Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 195 / Friday, October 6, 2000 / Notices 59859

Register notice seeking emergency OMB

clearance, pursuant to the Paperwork

Reduction Act, of a revised uniform

mandatory Home Health Advance

Beneficiary Notice (HHABN). (The

Federal Register notice, which includes

procedures for submitting comments on

the revised HHABN, the revised

uniform HHABN and related

documents, including a Supporting

Statement, are posted on HCFA’s

website at http://www.hcfa.gov/regs/

prdact95htm, and are also available via

an e-mail request sent to

Paperwork@hcfa.gov). HCFA has

requested that OMB issue an emergency

clearance of the proposed uniform

HHABN by October 12, 2000, and HCFA

intends to make mandatory the use of

the HHABN not later than 90 days

following OMB approval. (See the

Supporting Statement for HCFA–R–

0296). The instructions and

requirements of PMs A–99–52 and A–

99–54 will remain in effect until a

further instruction with a new

mandatory implementation date is

issued. HCFA expects to issue these

instructions as soon as it receives

emergency approval by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB). HCFA

strongly advises that HHAs use the new

notice (the HHABN) once it is approved

and instructions are issued, rather than

waiting until its use becomes mandatory

in January 2001.

Dated: October 4, 2000.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA,

Office of Information Services Security and

Standards Group Division of HCFA Enterprise

Standards.

[FR Doc. 00–25936 Filed 10–6–00; 8:45 am]

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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 in 42 CFR

412.105;

Form No.: HCFA–R–64 (OMB# 0938–

0456);

Use: This 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 agency’s Intern and Resident

Information System uses the

information for producing automated

reports of duplicate full-time equivalent

IRs for IME. The reports provide

contractors with information to ensure

that hospitals are properly reimbursed

for IME, and help eliminate duplicate

reporting of IR counts which inflate

payments. The collection of this

information affects 1,350 hospitals

which participate in approved medical

education programs.;

Frequency: Annually;

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions, and Business or other forprofit;

Number of Respondents: 1,350;

Total Annual Responses: 1,350;

Total Annual Hours: 2,700.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement for the proposed paperwork

collections referenced above, access

HCFA’s Web Site Address at http://

www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or Email 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 30 days of this notice 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, DC 20503.

Dated: September 11, 2000.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA,

Office of Information Services, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 00–25760 Filed 10–5–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

In compliance with section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 concerning

opportunity for public comment on

proposed collections of information, the

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration will publish

periodic summaries of proposed

projects. To request more information

on the proposed projects or to obtain a

copy of the information collection

plans, call the SAMHSA Reports

Clearance Officer on (301) 443–7978.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collections of information

are necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of the burden of the proposed collection

of information; (c) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Obligated Service

for Mental Health Traineeships:

Regulations (42 CFR part 62a) and

Forms—(Extension, no change; OMB

No. 0930–0074)—SAMHSA’s Center for

Mental Health Services (CMHS) awards

grants to institutions for training

instruction and traineeships in mental

health and related disciplines. Graduate

student recipients of these clinical

traineeships must perform service, as

determined by the Secretary to be

appropriate in terms of the individual’s

training and experience, for a length of

time equal to the period of support. The

clinical trainees are required to submit

SAMHSA Form SMA 111, a payback

agreement, SAMHSA Form 111–1,

which ensures agency receipt of a

termination notice prior to the end of

support, and the SAMHSA Form SMA

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111–2, which is an annual report on

employment status and any changes in

name and/or address, to SAMHSA. The

burden estimate is provided below.

42 CFR citation and associated forms Number of

respondents

Responses

per

respondent

Average

burden per

response

(hrs.)

Annual

burden

(hrs.)

64a.104 SMA 111,111–1 .............................................................................................. 50 1 .10 5

64a.105(b)(2) SMA 111–2 ............................................................................................. 500 1 .18 90

Total .......................................................................................................................... 550 .................... .................... 95

Send comments to Nancy Pearce,

SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 16–105, Parklawn Building, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received

within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: September 29, 2000.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 00–25686 Filed 10–5–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4561–N–62]

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB;

Resident Opportunities SelfSufficiency (ROSS) Program:

Application Requirements, Evaluation,

Assessment, Certifications

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information

Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

has been 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 Date: November

6, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

approval number (2577–0229) and

should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

OMB Desk Officer, Office of

Management and Budget, Room 10235,

New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management

Officer, Q, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,

Southwest, Washington, DC 20410; email Wayne_Eddins@HUD.gov;

telephone (202) 708–2374. This is not a

toll-free number. Copies of the proposed

forms and other available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department has submitted the proposal

for the collection of information, as

described below, to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The Notice

lists the following information: (1) The

title of the information collection

proposal; (2) the office of the agency to

collect the information; (3) the OMB

approval number, if applicable; (4) the

description of the need for the

information and its proposed use; (5)

the agency form number, if applicable;

(6) what members of the pubic will be

affected by the proposal; (7) how

frequently information submissions will

be required; (8) an estimate of the total

number of hours needed to prepare the

information submission including

number of respondents, frequency of

response, and hours of response; (9)

whether the proposal is new, an

extension, reinstatement, or revision of

an information collection requirement;

and (10) the name and telephone

number of an agency official familiar

with the proposal and of the OMB Desk

Officer for the Department.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Resident

Opportunities Self-Sufficiency (ROSS).

Program: Application requirements,

evaluation, assessment, certifications.

OMB Approval Number: 2577–0229.

Form Numbers: None.

Description of the Need for the

Information and Its Proposed Use:

Public Housing Entities, Intermediary

Resident Organizations, if eligible, will

submit applications for Resident

Opportunities Self-Sufficiency Program

funding categories: Resident

Management and Business

Development, Capacity Building and

Conflict Resolution, Resident Services

Delivery Models and Service

Coordinators to HUD. HUD will review

and approve or disapprove applications

for grant funds.

Respondents: Individuals or

Households, Not-For Profit Institutions

State, Local or Tribal Government.

Frequency of Submission: Annually.

Number of respondents × Frequency of

responses × Hours per response = Burden hours

Reporting Burden ...................................................................... 850 1 52.7 44,800