[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 243 (Monday, December 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 71148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32808]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-1557]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
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 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: Survey Report
Form Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and Supporting
Regulations in 42 CFR 493.1-493.2001; Form No.: HCFA-1557 (OMB# 0938-
0544); Use: CLIA requires the Department of Health and Human Services
(DHHS) to establish certification requirements for any laboratory that
performs tests on human specimens, and to certify through the issuance
of a certificate that those laboratories meet the requirements
established by DHHS. The information collected on this survey form is
used in the administrative pursuit of the Congressionally-mandated
program with regard to regulation of laboratories participating in
CLIA. In order for the State survey agency to report to HCFA its
findings on facility compliance with the individual standards on which
HCFA determines compliance, the surveyor completes the Survey Report
Form. The Survey Worksheet provides space to document the surveyor's
notes.; Frequency: Biennially; Affected Public: Business or other for
profit, Not for profit institutions, Federal Government, and State,
Local or Tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 30,512; Total Annual
Responses: 15,526; Total Annual Hours: 7,628.
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 30 days of this notice directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB
Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: December 10, 1999.
John Parmigiani,
Manager, HCFA Office of Information Services, Information Technology
Investment Management Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-32808 Filed 12-17-99; 8:45 am]
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