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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,

Information Technology Investment

Management Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards, Attention: Louis

Blank, Room C2–26–17, 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244–

1850.

Dated: April 10, 1998.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office

of Information Services, Information

Technology Investment Management Group,

Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 98–10385 Filed 4–17–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[HCFA–R–221]

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: New Collection; Title of

Information Collection: Evaluation of

the Oregon Medicaid Reform

Demonstration: Phase II Adult

Interview, Phase II Child Interview,

Survey of Agency Providers; Form No.:

HCFA–R–221; Use: These survey

instruments will be used to evaluate the

Oregon Medicaid Reform

Demonstration. The Phase II Adult and

Phase II Child interviews are designed

to collect information on health status,

access to care and past health insurance

status for adults and children

participating in Phase II of the Oregon

Health Plan (OHP). The survey of

Agency providers is designed to collect

information on the experience under

OHP of agencies that traditionally treat

disabled and elderly Medicaid

beneficiaries. Frequency: One Time ;

Affected Public: Individuals or

households, business or other for-profit,

not-for-profit institutions, and State,

Local or Tribal Governments; Number of

Respondents: 4,150; Total Annual

Responses: 4,150; Total Annual Hours:

1,730.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement for the proposed paperwork

collections referenced above, 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, D.C. 20503.

Dated: April 9, 1998.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA,

Office of Information Services, Information

Technology Investment Management Group,

Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 98–10347 Filed 4–17–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[HCFA–316]

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: Reinstatement, with change, of

a previously approved collection for

which approval has expired; Title of

Information Collection: Medicaid,

Integrated Quality Control Review

Manual instructions and Supporting

Regulations 42 CFR 431.800, 42 CFR

431.865; Form No.: HCFA–316 OMB

#0938–0094; Use: The Integrated

Quality Control Review requirements

are designed to collect quality control

(QC) data captured during the course of

all QC reviews in Food Stamps (FS) and

Medicaid programs, and formerly

included data from the Aid to Families

With Dependent Children (AFDC).

Though States are not required to adopt

integrated sampling, States are required

to perform QC reviews for each Federal

assistance program: FS and Medicaid,

the optional integrated worksheet used

for record keeping purposes is designed

to be flexible for use in fully integrated,

partially integrated, or separate QC

program reviews. The primary objective

of the Quality Control program is to

measure, identify, and reduce the level

of misspent Medicaid funds as a result

of erroneous eligibility determinations.

Frequency: Monthly; Affected Public:

State, Local or Tribal Government;

Number of Respondents: 21; Total

Annual Responses: 21; Total Annual

Hours: 1.

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 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, D.C. 20503.