[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 174 (Friday, September 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53665-53666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17735]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-262]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 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 & Medicaid 
Services (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 function; (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.
    1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Plan Benefit 
Package (PBP) and Formulary Submission for Medicare Advantage (MA) 
Plans and Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs); Form No.: CMS-R-262 (OMB 
 0938-0763); Use: Under the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA), 
Medicare Advantage (MA) and Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) organizations 
are required to submit plan benefit package information to CMS for 
approval. Organizations will provide this information through the 
submission of the formulary and the PBP software; Frequency: On 
occasion, annually and other (as required by new legislation); Affected 
Public: Business or other for-profit and Not-for-profit institutions; 
Number of Respondents: 470; Total Annual Responses: 2,092; Total Annual 
Hours: 5,546.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for these paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS Web site 
address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/regulations/pra/, 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 these information 
collections will be considered if they are mailed within 30 days of 
this notice directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB Human Resources and 
Housing Branch, Attention: Christopher Martin, New Executive Office 
Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.


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    Dated: August 25, 2005.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 05-17735 Filed 9-8-05; 8:45 am]
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