[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 96 (Friday, May 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35116-35117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12350]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-267]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment 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 
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

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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: Medicare Plus 
Choice Program Requirements Referenced in 42 CFR 422.000-422.700; Form 
No. CMS-R-267 (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 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: As Needed; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, 
Individuals or Households, federal government, not-for-profit 
institutions, State, Local or Tribal Gov't.; Number of Respondents: 
2,450; Total Annual Responses: 7,657,534; Total Annual Hours: 
2,120,006.
    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: May 7, 2002.
John P. Burke III,
Paperwork Reduction Act Team Leader, CMS Reports Clearance Officer, CMS 
Office of Information Services, Security and Standards Group, Division 
of CMS Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 02-12350 Filed 5-16-02; 8:45 am]
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