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prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR

171.7).

Dated: September 27, 2000.

Alan M. Rulis,

Director, Office of Premarket Approval,

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–10006]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

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: Extension of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: TWWIIA

Demonstration to Maintain

Independence and Employment Grants;

Form No.: HCFA–10006 (OMB# 0938–

0799); Use: Section 204 of the Ticket to

Work and Work Incentives Act provides

for the establishment of grants for States

that develop and implement

demonstration programs designed to

support working people with physical

or mental impairments that without

medical assistance will result in

disability. State agencies will be

applying for these grants; Frequency:

Annually; Affected Public: State, local,

or tribal gov’t; Number of Respondents:

56; Total Annual Responses: 56; Total

Annual Hours: 5,600.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms for the

proposed paperwork collections

referenced above, access HCFA’s Web

Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/

regs/prdact95.htm, or 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 60 days of this notice directly to

the HCFA Paperwork Clearance Officer

designated at the following address:

HCFA, Office of Information Services,

Security and Standards Group, Division

of HCFA Enterprise Standards,

Attention: Julie Brown, Room N2–14–

26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

Maryland 21244–1850.

Dated: October 4, 2000.

John P. Burke III,

Reports Clearance Officer, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–10012]

Emergency Clearance: Public

Information Collection Requirements

Submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB)

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.

We are, however, requesting an

emergency review of the Information

collections referenced below. In

compliance with the requirement of

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

Reduction Act of 1995, we have

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) the following

requirements for emergency review. We

are requesting an emergency review

because the collection of this

information is needed prior to the

expiration of the normal time limits

under OMB’s regulations at 5 C.F.R.,

Part 1320. This collection of information

will be used to test the effectiveness of

three possible Medicare smoking

cessation benefits and to make

inferences that are generalizable to the

Medicare program. Using a comparison

trial with restricted randomization of

study locales, this study will compare

three variations in a potential Medicare

smoking cessation benefit on smoking

cessation and abstinence rates. Smoking

cessation for seniors is currently

receiving attention from Congress and

the White House. Senator Graham (D–

FL) has proposed a smoking cessation

Medicare benefit, while the White

House provides for a smoking cessation

demonstration in the President’s Plan to

Modernize and Strengthen Medicare for

the 21st Century. In response to this

White House initiative, HCFA is

launching this demonstration to test

smoking cessation as a possible covered

benefit under the Medicare program. If

this information is not collected, public

harm is likely to occur. Considerable

evidence indicates that much greater

improvement in health status could be

accomplished if currently existing,

effective and commonly available

preventative practices and services were

implemented more widely; therefore,

this demonstration could help improve

the health of the Medicare population.

HCFA is requesting OMB review and

approval of this collection by October

31, 2000, with a 180-day approval

period. Written comments and

recommendations will be accepted from

the public if received by the individuals

designated below by October 27, 2000.

During this 180-day period, we will

publish a separate Federal Register

notice announcing the initiation of an

extensive 60-day agency review and

public comment period on these

requirements. We will submit the

requirements for OMB review and an

extension of this emergency approval.

Type of Information Collection

Request: New Collection;

Title of Information Collection:

Healthy Aging Smoking Cessation

Demonstration;

Form No.: HCFA–10012 (OMB# 0938–

NEW);