,
whether the information shall have
and eight U.S. territories) receive Block
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
Grants to address locally-defined public
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
health needs in innovative ways. Block
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and Grants allow awardees to prioritize the
use of funds and to fill funding gaps in
clarity of the information to be
programs that deal with the leading
collected; (d) ways to minimize the
causes of death and disability. Block
burden of the collection of information
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. All relevant comments
received will be posted without change
to Regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. For
access to the docket to read background
documents or comments received, go to
Regulations.gov.

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Grant funding also provides awardees
with the ability to respond rapidly to
emerging health issues, including
outbreaks of diseases or pathogens. The
PHHS Block Grant program is
authorized by sections 1901–1907 of the
Public Health Service Act.
CDC currently collects information
from Block Grant awardees to monitor
their objectives and activities
(Preventive Health and Health Services
Block Grant, OMB No. 0920–0106, exp.
8/31/2016). Each awardee is required to
submit an annual application for
funding (Work Plan) that describes its
objectives and the populations to be
addressed, and an Annual Report that
describes activities, progress toward
objectives, and Success Stories which
highlight the improvements Block Grant
programs have made and the value of
program activities. Information is
submitted electronically through the
web-based Block Grant Information
Management System (BGMIS).
CDC PHHS Block Grant program has
benefited from this system by efficiently
collecting mandated information in a
format that allows data to be easily
retrieved in standardized reports. The
electronic format verifies completeness
of data at data entry prior to submission
to CDC, reducing the number of resubmissions that are required to provide
concise and complete information.

The PHHS Block Grant program must
continue to collect data in order to
remain in compliance with legislative
mandates. The system allows CDC and
Grantees to measure performance,
identifying the extent to which
objectives were met and identifying the
most highly successful program
interventions. CDC requests OMB
approval to continue the Block Grant
information collection for three years.
CDC will continue to use the BGMIS to
monitor awardee progress, identify
activities and personnel supported with
Block Grant funding, conduct
compliance reviews of Block Grant
awardees, and promote the use of
evidence-based guidelines and
interventions. There are no changes to
the number of respondents or the
estimated annual burden per
respondent. The Work Plan and the
Annual Report will be submitted
annually. The estimated burden per
response for the Work Plan is 20 hours
and the estimated burden per response
for the Annual Report is 15 hours.
Participation in this information
collection is required for Block Grant
awardees. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time.
Awardees continue to submit Success
Stories with their Annual Progress
reports through BGMIS, without
changes.

The Work Plan and Annual Report are
designed to help Block Grant awardees
attain their goals and to meet reporting
requirements specified in the program’s
authorizing legislation. Each Work Plan
objective is defined in SMART format
(Specific, Measurable, Achievable,
Realistic and Time-based), and includes
a specified start date and end date.
Block Grant activities adhere to the
Healthy People (HP) framework
established by the Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS). The current
version of the BGMIS associates each
awardee-defined activity with a specific
HP National Objective, and identifies
the location where funds are applied.
Although there are no substantive
changes to the information collected
(Attachment 4A), the Work Plan
guidance document for users
(Attachments 4B) has been updated to
improve their usability and the clarity of
instructions provided to BGMIS users.
These changes are summarized in
Attachments 4C.
There are no changes to the number
of Block Grant awardees (respondents),
or the estimated burden per response for
the Work Plan or the Annual Report. At
this time, the BGMIS does not collect
data related to performance measures,
but a future information collection
request may outline additional reporting
requirements related to performance
measures.

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total burden
(in hours)

Form name

Block Grant Awardees ......................

Work Plan ........................................
Annual Report ..................................

61
61

1
1

20
15

1,220
915

Total ...........................................

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........................

........................

........................

2,135

Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016–02174 Filed 2–4–16; 8:45 am]

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10406 and CMS–
10599]

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Activities: Proposed Collection;
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Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing
an opportunity for the public to
comment on CMS’ intention to collect

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information from the public. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the
PRA), federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information (including each proposed
extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information) and to allow
60 days for public comment on the
proposed action. Interested persons are
invited to send comments regarding our
burden estimates or any other aspect of
this collection of information, including
any of the following subjects: (1) The
necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper
performance of the agency’s functions;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,

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