[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11213-11214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5921]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA 668-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: Reinstatement, with change, 
of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired; 
Title of Information Collection: Post Laboratory Survey Questionnaire--
Laboratory, and Supporting Regulation 42 CFR section 493; Form No.: 
HCFA 668-B; Use: This form will allow Laboratories to assess the CLIA 
survey process and report their satisfaction with the survey process. 
This information will help HCFA evaluate the survey process from the 
laboratory's prospective. Frequency: Biennially; Affected Public: 
Federal Government, Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions, State, Local or Tribal Govt.; Number of Respondents: 
40,000; Total Annual Responses: 20,000; Total Annual Hours: 5,000.
    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

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Resources, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Attention: John 
Rudolph, Room C2-25-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 
21244-1850.

    Dated: March 3, 1997.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources.
[FR Doc. 97-5921 Filed 3-10-97; 8:45 am]
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