[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 222 (Friday, November 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58567-58568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29313]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-8003]


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: Extension, without change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired; Title of 
Information Collection: Home and Community-Based Services Waiver 
Requests; Form No.: HCFA-8003; Use: Under a Secretarial waiver, States 
may offer a wide array of home and community-based services to 
individuals who would otherwise require institutionalization. States 
requesting a waiver must provide certain assurances, documentation and 
cost & utilization estimates which are reviewed, approved and 
maintained for the purpose of identifying/verifying States' compliance 
with such statutory and regulatory requirements; Frequency: Other--When 
a State requests a waiver or amendment to a waiver; Affected Public: 
State, local, or tribal government; Number of Respondents: 50; Total 
Annual Responses: 140; Total Annual Hours: 8,200.
    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)

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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 Analysis and Planning Staff, Attention: Linda Mansfield, 
Room C2-26-17, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: November 7, 1996.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-29313 Filed 11-14-96; 8:45 am]
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