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Electronic Health Information. In the shortterm, it is recommended that health care

organizations institute a risk assessment of

their current state of compliance with these

organizational and technical practices. As

industry experience evolves, the Committee

suggests that criteria be developed to

evaluate and monitor compliance with these

recommendations. Organizations that license

or accredit health care organizations should

consider incorporating these requirements

into their standards.

The Committee plans to continue to

monitor industry compliance and the

development and maturation of technology

and standards. As standards that are fully

mature and tested become available, we will

review and recommend for adoption.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide

assistance.

Sincerely,

Don E. Detmer, M.D.,

Chair.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Information about the Committee as

well as the text of all HIPAA

recommendations is available on the

NCVHS website or from James Scanlon,

NCVHS Executive Staff Director, Office

of the Assistant Secretary for Planning

and Evaluation, DHHS, Room 440–D,

Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200

Independence Avenue S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20201, telephone

(202) 690–7100, or Marjorie S.

Greenberg, Executive Secretary, NCVHS,

NCHS, Room 1100, Presidential

Building, 6525 Belcrest Road,

Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone

(301) 436–7050.

Dated: October 1, 1997.

James Scanlon,

Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of

the Assistant Secretary for Planning and

Evaluation.

[FR Doc. 97–26659 Filed 10–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4151–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Statement of Organization, Functions,

and Delegations of Authority

This notice amends Part K of the

Statement of Organization, Functions,

and Delegations of Authority of the

Department of Health and Human

Services (DHHS), Administration for

Children and Families (ACF) as follows:

Chapter KD, The Regional Offices of the

Administration for Children and

Families (62 FR 49243), as last

amended, September 19, 1997. This

notice reflects the reorganization of

Region 8. This Chapter is amended as

follows:

After the end of KD7.20 Functions (61

FR 3937, 02/02/96), Paragraph D and

before KD9.10 Organization (62 FR

31610, 06/10/97) insert the following:

KD8.10 Organization. The

Administration for Children and

Families, Region 8, is organized as

follows:

Office of the Regional Administrator

(KD8A)

Office of Community and Work

Programs (KD8B)

Office of State and Youth Programs

(KD8C)

KD8.20 Functions. A. The Office of

the Regional Administrator is headed by

a Regional Administrator who reports to

the Assistant Secretary for Children and

Families through the Director, Office of

Regional Operations. The Office is

responsible for the Administration for

Children and Families’ key national

goals and priorities and provides

executive leadership and direction to

state, county, city, territorial and tribal

governments, as well as public and

private local grantees to ensure effective

and efficient program and financial

management. It ensures that these

entities conform to federal laws,

regulations, policies and procedures

governing the programs, and exercises

all delegated authorities and

responsibilities for oversight of the

programs.

The Office takes action to approve

state plans and submits

recommendations to the Assistant

Secretary for Children and Families

concerning state plan disapproval,

where applicable. The Office

contributes to the development of

national policy based on perspectives

on all ACF programs. It oversees ACF

operations and the management of ACF

regional staff; coordinates activities

across regional programs; and assures

that goals and objectives are met and

departmental and agency initiatives are

carried out. The Office alerts the

Assistant Secretary for Children and

Families to problems and issues that

may have significant regional or

national impact. The Office provides

executive representation for ACF in

regional external communications, and

serves as ACF liaison with the HHS

Regional Director, other HHS operating

divisions, other federal agencies and

public or private local organizations

representing children and families.

The Executive Officer and

Administrative and Program Support

staff provide day-to-day support for

regional administrative functions,

including internal ACF regional budget

and financial management, performance

management, procurement, property

management, internal systems,

employee relations, training, media

inquires and public affairs activities.

This team oversees the management and

coordination of internal automated

systems in the region, and provides

systems management support to all

Regional Office components.

The Grants Officer, functioning

independently of all program offices,

provides program staff with expertise in

the technical and other nonprogrammatic areas of grants

administration, and provides

appropriate internal control and checks

and balances to ensure financial

integrity in all phases of the grants

process. The Grants Officer and

financial staff provide expert grants

management technical support to the

Office of Community and Work

Programs and the Office of State and

Youth Programs to resolve complex

problems in such areas as cost

allocation, accounting principles, audit,

deferrals and disallowances. The Grants

Officer approves and signs all

discretionary grants.

B. The Office of Community and

Work Programs is headed by an

Assistant Regional Administrator who

reports to the Regional Administrator.

This office is comprised of two

geographic state teams, each headed by

a Program Manager. Each geographic

team is responsible for both program

and fiscal operations for Head Start,

Child Care and Temporary Assistance

for Needy Families (TANF) within their

respective states.

The Office is responsible for

providing centralized management,

financial management services, and

technical administration of ACF

discretionary and formula grant

programs such as Head Start, Child Care

and TANF. 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. The Office provides technical

assistance to entities responsible for

administering these programs to ensure

that appropriate procedures and

practices are adopted, and monitors the

programs to ensure their efficiency and

effectiveness.

The Office performs systematic fiscal

reviews, makes recommendations to the

Regional Administrator to approve or

disallow costs under ACF discretionary

grant programs; and makes

recommendations to the Regional

Administrator concerning state plan

approval or disapproval. The Office

issues discretionary grant awards based

on a review of project objectives, budget
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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.