[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 66101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27135]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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


Agency Information Collection Request. 30-Day Public 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.
    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) 690-5683. Send written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections within 30 days 
of this notice directly to the OS OMB Desk Officer; faxed to OMB at 
202-395-5806.
    Proposed Project: State Medicaid Fraud Control Units' Reports--OMB 
No. 0990-0162-Extension--Office of Inspector General (OIG).
    Abstract: OIG is requesting an approval by Office of Management and 
Budget on an extension 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 information collected consists of 
fifty separate annual reports and fifty separate application requests 
for Federal grant certification/re-certification. The collection is 
submitted yearly to the Office of Inspector General (OIG) by the fifty 
established State Medicaid Fraud Control Units (Units). OIG uses the 
information received to assess and determine the Units' eligibility for 
continued participation in the Federal Medicaid fraud control grant 
program.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
          Respondent                  Form          respondents    responses per   response  (in       hours
                                                                    respondents       hours)
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State (MFCU) Units...........  Annual Report....              50               1              88            4400
State (MFCU) Units...........  Certification/                 50               1               5             250
                                Recertification
                                Application.
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    Total....................  .................  ..............  ..............  ..............            4650
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Seleda Perryman,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-27135 Filed 10-26-10; 8:45 am]
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