[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 210 (Thursday, October 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 58736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28708]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-37]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
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, is 
publishing the following summary of proposed collections for public 
comment. 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: Reinstatement, without 
change, of previously approved collection for which approval has 
expired; Title of Information Collection: Medicaid Program Budget 
Report and Supporting Regulations 42 CFR 400.00-430.00; Form No.: HCFA-
37 OMB # 0938-0101; Use: The Medicaid Program Budget report is prepared 
by the State Medicaid Agencies and is used by HCFA for; (1) developing 
National Medicaid Budget estimates, (2) quantification of Budget 
Assumptions, (3) the issuance of quarterly Medicaid Grant Awards, and 
(4) collection of projected State receipts of donations and taxes. 
Frequency: Quarterly; Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal 
Government; Number of Respondents: 56; Total Annual Responses: 224; 
Total Annual Hours: 7,840.
    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 P<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fa9b8a9f888d958891ba92999c9bd49d958c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="90f1e0f5e2e7ffe2fbd0f8f3f6f1bef7ffe6">[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 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: October 22, 1997.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, 
Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-28708 Filed 10-29-97; 8:45 am]
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