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(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 without change;

Title of Information Collection:

Attending Physician’s Certification of

Medical Necessity for Home Oxygen

Therapy and Supporting Regulations 42

CFR 410.38 and 42 CFR 424.5; Form

Number: HCFA–484 (OMB approval #

0938–0534); Use: To determine oxygen

is reasonable and necessary pursuant to

Medicare Statute, Medicare claims for

home oxygen therapy must be

supported by the treating physician’s

statement and other information

including estimate length of need (# of

months), diagnosis codes (ICD–9) and:

1. Results and date of the most recent

arterial blood gas PO2 and/or oxygen

saturation tests.

2. The most recent arterial blood gas

PO2 and/or oxygen saturation test

performed EITHER with the patient in a

chronic stable state as an outpatient, OR

within two days prior to discharge from

an inpatient facility to home.

3. The most recent arterial blood gas

PO2 and/or oxygen saturation test

performed at rest, during exercise, or

during sleep.

4. Name and address of the physician/

provider performing the most recent

arterial blood gas PO2 and/or oxygen

saturation test.

5. If ordering portable oxygen,

information regarding the patient’s

mobility within the home.

6. Identification of the highest oxygen

flow rate (in liters per minute)

prescribed.

7. If the prescribed liters per minute

(LPM), as identified in item 6, are

greater than 4 LPM, provide the results

and date of the most recent arterial

blood gas PO2 and/or oxygen saturation

test taken on 4 LPM.

If the PO2=56–59, or the oxygen

saturation=89%, then evidence of the

beneficiary meeting at least one of the

following criteria must be provided.

8. The patient having dependent

edema due to congestive heart failure.

9. The patient having cor pulmonale

or pulmonary hypertension, as

documented by P pulmonale on an EKG

or by an echocardiogram, gated blood

pool scan or direct pulmonary artery

pressure measurement.

10. The patient having a hematocrit

greater than 56%.

Form HCFA–484 obtains all pertinent

information and promotes national

consistency in coverage determinations;

Frequency: Other (as needed); Affected

Public: Individuals/households,

business or other for profit, and not for

profit institutions; Number of

Respondents: 300,000; Total Annual

Responses: 300,000; Total Annual

Hours Requested: 50,000.

2. Type of Information Request:

Extension of a currently approved

collection without change; Title of

Information Collection: HEDIS 3.0

(Health Plan Data and Information Set),

including the Health of Seniors and

Consumer Assessment of Health Plans

Study (CAHPS) surveys and supporting

regulations 42 CFR 417.470, and 42 CFR

417.126; Form Number: HCFA–R–200

(OMB approval #0938–0701); Use:

HEDIS and CAHPS will be used for 3

purposes: (1) To provide summary

comparative data to the Medicare

beneficiary to assist them in choosing

among health plans; (2) to provide

information to health plans for internal

quality improvement activity; and (3) to

provide HCFA, as purchaser,

information useful for monitoring

quality of and access to care provided

by the plans; Frequency: Annually;

Affected Public: Individuals or

Households, non-profit and for profit

HMOs which contract with HCFA to

provide managed health care to

Medicare beneficiaries; Number of

Respondents: 293,834; Total Annual

Responses: 293,834 Total Annual Hours

Requested: 181,520.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms for the

proposed paperwork collections

referenced above, 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 P.

Burke III, Room C2–26–17, 7500

Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

Maryland 21244–1850.

Dated: August 19, 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. 97–22588 Filed 8–25–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

Emergency Clearance: Public

Information Collection Requirements

Submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB); Correction

In the Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA) notice

‘‘Emergency Clearance: Public

Information Collection Requirements

Submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget’’, published in the Federal

Register on 8/20/97, 62 FR 44283, third

column, second paragraph, ‘‘it was

stated that ‘‘HCFA will respond as

appropriate to the public comments

received in response to the 10/24/97

Federal Register notice. * * *’’

However, the date referenced in this

phrase was printed in error. The phrase

is being corrected to read ‘‘HCFA will

respond as appropriate to the public

comments received in response to the

10/24/96 Federal Register notice.

* * *’’

Dated: August 21, 1997

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Office of

Information Services, Information

Technology Investment Management Group,

Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards,

Health Care Financing Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–22742 Filed 8–25–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Notice of Meetings

Pursuant to Pub. L. 92–463, notice is

hereby given of meetings of the

SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse

Treatment (CSAT) National Advisory

Council and the SAMHSA National

Advisory Council to be held in

September 1997. The CSAT National Advisory Council

will have an open portion and include

discussion of the Center’s policy issues

and current administrative, legislative,

and program developments. If anyone

needs special accommodations for

persons with disabilities please notify

the Contact listed below.

