2912 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 9 / Friday, January 12, 2001 / Notices

Date and Time: The meeting will be

held on January 30, 2001, 8 a.m. to 6

p.m.

Location: Holiday Inn, The Ballrooms,

Two Montgomery Ave., Gaithersburg,

MD.

Agenda: The committee will consider

the safety and efficacy of a new drug

application (NDA) 50–755, Augmentin

ESTM (amoxicillin/clavulanate) 90

milligrams per kilograms per day,

SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals,

for the treatment of pediatric patients

with acute otitis media due to penicillin

resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Procedure: Interested persons may

present data, information, or views,

orally or in writing, on issues pending

before the committee. Written

submissions may be made to the contact

person by January 22, 2001. Oral

presentations from the public will be

scheduled between approximately 2:45

p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Time allotted for each

presentation may be limited. Those

desiring to make formal oral

presentations should notify the contact

person before January 22, 2001, and

submit a brief statement of the general

nature of the evidence or arguments

they wish to present, the names and

addresses of proposed participants, and

an indication of the approximate time

requested to make their presentation.

Notice of this meeting is given under

the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C. app. 2).

Dated: January 5, 2001.

Linda A. Suydam,

Senior Associate Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 01–1056 Filed 1–11–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–S

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–R–26]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration, DHHS.

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 Request:

Extension of a currently approved

collection; Title of Information

Collection: Clinical Laboratory

Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and

the ICRs contained in the supporting

regulations in 42 CFR 493.1–.2001;

Form Number: HCFA–R–26 (OMB

approval #: 0938–0612); Use: The ICRs

referenced in 42 CFR part 493 outline

the requirements necessary to determine

an entity’s compliance with CLIA. CLIA

requires laboratories that perform

testing on human beings to meet

performance requirements (quality

standards) in order to be certified by

HHS; Frequency:Other: As needed;

Affected Public; Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions,

Federal government, State, local or

tribal gov’t; Number of Respondents:

149,700; total Annual Responses:

700,650; Total Annual Hours Requested:

10,230,714.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms 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, 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,

Security and Standards Group, Division

of HCFA Enterprise Standards,

Attention: Julie Brown, Room N2–14–

26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

Maryland 21244–1850.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office

of Information Services, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 01–1069 Filed 1–11–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Docket Identifier: HCFA–1500]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration, DHHS.

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 Request:

Extension of a currently approved

collection; Title of Information

Collection; Medicare/Medicaid Health

Insurance Common Claim Form,

Instructions, and Supporting

Regulations: 42 CFR 414.40, 424.32,

424.44; Form Number: NCFA–1500,

HCFA–1490U, HCFA–1490S (OMB

approval #: 0938–0008); Use: This form

is a standardized form for use in the

Medicare/Medicaid programs to apply

for reimbursement for covered services.

In addition, it reduces cost and

administrative burdens associated with

claims since only one coding system is

used and maintanined; Frequency: On

occasion; Affected Public: Business or

other for-profit, Not-for-profit

institutions; Number of Respondents:

1,321,417; Total Annual Responses:

1,321,417; Total Annual Hours

Requested: 44,189,007.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms 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, phone

number, OMB number, and HCFA

document identifier, to

Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports