[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 113 (Thursday, June 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 35229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14817]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[CMS-2786]


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 (CMS)), 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: Fire Safety 
Survey Report Forms and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 416.44, 
418.100, 482.41, 483.70, 483.470; Form No.: CMS-2786 M, R, and T-Y 
(OMB 0938-0242); Use: CMS surveys facilities to determine 
compliance with the Life Safety Code of 2000. The providers must make 
documentation proving compliance available to the surveyors; Frequency: 
Annually; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions; Number of Respondents: 25,496; Total Annual Responses: 
25,496; Total Annual Hours: 2125. 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 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 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: June 5, 2003.
Dawn Willinghan,
CMS Reports Clearance Officer, Division of Regulations Development and 
Issuances, Office of Strategic Operations and Strategic Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-14817 Filed 6-11-03; 8:45 am]
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