Notice2023-13968
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Public Comment Request; SHIP-SMP Survey of Group Outreach and Education Events (OMB Control Number 0985-0056)
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June 30, 2023
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCommunity Living Administration
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The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed above has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance as required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 30-Day notice collects comments on the information collection requirements related to the Proposed Revision and solicits comments on the information collection requirements related to the "National SHIP- SMP Beneficiary Survey of Group Outreach and Education Events."
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 125 (Friday, June 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42371-42372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13968]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Public Comment Request; SHIP-SMP Survey of Group Outreach and
Education Events (OMB Control Number 0985-0056)
AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing
that the proposed collection of information listed above has been
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
clearance as required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
30-Day notice collects comments on the information collection
requirements related to the Proposed Revision and solicits comments on
the information collection requirements related to the ``National SHIP-
SMP Beneficiary Survey of Group Outreach and Education Events.''
DATES: Comments on the collection of information must be submitted
electronically by 11:59 p.m. (EST) or postmarked by July 31, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find the information collection by
selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments''
or by using the search function. By mail to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, New Executive Office Bldg., 725 17th St.
NW, Rm. 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACL.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shefy Simon, Administration for
Community Living, Washington, DC 20201, 202-795-7572,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#55263d30332c7b263c383a3b153436397b3d3d267b323a23"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e99a818c8f90c79a80848687a9888a85c781819ac78e869f">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act, ACL has submitted the following proposed information collection to
OMB for review and clearance. The SHIP-SMP Survey of Group Outreach and
Education Events is a survey of individuals who attend outreach and
education events provided by the State Health Insurance Assistance
Program (SHIP) or Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP). These events help
Medicare beneficiaries understand their Medicare benefits and options.
These events also increase the ability of beneficiaries to identify
fraud, waste, and abuse within health care programs generally, and
Medicare/Medicaid specifically. The State Health Insurance Assistance
Program (SHIP) was created under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
of 1990.
This section of the law authorized the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) to make grants to states to establish and maintain
health insurance advisory service programs for Medicare beneficiaries.
Grant funds were made available to support information, counseling, and
assistance activities related to Medicare, Medicaid, and other health
insurance options.
The Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) program was authorized in 1997
under Titles II and IV of the Older Americans Act, the Omnibus
Consolidated Appropriation Act of 1997 and the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. The SMP mission is to
empower and assist Medicare beneficiaries, their families, and
caregivers, to prevent, detect, and report suspected healthcare fraud,
errors, and abuse through outreach, counseling, and education. SMP
grantees support ACL's goals of promoting increased choice and greater
independence among older adults and individuals with disabilities. SMP
activities enhance the financial, emotional, physical, and mental well-
being of older adults, thereby increasing their capacity to maintain
security in retirement and make better financial and healthcare
choices. SHIP-SMP grantees provide group outreach and education through
presentation events, and this collection will survey the attendees of
those events.
The SHIP-SMP Survey of Group Outreach and Education Events will
focus on group outreach and education events and the individuals who
attend them, to determine if the target audience is satisfied with the
information they are receiving. This is an extension with change to the
Senior Medicare Program National Beneficiary Survey.
The Office of Healthcare Information and Counseling (OHIC)
conducted an evaluation of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and
Providers Act (MIPPA) in 2022-23 that invoked the need to include
collecting demographic data, including sexual orientation and gender
identity (SOGI) information, in all the work OHIC touches and not just
MIPPA grant work. ACL is adding the collection of SOGI data to this
extension of the SHIP-SMP Survey of Group Outreach and Education
Events. Including sexual orientation and gender identity questions in
this information collection will provide data on topics such as the
accessibility and utilization of services and programs funded by ACL by
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender populations and the health
disparities that impact this community. Understanding these disparities
can and should lead to improved service delivery for ACL's programs and
populations served.
An important gap in sociodemographic information on the SHIP-SMP
Survey of Group Outreach and Education Events is a lack of items
collecting sexual orientation and gender identity. Adding sexual
orientation and gender identity items to SHIP-SMP Survey of Group
Outreach and Education Events is part of ACL's strategy to address
``Executive Order 13988 on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on
the Basis of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation.'' Issued in
January 2021, Executive Order 13988 called upon agencies to identify
existing and new policies to promote equal treatment under the law and
ensure that all persons are able to access healthcare and other
essential services without being subjected to sex discrimination.
To support alignment with Executive Order 13988, as well as
Executive Orders 13985 and 14075, three items will be added to SHIP-SMP
Survey of Group Outreach and Education Events to collect sexual
orientation and gender identity. The first item will ask the individual
if they think of themselves as gay/lesbian, straight, bisexual, or
something else.
This item has been fielded on the NHIS since 2013, where it has
been closely monitored for comprehension and sensitivity. The second
and third items are part of a two-step series to collect gender
identity, which requires two items to accurately collect. Respondents
are first asked to report
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their sex assigned at birth on their original birth certificate (male,
female, don't know, prefer not to answer). Next, respondents are asked
to report their current gender identity (male, female, transgender, I
use a different term, prefer not to answer). This two-step series
aligns with recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences,
Engineering, and Medicine's (NASEM's) recent report, ``Measuring Sex,
Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation.'' These items have also been
cognitively tested for inclusion in the Medicare Current Beneficiaries
Survey under the MCBS Generic Clearance and performed well.
Estimated Program Burden: ACL estimates the burden associated with
this collection of information as follows:
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Number of
Respondent/data collection activity respondents Responses per Hours per Annual burden
(maximum) respondent response hours
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Survey, Stratified Random Sample................ 5,400 1 5/60 450
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Total....................................... 5,400 1 5/60 450
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Dated: June 19, 2023.
Alison Barkoff,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2023-13968 Filed 6-29-23; 8:45 am]
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