Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request,

[Federal Register: May 22, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 99)]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-141]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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 the 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: Revision of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Information Collection Requirements Contained in the Medicaid Termination of Enrollment Regulation 42 CFR 434.27; Form No.: HCFA-R-141, OMB-0938- 0572; Use: The termination of enrollment contract requirements, as referenced in 42 CFR 434.27 allow States, through contracts with Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs), to restrict disenrollment from an MCO up to a one year period. However, Medicaid beneficiaries are allowed to disenroll during the period for good cause. Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 8,406,945; Total Annual Responses: 8,406,945; Total Annual Hours: 1.

To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, E-mail your request, including your address and phone number, 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, Information Technology Investment Management Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, Attention: John Rudolph, Room C2-26-17, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

Dated: May 12, 1998. John P. Burke III, HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, Health Care Financing Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-13658Filed5-21-98; 8:45 am]

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