[Federal Register: February 1, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 22)]
[Notices]
[Page 4986]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-R-185]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) (formerly known as the Health Care Financing
Administration (HCFA), 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 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: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Granting and
Withdrawal of Deeming Authority to Private Nonprofit Accreditation
Organizations and of State Exemption Under State Laboratory Programs
and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 493.551-493.557; Form No.: CMS-R-
185 (OMB# 0938-0686); Use: The information required is necessary to
determine whether a private accreditation organization's or State
licensure program's standards and accreditation/licensure process is
equal to or more stringent than those of CLIA; Frequency: Other:
Initial application/as needed; Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions, Business or other for-profit, State, local or tribal
government; Number of Respondents: 8; Total Annual Responses: 76; Total
Annual Hours: 768.
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.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or e-mail
your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and
CMS' document identifier, to Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports
Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed
within 30 days of this notice directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB
Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: December 6, 2001.
John P. Burke, III,
CMS Reports Clearance Officer, CMS Office of Information Services,
Security and Standards Group, Division of CMS Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 02-2448 Filed 1-31-02; 8:45 am]
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