[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 49 (Friday, March 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12474-12475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6438]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; 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

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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, 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: March 2, 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. 98-6438 Filed 3-12-98; 8:45 am]
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