[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 183 (Friday, September 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 54405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21906]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-8003]


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 
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: Home and 
Community Based Waiver Requests and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 
440.180 and 441.300-310; Use: Under a Secretarial waiver, States may 
offer a wide array of home and community-based services to individuals 
who would otherwise require institutionalization. States requesting a 
waiver must provide certain assurances, documentation and cost and 
utilization estimates which are reviewed, approved and maintained for 
the purpose of identifying/verifying States' compliance with such 
statutory and regulatory requirements. Form Number: CMS-8003 
(OMB 0938-0449); Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: 
State, Local or Tribal Governments; Number of Respondents: 50; Total 
Annual Responses: 136; Total Annual Hours: 8,010.
    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/PaperworkReductionActof1995, 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 20, 2008.

OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk 
Officer, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974.

    Dated: September 11, 2008.
Michelle Shortt,
 Director, Regulations Development Group. Office of Strategic 
Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E8-21906 Filed 9-18-08; 8:45 am]
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