The purpose of the State Health
Insurance Assistance Program Annual Sub-Recipients Report is to
collect sub-award data from grantees, including agency name,
address, and annual federal funds received. Congress requires this
data collection for program monitoring for the State Health
Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) under SEC. 50207(b). This data
collection allows the Center for Innovation and Partnership within
the Administration for Community Living, to communicate with
Congress and the public on the SHIP network of agencies. This is a
new data collection requiring State SHIP grantees to provide the
amount of federal funds provided annually to each sub-contractor
and sub-grantee that are delivering SHIP services. The data
collected will be will be electronically posted on the ACL website
to educate the network on who the SHIP state sub-recipients are and
how much money they are receiving. SHIP grantees are located in
each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam
and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The respondents for this data
collection are grantees who meet with Medicare beneficiaries and
older adults’ in-group settings and in one-on-one sessions to
educate them on Medicare.
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.