24218 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 80 / Tuesday, April 25, 2000 / Notices

HHAs furnishing services to Medicare

beneficiaries.

When an HHA expects payment for

the home health services to be denied

by Medicare, a beneficiary must be

advised before home health care is

initiated or continued that, in the HHA’s

opinion, payment probably will be

required from him or her personally or

through other insurance. The HHABNs

are designed to ensure that HHAs

inform beneficiaries in writing, in a

timely fashion, about changes to their

home health care, the fact that they may

have to pay for care themselves if

Medicare does not pay, the process they

must follow in order to obtain an initial

determination by Medicare and, if

payment is denied, to file an appeal,

and the fact that they waive those rights

if they refuse to allow their health

information to be sent to Medicare. The

HHABNs are to be issued by the HHA

each time, and as soon as, the HHA

makes the assessment that it believes

Medicare payment will not be made.

The HHABNs are to be provided by

HHAs in any case where a reduction or

termination of services is to occur, or

where services are to be denied before

being initiated, except in any case in

which a physician concurs in the

reduction, termination, or denial of

services. Failure to do so would be a

violation of the HHA Conditions of

Participation in the Medicare Program,

which are currently approved PRA

requirements approved under OMB

number 0938–0365, and may result in

the HHA being held liable under the

Limitation on Liability (LOL) provision.

Home Health Advance Beneficiary

Notices (HHABNs)

HHABNs serve as notice to the

beneficiary that the HHA believes that

home health services are not, or will no

longer be, covered in different

situations. HHABN–T, Termination, is

used when all home health services will

be terminated. HHABN–I, Initiation, is

used when the HHA expects, even

before services have been initiated, that

Medicare will not pay. HHABN–R,

Reduction, is used when ongoing home

health services will be reduced (e.g.,

reduced in number, frequency, or for a

particular subset of services, or

otherwise).

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Individuals or

Households, Business or other for-profit,

Not-for-profit institutions.

Number of Respondents: 540,000.

Total Annual Responses: 1,080,000.

Total Annual Hours: 180,000.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement for the proposed paperwork

collections referenced above, access

HCFA’s Web Site Address at http://

www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or Email 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 10, 2000.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA,

Office of Information Services, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4563–N–04]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Indian Housing Drug

Elimination Program; Notice of

Funding Availability

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: June 26,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

Control number and should be sent to:

Mildred M. Hamman, Reports Liaison

Officer, Public and Indian Housing,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, SW.,

Room 4238, Washington, DC 20410–

5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mildred M. Hamman, (202) 708–3642,

extension 4128, for copies of the

proposed forms and other available

documents. (This is not a toll-free

number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department will submit the proposed

information collection to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

chapter 35, as amended).

This Notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and affected

agencies concerning the proposed

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information; (3) enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (4)

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, including through the use of

appropriate automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology; e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Indian Housing

Drug Elimination Program Notice of

Funding Availability.

OMB Control Number: 2577–xxxx.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: The

Indian Housing Drug Elimination

Program requires eligible tribes and

Native American Housing Assistance

and Self Determination Act

(NAHASDA) recipients (which includes

both tribes and tribally designated

housing entities (TDHEs) to submit

specific information that is necessary if

they want to implement security and

substance abuse prevention programs in

their communities. HUD will select

applicants who successfully respond to

the five rating factors listed in the

NOFA for this competitive funding

program.

Agency form numbers, if applicable:

None.

Members of affected public: State or

Local Government (Indian Tribes and

Alaska Native Villages).

Estimation of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response: 40 average hours per

response, approximately 144

respondents on an annual basis, 5,760

hours for a total reporting burden.

Status of the proposed information

collection: New.

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Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,

as amended.

Harold Lucas,

Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4561–N–31]

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB;

Federally Assisted Low-Income

Housing Drug Elimination Grants

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information

Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

has been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: May 25,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

approval number (2502–0476) and

should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

OMB Officer, Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10235, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management

Officer, Q, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail

Wayne_Eddins@HUD.gov; telephone

(202) 708–2374. This is a toll-free

number. Copies of the proposed forms

and other available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department has submitted the proposal

for the collection of information, as

described below, to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The Notice

lists the following information: (1) The

title of the information collection

proposal; (2) the office of the agency to

collect the information; (3) the OMB

approval number, if applicable; (4) the

description of the need for the

information and its proposed use; (5)

the agency form number, if applicable;

(6) what members of the public will be

affected by the proposal; (7) how

frequently information submissions will

be required; (8) an estimate of the total

number of hours needed to prepare the

information submission including

number of respondents, frequency of

response, and hours of response; (9)

whether the proposal is new, an

extension, reinstatement, or revision of

an information collection requirement;

and (10) the name and telephone

number of an agency official familiar

with the proposal and of the OMB Desk

Officer for the Department.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Federally Assisted

Low-Income Housing Drug Elimination

Grants.

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0476.

Form Numbers: HUD–50080–DF2B,

SF–269, SF–424, SF–424–A, HUD–2880,

SF–LLL.

Description of the Need for the

Information and its Proposed Use: This

package is a request to reinstate and

revise the current OMB approval for this

Information Collection. It adds three

new financial and performance

reporting requirements and changes

requirements related to the application

for grant funds.

Respondents: Business or other Notfor-profit.

Frequency of Submission: On

occasion, Semi-annually.

Reporting Burden:

Number of respondents × Frequency of

response × Hours per response = Burden hours

Recordkeeping .......................................................................... 450 3.3 37.3 55,950

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 55,950

Status: Reinstate with change.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as

amended.

Dated: April 14, 2000.

Wayne Eddins,

Departmental Reports Management Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4561–N–32]

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB; Alaska

Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions

Assisting Communities Program (AN/

NHIAC)

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information

Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

has been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: May 25,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

the proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

approval number (2528–0206) and

should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

OMB Desk Officer, Office of

Management and Budget, Room 10235,

New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management

Officer Q, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20410 e-mail

WaynelEddins@HUD.gov; telephone

(202) 708–2375. This is not a toll-free

number. Copies of the proposed forms

and other available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department has submitted the proposal

for the collection of information, as

described below, to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The Notice

lists the following information: (1) The

title of the information collection

proposal; (2) the office of the agency to

collect the information; (3) the OMB

approval number, if applicable; (4) the

description of the need for the

information and its proposed use; (5)

the agency form number, if applicable;

(6) what members of the public will be

affected by the proposal; (7) how

frequently information submissions will

be required; (8) an estimate of the total

number of hours needed to prepare the