[Federal Register: July 30, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 146)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: HCFA-116]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers 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 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (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: Clinical
Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Application Form and
Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 493.1--.2001; Form No.: HCFA-116 (OMB#
0938-0581); Use: Certification requirements have been established for
any entity that performs testing on human beings for diagnostic or
treatment purposes. Laboratories must apply for and obtain a
certificate in order to perform this testing; Frequency: Biennially;
Affected Public: Business or other for profit, Not for profit
institutions, Federal Government, and State, local or tribal
government; Number of Respondents: 16,000; Total Annual Responses:
16,000; Total Annual Hours: 20,000.
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: July 17, 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. 01-18892 Filed 7-27-01; 8:45 am]
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