[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 29 (Monday, February 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5402-5403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2958]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
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 summaries of proposed collections for public
comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the
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
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minimize the information collection burden.
Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement, without
change, of a previously approved collection:
Title of Information Collection: Information Collection
Requirements Contained in BPD-393, Examination and Treatment for
Emergency Medical Conditions and Women in Labor;
Form No.: HCFA-R-142;
Use: BPD-393 contains information collection requirements for
hospitals that would seek to prevent them from inappropriately
transferring individuals with emergency medical conditions, as mandated
by Congress. HCFA will use this information to help assure compliance
with this mandate. This information is not contained elsewhere in
regulations.
Frequency: On occasion;
Affected Public: Individuals or households, not-for-profit
institutions, Federal Government, and State, local or tribal
government;
Number of Respondents: 7,000;
Total Annual Responses: 7,000;
Total Annual Hours Requested: 8,818,577.
To request copies of the proposed paperwork collections referenced
above, 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: Louis Blank, Room C2-26-17, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: January 25, 1996.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial
and Human Resources.
[FR Doc. 96-2958 Filed 2-9-96; 8:45 am]
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