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Children and Families, heads the Office

of Legislative Affairs and Budget. The

Office is organized as follows: Office of

the Director (KTA), Division of

Legislative and Regulatory Affairs

(KTB), Division of Budget (KTC).

KT.20 Functions. A. The Office of the

Director provides direction and

executive leadership to the Office of

Legislative Affairs and Budget in

administering its responsibilities. It

serves as the principal advisor to the

Assistant Secretary for Children and

Families on all policy and programmatic

matters which substantially impact on

legislative affairs, budget development,

budget execution and the regulatory

agenda. It represents the Assistant

Secretary on budget, policy and

legislative matters and serves as the

primary ACF contact for the

Department, the Executive Branch and

Congress on these activities.

B. The Division of Legislative and

Regulatory Affairs serves as the focal

point for congressional liaison in ACF;

provides guidance to the Assistant

Secretary for Children and Families and

senior ACF staff on congressional

activities and relations; manages the

preparation of testimony and briefings

for programmatic and budget-related

hearings; negotiates clearance of

testimony; monitors hearings and other

congressional activities which affect

ACF programs; and responds to

congressional inquiries.

The Division manages the ACF

legislative planning cycle and the

development of Reports to Congress;

reviews and analyzes a wide range of

congressional policy documents

including: legislative proposals,

pending legislation, and bill reports;

solicits and synthesizes internal ACF

comments on such documents;

negotiates legislative policy positions

with the Department and the Executive

Branch; and reviews other policy

significant documents to ensure

consistency with statutory and

congressional intent and the agency

legislative agenda.

The Division manages the ACF

regulatory development process;

negotiates regulatory policy positions

with the Department and the Executive

Branch; and provides guidance to ACF

program and staff components on policy

and programmatic matters related to the

regulatory development process.

C. The Division of Budget manages

the development and presentation of

ACF’s budget; provides guidance to ACF

program and staff components in

preparing material in support of budget

development; provides guidance to the

Assistant Secretary for Children and

Families and senior program staff on

policy and programmatic matters which

substantially impact the budget

development process; monitors budgetrelated hearings and other congressional

activities which affect the ACF budget;

responds to congressional inquiries on

the budget; and, negotiates budget

issues with the Department and the

Executive Branch.

The Division requests apportionments

from OMB for appropriated funds and

issues allotments to program and staff

offices; manages internal ACF funds

control; provides guidance to senior

program staff and budget contacts in

management of their program and

administrative funds; and, assists in

reconciling any discrepancies found in

CORE accounting reports and data-flow

reports.

The Division manages the preparation

of a comprehensive administrative

(salaries and expenses) budget for ACF;

provides guidance to the Assistant

Secretary for Children and Families and

senior ACF staff on all aspects of the

agency’s administrative budget;

provides guidance to ACF program and

staff components in preparing material

in support of the administrative budget

and tracking and reconciling

expenditures throughout the fiscal year

to ensure appropriate fiscal

accountability and prudent spending

patterns.

The Division designs and develops

budget estimating modes and

procedures to project future program

costs in order to influence decisionmaking regarding ACF program budgets

and policy; evaluates on a continuing

basis complex national budget issues to

assess overall impact on immediate,

foreseeable, and long-range program

direction; provides guidance to the

Assistant Secretary for Children and

Families and senior ACF staff on budget

forecasts for all major ACF programs;

negotiates budget forecasting issues

with the Department and the Executive

Branch; and responds to Congressional

Budget Office, Congressional Research

Service and general congressional

inquiries regarding ACF budget

projections.

The Division reviews and analyzes

other policy significant documents to

ensure consistency with ACF’s budget,

vision and goals.

Dated: May 8, 2000.

Madeline Mocko,

Director, Office of Legislative Affairs and

Budget.

[FR Doc. 00–11877 Filed 5–10–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4184–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–R–1500]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration, HHS.

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, 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: Health

Insurance Common Claims Form and

Supporting Regulations in 42 CAR

414.40, 424.32, and 424.44; Form No.:

HCFA–1500, 1490U, and 1490S (OMB#

0938–0008); Use: This form is a

standardized form for use in the

Medicare/Medicaid programs to apply

for reimbursement for covered services;

Frequency: On occasion; Affected

Public: Business or other for-profit, Notfor-profit institutions; Number of

Respondents: 1,321,417; Total Annual

Responses: 717,876,097; Total Annual

Hours: 44,460,460.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms for the

proposed paperwork collections

referenced above, access HCFA’s Web

Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/

regs/prdact95.htm, or E-mail your

request, including your address, phone

number, OMB number, and HCFA

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

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the OMB desk officer: OMB Human

Resources and Housing Branch,

Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive

Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, D.C. 2050.

