[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 53796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26758]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary publishes a list of information collections it has submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance in 
compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) and 
5 CFR 1320.05. The following are those information collections recently 
submitted to OMB.
    1. Surveys of SCHIP Enrollees and Disenrollees for the 
Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of the State Children's Health 
Insurance Program--NEW--As part of the evaluation of the State 
Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation is proposing to conduct 
surveys about children currently and previously covered by the program. 
These surveys, to be conducted in ten states, will provide detailed 
description of the children's characteristics, their movement in and 
out of the program, access to care, service use and experiences with 
the program. A supplemental survey about Medicaid children will be 
conducted in two states. Respondents: individuals or households; Burden 
Information for SCHIP Survey--Number of Respondents: 18,000; Frequency 
of Response: once; Average Burden per Response: .59 hours; Burden for 
SCHIP Survey: 10,620 hours--Burden Information for Medicaid Survey--
Number of Respondents: 3,600; Frequency of Response: once; Average 
Burden per Response: .59 hours; Burden for Medicaid Survey: 2,124 
hours--Total Burden--12,744 hours.
    OMB Desk Officer: Allison Herron Eydt.
    Copies of the information collection packages listed above can be 
obtained by calling the OS Reports Clearance Officer on (202) 690-6207. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent directly to the OMB desk officer designated 
above at the following address: Human Resources and Housing Branch, 
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments may also be sent to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201. Written comments should be received 
within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: October 16, 2001.
Kerry Weems,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
[FR Doc. 01-26758 Filed 10-23-01; 8:45 am]
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