[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 6035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3025]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[CMS-8003]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comments Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS.
    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 (CMS) (formerly known as the Health Care Financing 
Administration (HCFA)), Department of Health and Human Services, is 
publishing the following summary of proposed collections for public 
comments. 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: Home and Community-Based Services Waiver 
Requests and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 440.180-1.185, and 
441.301-441.310; Form No.: CMS-8003 (OMB# 0938-0449); Use: Under a 
Secretarial waiver, States may offer a wide array of home and 
community-based services to individuals who would otherwise require 
institutionalization. States requesting a waiver must provide certain 
assurances, documentation and cost and utilization estimates which are 
reviewed, approved and maintained for the purpose of identifying/
verifying States' compliance with such statutory and regulatory 
requirements. The purposes of this request is to provide authority for 
the State to furnish such individuals with services in the home and 
community-based setting; Frequency: When a State requests a waiver or 
amendment to a waiver; Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal 
Government; Number of Respondents: 50; Total Annual Responses: 128; 
Total Annual Hours: 7,860.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS'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 CMS 
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 CMS Paperwork Clearance 
Officer designated at the following address: CMS, Office of Information 
Services, Security and Standards Group, Division of CMS Enterprise 
Standards. Attention: Room N2-14-26, 7500 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: January 30, 2002.
John P. Burke, III,
Reports Clearance Officer, Security and Standards Group, Division of 
CMS Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 02-3025 Filed 2-7-02; 8:45 am]
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