[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 192 (Friday, October 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51873-51874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26306]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-212]


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: New Collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Survey of Primary Caregivers for the District 
of Columbia's Managed Care Demonstration for Disabled and Special Needs 
Children and Supporting Statute Section 1115(a) of the Social Security 
Act; Form No.: HCFA-R-212; Use: This survey will collect information 
from primary caregivers of Disabled and Special Needs Children about 
household composition, access to care, health status, functional 
status, home care, family care giving burden, satisfaction, and out-of-
pocket expenditures on disabled and special needs children living in 
the District of Columbia who are enrolled in the Supplemental Security 
Income (SSI) program. This instrument is designed to support a series 
of analytic studies, which will eventually provide HCFA, Assistant 
Secretary of Planning and

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Evaluation (ASPE), and States with information to consider when 
developing managed care systems for disabled and special needs 
children. Frequency: Semi-Annually; Affected Public: Individuals or 
Households; Number of Respondents: 1,789; Total Annual Responses: 
3,578; Total Annual Hours: 2,900.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed 
paperwork collections referenced above, 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 
Information Services, Information Technology Investment Management 
Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, Attention: John Rudolph, 
Room C2-26-17, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: September 23, 1997.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, 
Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-26306 Filed 10-2-97; 8:45 am]
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