[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26914-26915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13519]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-2567-A]


Emergency Clearance: Public Information Collection Requirements 
Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

    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 (DHHS), 
has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the 
following request for Emergency review. We are requesting an emergency 
review because the collection of this information is needed prior to 
the expiration of the normal time limits under OMB's regulations at 5 
C.F.R., Part 1320, in order to permit recertification of OPOs as 
required by statute. Failure to issue these rules in time for the 1996 
redesignation process may result in the termination of OPO agreements. 
This means that persons in need of organs may not receive them. The 
Agency cannot reasonably comply with the normal clearance procedures 
because public harm is likely to result if normal clearance procedures 
are followed. Without this information, HCFA could not assure 
compliance with this Congressional mandate.
    HCFA is requesting that OMB review this document on 5/31/96 and 
grant a 90-day approval. During this 90-day period HCFA will publish a 
separate Federal Register notice announcing the initiation of an 
extensive 60-day agency review and public comment period on these 
requirements. Then HCFA will submit the requirements for OMB review and 
an extension of this emergency approval.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Statement of 
Deficiencies and Plan of Correction; Form No.: HCFA-2567-A; Use: This 
Paperwork package provides information regarding deficiencies for

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Organ Procurement Organizations (OPO) as well as deficiencies noted 
during periodic facility and laboratory certification surveys. This 
information is used to make decisions concerning OPO redesignation, 
certification/recertification of health care facilities participating 
in the Medicare/Medicaid Programs, and laboratories regulated by CLIA. 
Frequency: Annually and Biennially; Affected Public: State, Local or 
Tribal Governments, Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions, Federal Government; Number of Respondents: 49,200; Total 
Annual Responses: 98,400; Total Annual Hours Requested: 196,800.
    To request copies of the proposed paperwork collections referenced 
above, call the Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326. Written 
comments and recommendations for the proposed information collections 
should be sent by 5/31/96 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: May 22, 1996.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-13519 Filed 5-28-96; 8:45 am]
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