96-3434. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6015-6016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3434]



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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 Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq.) this notice is publishing the following summaries of proposed 
collections for public comment. The title, description, and respondent 
description of the information collection are shown below with an 
estimate of the annual reporting and recordkeeping burden. Included in 
the estimate is the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing 
data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing 
and reviewing 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 

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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: Hospital Standard for Potentially HIV 
Infectious Blood and Blood Products; Form No.: HCFA-R-190; Use: 
Hospitals must establish policies and procedures and document patient 
notification efforts if they have administered potentially HIV 
infectious blood and blood products; Frequency: On occasion; Affected 
Public: Business or other for profit, Not for profit institutions; 
Number of Respondents: 16; Total Annual Responses: 16; Total Annual 
Hours Requested: 16.
    To request copies of the proposed paperwork collection referenced 
above, call the Reports Clearance Office on [phone]. 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: Zaneta Davis, 7500 Security Boulevard, Room 
C2-26-17, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: February 6, 1996.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-3434 Filed 2-14-96; 8:45 am]
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