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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2067-2068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-593]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-306]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS.

    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services (CMS) 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.
    1. Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement without 
change of a previously approved collection; Title of Information 
Collection: Condition of Participation--Use of Restraint and Seclusion 
in Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities Providing Psychiatric 
Services to Individuals Under Age 21 and Supporting Regulations at 42 
CFR 483.350-483.376; Use: Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities 
are required to report deaths, serious injuries and attempted suicides 
to the State Medicaid Agency and the Protection and Advocacy 
Organization. They are also required to provide residents the restraint 
and seclusion policy in writing, and to document in the residents' 
records all activities involving the use of restraint and seclusion; 
Form Number: CMS-R-306 (OCN 0938-0833); Frequency: Once and 
Occasionally; Affected Public: Private Sector (Business or other for-
profits); Number of Respondents: 376; Total Annual Responses: 329,500; 
Total Annual Hours: 501,750. (For policy questions regarding this 
collection

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contact Jean Close at (410) 786-2804 or Melissa Musotto at (410) 786-
6962. For all other issues call (410) 786-1326.)
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS' 
Web Site address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995, 
or Email your request, including your address, phone number, OMB 
number, and CMS document identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call 
the Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326.
    In commenting on the proposed information collections please 
reference the document identifier or OMB control number. To be assured 
consideration, comments and recommendations must be submitted in one of 
the following ways by March 13, 2012:
    1. Electronically. You may submit your comments electronically to 
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for ``Comment or 
Submission'' or ``More Search Options'' to find the information 
collection document(s) accepting comments.
    2. By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the following 
address: CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, 
Division of Regulations Development, Attention: Document Identifier/OMB 
Control Number CMS-R-306 (0938-0833), Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: January 6, 2012.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Division B, Office of 
Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2012-593 Filed 1-12-12; 8:45 am]
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