[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 46678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17755]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-317]


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 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: State Medicaid 
Eligibility Quality Control (MEQC) Sampling Plan and Supporting 
Regulations in 42 CFR 431.800-431.865; Form No.: CMS-317 (OMB 
0938-0146); Use: The State MEQC sampling plan is necessary for CMS to 
monitor the States' operation of the MEQC system for States performing 
the traditional sampling process. The sampling plan includes all data 
involved in the States' sample selection process--population sizes and 
sample frame lists, sample sizes, sample selection procedures, and 
claim collection procedures; Frequency: Semi-annually; Affected Public: 
State, Local, or Tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 55; Total 
Annual Responses: 110; Total Annual Hours: 2,640. 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: 
Julie Brown CMS-317, Room N2-14-26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 
Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: July 5, 2002.
Julie Brown,
Acting 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. 02-17755 Filed 7-15-02; 8:45 am]
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