12940 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 41 / Thursday, March 1, 2001 / Notices

of 1988 (CLCIA) Criteria for Waiver,’’

device safety alerts, Federal Register

reprints, information on premarket

submissions (including lists of approved

applications and manufacturers’

addresses), small manufacturers’

assistance, information on video

conferencing and electronic

submissions, mammography matters,

and other device-oriented information.

The CDRH home page may be accessed

at http://www.fda.gov/cdrh. ‘‘Guidance

for Clinical Laboratory Improvement

Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Criteria for

Waiver’’ is available at http://

www.fda.gov/cdrh.

IV. Comments

Interested persons may submit to the

Dockets Management Branch (address

above) written comments regarding this

draft guidance by May 30, 2001. Two

copies of any comments are to be

submitted, except that individuals may

submit one copy. Comments are to be

identified with the docket number

found in brackets in the heading of this

document. The draft guidance and

received comments may be seen in the

Dockets Management Branch between 9

a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday.

Dated: February 14, 2001.

Linda S. Kahan,

Deputy Director for Regulations Policy, Center

for Devices and Radiological Health.

[FR Doc. 01–4963 Filed 2–28–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–265]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration, HHS.

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

approved collection;

Title of Information Collection:

Independent Renal Dialysis Facility

Cost Report Form and Supporting

Regulations 42 CFR 413.24, 413.20;

Form No.: HCFA–265 (OMB# 0938–

0236);

Use: The Medicare Independent Renal

Dialysis Facility Cost Report provides

for determinations and allocation of

costs to the components of the Renal

Dialysis facility in order to establish a

proper basis for Medicare payment;

Frequency: Annually;

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, and

State, Local, or Tribal Government;

Number of Respondents: 3,085;

Total Annual Responses: 3,085;

Total Annual Hours: 604,660.

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: Melissa Musotto, Room N2–

14–26, 7500 Security Boulevard,

Baltimore, Maryland 21244–1850.

Dated: February 14, 2001.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office

of Information Services, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 01–4987 Filed 2–28–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical

Education (CHGME) Payment Program:

Final Eligibility and Funding Criteria

and List of Eligible Hospitals and

Proposed Methodology for

Determining FTE Resident Count,

Treatment of New Children’s Teaching

Hospitals, and Calculating Indirect

Medical Education Payment

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services

Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Final notice and additional

provisions proposed for comment.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth final

eligibility, funding criteria, payment

methodology and performance measures

for the Children’s Hospitals Graduate

Medical Education Payment (CHGME)

program, authorized by section 340E of

the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.

256e), amended by Pub. L. 106–310, The

Children’s Health Act, 2000. It includes

a list of hospitals potentially eligible for

the CHGME program. The notice also

requests comments on proposed criteria

for: determining FTE resident count, the

treatment of new children’s teaching

hospitals, and the methodology for

indirect medical education (IME)

payments. In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Department obtained Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

approval on an emergency clearance to

any data collections imposed on the

public (OMB No. 0915–0247). The

Department has requested approval for

extension of OMB clearance to any data

collections imposed on the public by

this notice. Any changes to this

collection will not become effective

until approved by OMB.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

comment by April 2, 2001. All

comments received on or before April 2,

2001 will be considered in the

development of the final notice

concerning the proposed methodology.

The Department will address comments

individually or by group and publish a

final notice on these comments in the

Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Submit all written

comments concerning this notice to

Barbara Brookmyer, Division of

Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of

Health Professions, Health Resources

and Services Administration, Room 9A–

27, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857; or by