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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued

Average
Number of
Number of burden per Total burden
Forms responses per
respondents response hours
respondent (in hours)

Total .......................................................................................................... 40,000 ........................ ........................ 3,333

Dated: June 26, 2006. both CDC and the Agency for Toxic information related to the characteristics
Joan F. Karr, Substances and Disease Registry. of their company and to submit their bid
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Dated: June 22, 2006. prices for CAP drugs. The information
Disease Control and Prevention. Alvin Hall, collected on the CAP Vendor
[FR Doc. E6–10343 Filed 6–29–06; 8:45 am] Director, Management Analysis and Services Application and Bid Form will be used
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Prevention. process to evaluate the vendors bid
[FR Doc. 06–5876 Filed 6–29–06; 8:45 am] prices, their credentials, experience and
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to assess their ability to provide quality
HUMAN SERVICES service to physicians and beneficiaries.
Competitive bidding is seen as a means
Centers for Disease Control and DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND of using the dynamics of the
Prevention HUMAN SERVICES marketplace to provide incentives for
suppliers to provide reasonably priced
Advisory Council for the Elimination of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid products and services of high quality in
Tuberculosis Services an efficient manner. The CAP’s
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of objectives include providing an
[Document Identifier: CMS–10133, CMS– alternative method for physicians to
the Federal Advisory Committee Act 10050, and CMS–1515 and 1572]
(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease obtain Part B drugs to administer to
Control and Prevention (CDC) Agency Information Collection Medicare beneficiaries and reducing
announces the following council Activities: Submission for OMB drug acquisition and billing burdens for
meeting: Review; Comment Request physicians; Form Number: CMS–10133
(OMB#: 0938–0955); Frequency:
Name: Advisory Council for the
Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET).
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Reporting-Other, during the bidding
Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., July 26, Medicaid Services, HHS. process; Affected Public: Business or
2006. 8:30 a.m.–12 p.m., July 27, 2006. In compliance with the requirement other for-profit; Number of
Place: Corporate Square, Building 8, 1st of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Respondents: 12; Total Annual
Floor Conference Room, Atlanta, Georgia Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Responses: 12; Total Annual Hours:
30333, Telephone 404/639–8008. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 480.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by Services (CMS), Department of Health 2. Type of Information Collection
the space available. The meeting room
and Human Services, is publishing the Request: Extension of a currently
accommodates approximately 100 people.
Purpose: This council advises and makes following summary of proposed approved collection; Title of
recommendations to the Secretary of Health collections for public comment. Information Collection: Survey of Newly
and Human Services, the Assistant Secretary Interested persons are invited to send Eligible Medicare Beneficiaries; Use:
for Health, and the Director, CDC, regarding comments regarding this burden CMS is responsible for providing
the elimination of tuberculosis (TB). estimate or any other aspect of this beneficiaries with the Medicare program
Specifically, the Council makes collection of information, including any information they need to effectively
recommendations regarding policies, of the following subjects: (1) The choose the health care plan best suited
strategies, objectives, and priorities;
addresses the development and application
necessity and utility of the proposed to their needs. In order to provide such
of new technologies; and reviews the extent information collection for the proper information, CMS needs to know (1)
to which progress has been made toward performance of the Agency’s function; whether or not new enrollees are aware
eliminating TB. (2) the accuracy of the estimated of the choices they have, (2) what
Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, beneficiaries understand about the basic
include issues pertaining to minority health utility, and clarity of the information to elements of the Medicare program, (3)
& health disparities among African be collected; and (4) the use of what other sources currently provide
Americans; Federal TB Task Force update; an automated collection techniques or Medicare-related information, and (4)
update on technical guidance on controlling
TB among the foreign-born guidelines; and
other forms of information technology to how all of these items vary across
other related TB issues. minimize the information collection beneficiary subpopulations. To this end,
Agenda items are subject to change as burden. CMS must have the ability to measure
priorities dictate. 1. Type of Information Collection over time what beneficiaries know and
For Further Information Contact: Paulette Request: Extension of a currently understand about the Medicare
Ford-Knights, National Center for HIV, STD, approved collection; Title of program. Measuring beneficiaries’
and TB Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Information Collection: Competitive information needs and knowledge over
M/S E–07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone
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Acquisition Program (CAP) for Medicare time will help CMS evaluate its impact
404/639–8008.
The Director, Management Analysis and
Part B Drugs: Vendor Application and on information/education, population
Services Office, has been delegated the Bid Form; Use: The CAP Vendor changes and other initiatives. Form
authority to sign Federal Register notices Application and Bid Form is a Number: CMS–10050 (OMB#: 0938–
pertaining to announcements of meetings and collection tool which will be used by 0869); Frequency: Reporting—Quarterly;
other committee management activities, for potential vendors to provide Affected Public: Individuals or

