[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 101 (Thursday, May 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 25873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12962]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA 317]


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 and 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 
Sampling Plan; Form No.: HCFA-317; Use: The State MEQC sampling plan is 
necessary for HCFA to monitor the States' operation of the MEQC system. 
The sampling plan includes all data involved in the States' sample 
selection process--population sizes and sample frame lists, sample 
sizes, sample selection procedures, and claims collection procedures; 
Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: State, local, or tribal 
government; Number of Respondents: 55; Total Annual Responses: 110; 
Total Annual Hours: 2,640.
    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: OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Allison 
Eydt, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503.

    Dated: May 16, 1996.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-12962 Filed 5-22-96; 8:45 am]
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