[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 10400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5427]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-179 and HCFA-R-53]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, HHS.
    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.
    1. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Transmittal and 
Notice of Approval of State Plan Material and Supporting Regulations in 
42 CFR 430.10-430.20 and 440.167; Form No.: HCFA-179 (OMB# 0938-0193); 
Use: The HCFA-179 is used by State agencies to transmit State plan 
material to HCFA for approval prior to amending their State plan. The 
State Plan is the method in which States inform staff of State 
policies, standards, procedures and instructions; Frequency: On 
occasion; Affected Public: State, local and tribal government; Number 
of Respondents: 57; Total Annual Responses: 1,254; Total Annual Hours: 
1,254.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Imposition of 
Cost Sharing Charges Under Medicaid and Supporting Regulations 
contained in 42 CFR 447.53; Form No.: HCFA-R-53 (OMB# 0938-0429); Use: 
The information collection requirements contained in 42 CFR 447.53 
require the States to include in their Medicaid State Plan their cost 
sharing provisions for the medically and categorically needy. The State 
Plan is the method in which States inform staff of State policies, 
standards, procedures and instructions; Frequency: Annually; Affected 
Public: State, Local or Tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 54; 
Total Annual Responses: 54; Total Annual Hours: 2,700.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access HCFA's 
Web Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or 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 30 days of this notice directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB 
Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: February 24, 1998.
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. 98-5427 Filed 3-2-98; 8:45 am]
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