[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 8026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4338]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-462 A/B]


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, is 
publishing the following summary of proposed collections for public 
comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the 
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.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Clinical 
Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Adverse Action Extract; Form 
No.: HCFA-462A/B; Use: This form is used by HCFA surveyors (State 
Health Department surveyors and other HCFA agents) to record which 
types of adverse actions are imposed against laboratories. The form 
will also serve to track dates of the impostion of adverse actions, 
dates on which a laboratory corrects deficiences, and all appeals 
activity. Frequency: Biennially; Affected Public: Not-for-profit 
institutions, Federal Government, State, Local or Tribal Govt; Number 
of Respondents: 2,500; Total Annual Responses: 2,500; Total Annual 
Hours: 5,625
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed 
paperwork collections referenced above, access HCFA's WEB SITE ADDRESS 
at http://www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or to obtain the supporting 
statement and any related forms, E-mail your request, including your 
address and phone number, to P[email protected], or call the Reports 
Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed 
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: 
John Rudolph, Room C2-25-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 
Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: February 13, 1997.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources.
[FR Doc. 97-4338 Filed 2-20-97; 8:45 am]
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