[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 1115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-384]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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


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: New Collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Survey of Primary Care givers 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 Care givers 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 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 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: December 30, 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. 98-384 Filed 1-7-98; 8:45 am]
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