[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 135 (Thursday, July 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38202-38203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18079]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-0209 and HCFA-1557]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, HHS.
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 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
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other forms of information technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Laboratory
Personnel Report Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and
Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 493.1-493.2001; Form No.: HCFA-0209
(OMB #0938-0151); Use: CLIA requires the Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS) to establish certification requirements for any
laboratory that performs tests on human specimens, and to certify
through the issuance of a certificate that those laboratories meet the
requirements established by DHHS. The information collected on this
survey form is used in the administrative pursuit of the
Congressionally-mandated program with regard to regulation of
laboratories participating in CLIA. Information on personnel
qualifications of all technical personnel is needed to ensure the
sample is representative of all laboratories; Frequency: Biennially;
Affected Public: Business or other for profit, Not for profit
institutions, Federal Government, and State, Local or Tribal
Government; Number of Respondents: 26,500; Total Annual Responses:
13,250; Total Annual Hours: 6,625.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Survey Report
Form Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and Supporting
Regulations in 42 CFR 493.1-493.2001; Form No.: HCFA-1557 (OMB #0938-
0544); Use: CLIA requires the Department of Health and Human Services
(DHHS) to establish certification requirements for any laboratory that
performs tests on human specimens, and to certify through the issuance
of a certificate that those laboratories meet the requirements
established by DHHS. The information collected on this survey form is
used in the administrative pursuit of the Congressionally-mandated
program with regard to regulation of laboratories participating in
CLIA. In order for the State survey agency to report to HCFA its
findings on facility compliance with the individual standards on which
HCFA determines compliance, the surveyor completes the Survey Report
Form. The Survey Worksheet provides space to document the surveyor's
notes; Frequency: Biennially; Affected Public: Business or other for
profit, Not for profit institutions, Federal Government, and State,
Local or Tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 30,512; Total Annual
Responses: 15,526; Total Annual Hours: 7,628.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access HCFA's
Web Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or E-mail
your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and
HCFA document identifier, 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
Information Services, Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA
Enterprise Standards, Attention: Louis Blank, Room N2-14-26, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: July 8, 1999.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services,
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-18079 Filed 7-14-99; 8:45 am]
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