[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 935-936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-250]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
    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) 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

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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: Skilled Nursing 
Facility Resident Assessment MDS Data and Supporting Regulations in 42 
CFR 413.337, 413.343, 424.32, and 483.20; Form Number: CMS-R-250 
(OMB: 0938-0739); Use: Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) are 
required to submit the resident assessment data as described at 42 CFR 
483.20 in the manner necessary to administer the payment rate 
methodology described in 42 CFR 413.337. Pursuant to sections 4204(b) 
and 4214(d) of Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) 1987, the 
current requirements related to the submission and retention of 
resident assessment data for the 5th, 30th, 60th and 90th days 
following admission, necessary to administer the payment rate 
methodology described in 42 CFR 413.337, are subject to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. The burden associated with information collection is the 
sum of the SNF staff time required to complete the Minimum Data Set 
(MDS), SNF staff time to encode the data, and SNF staff time spent in 
transmitting the data.; Frequency: Reporting--Other, 5th, 14th, 30th, 
60th, and 90th days of stay; Affected Public: Business or other for-
profit, Not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 15,352; 
Total Annual Responses: 4,719,118; Total Annual Hours: 3,284,247.
    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.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 at the address below, 
no later than 5 p.m. on March 7, 2006.
    CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, 
Division of Regulations Development--B, Attention: William N. Parham, 
III, Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-
1850.

    Dated: December 28, 2005.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
 [FR Doc. E6-14 Filed 1-5-06; 8:45 am]
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