[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 189 (Friday, September 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57294-57295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19244]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-10148]


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

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
    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 & 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: HIPAA 
Administrative Simplification Non-Privacy Enforcement; Form Nos.: CMS-
10148 (OMB 0938-0948); Use: The Health Insurance Portability 
and Accountability Act (HIPAA) became law in 1996 (Pub. L. 104-191). 
Subtitle F of Title II of HIPAA, entitled ``Administrative 
Simplification,'' (A.S.) requires the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to adopt national standards for certain information-related 
activities of the health care industry. The HIPAA provisions, by 
statute, apply only to ``covered entities'' referred to in section 
1320d-2(a)(1) of this title. Responsibility for administering and 
enforcing the HIPAA A.S. Transactions, Code Sets, Identifiers and 
Security Rules has been delegated to the Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services; Frequency: Reporting--On occasion; Affected Public: 
Business or other for-profit, Individuals or Households; Not-for-profit 
institutions, Federal Government, and State, Local or Tribal 
Government; Number of Respondents: 500; Total Annual Responses: 500; 
Total Annual Hours: 500.
    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.
    To be assured consideration, comments and recommendations for the 
proposed information collections must be received by the OMB Desk 
Officer at the address below, no later than 5 p.m. on October 31, 2005.
    OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Christopher 
Martin, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: September 21, 2005.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 05-19244 Filed 9-29-05; 8:45 am]
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