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###### Department of Health and Human Services

###### Health Care Financing Administration 

          - [Document Identifier:HCFA-R-204] 

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:*                     Data Collection for the Second Generation Social Health Maintenance Organization Demonstration;                

*Form No.:*                     HCFA-R-204 (OMB# 0938-0709);                 

*Use:*                     The data collected under this effort will be used to support the operational needs of the Congressionally-mandated Second Generation of the Social Health Maintenance Organization Demonstration. The purpose of the data collections is to collect the necessary data elements from members of the treatment group for the risk-adjusted S/HMO—payment methodology, and to gather information from members of the treatment group to enable the participating S/HMO-II site to identify high-risk beneficiaries and more appropriately target the clinical and social resources of the S/HMO model.                

*Frequency:*                     On occasion, and Annually.                

*Affected Public:*                     Individuals or Households.                

*Number of Respondents:*                     40,393.                

*Total Annual Responses:*                     69,717.                

*Total Annual Hours:*                     32,917.                 

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 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 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: November 17, 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. 00-30506 Filed 11-29-00; 8:45 am] 

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