[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 29 (Monday, February 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5403-5404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2956]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Submitted for Collection of Public Comment: Submission for OMB
Review
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Care Financing
Administration (HCFA), Department of Health and Human Services, has
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following
proposals for the collection of information. 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.
1. Type of Request: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously
approved collection for which approval has expired;
Title of Information Collection: State Medicaid Eligibility Quality
Control Sampling Plan;
Form No.: HCFA-317;
Use: The State MEQC sampling plan is necessary for HCFA to monitor
the States' operation of the MEQC system. The sampling plan includes
all data involved in the States' sample selection process--population
sizes and sample frame lists, sample sizes, sample selection
procedures, and claims collection procedures;
Frequency: Annually;
Affected Public: State, local, or tribal government;
Number of Respondents: 55;
Total Annual Responses: 110;
Total Annual Hours: 2,640.
To request copies of the proposed paperwork collection 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: Linda Mansfield, Room C2-26-17,
7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: February 5, 1996.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-2956 Filed 2-9-96; 8:45 am]
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