9712 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 28 / Friday, February 9, 2001 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–10029]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

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: New collection; Title of

Information Collection: Medicare

Program Integrity Customer Service

Project; Form No.: HCFA–10029 (OMB#

0938–NEW); Use: Medicare’s Integrity

Program seeks to improve customer

service provided to beneficiaries and

providers. The study’s purpose is to

identify baseline satisfaction with

Program Integrity efforts, to prioritize

improvement areas, and to identify

potential service delivery changes that

can be implemented by HCFA or its

contractors. Respondents include

beneficiaries whose billing questions

were transferred to Fraud, and providers

who have been through enrollment,

medical review, or cost report audit;

Frequency: Annually; Affected Public:

Individuals or households, Business or

other for-profit, Not-for-profit

institutions; Number of Respondents:

5,250; Total Annual Responses: 5,250;

Total Annual Hours: 782. 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, HCFA 10029,

Room N2–14–26, 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244–

1850.

Dated: January 25, 2001.

John P. Burke III,

Reports Clearance Officer, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 01–3328 Filed 2–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Services Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration (SAMHSA)

AGENCY: Center for Mental Health

Services; Center for Substance Abuse

Prevention; Center for Substance Abuse

Treatment; Substance Abuse and Mental

Health Services Administration, HHS;

Notice of Technical Assistance

Workshops

Notice is hereby given of the

following workshops for the provision

of technical assistance to potential

applicants for SAMHSA grants.

The Substance Abuse and Mental

Health Services Administration’s

(SAMHSA’s) Center for Mental Health

Services (CMHS), Center for Substance

Abuse Prevention (CSAP) and Center for

Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), are

offering a series of three one and a half

day regional Technical Assistance

Workshops for prospective applicants.

These workshops will be conducted

jointly by the three SAMHSA Centers to

provide support to prospective

applicants in preparing their

applications in response to published

grant announcements.

Several SAMHSA grant

announcements will be featured at the

workshop, including:

Center for Mental Health Services:

Youth Violence Prevention, Circles of

Care, HIV/AIDS in Minority

Communities, Targeted Capacity

Response, State Data Infrastructure,

Restraint and Seclusion

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention:

Community-Initiated Prevention

Interventions, High-Risk Youth, HIV/

AIDS in Minority Communities, State

Incentive Grants, Fetal Alcohol

Syndrome

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment:

Targeted Capacity Expansion,

Strengthening Treatment for Children

& Adolescents, Strengthening

Treatment for Racial/Ethnic Minority

Populations, Comprehensive

Community Treatment Program for

the Development of New and Useful

Knowledge, Substance Abuse

Treatment for Homeless Individuals,

Re-Entry, Recovery Community

Support Program, TCE/HIV

More information about each grant

program will be available on SAMHSA’s

website at: http//www.samhsa.gov. The

Guidance for Applicants (GFAs) for

these grant programs can also be found

at SAMHSA’s website following

publication in the Federal Register.

Potential participants are strongly

encouraged to check these resources

prior to attending the workshop.

The Technical Assistance Workshops

will be held at the following locations:

Workshop I—March 15 and 16, Holiday

Inn Hotel and Conference Center,

Scottsdale, AZ, (480) 994–9203 or (800)

695–6995; Workshop II—March 20 and

21, Adam’s Mark Hotels and Resorts,

Orlando, FL, (407) 859–1500; and

Workshop III—March 22 and 23, The

Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, MA,

(617) 426–2000 or (800) 225–2008.

Registration and check-in at each site

will be at 7:30 a.m.; workshop hours on

the first day are 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m. On the

second day, the grant writing session

will take place from 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

Preliminary Agenda Highlights for the

TA Workshops include: (1) Review of

SAMHSA programs and priorities; (2)

Provision of related resource materials;

(3) Technical/practical aspects of the

grants application process including

application requirements, improving

applications, instruction in completing

required forms, submission, review, and

award procedures; (4) Separate breakout

sessions for discussion of specific grant

announcements; and (5) Opportunity for

questions and answers. On the second

day, there will be a session designed to

provide further assistance with grant

writing and application preparation.

TA Workshop Arrangements

There is no registration fee for the

workshops. However, space is limited

and preregistration is strongly

encouraged. Registrants will be

responsible for costs associated with

their own travel, meals, and lodging.

Workshop confirmation will be faxed.

For further assistance, please call the

SAMHSA hotline at (301) 984–1471,

ext. 377 or by fax at (301) 945–4298.

SAMHSA suggests that the attendees be