[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 56159]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27476]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration


Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendations

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, 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 Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Home and 
Community-Based Services Waiver Requests; Form No.: HCFA-8003; Use: 
Under a Secretarial waiver, States may offer a wide array of home and 
community-based services to individuals who would otherwise require 
institutionalization. States requesting a waiver must provide certain 
assurances, documentation and cost and utilization estimates which are 
reviewed, approved and maintained for the purpose of identifying/
verifying States' compliance with such statutory and regulatory 
requirements; Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government; 
Number of Respondents: 50; Total Annual Responses: 140; Total Annual 
Hours Requested: 12,600.
    To request copies of the proposed paperwork collection referenced 
above, E-mail your request, including your address, to 
P[email protected], or call the Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-
1326. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 60 days of this notice direct to the 
HCFA Paperwork Clearance Officer designated at the following address: 
HCFA, Office of Financial and Human Resources, Management Planning and 
Analysis Staff, Attention: Linda Mansfield, Room C2-26-17, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: October 26, 1995.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-27476 Filed 11-6-95; 8:45 am]
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