[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11213-11214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5921]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA 668-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: Reinstatement, with change,
of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired;
Title of Information Collection: Post Laboratory Survey Questionnaire--
Laboratory, and Supporting Regulation 42 CFR section 493; Form No.:
HCFA 668-B; Use: This form will allow Laboratories to assess the CLIA
survey process and report their satisfaction with the survey process.
This information will help HCFA evaluate the survey process from the
laboratory's prospective. Frequency: Biennially; Affected Public:
Federal Government, Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions, State, Local or Tribal Govt.; Number of Respondents:
40,000; Total Annual Responses: 20,000; Total Annual Hours: 5,000.
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
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Resources, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Attention: John
Rudolph, Room C2-25-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland
21244-1850.
Dated: March 3, 1997.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial
and Human Resources.
[FR Doc. 97-5921 Filed 3-10-97; 8:45 am]
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