[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 131 (Thursday, July 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 37129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18258]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-142]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; 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, has
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following
proposal for the collection of information. 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: ICR's contained
in BPD-339, Examination and Treatment for Emergency Medical Conditions
and Women in Labor, 42 CFR 488.18, 489.20, and 489.24; Form No.: HCFA-
R-142, OMB # 0938-0667; Use: The information collection requirements
contained in BPD-393, Examination and Treatment for Emergency Medical
Conditions and Women in Labor contains requirements for hospitals 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 and
protect the public. This information is not contained elsewhere in
regulations; Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public: Business or other
for-profit, Individuals or Households, 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:
1.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed
paperwork collections referenced above, 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 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: July 1, 1998.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA, Office of Information Services,
Information Technology Investment Management Group, Division of HCFA
Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 98-18258 Filed 7-8-98; 8:45 am]
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