[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 125 (Monday, June 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 35214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16984]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-462 A/B]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; 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 
proposal for the collection of information. 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 42 CFR 
493.1840; Form No.: HCFA-462 A/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 imposition of adverse 
actions, dates on which a laboratory corrects deficiencies, and all 
appeals activity. Frequency: On occasion and biennially; Affected 
Public: Not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government, and State, 
Local or Tribal Government; 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 30 days of this notice directly to the HCFA Paperwork Clearance 
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: April 10, 1997.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-16984 Filed 6-27-97; 8:45 am]
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