Section 401(a) of the Children's
Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA), Pub.
L. 111-3, amended the Social Security Act (the Act) to enact
section 1139A (42 U.S.C. 1320b-9a). AHRQ is requesting approval to
extend and revise a currently approved qualitative study to
evaluate the children's health care quality demonstration grants
authorized under section 1139A(d) of the Act. The first round of
qualitative data collection (OMB# 0935-0190) was approved by the
Office of Management and Budget with an expiration date of February
28, 2015. Key informant interviews conducted during the first round
of qualitative data collection provided information on early
demonstration strategies and lessons learned by the demonstration
States during the first two years of their grant projects. This
revised information collection request seeks approval to: (1)
conduct a second round of key informant interviews; and (2) conduct
parent and adolescent focus groups in demonstration States.
Evaluating whether the CHIPRA demonstration grants improve the
quality of care received by children in Medicaid and CHIP aligns
with AHRQ's mission of improving the quality and effectiveness of
health care in the United States.
US Code:
42
USC 299 Name of Law: Healthcare Research and Quality Act of
1999
Under the revised information
collection request, we are requesting to conduct a second round of
interviews with all interview respondents as well as a round of
focus groups. Therefore, the number of responses per respondent
increased from one to two for interview respondents, and burden
hours were added to account for focus group recruitment and
participation. In the original information collection request, we
requested to conduct follow up telephone interviews with key
informant staff and telephone interviews with staff in non
demonstration States. We did not collect this information, and
those hours are no longer included in the burden estimates.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.