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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10192]
Emergency Clearance: Public
Information Collection Requirements
Submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB)
Center 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), 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
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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.
We are, however, requesting an
emergency review of the information
collection referenced below. In
compliance with the requirement of
section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we have
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) the following
requirements for emergency review. We
are requesting an emergency review
because the collection of this
information is needed before the
expiration of the normal time limits
under OMB’s regulations at 5 CFR part
1320. This is necessary to ensure
compliance with an initiative of the
Administration. We cannot reasonably
comply with the normal clearance
procedures because the use of the
normal clearance process would delay
the implementation of our survey,
which in turn would jeopardize our
ability to complete the Report to
Congress by August 8, 2006.
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: New Collection; Title of
Information Collection: Strategic and
Implementing Plan Regarding Specialty
Hospitals—Section 5006 of the Deficit
Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005; Use:
Section 5006 of the DRA requires CMS
to develop a strategic and implementing
plan regarding physician-owned
specialty hospitals. CMS is required to
analyze whether physician investment
in specialty hospitals is proportional,
whether the investment is a bona fide
investment, and whether the Secretary
should require annual disclosure, and
the provision of care to Medicaid
patients, patients receiving medical
assistance under a demonstration, and
patients receiving charity care, and
lastly appropriate enforcement; Form
Number: CMS–10192 (OMB#: 0938–
NEW); Frequency: Reporting—As
requested; Affected Public: Business or
other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions, Federal government;
Number of Respondents: 400; Total
Annual Responses: 400; Total Annual
Hours: 1600.
CMS is requesting OMB review and
approval of this collection by May 1,
2006, with a 180-day approval period.
Written comments and recommendation
will be considered from the public if
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received by the individuals designated
below by May 1, 2006.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, access CMS’ Web site
address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/
regulations/pra 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.
Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding the burden or any
other aspect of these collections of
information requirements. However, as
noted above, comments on these
information collection and
recordkeeping requirements must be
mailed and/or faxed to the designees
referenced below by May 1, 2006:
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs, Room C4–26–05,
7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD
21244–1850, Attn: William N. Parham,
III; and,
OMB Human Resources and Housing
Branch, Attention: Carolyn Lovett, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, Fax Number:
(202) 395–6974.
Dated: April 12, 2006.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–359, 360, R–55;
CMS–368, R–144; CMS–643, CMS–R–305,
CMS 10174, and CMS–10097]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
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 & Medicaid
Services (CMS), 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
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of the following subjects: (1) The
necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper
performance of the Agency’s function;
(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: Comprehensive
Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility
(CORF) Eligibility and Survey Forms
and Information Collection
Requirements at 42 CFR 485.56, 485.58,
485.60, 485.64, 485.66 and 410.105;
Use: In order for a provider to
participate in the Medicare program as
a CORF, a provider must meet the
Federal conditions of participation. The
form CMS–359 is utilized as an
application for facilities wishing to
participate in the Medicare/Medicaid
program as CORFs. This form initiates
the process of obtaining a decision as to
whether the conditions of participation
are met. The form CMS–360 is an
instrument used by the State survey
agency to record data collected in order
to determine the provider compliance
with individual conditions of
participation and to report it to the
Federal Government; Form Numbers:
CMS–359, 360, R–55 (OMB#: 0938–
0267); Frequency: Reporting—On
occasion; Affected Public: State, local,
or tribal government and business or
other for-profit; Number of
Respondents: 630; Total Annual
Responses: 630; Total Annual Hours:
300,046.
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: State Medicaid
Drug Rebate; Use: Section 1927 of the
Social Security Act requires each State
Medicaid agency to report quarterly
prescription drug utilization
information to drug manufacturers and
to the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services. As part of this
information, the State Medicaid
agencies are required to report the total
Medicaid rebate amount they claim they
are owed by each drug manufacturer for
each covered prescription drug product
each quarter; Form Numbers: CMS–368,
R–144 (OMB#: 0938–0582); Frequency:
Reporting—Quarterly; Affected Public:
State, Local, or Tribal government;
Number of Respondents: 51; Total
Annual Responses: 204; Total Annual
Hours: 9,389.
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3. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Hospice Survey
and Deficiencies Report Form and
Supporting Regulations at 42 CFR
442.30 and 488.26; Use: In order to
participate in the Medicare program, a
hospice must meet certain Federal
health and safety conditions of
participation. This form is used by State
surveyors to record data about a
hospice’s compliance with these
conditions of participation in order to
initiate the certification or
recertification process; Form Number:
CMS–643 (OMB#: 0938–0379);
Frequency: Reporting—Annually;
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions and Business or other forprofit; Number of Respondents: 2,293;
Total Annual Responses: 475; Total
Annual Hours: 238.
4. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: External Quality
Review for Medicaid Managed Care
Organizations (MCOs); Form Number:
CMS–R–305 (OMB#: 0938–0786); Use:
The results of Medicare reviews,
Medicare accreditation surveys, and
Medicaid external quality reviews will
be used by States in assessing the
quality of care provided to Medicaid
beneficiaries provided by MCOs and to
provide information on the quality of
the care provided to the general public
upon request; Frequency: Annually;
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, State, Local and or Tribal
Government; Number of Respondents:
542; Total Annual Responses: 14,266;
Total Annual Hours: 648,877.
5. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension Collection; Title of
Information Collection: Collection of
Prescription Drug Data from MA–PD,
PDP and Fallout Plans/Sponsors for
Medicare Part D Payments; Use: The
Medicare Prescription Drug
Improvement and Modernization Act
(MMA) requires Medicare payment to
Medicare Advantage (MA)
organizations, prescription drug plans
(PDP) sponsors, Fallbacks, and other
plan sponsors offering coverage of
outpatient prescription drugs under the
new Medicare Part D benefit. The MMA
provided four summary mechanisms for
paying plans: Direct subsidies,
subsidized coverage for qualifying lowincome individuals, Federal reinsurance
subsidies, and risk corridor payments.
In order to make payment in accordance
with these provisions, CMS has
determined it needs to collect a limited
set of data elements for 100 percent of
prescription drug claims or events from
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plans offering Part D coverage. The
transmission of the statutorily required
data will be in an electronic format. The
information users will be Pharmacy
Benefit Managers (PBM), third party
administrators and pharmacies, and the
PDPs, MA–PDs, Fallbacks, and other
plan sponsors that offer coverage of
outpatient prescription drugs under the
new Medicare Part D benefit to
Medicare beneficiaries. The statutorily
required data will be used primarily for
payment, claims validation, quality
monitoring, and program integrity and
oversight; Form Number: CMS–10174
(OMB#: 0938–0982); Frequency:
Monthly, Quarterly and Annually;
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, and Not-for-profit institutions;
Number of Respondents: 455; Total
Annual Responses: 2,418,000,000; Total
Annual Hours: 4,836.
6. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicare
Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey
(MCPSS); Form No.: CMS–10097 (OMB#
0938–0915); Use: The Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services will
obtain feedback from over 30,000
Medicare providers via a survey about
satisfaction, attitudes and perceptions
regarding the services provided by
Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Carriers,
Fiscal Intermediaries, Durable Medical
Equipment Suppliers, and Regional
Home Health Intermediaries and
Medicare Administrative Contractors.
The survey focuses on basic business
functions provided by the Medicare
Contractors such as inquiries, provider
communications, claims processing,
appeals, provider enrollment, medical
review and provider audit &
reimbursement. Providers will receive a
notice requesting they use a specially
constructed Web site to respond to a set
of questions customized for their
contractor’s responsibilities. The survey
will be conducted yearly and annual
reports of the survey results will be
available via an online reporting system
for use by CMS, Medicare Contractors,
and the general public; Frequency:
Reporting—Anually; Affected Public:
Business or other for-profit, Not-forprofit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 20,514; Total Annual
Responses: 20,514; Total Annual Hours:
7209.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, access CMS Web site
address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/
PaperworkReductionActof1995, or email your request, including your
address, phone number, OMB number,
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and CMS document identifier, to
Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786–
1326.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collections must be mailed
or faxed within 30 days of this notice
directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB
Human Resources and Housing Branch,
Attention: Carolyn Lovett, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, Fax Number:
(202) 395–6974.
Dated: April 12, 2006.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–10193 and CMS–
10133]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
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 & 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: New Collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicare
Clinical Laboratory Services
Competitive Bidding Demonstration
Project—Bidding Form; Use: The
Medicare Clinical Laboratory
Competitive Bidding Demonstration is
mandated by section 302(b) of the
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Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement and Modernization Act
(MMA) of 2003. The purpose of the
demonstration is to determine whether
competitive bidding can be used to
provide quality laboratory services at
prices below current Medicare
reimbursement rates. The application is
to collect information from
organizations that supply clinical
laboratory services to Medicare
beneficiaries in the Competitive Bidding
Area (CBA). This information will be
used to determine bidding status,
winners under the bidding competition,
and the competitively-determined fee
schedule for demonstration tests. The
winning laboratories will be selected
based on multiple criteria, including
price bid, laboratory capacity, service
area, and quality. Multiple winners are
expected in each competitive
acquisition areas; Form Number: CMS–
10193 (OMB#: 0938–New); Frequency:
Reporting—Other: Once every three
years; Affected Public: Business or other
for-profit; Number of Respondents: 80;
Total Annual Responses: 80; Total
Annual Hours: 7010.
