[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 2559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1057]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifiers: CMS-R-284]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    Agency: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 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: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicaid 
Statistical Information System (MMIS); Form No.: HCFA-R-0284 
(OMB 0938-0345); Use: State data are reported by a Federally 
mandated process known as MSIS. These data are the basis for Medicaid 
actuarial forecasts for service utilization and costs; Medicaid 
legislative analysis and cost savings estimates; and for responding to 
requests for information from CMS components, the Department, Congress, 
and other customers. The national MSIS database will contain details 
that will allow constructive or predictive analysis of today's Medicaid 
issues (e.g., pregnant women, and infants); Frequency: Quarterly; 
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government; Number of 
Respondents: 53; Total Annual Responses: 212; Total Annual Hours: 
7,420.
    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://cms.hhs.gov/regulations/pra/default.asp, 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 at (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 Strategic 
Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of Regulations Development 
and Issuances, Attention: Dawn Willinghan, Room: C5-14-03, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: January 9, 2003.
John P. Burke, III
CMS Reports Clearance Officer, Office of Strategic Operations and 
Strategic Affairs, Division of Regulations Development and Issuances.
[FR Doc. 03-1057 Filed 1-16-03; 8:45 am]
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