The meeting will also include the

review, discussion, and evaluation of

individual grant applications, contract

proposals, and discussion of

information about the Center for

Substance Abuse Treatment’s

procurement plans. Therefore a portion

of the meeting will be closed to the
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public as determined by the

Administrator, SAMHSA, in accordance

with Title 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (4), and

(6) and 5 U.S.C. App. 2, § 10(d).

A copy of the agenda and roster of

Council members may be obtained from:

Mrs. Joann M. Exline, CSAT, National

Advisory Council, Rockwall II Building,

Suite 619, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

Maryland 20857, Telephone: (301) 443–

4946.

Substantive program information may

be obtained from the contact whose

name and telephone number is listed

below.

Committee Name: Center for Substance

Abuse Treatment National Advisory Council.

Meeting Date: September 11, 1997, 8:45

a.m.–5:00 p.m.; September 12, 1997, 9:00

a.m.–1:30 a.m.

Place: Holiday Inn/Chevy Chase, 5520

Wisconsin Avenue, Chevy Chase, Maryland

20815.

Open: September 11, 1997, 11:00 a.m.–5:00

p.m.; September 12, 1997, 9:00 a.m.–1:30

a.m.

Closed: September 11, 1997—8:45 a.m.–

11:00 a.m.

Contact: Marjorie M. Cashion, Executive

Secretary, Telephone: (301) 443–8923, and

FAX: (301) 480–6077.

The SAMHSA National Advisory Council

teleconference meeting will have an open

portion and will include a roll call, general

announcements and a discussion of the

minutes of four previous meetings of the

SAMHSA Council. The four meetings were

held in Washington, D.C. on May 29, June 23,

July 10, and July 29, 1997. Attendance by the

public will be limited to space available.

Public comments are welcome during the

open session. Please communicate with the

individual listed as Contact below to make

arrangements to comment or to request

special accommodations for persons with

disabilities.

The meeting will also include the review,

discussion and evaluation of individual

contract proposals. Therefore, a portion of

the meeting will be closed to the public as

determined by the Administrator, SAMHSA,

in accordance with Title 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) (3)

(4) and (6) and 5 U.S.C. App. 2, § 10(d).

A summary of the agenda and a roster of

Council members may be obtained from: Ms.

Susan E. Day, Program Assistant, SAMHSA

National Advisory Council, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Room 12C-15, Rockville, Maryland

20857. Telephone: (301) 443–4640.

Committee Name: SAMHSA National

Advisory Council.

Meeting Date: September 25, 1997.

Place: Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration, Parklawn Building,

Conference Room 12–94, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, Maryland 20857.

Open: September 25, 1997, 2:00 p.m.–2:45

p.m.

Closed: September 25, 1997, 2:45 p.m.–

3:30 p.m.

Contact: Toian Vaughn, Executive

Secretary, Room 12C–15, Parklawn Building,

Telephone: (301) 443–4640 and FAX: (301)

443–1450.

Dated: August 21, 1997.

Jeri Lipov,

Committee Management Officer, Substance

Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4263–N–11]

Proposed Collection: Comment

Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing

Commissioner, 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: October 27,

1997.

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:

Reports Liaison Officer, Housing,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451—7th Street, SW.,

Room 9116, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ivy Jackson, Telephone number (202)

708–4560 (this is not a toll-free number)

for copies of the proposed forms and

other available documents.

For hearing- and speech-impaired

persons, this number may be accessed

via TTY (text telephone) by calling the

Federal Information Relay Service at 1–

800–877–8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department is submitting 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; (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: Section 6 Model

Disclosure Statements.

OMB Control Number, if applicable:

2502–0458.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: The

initial disclosure statement discloses to

consumers about the probability of

whether their loan will be sold. The

transfer disclosure is given when the

loan servicing is sold and/or transferred

to another entity and provides

important information concerning the

transfer, such as, the name and address

of the new servicer and who to contact

if questions are raised.

Agency form numbers, if applicable:

Not applicable.

Members of affected public: Lenders

who originate loans and/or who service

loans.

Estimation of the total numbers of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response:

SECTION 6.—SERVICING DISCLOSURES

Information collection Number of

respondents

Responses

per respondent

Total annual

responses

Hour per response Total hours Regulatory

references

Initial Disclosure ............................................................ 20,000 212 4,240,000 .033 139,920 3500.21

Transfer Disclosure ....................................................... 20,000 2,250 45,000,000 .033 1,485,000 3500.21