[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46499-46500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23304]


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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. Information Collection Requirements Contained in 42 CFR part 
1004 (Revised Peer Review Organization Sanctions for Failing to Meet 
Statutory Obligations)--This information collection requirement is 
necessary to enable a Peer Review Organization (PRO) to submit a report 
and recommendation to the OIG if PRO-identified violations have not 
been resolved. In addition, an alternative sanctions notification 
process provides sanctioned practitioners or other persons the option 
of informing patients directly to the sanction action taken against 
them.--Respondents: Individuals, Business or other for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions--Burden Information for the PRO Report--Annual 
Responses: 7;Annual Burden per Response: 4 hours;Annual Burden for PRO 
Report: 28 hours--Burden Information for the Sanction Notification--
Annual Responses: 5;Annual Burden per Response: 2 hours;Annual Burden 
for Sanction Notification: 10 hours--Total Burden: 38 hours.
    OMB Desk Officer: Allison Eydt.

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    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 NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments may also be sent to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201. Written comments should be received 
within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: August 27, 1997.
William R. Beldon,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
[FR Doc. 97-23304 Filed 9-2-97; 8:45 am]
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