28394 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 99 / Friday, May 22, 1998 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–R–141]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

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, is publishing the

following summary of proposed

collections for public comment.

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: Revision of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Information

Collection Requirements Contained in

the Medicaid Termination of Enrollment

Regulation 42 CFR 434.27; Form No.:

HCFA–R–141, OMB–0938–0572; Use:

The termination of enrollment contract

requirements, as referenced in 42 CFR

434.27 allow States, through contracts

with Medicaid Managed Care

Organizations (MCOs), to restrict

disenrollment from an MCO up to a one

year period. However, Medicaid

beneficiaries are allowed to disenroll

during the period for good cause.

Frequency: On occasion; Affected

Public: Business or other for-profit;

Number of Respondents: 8,406,945;

Total Annual Responses: 8,406,945;

Total Annual Hours: 1.

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 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: John

Rudolph, Room C2–26–17, 7500

Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

Maryland 21244–1850.

Dated: May 12, 1998.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Division of

HCFA Enterprise Standards, Health Care

Financing Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–13658 Filed 5–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–18F5]

Agency information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

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, is publishing the

following summary of proposed

collections for public comment.

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: Application for

Hospital Insurance and Supporting

Regulation 42CFR 406.7; Form No.:

HCFA–18F5, OMB # 0938–0251; Use:

The HCFA 18F5 is used to establish

entitlement to hospital insurance and

supplementary medical insurance for

beneficiaries entitled under title XVII of

the Social Security Act only. Frequency:

One time submission; Affected Public:

Individuals or Households, Business or

other for-profit, Not-for-profit

institutions, Farms, Federal

Government, and State, Local or Tribal

Government; Number of Respondents:

50,000; Total Annual Responses:

50,000; Total Annual Hours: 12,500.

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 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: John

Rudolph Room C2–26–17 7500 Security

Boulevard Baltimore, Maryland 21244–

1850

Dated: May 14, 1998.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Division of

HCFA Enterprise Standards, Health Care

Financing Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–13676 Filed 5–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–102/105]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration.

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