[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 80 (Monday, April 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20652-20653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10830]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-142]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
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, is 
publishing the following summary of proposed collections for public 
comment. 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: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: ICR's contained 
in BPD-339, Examination and Treatment for Emergency Medical Conditions 
and Women in Labor, 42 CFR 488.18, 489.20, and 489.24; Form No.: HCFA-
R-142, OMB # 0938-0667; Use: The information collection requirements 
contained in BPD-393, Examination and treatment for Emergency Medical 
Conditions and Women in Labor contains requirements for hospitals to 
prevent them from inappropriately transferring individuals with 
emergency medical conditions, as mandated by Congress. HCFA will use 
this information to help assure compliance with this mandate and 
protect the public. This information is not contained elsewhere in 
regulations; Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public: Business or other 
for-profit, Individuals or Households, not-for-profit institutions, 
Federal Government, and State, Local or Tribal Government; Number of 
Respondents: 7,000; Total Annual Responses: 7,000; Total Annual Hours: 
1.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed 
paperwork collections referenced above, 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 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: John

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Rudolph, Room C2-26-17, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 
21244-1850.

    Dated: April 16, 1998.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, 
Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-10830 Filed 4-24-98; 8:45 am]
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