[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 116 (Thursday, June 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37566-37567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15130]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-668B]


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.

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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: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Post Laboratory 
Survey Questionnaire--Laboratory, and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 
part 493; Form No.: HCFA-668B (OMB# 0938-0653); Use: To provide an 
opportunity and a mechanism for CLIA laboratories surveyed by HCFA or 
HCFA's agent to express their satisfaction and concerns about the CLIA 
survey process; Frequency: Biennially; Affected Public: Business or 
other for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 
25,000; Total Annual Responses: 12,500; Total Annual Hours: 3,125.
    We have revised one of the questions in the beginning section and 
have deleted one of the questions in Section II of the form.
    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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c292a3b2a7b0b5adb0a982aaa1a4a3eca5adb4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="451524352037322a372e052d2623246b222a33">[email protected]</span></a>, 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: May 30, 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. 00-15130 Filed 6-14-00; 8:45 am]
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