[Federal Register: October 31, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 212)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-1557 and CMS-437A and B]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) 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: Survey Report
Form for Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and
Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 493.1-493.2001; Use: This form is used
by the State to determine a laboratory's compliance with CLIA. This
information is needed for a laboratory's CLIA certification and
recertification. Form Number: CMS-1557 (OMB 0938-0544);
Frequency: Biennially; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit,
Not-for-profit institutions, State, Local or Tribal Governments and
Federal Government; Number of Respondents: 21,000; Total Annual
Responses: 10,500; Total Annual Hours: 5,248.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Rehabilitation
Unit Criteria Worksheet and Rehabilitation Hospital Criteria Worksheet;
Use: The rehabilitation hospital and rehabilitation unit criteria
worksheets are necessary to verify that these facilities/units comply
and remain in compliance with the exclusion criteria for the Medicare
prospective
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payment system. Form Number: CMS-437A and 437B (OMB 0938-
0986); Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business or other for-
profit; Number of Respondents: 1227; Total Annual Responses: 1227;
Total Annual Hours: 307.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS's
Web Site at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995, or E-
mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326.
In commenting on the proposed information collections please
reference the document identifier or OMB control number. To be assured
consideration, comments and recommendations must be submitted in one of
the following ways by December 30, 2008:
1. Electronically. You may submit your comments electronically to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for ``Comment or
Submission'' or ``More Search Options'' to find the information
collection document(s) accepting comments.
2. By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the following
address: CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Division of Regulations Development, Attention: Document Identifier/OMB
Control Number ----, Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: October 23, 2008.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E8-25925 Filed 10-30-08; 8:45 am]
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