[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 113 (Friday, June 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 32234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15648]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration.
[Document Identifier: HCFA-724]


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 minimize the information 
collection burden.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare/Medicaid 
Psychiatric Hospital Survey Data and Supporting Regulations Contained 
in 42 CFR 482.60, 482.61 and 482.62; Form No.: HCFA-724 (OMB# 0938-
0378); Use: The information collected on this form will assist HCFA in 
maintaining an accurate data base on providers participating in the 
Medicare psychiatric hospital program. The HCFA-724 has two parts; part 
one is completed by the facility (i.e., location, number of beds, 
number of admissions) and part two is completed by the survey team 
(i.e, dates of survey, type of survey, survey team composition); 
Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Federal government, Business or 
other for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions, and State, local or 
tribal government; Number of Respondents: 350; Total Annual Responses: 
350; Total Annual Hours: 175.
    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: June 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. 98-15648 Filed 6-11-98; 8:45 am]
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