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projections, and proposed funding

levels. As applicable, the Office makes

recommendations regarding the

clearance and closure of audits of

grantee programs, paying particular

attention to financial management

deficiencies that decrease the efficiency

and effectiveness of the ACF programs

and taking steps to monitor the

resolution of such deficiencies. The

Office oversees the management and

coordination of office automation

systems in the region such as PC Cost

and HS Cost systems for budget analysis

of Head Start Applications and monitors

grantee systems projects such as the

Head Start Program Information Report,

Head Start Management Tracking

System and the Head Start Bulletin

Board.

The Office represents the Regional

Administrator in dealing with entities

receiving ACF funding on all matters

under its jurisdiction and in providing

early warnings on problems or issues

that may have significant implications

for ACF programs.

C. The Office of State and Youth

Programs is headed by an Assistant

Regional Administrator who reports to

the Regional Administrator. This unit is

comprised of two programmatic teams,

the Child Support Team and the Child

Welfare, Youth and Developmental

Disabilities Team. Each team is

responsible for both program and fiscal

operations in their program areas.

The Office is responsible for

providing centralized, management,

financial management services, and

technical administration of ACF

formula, block and entitlement

programs such as Child Support

Enforcement, Foster Care and Adoption

Assistance, Child Welfare, Family

Preservation and Support Services,

Child Abuse and Neglect,

Developmental Disabilities and the

discretionary Runaway and Homeless

Youth Program.

The Office provides policy guidance

to state, county, city, or town and tribal

governments and public and private

organizations to assure consistent and

uniform adherence to federal

requirements governing ACF grants.

State plans are reviewed and

recommendations concerning state plan

approval or disapproval are made to the

Regional Administrator. The Office

provides technical assistance to entities

responsible for administering ACF

grants, resolving identified problems

and ensuring adoption of appropriate

procedures and practices that promote

policy compliance and program

efficiency and effectiveness.

The Office provides financial

management oversight for ACF grants

under its jurisdiction, reviews cost

allocation plans, program objectives,

budget projections, cost estimates and

reports. The Office performs systematic

fiscal reviews and makes

recommendations to the Regional

Administrator to approve, defer, or

disallow claims for financial

participation in ACF grants. As

applicable, the Office makes

recommendations regarding the

clearance and closure of audits, paying

particular attention to financial

management deficiencies of ACF

programs and closely monitors the

resolution of such deficiencies.

The Office oversees the management

and coordination of external automated

systems. The external systems

responsibilities include monitoring state

systems projects and providing

technical assistance to states on the

development enhancement of

automated systems. The Office

represents the Regional Administrator

on State systems matters with ACF

central office, states, contractors and

grantees.

The Office represents the Regional

Administrator in dealing with entities

receiving ACF funding on all matters

under its jurisdiction, and in providing

early warnings on problems or issues

that may have significant implications

for ACF programs.

Dated: October 2, 1997.

Olivia A. Golden,

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Children and Families.

[FR Doc. 97–26677 Filed 10–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4184–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–437]

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 Information Collection

Request: Extension of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Psychiatric Unit

Criteria Work Sheet, Rehabilitation Unit

Criteria Work Sheet, Rehabilitation

Hospital Criteria Work sheet and

Supporting Regulations 42 CFR 412.20–

412.32; Form No.: HCFA–437, OMB #

0938–0358; Use: Rehabilitation

hospitals and Psychiatric hospital units

that are excluded from the Medicare

Prospective Payment System (PPS) must

complete the criteria work sheets to

verify and reverify that they comply and

remain in compliance with the

exclusion criteria for the Medicare

prospective payment system. These

forms capture information that will

allow Medicare to reimburse these

facilities on the basis of a nationallydetermined average standardized

amounts, i.e., a prospective payment

type system. Frequency: Annually;

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions and

State, Local or Tribal Government;

Number of Respondents: 2,555; Total

Annual Responses: 2,555; Total Annual

Hours: 639.

2. Type of Information Collection

Request: Extension of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Information

Collection Requirements Referenced in

42 CFR 411.404(c)(2)+(3),

411.406(c)+(d): Procedures for

Determining Whether Providers,

Practitioners, or other suppliers of

services are liable for certain

noncovered services; Form No.: HCFAR–77, OMB # 0938–0465; 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.
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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

by November 7, 1997 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: September 30, 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. 97–26564 Filed 10–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

Document Identifier: HCFA–R–64

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: 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 OMB # 0938–0456; 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

by November 7, 1997 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: September 23, 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. 97–26566 Filed 10–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), announcement is

made of the following National

Advisory body scheduled to meet

during the month of November 1997.

Name: Maternal and Child Health Research

Grants Review Committee

Date and Time: November 12–14, 1997,

9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Place: Conference Room ‘‘O’’, Parklawn

Building, 3rd Floor, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, Maryland 20857.

Open on Wednesday, November 12, 1997,

9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Closed for remainder of

meeting.

Agenda: The open portion of the meeting

will cover opening remarks by the Director,

Division of Science, Education and Analysis,

who will report on program issues,

congressional activities and other topics of

interest to the field of maternal and child

health. The meeting will be closed to the

public on November 12 at 10:00 a.m. for the

remainder of the meeting for the review of

grant applications. The closing is in

accordance with the provisions set forth in

section 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., and the

Determination by the Acting Associate

Administrator for Management and Program

Support, Health Resources and Services

Administration, pursuant to Public Law 92–

463.

Anyone requiring information regarding

the subject Council should contact Gontran

Lamberty, Dr.P.H., Executive Secretary,

Maternal and Child Health Research Grants

Review Committee, Room 18A–55, Parklawn

Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 443–2190.

Agenda Items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

Dated: September 30, 1997.

Jane M. Harrison,

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review

and Coordination, HRSA.

[FR Doc. 97–26646 Filed 10–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Heart, Lung, and Blood

Institute; Proposed Collection:

Comment Request (The

Cardiovascular Health Study)

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

for opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects, the

National Heart, Lung, and Blood

Institute (NHLBI), the National

Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish

periodic summaries of proposed

projects to be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and approval.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: The

Cardiovascular Health Study. Type of

Information Request: NEW. Need and

Use of Information Collection: This

study will quantify associations

between conventional and hypothetical

risk factors and coronary heart disease

and stroke in people age 65 years and

older. The primary objectives include

quantifying associations of risk factors

with subclinical disease, characterize

the natural history of CHD, stroke and

identify factors associated with clinical

course. The findings will provide

important information on

cardiovascular disease in an older U.S.

population and lead to early treatment

of risk factors associated with disease