[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 67085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33399]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-6401]


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: Reinstatement without 
change of a previously approved collection for which approval has 
expired; Title of Information Collection: Negative Case Action Review 
Process (NCA)/Annual Report and Supporting Regulations 42 CFR 431.800; 
Form No.: HCF-6401 OMB #0938-0300; Use: HCFA uses the NCA reviews to 
assure that beneficiaries are not being denied medical assistance that 
they are eligible for and that recipients are being given adequate and 
timely notice of termination. The results of NCA reviews are used by 
states and the Federal Government to identify problem areas and plan 
corrective action initiatives. Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: 
State, Local or Tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 51; Total 
Annual Responses: 51; Total Annual Hours: 6,770.
    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 30 days of this notice directly to the OMB Desk 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: November 6, 1997.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services, 
Information Technology Investment Management Group, Division of HCFA 
Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 97-33399 Filed 12-22-97; 8:45 am]
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