[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 18647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8731]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-26]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; 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 Request: Extension of a currently approved 
collection; Title of Information Collection: Clinical Laboratory 
Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and the ICRs contained in the supporting 
regulations in 42 CFR 493.1-.2001; Form Number: HCFA-R-26 (OMB approval 
#: 0938-0612); Use: The ICRs referenced in 42 CFR Part 493 outline the 
requirements necessary to determine an entity's compliance with CLIA. 
CLIA requires laboratories that perform testing on human beings to meet 
performance requirements (quality standards) in order to be certified 
by HHS; Frequency: Other: As needed; Affected Public: Business or other 
for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions, Federal government, State, 
local or tribal gov't; Number of Respondents: 149,700; Total Annual 
Responses: 700,650; Total Annual Hours Requested: 10,230,714.
    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 
within 30 days of this notice directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB 
Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Wendy Taylor, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: March 19, 2001.
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. 01-8731 Filed 4-9-01; 8:45 am]
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