[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 93 (Monday, May 14, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24391-24392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11967]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-267]


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: 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

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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 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, DC 20503.

    Dated: April 24, 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. 01-11967 Filed 5-11-01; 8:45 am]
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