[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 36067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17411]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment request

    The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary publishes a list of information collections it has submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance in 
compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35) and 5 CFR 1320.5. The following are those information collections 
recently submitted to OMB.

1. OIG Advisory Opinion Procedures and Preliminary Questions

    Section 205 of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability 
Act of 1996, Pub. Law 104-191, requires the Department to provide 
advisory opinions to the public regarding several categories of subject 
matter, including the requestor's potential liability under sections 
1128, 1128A, and 1128B of the Act. The OIG has separately published in 
the Federal Register (2/19/97) and interim final regulation providing 
the procedure under which members of the public may request advisory 
opinions from the OIG. That discussion contains a more thorough 
discussion of the advisory opinion procedures and the preliminary 
questions. The procedures in the interim final rule include several 
provisions for the collection of information. In addition, in order to 
aid potential requestors and the OIG in providing opinions under this 
process, the OIG is providing preliminary questions that may be 
answered in an advisory opinion request. These preliminary questions 
will be voluntary and will correspond with each sanction provision 
about which advisory opinions will be rendered. Responsents: Health 
care providers; Annaul Number of Respondents: 500; Average Burden per 
Response: 10 hours; Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 5000 hours; 
Cost Burden: $1,000,000.
    OMB Desk Officer: Allison Eydt.
    Copies of the information collection packages listed above can be 
obtained by calling the OS Reports Clearance Officer on (202) 690-6207. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent directly to the OMB desk officer designated 
above at the following address:

Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management and Budget, 
New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 725 17th Street N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Comments may also be sent to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue S.W., Washington, DC, 20201. Written comments should be received 
within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: June 24, 1997.
Dennis P. Williams,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
[FR Doc. 97-17411 Filed 7-2-97; 8:45 am]
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