[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 120 (Monday, June 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 33890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16259]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[367, 367a, b, c, and 368, R-144]


Submitted for Collection of Public Comment: Submission for OMB 
Review

    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 of a currently approved collection; 
Title of Information Collection: Medicaid Drug Rebate Program--
Manufacturers; Form No.: HCFA-367, 367a, b, and c; Use: Section 1927 
requires drug manufacturers to enter into and have in effect a rebate 
agreement with the Federal Government for States to receive funding for 
drugs dispensed to Medicaid recipients; Frequency: Quarterly; Affected 
Public: Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 520; Total 
Annual Responses: 2,080; Total Annual Hours: 49,480.
    2. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection; 
Title of Information Collection: State Drug Rebate (Medicaid); Form 
No.: HCFA-368 and HCFA-R-144; Use: Section 1927 requires State Medicaid 
agencies to report to drug manufacturers and HCFA on the drug 
utilization for their State and the amount of rebate to be paid by the 
manufacturers; Frequency: Quarterly; Affected Public: State, local, or 
tribal government; Number of Respondents: 51; Total Annual Responses: 
204; Total Annual Hours: 6,125.
    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) 786-
1326. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collections should be sent within 30 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: June 12, 1997.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-16259 Filed 6-20-97; 8:45 am]
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