[Federal Register: April 20, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 75)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-R-221]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Care Financing 
Administration (HCFA), Department of Health and Human Services, has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following 
proposal for the collection of information. Interested persons are 
invited to send comments regarding the 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: New Collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Evaluation of the Oregon Medicaid Reform 
Demonstration: Phase II Adult Interview, Phase II Child Interview, 
Survey of Agency Providers; Form No.: HCFA-R-221; Use: These survey 
instruments will be used to evaluate the Oregon Medicaid Reform 
Demonstration. The Phase II Adult and Phase II Child interviews are 
designed to collect information on health status, access to care and 
past health insurance status for adults and children participating in 
Phase II of the Oregon Health Plan (OHP). The survey of Agency 
providers is designed to collect information on the experience under 
OHP of agencies that traditionally treat disabled and elderly Medicaid 
beneficiaries. Frequency: One Time ; Affected Public: Individuals or 
households, business or other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions, 
and State, Local or Tribal Governments; Number of Respondents: 4,150; 
Total Annual Responses: 4,150; Total Annual Hours: 1,730.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed 
paperwork collections referenced above, E-mail your request, including 
your address and phone number, 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 
designated at the following address: OMB Human Resources and Housing 
Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: April 9, 1998.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA, Office of Information Services, 
Information Technology Investment Management Group, Division of HCFA 
Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 98-10347 Filed 4-17-98; 8:45 am]
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