[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 227 (Friday, November 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 66482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30786]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Docket Identifier: HCFA-R-0250]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration.

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    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
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: Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 
Resident Assessment MDS Data and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 
413.343 and 424.32; Form No.: HCFA-R-250 (OMB# 0938-0739); Use: Skilled 
Nursing Facilities (SNFs) are required to submit Resident Assessment 
Data as described at 42 CFR 483.20 in the manner necessary to 
administer the payment rate methodology described in 42 CFR 413.337. 
Pursuant to sections 4204(b) and 4214(d) of OBRA 1987, the current 
requirements related to the submission and retention of resident 
assessment data for the 5th, 30th and 60th days following admission, 
necessary to administer the payment rate methodology described in 
413.337, is subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act; Emergency: Monthly; 
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, and Not-for-profit; 
Number of Respondents: 17,000; Total Annual Responses: 204,000; Total 
Annual Hours: 5,696,218.25.
    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 60 days of this notice directly to the HCFA Paperwork Clearance 
Officer designated the following address: HCFA, Office of Information 
Services, Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise 
Standards Attention: Julie Brown, Room N2-14-26, 7500 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: November 16, 1999.
John Parmigiani,
Acting HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information 
Services, Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise 
Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-30786 Filed 11-24-99; 8:45 am]
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