[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 226 (Friday, November 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58088-58089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28671]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations
Agency: Health Care Financing Administration, HHS. In compliance
with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA),
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following
summaries of proposed collections for public comment. Interested
persons are invited to send comments regarding this
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burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of
the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
1. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Granting and Withdrawal of Deeming Authority to
Private Nonprofit Accreditation Organizations and the Clinical
Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) Exemption Under State Laboratory
Programs; Form No.: HCFA R-185; Use: The information required is
necessary to determine whether a private accreditation organization/
State licensure program standards and accreditation/licensure process
is equal to or more stringent than those of CLIA; Frequency: Other
(initial application/as needed); Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions, State, local, or tribal government; Number of
Respondents: 22; Total Annual Hours: 2,112.
To request copies of the proposed paperwork collections referenced
above, E-mail your request, including your address, to
Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-
1326. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collections should be sent within 60 days of this notice directly to
the HCFA Paperwork Clearance Officer designated at the following
address: HCFA, Office of Financial and Human Resources, Management
Planning and Analysis Staff, Attention: John Burke, Room C2-26-17, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: November 8, 1995.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff,Office of Financial
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-28671 Filed 11-22-95; 8:45 am]
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