67 FR 80 pgs. 20521-20522 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Type: NOTICEVolume: 67Number: 80Pages: 20521 - 20522
Docket number: [Document Identifier: CMS-R-10]
FR document: [FR Doc. 02-10197 Filed 4-24-02; 8:45 am]
Agency: Health and Human Services Department
Sub Agency: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-R-10]
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 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: Information Collection Requirements Contained in BDP-718: Advanced Directives (Medicare and Medicaid) and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 417.436, 417.801, 422.128, 430.12, 431.20, 431.107, 434.28, 483.10, 484.10, 489.102; Form No.: CMSR-R-10 (OMB# 0938-0610); Use: Certain Medicare and Medicaid organizations are responsible for collecting and documenting in a prominent place in medical records whether an individual has executed an advanced directive. This document indicates the individual's preference if he/she is incapacitated; Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit State, Local, or Tribal Government, Not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government; Number of Respondents: 34,365; Total Annual Responses: 34,365; Total Annual Hours: 960,500.
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: April 16, 2002.
John P. Burke III,
CMS Reports Clearance Officer, CMS, Office of Information Services, Security and Standards Group, Division of CMS Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 02-10197 Filed 4-24-02; 8:45 am]
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