Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 151 / Wednesday, August 6, 1997 / Notices 42259

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.

1. Type of Information Collection

Request: Extension of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Procedures for

determining whether providers,

practitioners, or other suppliers of

services are liable for certain

noncovered services; Form No.: HCFA–

R–77; Use: BERC–273–F requires Peer

Review Organizations (PROs) to provide

written notification of noncovered

services to beneficiaries and/or

providers, practitioners and suppliers.

The notification provides provider,

practitioner or supplier with knowledge

that Medicare will not pay for items or

services mentioned in the notification.

After this notification, any future claim

for the same or similar services will not

be paid. Frequency: Monthly; Affected

Public: Business or other for-profit,

Individuals or Households; Number of

Respondents: 724,271; Total Annual

Responses: 2,897,085; Total Annual

Hours: 241,424.

2. Type of Information Collection

Request: Extension of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Indirect Medical

Education (IME) and Supporting

Regulations 42 CFR 412.105; Form No.:

HCFA–R–64; Use: The collection of

information on Interns and Residents

(IR) is needed to properly calculate

Medicare program payments to

hospitals that incur indirect costs for

medical education. The reports provide

contractors with information to ensure

that hospitals are properly reimbursed

for IME, and eliminate IME duplicate

reporting. Frequency: Annually;

Affected Public: Not-for profit

institutions, Business or other for-profit;

Number of Respondents: 1300; Total

Annual Responses: 1300; Total Annual

Hours: 3,250.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement for the proposed paperwork

collections referenced above, or to

obtain the supporting statement and any

related forms, 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 60 days of this notice directly to

the HCFA Paperwork Clearance Officer

designated at the following address:

HCFA, Office of Information Services,

Information Technology Investment

Management Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards, Attention: John

Rudolph, Room C2–26–17, 7500

Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

Maryland 21244–1850.

Dated: July 29, 1997.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Division of

HCFA Enterprise Standards, Health Care

Financing Administration HCFA, Office of

Financial and Human Resources.

[FR Doc. 97–20610 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[HCFA–R–199]

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.

1. Type of Request: Reinstatement,

with change, of previously approved

collection for which approval has

expired; Title of Information Collection:

Medicaid Report on Payables and

Receivables; Form No.: HCFA-R–199;

Use: The Chief Financial Officers Act of

1990 requires government agencies to

produce financial statements. Form R–

199 will collect accounting data from

the States on Medicaid Payables and

Receivables. The information collected

on this form will be used in HCFA’s

financial statements and shared with

auditors who validate HCFA’s financial

position.; Frequency: Annually;

Affected Public: State, local or tribal

government; Number of Respondents:

57; Total Annual Responses: 57; Total

Annual Hours: 171.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement for the proposed paperwork

collections referenced above, or to

obtain the supporting statement and any

related forms, 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 HCFA Paperwork Clearance 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: July 29, 1997.

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. 97–20608 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Notice of Meeting

Pursuant to Pub.L. 92–463, notice is

hereby given of the following meeting of

the SAMHSA Special Emphasis Panel II

in August.

A summary of the meeting may be

obtained from: Ms. Dee Herman,

Committee Management Liaison,

SAMHSA Office of Extramural

Activities Review, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Room 17–89, Rockville, Maryland

20857. Telephone: 301–443–7390.

Substantive program information may

be obtained from the individual named

as Contact for the meeting listed below.

The meeting will include the review,

discussion and evaluation of individual

contract proposals. This discussion

could reveal personal information

concerning individuals associated with

the proposals and confidential and

financial information about an

individual’s proposal. This discussion

may also reveal information about

procurement activities exempt from

disclosure by statute and trade secrets

and commercial or financial information

obtained from a person and privileged

and confidential. Accordingly, the