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reduce the level of misspent Medicaid

funds as a result of erroneous eligibility

determinations. HCFA uses this

information to identify problem areas

and plan corrective action initiatives to

reduce erroneous expenditures.

Frequency: Monthly; Affected Public:

State, Local or Tribal Government;

Number of Respondents: 51; Total

Annual Responses: 19,141; Total

Annual Hours: 262,072.

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.

Date: November 14, 1997.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Division of

HCFA Enterprise Standards, Health Care

Financing Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–30531 Filed 11–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–565]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission For OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration, HHS.

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 this 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 a previously approved collection for

which approval has been expired; Title

of Information Collection: Medicare

Qualification Statement for Federal

Employees and Supporting Regulations

in 42 CFR 406.15; Form No.: HCFA–565

(OMB #0938–0501); Use: The HCFA–

565 is completed by an individual filing

for hospital insurance (HI) benefits (Part

A) based upon their federal

employment. This information is

necessary to determine if HCFA/SSA

can use federal employment prior to

1983 to qualify for free Part A. The data

is passed to the HI master record, the

Enrollment Data Base (EDB). An HI

record showing appropriate entitlement

is established an if applicable, a

Medicare card is issued.; Frequency:

Other (one time only); Affected Public:

Individuals or Households, and Federal

Government; Number of Respondents:

4,300; Total Annual Responses: 4,300;

Total Annual Hours: 717.

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, phone number,

OMB number, and HCFA document

identifier, 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 OMB desk officer: OMB Human

Resources and Housing Branch,

Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive

Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: November 12, 1997.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office

of Information Services, Information

Technology Investment Management Group,

Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute on Drug Abuse;

Notice of Closed Meetings

Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following

National Institute on Drug Abuse

(NIDA) Initial Review Group and

Special Emphasis Panel meetings.

Purpose/Agenda: To review and evaluate

grant applications and contract proposals.

Name of Committee: AIDS Behavioral

Research Subcommittee.

Date: December 2–3, 1997.

Time: 8:30 a.m.

Place: Hyatt Regency Bethesda, One

Bethesda Metro Center, Bethesda, MD 20814.

Contact Person: Mary C. Custer, Ph.D.,

Scientific Review Administrator, Office of

Extramural Program Review, National

Institute on Drug Abuse, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Room 10–22, Telephone (301) 443–2620.

Name of Committee: NIDA Special

Emphasis Panel (Contract Review—

‘‘Quantitative Analysis of and Method

Development for Cannabinoids, Endogenous

Compounds, and Other Drugs of Abuse and

Related Compounds by Radioimmunoassay

or Related Methods’’).

Date: December 19, 1997.

Time: 10:30 a.m.

Place: Office of Extramural Program

Review, National Institute on Drug Abuse,

NIH, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 10–42,

Rockville, MD 20857 (Telephone

Conference).

Contact Person: Mr. Eric Zatman, Contract

Review Specialist, Office of Extramural

Program Review, National Institute on Drug

Abuse, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 10–42,

Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone (301)

443–1644.

The meetings will be closed in accordance

with provisions set forth in secs. 552b(c)(4)

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

applications and/or proposals and the

discussions could reveal confidential trade

secrets or commercial property such as

patentable material and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

applications and/or proposals, the disclosure

of which would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Numbers: 93.277, Drug Abuse

Scientist Development, Research Scientist

Development, and Research Scientist

Awards; 93.278, Drug Abuse National

Research Service Awards for Research

Training; 93.279, Drug Abuse Research

Programs, National Institutes of Health)

Dated: November 13, 1997.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

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