[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 20833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11384]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-319]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
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 
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 Request: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired; Title of 
Information Collection: State Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control 
(MEQC) Sample Selection Lists; Form No.: HCFA-319; Use: The State MEQC 
sample selection list is necessary for regional offices to control and 
track State MEQC reviews. The sample selection lists contain 
identifying information on Medicaid beneficiaries; Frequency: Monthly; 
Affected Public: State, local, or tribal government; Number of 
Respondents: 55; Total Annual Responses: 12; Total Annual Hours: 5,280.
    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 
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: Linda Mansfield, Room C2-26-17, 
7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: April 29, 1996.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-11384 Filed 5-7-96; 8:45 am]
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