[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 125 (Friday, June 29, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35710-35711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12620]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-0162; 30-day notice]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of a proposed collection 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: Reinstatement with change 
of a previously approved collection.
    Title of Information Collection: State Medicaid Fraud Control 
Units' Reports.
    Form/OMB No.: 0990-0162.
    Use: We are requesting Office of Management and Budget approval for 
the collection of information to specifically comply with the 
requirements in Title 19 of the Social Security Act at 1903 (q) and 42 
CFR1007.15 and 1007.17 in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
The particular information collected consists of forty-nine annual 
reports and forty-nine application requests for federal certification/
recertification. This information is submitted yearly to the Office of 
Inspector General (OIG) by the forty-nine established State Medicaid 
Fraud Control Units (Units). The OIG uses this collection to assess and 
determine the Units' eligibility for

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continued participation in the federal Medicaid fraud control grant 
program.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Annual Number of Respondents: 49.
    Total Annual Responses: 98.
    Average Burden per Response: 46.5 hours.
    Total Annual Hours: 4557.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your 
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS 
document identifier, to [email protected], or call the 
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be 
received within 30 days of this notice directly to the Desk Officer at 
the address below:

OMB Desk Officer: John Kraemer, OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, 
Attention: (OMB 0990-0162), New Executive Office Building, 
Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: June 20, 2007.
Alice Bettencourt,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-12620 Filed 6-28-07; 8:45 am]
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