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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–320]

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: Corrective

Action Plan (Medicaid Eligibility

Quality Control) and Supporting

Regulations 42 CFR 431.; Form No.:

HCFA–320; Use: Medicaid eligibility

quality control (MEQC) is a Stateadministered system designed to

improve the management of the

Medicaid program. States are required

to submit a corrective action plan

annually. The plan must detail the

initiatives the State will implement in

order to reduce the type of errors

occurring in the Medicaid eligibility

determination process. Frequency:

Annually; Affected Public: State, Local

or Tribal Government; Number of

Respondents: 21; Total Annual

Responses: 21; Total Annual Hours:

8,400.

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, DC 20503.

Dated: June 16, 1998.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA,

Office of Information Services, Information

Technology Investment Management Group,

Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR 4352–N–03]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection: Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due date: August 24,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

Control Number and should be sent to:

Mildred M. Hamman, Reports Liaison

Officer, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,

SW, Room 4238, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mildred M. Hamman, (202) 708–3642,

extension 4128, for copies of other

available documents. (This is not a tollfree number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department will submit the proposed

information collection to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended).

This Notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and

affecting agencies concerning the

proposed collection of information to:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (2) Evaluate the

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the

burden of the proposed collection of

information; (3) Enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and (4) Minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond; including

through the use of appropriate

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses.

This notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Comprehensive

Grant Program (CGP) Reporting

Requirements.

OMB Control Number if applicable:

2577–0157.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: Public

Housing Agencies (PHAs) with 250
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units or more of public housing will

submit information to HUD to approve

the PHAs annual Comprehensive Plan

submission, to reserve its formula share

of the national allocation for the CCP,

certify resident consultation by the local

government, to certify PHA’s

compliance with statutory and

regulatory requirements by the

governing body of the PHA, and to

monitor performance of the projected

activities of the CGP funds. PHAs

submit this information to obtain a

benefit for the Federal Government.

Agency forms, if applicable: Forms

HUD–52832, HUD–52833, HUD–52834,

HUD–52835, HUD–52836, HUD–52837,

HUD–52840.

Members of affected public: State,

Local Government.

Estimation of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response: 832 respondents,

average 68 hours (7 forms one-time a

year), total reporting burden 56,576

hours.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Extension.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: June 16, 1998.

Deborah Vincent,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public

and Indian Housing.

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