[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 212 (Friday, October 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64956-64957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-25925]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-1557 and CMS-437A and B]


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 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: Survey Report 
Form for Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and 
Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 493.1-493.2001; Use: This form is used 
by the State to determine a laboratory's compliance with CLIA. This 
information is needed for a laboratory's CLIA certification and 
recertification. Form Number: CMS-1557 (OMB 0938-0544); 
Frequency: Biennially; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, 
Not-for-profit institutions, State, Local or Tribal Governments and 
Federal Government; Number of Respondents: 21,000; Total Annual 
Responses: 10,500; Total Annual Hours: 5,248.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Rehabilitation 
Unit Criteria Worksheet and Rehabilitation Hospital Criteria Worksheet; 
Use: The rehabilitation hospital and rehabilitation unit criteria 
worksheets are necessary to verify that these facilities/units comply 
and remain in compliance with the exclusion criteria for the Medicare 
prospective

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payment system. Form Number: CMS-437A and 437B (OMB 0938-
0986); Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business or other for-
profit; Number of Respondents: 1227; Total Annual Responses: 1227; 
Total Annual Hours: 307.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS's 
Web Site 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.
    In commenting on the proposed information collections please 
reference the document identifier or OMB control number. To be assured 
consideration, comments and recommendations must be submitted in one of 
the following ways by December 30, 2008:
    1. Electronically. You may submit your comments electronically to 
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for ``Comment or 
Submission'' or ``More Search Options'' to find the information 
collection document(s) accepting comments.
    2. By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the following 
address: CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, 
Division of Regulations Development, Attention: Document Identifier/OMB 
Control Number ----, Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 
Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: October 23, 2008.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E8-25925 Filed 10-30-08; 8:45 am]
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