[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 225 (Monday, November 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72946-72947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29697]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Review of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program/
Medicaid Eligibility Technology Integration
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on this proposed information collection. This is a new collection for
the purpose of identifying best practices and informing future FNS
policy decisions pertaining to State eligibility system integration.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before January 22, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions that were used; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to: Sasha Gersten-Paal, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room
812, Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may also be submitted via fax to
the attention of Sasha Gersten-Paal at 703-305-2454 or via email to
[email protected]. Comments will also be accepted through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to http://www.regulations.gov, and
follow the online instructions for submitting comments electronically.
All written comments will be open for public inspection at the
office of the Food and Nutrition Service during regular business hours
(8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101 Park Center
Drive, Room 1014 Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will
be a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection should be directed to Jennifer
McNabb at 703-305-2142.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Review of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program/Medicaid
Eligibility Technology Integration.
Form Number: N/A.
OMB Number: 0584-NEW.
Expiration Date: Not Yet Determined.
Type of Request: New information collection request.
Abstract: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),
(The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 [As Amended Through Pub. L. 113-
128, Enacted July 22, 2014]) provides nutrition assistance benefits to
millions of eligible, low-income individuals and families nationwide.
SNAP is administered by FNS, but operates at the State and local level.
States have varying degrees of integration across their health and
human service programs. To meet statutory requirements of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111-148), many States have
altered their technical platforms and business processes. In order to
assess how these changes may have positively or negatively impacted
SNAP, FNS proposes to collect information on State agency structure,
staffing, and operations; eligibility system and business process
functions; application procedures; the nature of relationships and
connections between Medicaid and SNAP; and other details relevant to
understanding how clients engage State systems and ways in which their
access to SNAP can be enhanced. Specifically, this information
collection will be undertaken through administration of a voluntary
Integration/Operations Survey to 50 States, the District of Columbia,
Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Based on previous experience, we
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anticipate a 60 percent response rate (32 of 53 State SNAP directors).
Affected Public: 53 State, Local and Tribal Government Agencies:
Respondent group identified includes approximately 32 State SNAP
directors who will complete 1 survey annually which will take
approximately 45 minutes each to complete.
Estimated Total Annual Number of Respondents: 32.
Estimated Total Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 32.
Estimated Time per Response: .75 hours per respondent.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 24 burden hours.
Dated: November 16, 2015.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-29697 Filed 11-20-15; 8:45 am]
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