[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 66119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32859]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-26]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration.

    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 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.
    Type of Information Collection Request:
    Extension of a currently approved collection; Title of Information 
Collection: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) and the 
Information Collection Requirements (ICRs) contained in the Supporting 
Regulations 42 CFR 493.1-2001; Form No.: HCFA-R-26 (OMB# 0938-0612); 
Use: The ICRs referenced in 42 CFR 493.1-.2001 outline the requirements 
necessary to determine an entities compliance with CLIA. CLIA requires 
laboratories that perform testing on human specimens to meet 
performance requirements in order to be certified by HHS. HHS conducts 
inspections in order to determine a laboratory's compliance with the 
CLIA requirements. CLIA implements certificate, laboratory standards 
and inspection requirements.; Frequency: As needed; Affected Public: 
Individuals or Households, Business or other for profit, Not for profit 
institutions, Federal Government, State, local or tribal government; 
Number of Respondents: 149,700; Total Annual Responses: 631,459; Total 
Annual Hours: 9,133,625.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, E-mail your 
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and HCFA 
document identifier, 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: Louis Blank, 
Room C2-26-17, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: December 5, 1997.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
Information Technology Investment Management Group, Division of HCFA 
Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 97-32859 Filed 12-16-97; 8:45 am]
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