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Households; Number of Respondents:
2400; Total Annual Responses: 2400;
Total Annual Hours: 800.
3. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Home Health
Agency Survey and Deficiencies Report,
Home Health Functional Assessment
Instrument and Supporting Regulations
in 42 CFR 488.26 and 442.30; Use: In
order to participate in the Medicare
program as a Home Health Agency
(HHA) provider, the HHA must meet
Federal Standards. These forms are used
to record information about patients’
health and provider compliance with
requirement and report information to
the Federal Government. Form Number:
CMS–1515 & 1572 (OMB#: 0938–0355);
Frequency: Reporting—Annually;
Affected Public: Business or other for-
profit, Individuals or Households, and
Not-for-profit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 24,150; Total Annual
Responses: 24,150; Total Annual Hours:
3,864.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, access CMS Web site
address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/
PaperworkReductionActof1995, or e-
mail your request, including your
address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to
Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786–
1326.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collections must be mailed
or faxed within 30 days of this notice
directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB
Human Resources and Housing Branch,
Attention: Carolyn Lovett, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503. Fax Number:
(202) 395–6974.
Dated: June 21, 2006.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 2005N–0290]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Announcement of Office of
Management and Budget Approval;
Importer’s Entry Notice
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing
that a collection of information entitled
‘‘Importer’s Entry Notice’’ has been
approved by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Nelson, Office of Management
Programs (HFA–250), Food and Drug
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857, 301–827–1482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
Federal Register of November 16, 2005
(70 FR 69576), the agency announced
that the proposed information collection
had been submitted to OMB for review
and clearance under 44 U.S.C. 3507. An
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
a person is not required to respond to,
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. OMB has now approved the
information collection and has assigned
OMB control number 0910–0046. The
approval expires on May 31, 2009. A
copy of the supporting statement for this
information collection is available on
the Internet at http://www.fda.gov/
ohrms/dockets.
Dated: June 23, 2006.
Jeffrey Shuren,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Periodically, the Health Resources
and Services Administration (HRSA)
publishes abstracts of information
collection requests under review by the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
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U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of
the clearance requests submitted to
OMB for review, call the HRSA Reports
Clearance Office on (301)–443–1129.
The following request has been
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget for review under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995:
Proposed Project: Assessment of the
State Maternal and Child Health
Comprehensive Systems Grant (SECCS)
Program (NEW)
HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health
Bureau (MCHB) is conducting an
assessment of MCHB’s State Maternal
and Child Health Comprehensive
Systems Grant (SECCS) Program. The
purpose of the SECCS Program is to
support State and local communities in
their efforts to build comprehensive and
coordinated early childhood service
systems and to increase the leadership
and participation of State MCH Title V
programs in multi-agency early
childhood systems development
initiatives.
The SECCS funding is offered to
States, jurisdictions, or Territory Title V
agencies in two stages: Planning and
Implementation. This assessment will
only focus on Implementation Grantees
awarded in 2005 (approximately 20
grantees) and 2006 (approximately 40
grantees). The purpose of the
assessment is to determine: (1) Progress
of implementation grantees in meeting
the goals and objectives set forth in their
plans developed during the planning
phase and in building program
infrastructure and capacity to improve
early childhood services in their states/
jurisdictions/territories; (2)
programmatic, policy, and systemic
barriers and facilitators that affect
program implementation; and (3)
quality and effectiveness of the
technical assistance (TA) provided to
the grantees. The results of the
assessment will provide MCHB with
timely feedback on the achievements of
the SECCS Program and identify
potential areas for improvement, which
will inform program planning and
operational decisions.
As part of the project, all
implementation grantees will be asked
to complete a Minimum Data Set (MDS),
which will primarily include closed-
ended questions addressing grantees’
progress in achieving the requirements
outlined in the implementation grant
guidance. The MDS will primarily
capture quantitative data on
implementation grantees’ progress in
increasing the State MCH Program’s role
and leadership in multi-agency early
childhood systems development
initiatives and building partnerships
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