[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 178 (Thursday, September 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 47676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22951]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-13]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, DHHS.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services (formerly the Health Care Financing Administration), 
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: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Conditions of 
Coverage for Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) and Supporting 
Regulations in 42 CFR, Section 486.301-.325; Form No.: CMS-R-13 (OMB# 
0938-0688); Use: OPOs are required to submit accurate data to CMS 
concerning population and information on donors and organs on an annual 
basis in order to assure maximum effectiveness in the procurement and 
distribution of organs.; Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Not-for-
profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 59; Total Annual Responses: 
59; Total Annual Hours: 1.
    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 60 days of this notice directly to the HCFA Paperwork Clearance 
Officer designated at the following address: CMS, Office of Information 
Services, Security and Standards Group, Division of CMS Enterprise 
Standards, Attention: Melissa Musotto, Room N2-14-26, 7500 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: September 4, 2001.
John P. Burke III,
CMS Reports Clearance Officer, CMS Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of CMS Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 01-22951 Filed 9-12-01; 8:45 am]
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