[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 120 (Monday, June 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 33890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16259]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[367, 367a, b, c, and 368, R-144]
Submitted for Collection of Public Comment: Submission for OMB
Review
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, has
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following
proposals for 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 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 Request: Extension of a currently approved collection;
Title of Information Collection: Medicaid Drug Rebate Program--
Manufacturers; Form No.: HCFA-367, 367a, b, and c; Use: Section 1927
requires drug manufacturers to enter into and have in effect a rebate
agreement with the Federal Government for States to receive funding for
drugs dispensed to Medicaid recipients; Frequency: Quarterly; Affected
Public: Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 520; Total
Annual Responses: 2,080; Total Annual Hours: 49,480.
2. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection;
Title of Information Collection: State Drug Rebate (Medicaid); Form
No.: HCFA-368 and HCFA-R-144; Use: Section 1927 requires State Medicaid
agencies to report to drug manufacturers and HCFA on the drug
utilization for their State and the amount of rebate to be paid by the
manufacturers; Frequency: Quarterly; Affected Public: State, local, or
tribal government; Number of Respondents: 51; Total Annual Responses:
204; Total Annual Hours: 6,125.
To request copies of the proposed paperwork collection referenced
above, E-mail your request, including your address, to
Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-
1326. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collections should be sent within 30 days of this notice directly to
the OMB Desk Officer designated at the following address: OMB Human
Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 20503
Dated: June 12, 1997.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-16259 Filed 6-20-97; 8:45 am]
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