[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 8026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4338]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-462 A/B]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
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 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 minimize the information
collection burden.
Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Clinical
Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Adverse Action Extract; Form
No.: HCFA-462A/B; Use: This form is used by HCFA surveyors (State
Health Department surveyors and other HCFA agents) to record which
types of adverse actions are imposed against laboratories. The form
will also serve to track dates of the impostion of adverse actions,
dates on which a laboratory corrects deficiences, and all appeals
activity. Frequency: Biennially; Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions, Federal Government, State, Local or Tribal Govt; Number
of Respondents: 2,500; Total Annual Responses: 2,500; Total Annual
Hours: 5,625
To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed
paperwork collections referenced above, access HCFA's WEB SITE ADDRESS
at http://www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or to obtain the supporting
statement and any related forms, E-mail your request, including your
address and phone number, 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 Financial
and Human Resources, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Attention:
John Rudolph, Room C2-25-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: February 13, 1997.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial
and Human Resources.
[FR Doc. 97-4338 Filed 2-20-97; 8:45 am]
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