[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 207 (Thursday, October 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55155-55156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27262]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[HCFA-R-137]


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

    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 request for Emergency review. We are requesting an

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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 C.F.R., Part 1320. Medicare must comply with all 
provisions of the group health plans including a plan of ``timely 
filing requirements.'' The Agency cannot reasonably comply with the 
normal clearance procedures because public harm is likely to result if 
normal clearance procedures are followed. Any additional delay in this 
approval will result in a loss of $904 million to the trust fund.
    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: Reinstatement, with change, 
of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired; 
Title of Information Collection: Internal Revenue Service/Social 
Security Administration/Health Care Financing Administration Data Match 
42 CFR 411; Form No.: HCFA-R-137; Use: Employers who are identified 
through a match of IRS, SSA, and Medicare records will be contacted 
concerning group health plan coverage of identified individuals to 
ensure compliance with Medicare Secondary Payer provisions found at 42 
U.S.C. 1395y(b). Frequency: Semi-annually; Affected Public: Individuals 
or Households, Business or other for profit, Not for profit 
institutions, Farms, Federal Government and State, Local or Tribal 
Government; Number of Respondents: 596,241; Total Annual Responses: 
596,241; Total Annual Hours Requested: 2,325,449.
    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: October 17, 1996.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-27262 Filed 10-23-96; 8:45 am]
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