Dated: April 17, 2000.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office

of Information Services, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 00–11846 Filed 5–10–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–R–312]

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:

Conflict of Interest and Ownership and

Control Information;

Form No.: HCFA–R–312 (OMB#

0938–NEW);

Use: This Conflict of Interest

questionnaire is sent to all Medicare

Fiscal Intermediaries (FIs) and Carriers

to collect full and complete information

on any entity’s or individual’s

ownership interest (defined as a 5 per

centum or more) in an organization that

may present a potential conflict of

interest in their role as a Medicare FI or

Carrier. The information gathered is

used to ensure that all potential,

apparent and actual conflicts of interest

involving Medicare contracts are

appropriately mitigated and that

employees of the contractors, including

officers, directors, trustees and members

of their immediate families, do not

utilize their positions with the

contractor for their own private business

interest to the detriment of the Medicare

program.;

Frequency: Annually;

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions, and Business or other forprofit;

Number of Respondents: 42;

Total Annual Responses: 42;

Total Annual Hours: 126.

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, DC 20503.

Dated: April 25, 2000.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA,

Office of Information Services, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 00–11847 Filed 5–10–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Inspector General

Program Exclusions: April 2000

AGENCY: Office of Inspector General,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice of program exclusions.

During the month of April 2000, the

HHS Office of Inspector General

imposed exclusions in the cases set

forth below. When an exclusion is

imposed, no program payment is made

to anyone for any items or services

(other than an emergency item or

service not provided in a hospital

emergency room) furnished, ordered or

prescribed by an excluded party under

the Medicare, Medicaid, and all Federal

Health Care programs. In addition, no

program payment is made to any

business or facility, e.g., a hospital, that

submits bills for payment for items or

services provided by an excluded party.

Program beneficiaries remain free to

decide for themselves whether they will

continue to use the services of an

excluded party even though no program

payments will be made for items and

services provided by that excluded

party. The exclusions have national

effect and also apply to all Executive

Branch procurement and nonprocurement programs and activities.

Subject, City, State Effective

date

Program-Related Convictions

Akpan, Adelia, Brooklyn, NY .... 05/18/2000

Andrickson, Eduardo, Flushing,

NY ......................................... 05/18/2000

Arcilla, Coleen Burke,

Ronkonkoma, NY .................. 05/18/2000

Arrillaga, Abenamar, White

Deer, PA ............................... 05/18/2000

Askanazi, Jeffrey, Hudson, OH 05/18/2000

Balakrishna, Banga M., Bloomfield Hills, MI ......................... 05/18/2000

Beehm, William, Penfield, NY .. 05/18/2000

Berlin, Sanford, Tucson, AZ ..... 05/18/2000

................................................... 05/18/2000

Blanchard, Douglas J., Orange

Park, FL ................................ 05/18/2000

Boudreaux, Jeffrey D., Baton

Rouge, LA ............................. 05/18/2000

Burnette, Barbara E., Boca

Raton, FL .............................. 05/18/2000

Cornett, Marston, Hazard, KY .. 05/18/2000

Costa, Karen T., Northfield, NH 05/18/2000

Darty, Gwendolyn W., Mobile,

AL .......................................... 05/18/2000

Doble, Brook A., Shoreline, WA 05/18/2000

Dubovoy, Alexander, Mineola,

NY ......................................... 05/18/2000

Eastern Medical Billing, Inc.,

Lewisburg, PA ....................... 05/18/2000

Elk Transportation, Inc.,

Lewisburg, PA ....................... 05/18/2000

Fort, Daniel, Miami, FL ............. 05/18/2000

Frazier, Jerry Lee, Sr., Harvey,

LA .......................................... 05/18/2000

Freitag, Joseph Harry, Denver,

CO ......................................... 05/18/2000

Fuller, Marie Rose, Medford,

OR ......................................... 05/18/2000

Garcia, Gerald H., Jr., Bisbee,

AZ .......................................... 05/18/2000

Gates, Eveline, Lafayette, NY .. 05/18/2000

Gomez, Francisco, Bronx, NY .. 05/18/2000

Harris, William H., Toledo, OH 05/18/2000

Hasan, Isa, Northville, MI ......... 05/18/2000

Hurley, Samantha L., Daleville,

IN ........................................... 05/18/2000

Independence Ems, Inc.,

Lewisburg, PA ....................... 05/18/2000

Jarrell, Jay A., Chapel Hill, NC 05/18/2000

Kestel, Scott C., Ontario, OR ... 05/18/2000

Kirwan, Jonathan J., Penfield,

NY ......................................... 05/18/2000

Lenard, Kimberly, Oden, AR .... 05/18/2000

Leon, Jack, Vineland, NJ ......... 05/18/2000

Leonard, Jonathan B., New

York, NY ................................ 05/18/2000

Lunsford Wood, Juanita, Pine

Bluff, AR ................................ 05/18/2000