[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 69942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29785]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-10012]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, HHS.
    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: New Collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Healthy Aging Smoking Cessation Demonstration; 
Form No.: HCFA-10012 (OMB# 0938-NEW); Use: The goals of the Healthy 
Aging Project are to test the effectiveness of three possible Medicare 
smoking cessation benefits and to make inferences that are 
generalizable to the Medicare program. Using a comparison trial with 
restricted randomization of study locales, this study will compare 
three variations in a potential Medicare smoking cessation benefit on 
smoking cessation and abstinence rates; Frequency: Semi-annually; 
Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Number of Respondents: 
43,500; Total Annual Responses: 130,500; Total Annual Hours: 58,000.
    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 [email protected], or call the Reports 
Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed 
on or before January 22, 2001 directly to the HCFA Paperwork Clearance 
Officer designated at 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 9, 2000.
John P. Burke, III,
Reports Clearance Officer, Security and Standards Group, Division of 
HCFA Enterprise Sandards.
[FR Doc. 00-29785 Filed 11-20-00; 8:45 am]
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