[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 90 (Friday, May 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 25636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12072]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-R-142]
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: Information
Collection Requirements Contained in BPD-393, Examination and Treatment
for Emergency Medical Conditions and Women in Labor, 42 CFR 488.18,
489.20 and 489.24; Document: 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, Business or other
for-profit, 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 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: Louis Blank, Room C2-26-17, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850
Dated: May 1, 1997.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial
and Human Resources.
[FR Doc. 97-12072 Filed 5-8-97; 8:45 am]
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