[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 226 (Friday, November 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58088-58089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28671]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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, is publishing the following 
summaries of proposed collections for public comment. Interested 
persons are invited to send comments regarding this 

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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: New collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Granting and Withdrawal of Deeming Authority to 
Private Nonprofit Accreditation Organizations and the Clinical 
Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) Exemption Under State Laboratory 
Programs; Form No.: HCFA R-185; Use: The information required is 
necessary to determine whether a private accreditation organization/
State licensure program standards and accreditation/licensure process 
is equal to or more stringent than those of CLIA; Frequency: Other 
(initial application/as needed); Affected Public: Not-for-profit 
institutions, State, local, or tribal government; Number of 
Respondents: 22; Total Annual Hours: 2,112.
    To request copies of the proposed paperwork collections 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 
collections should be sent 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 
Planning and Analysis Staff, Attention: John Burke, Room C2-26-17, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: November 8, 1995.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff,Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-28671 Filed 11-22-95; 8:45 am]
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