[Federal Register: April 9, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 69)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-116]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services (CMS) (formerly known as 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.
    1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Clinical 
Laboratory Improvement Amendments Application Form and Supporting 
Regulations in 42 CFR 493.1-.2001; Form No.: CMS-116 (OMB 
0938-0581); Use: Clinical Laboratory Certification--The application 
must be completed by entities performing laboratory testing on human 
specimens for diagnostic or treatment purposes. This information is 
vital to the

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certification process; Frequency: Bi-annually; Affected Public: 
Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions, Federal 
government, and State, local, or tribal government; Number of 
Respondents: 16,000; Total Annual Responses: 16,000; Total Annual 
Hours: 20,000.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS's 
Web site address at http://cms.hhs.gov/regulations/pra/default.asp, or 

e-mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, 
and CMS 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 CMS Paperwork Clearance 
Officer designated at the following address: CMS, Office of Strategic 
Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of Regulations Development 
and Issuances, Attention: Melissa Musotto, Room C5-14-03, 7500 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: April 1, 2004.
Melissa Musotto,
Acting, Paperwork Reduction Act Team Leader, Office of Strategic 
Operations and Strategic Affairs, Division of Regulations Development 
and Issuances.
[FR Doc. 04-8094 Filed 4-8-04; 8:45 am]

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