[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 4438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1979]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-96]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission For OMB 
Review; 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, has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following 
proposal for the collection of information. 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: Emergency and Foreign Hospital 
Services--Beneficiary Statement in Canadian Travel Claims and 
Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR, Section 424.123;
    Form No.: HCFA-R-0096 (OMB# 0938-0484);
    Use: Payment may be made for certain Part A inpatient hospital 
services and Part B outpatient hospital services provided in a 
nonparticipating U.S. or foreign hospital when services are necessary 
to prevent the death or serious impairment of the health of the 
individual. In these situations, the threat to the life or health of 
the individual necessitates the use of the most accessible hospital 
available and equipped to furnish such services. Section 3698.4, 
requires a beneficiary statement indication that after a medical 
emergency occurred, the beneficiary was traveling between Alaska and 
another State through Canada by the most direct route without 
unreasonable delay to acquire medical care;
    Frequency: On occasion;
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households;
    Number of Respondents: 1,100;
    Total Annual Responses: 1,100;
    Total Annual Hours: 275.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement 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 and phone number, to [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 
designated at the following address: OMB Human Resources and Housing 
Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: January 3, 2000.
John Parmigiani,
Manager, HCFA, Office of Information Services, Security and Standards 
Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 00-1979 Filed 1-26-00; 8:45 am]
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