[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 58200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29014]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[HCFA-R-199]


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, has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following 
request for emergency review. We are requesting an emergency review 
because the collection of Section 3515 of the Chief Financial Officers 
Act of 1990 requires government agencies to produce auditable financial 
statements in accordance with Office of Management and Budget 
guidelines on form and content. Beginning in fiscal year 1996, the 
Government Management and Reform Act of 1994 requires that all offices, 
bureaus and associated activities of the 24 CFO Act agencies must be 
covered in an agency-wide, audited financial statement. Because of the 
size of the Medicaid program, we believe that Medicaid payables and 
receivables are material to both financial statements. The agency 
cannot reasonably comply with the normal clearance procedures because 
it is imperative that HCFA collects this data in time for incorporation 
into HCFA's fiscal year 1996 financial statement. Failure to collect 
this information could result in a disclaimer on the audit opinion.
    HCFA is requesting that OMB provide a completed review by November 
15, 1996 and a 180 day approval. During this 180-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.
    Title of Information Collection Request: New Collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Medicaid Report on Payables and Receivables; 
Form No.: HCFA-R-199; Use: The Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 
requires government agencies to produce auditable financial statements. 
Form HCFA-R-199 will collect accounting data from the States on 
payables and receivables.  Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: State, 
Local or Tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 57; Total Annual 
Responses: 57; Total Annual Hours Requested: 171.
    To request copies of the proposed paperwork collection 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: Laura Oliven, New Executive Office 
Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: November 6, 1996.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-29014 Filed 11-12-96; 8:45 am]
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