97-33071. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 243 (Thursday, December 18, 1997)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 66376]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-33071]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    
    Health Care Financing Administration
    [Document Identifier: HCFA-R-53]
    
    
    Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
    Comment Request
    
    AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration.
        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 summary of proposed collections for public 
    comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this 
    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.
        Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
    approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Imposition of 
    Cost Sharing Charges Under Medicaid and Supporting Regulations 
    contained in 42 CFR 447.53; Form No.: HCFA-R-53 (OMB# 0938-0429); Use: 
    The information collection requirements contained in 42 CFR 447.53 
    require the States to include in their Medicaid State Plan their cost 
    sharing provisions for the medically and categorically needy. The State 
    Plan is the method in which States inform staff of State policies, 
    standards, procedures and instructions; Frequency: Annually; Affected 
    Public: State, Local or Tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 54; 
    Total Annual Responses: 54; Total Annual Hours: 2,700.
        To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
    for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access HCFA's 
    Web Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or E-mail 
    your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and 
    HCFA document identifier, to Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports 
    Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326. Written comments and 
    recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed 
    within 60 days of this notice directly to the HCFA Paperwork Clearance 
    Officer designated at the following address: HCFA, Office of 
    Information Services, Information Technology Investment Management 
    Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, Attention: Louis Blank, 
    Room C2-26-17, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
    
        Dated: December 10, 1997.
    John P. Burke III,
    HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
    Information Technology Investment Management Group, Division of HCFA 
    Enterprise Standards.
    [FR Doc. 97-33071 Filed 12-17-97; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
12/18/1997
Department:
Health Care Finance Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
97-33071
Pages:
66376-66376 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Document Identifier: HCFA-R-53
PDF File:
97-33071.pdf