[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 22 (Thursday, February 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3715-3716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2124]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration


Emergency Clearance: Public Information Collection Requirements 
Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration.

    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 (DHHS), 
has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the 
following requirement for Emergency review. We are requesting an 
emergency review because the collection of this information is needed 
prior to the expiration of the normal time limits under OMB's 
regulations at 5 CFR Part 1320, in order to prevent hospitals from 
inappropriately transferring individuals with emergency medical 
conditions, as mandated by Congress. The Agency cannot reasonably 
comply with the normal clearance procedures because public harm is 
likely to result if normal clearance procedures are followed. Without 
this information, HCFA could not assure compliance with this 
Congressional mandate.
    HCFA is requesting that OMB provide a two-day review and a 90-day 
approval. During this 90-day period HCFA will publish a separate 
Federal Register notice announcing the initiation of an extensive 60-
day agency review and public comment period on these requirements. Then 
HCFA will submit the requirements for OMB review and an extension of 
this emergency approval.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Emergency (This is an 
identical package to the one that was approved in January, 1995. This 
is not a new package.); Title of Information Collection: Information 
Collection Requirements Contained in BPD-393, Examination and Treatment 
for Emergency Medical Conditions and Women in Labor; Form No.: HCFA-R-
142; Use: BPD-393 contains information collection requirements for 
hospitals that would seek 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. This information is not contained elsewhere in 
regulations. Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public: Individuals or 
households, not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government, and State, 
local or tribal government; Number of 

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Respondents: 7,000; Total Annual Responses: 7,000; Total Annual Hours 
Requested: 8,818,577.
    To request copies of the proposed paperwork collections referenced 
above, call the Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326. Written 
comments and recommendations for the proposed information collections 
should be sent within 2 working 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: January 25, 1996.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-2124 Filed 1-31-96; 8:45 am]
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