[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 38 (Monday, February 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11591-11592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4568]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-267]


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: Reinstatement, with change, 
of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired; 
Title of Information Collection: Medicare Plus Choice Program 
Requirements Referenced in 42 CFR 422.000-422.700; Form No.: HCFA-R-
0267 (OMB# 0938-0753); Use: Section 4001 of the Balanced Budget Act of 
1997 added sections 1851 through 1859 to the Social Security Act to 
establish a new Part C of the Medicare Program, known as the 
Medicare+Choice program. Under this program, every individual entitled 
to Medicare Part A and enrolled under Part B may elect to receive 
benefits through either the existing Medicare fee-for-service program 
or a Part C M+C plan. The regulations implementing these sections was 
published on June 26, 1998. The regulations revising these sections was 
published on February 17, 1999 and June 29, 2000.; Frequency: Other: as 
needed; 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: 2,450; Total Annual 
Responses: 7,657,534; Total Annual Hours: 2,120,006.
    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

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[email protected], or call the Reports Clearance Office at (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, Security and Standards 
Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, Attention: Dawn 
Willinghan (HCFA-R-267), Room N2-14-26, 7500 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: February 14, 2001.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 01-4568 Filed 2-23-01; 8:45 am]
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