The purpose of this data collection is
to collect performance data from grantees, grantee team members and
partners. Congress requires this data collection for program
monitoring and Government Performance Results Act (GPRA) purposes.
This data collection allows ACL and the Center for Innovation and
Partnership (CIP) to communicate with Congress and the public on
the SHIP, the SMP program, the Medicare Improvements for Patients
& Providers Act (MIPPA) program, and the ADRC activities. In
addition to the SHIP Data Performance Reports and Information
Collection under OMB 0985-0040, ACL requests to incorporate the
discontinued SMP Report collection OMB 0985-0024 and the ADRC
collection OMB 0985-0062 into one tool. The SHIP, SMP, MIPPA, and
ADRC programs are located in each of the 50 states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In order
to ensure that grantees report activity accurately and consistently
it is imperative that these data collection tools remain active.
The respondents for this data collection are grantees, grantee team
members, and partners who meet with Medicare beneficiaries and
older adults in group settings and in one-on-one sessions to
educate them on Medicare enrollment, Medicare benefits and subsidy
programs, the importance of being aware of Medicare fraud, error
and abuse, and having the knowledge to protect the Medicare system.
ACL is proposing to combine these four collection tools to reduce
burden on the grantees, grantee team members, and partners as many
of the individuals working on these programs, collecting
information, and reporting results are the same at the local level.
Combining these tools will reduce the need for duplicate or
triplicate reporting of activities in separate tools further
reducing the time and effort in reporting outcomes and activities.
In addition, this combination will allow clarification on when,
where, and how activities are being conducted across these ACL
programs further informing performance outcomes.
US Code:
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USC 1395b-4 Name of Law: Health insurance information,
counseling, and assistance grants
PL:
Pub.L. 101 - 508 4360(F) Name of Law: Health Insurance
Information, Counseling, and Assistance Grants
This is a revision request; ACL
has modified several forms and combined several data elements due
to the inclusion of the MIPPA and SMP programs. The addition of
these programs have increased the previous time burden for this
particular IC tool, however this combination has reduced the
overall burden on respondents by reducing the need to track and
report similar activities in separate systems eliminating the
duplication action of accessing multiple systems. Taking into
account previous collection year burden totals that have updated,
there is a program change of 113,956 annual burden hours.
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.