[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 149 (Friday, August 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50443-50444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19500]


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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: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

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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: Medicare Plus 
Choice Program Requirements Referenced in 42 CFR 422.000-422.700; Form 
No. CMS-R-267 (OMB# 0938-0753); Use: ction 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 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 30 days of this notice directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB 
Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Brenda Aguilar, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 24, 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. 02-19500 Filed 8-1-02; 8:45 am]
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