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Competitive
Acquisition Program (CAP) for Medicare
Part B Drugs: Vendor Application and
Bid Form; Use: The CAP Vendor
Application and Bid Form is a
collection tool which will be used by
potential vendors to provide
information related to the characteristics
of their company and to submit their bid
prices for CAP drugs. The information
collected on the CAP Vendor
Application and Bid Form will be used
by CMS during the bidding evaluation
process to evaluate the vendors bid
prices, their credentials, experience and
to assess their ability to provide quality
service to physicians and beneficiaries.
Competitive bidding is seen as a means
of using the dynamics of the
marketplace to provide incentives for
suppliers to provide reasonably priced
products and services of high quality in
an efficient manner. The CAP’s
objectives include providing an
alternative method for physicians to
obtain Part B drugs to administer to
Medicare beneficiaries and reducing
drug acquisition and billing burdens for
physicians; Form Number: CMS–10133
(OMB#: 0938–0955); Frequency:
Reporting—Other, during the bidding
process; Affected Public: Business or
other for-profit; Number of
Respondents: 12; Total Annual
Responses: 12; Total Annual Hours:
480.
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To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, access CMS’ Web Site
address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/
PaperworkReductionActof1995, or email 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.
To be assured consideration,
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collections must
be received at the address below, no
later than 5 p.m. on June 20, 2006.
CMS, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs, Division of
Regulations Development—C, Attention:
Bonnie L. Harkless, Room C4–26–05,
7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244–1850.
Dated: April 12, 2006.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[CMS–2235–NC]
RIN 0938–AO38
State Children’s Health Insurance
Program (SCHIP); Redistribution of
Unexpended SCHIP Funds From the
Appropriation for Fiscal Year 2003;
Additional Allotments To Eliminate
SCHIP Fiscal Year 2006 Funding
Shortfalls; and Provisions for
Continued Authority for Qualifying
States To Use a Portion of Certain
SCHIP Funds for Medicaid
Expenditures
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice with comment
period describes the procedure for
redistribution of States’ unexpended
Federal fiscal year (FY) 2003 SCHIP
allotments remaining at the end of FY
2005 to those States that fully expended
such allotments. This notice also
announces the application of the
provisions of the Deficit Reduction Act
of 2005 (DRA, Pub. L. 109–171, enacted
on February 8, 2006) concerning the
availability of additional allotments
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-359, 360, R-55; CMS-368, R-144; CMS-643, CMS-
R-305, CMS 10174, and CMS-10097]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 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 & Medicaid
Services (CMS), 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
[[Page 20696]]
of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the proper performance of the
Agency's function; (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: Comprehensive
Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (CORF) Eligibility and Survey Forms
and Information Collection Requirements at 42 CFR 485.56, 485.58,
485.60, 485.64, 485.66 and 410.105; Use: In order for a provider to
participate in the Medicare program as a CORF, a provider must meet the
Federal conditions of participation. The form CMS-359 is utilized as an
application for facilities wishing to participate in the Medicare/
Medicaid program as CORFs. This form initiates the process of obtaining
a decision as to whether the conditions of participation are met. The
form CMS-360 is an instrument used by the State survey agency to record
data collected in order to determine the provider compliance with
individual conditions of participation and to report it to the Federal
Government; Form Numbers: CMS-359, 360, R-55 (OMB: 0938-0267);
Frequency: Reporting--On occasion; Affected Public: State, local, or
tribal government and business or other for-profit; Number of
Respondents: 630; Total Annual Responses: 630; Total Annual Hours:
300,046.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: State Medicaid
Drug Rebate; Use: Section 1927 of the Social Security Act requires each
State Medicaid agency to report quarterly prescription drug utilization
information to drug manufacturers and to the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services. As part of this information, the State Medicaid
agencies are required to report the total Medicaid rebate amount they
claim they are owed by each drug manufacturer for each covered
prescription drug product each quarter; Form Numbers: CMS-368, R-144
(OMB: 0938-0582); Frequency: Reporting--Quarterly; Affected
Public: State, Local, or Tribal government; Number of Respondents: 51;
Total Annual Responses: 204; Total Annual Hours: 9,389.
3. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Hospice Survey
and Deficiencies Report Form and Supporting Regulations at 42 CFR
442.30 and 488.26; Use: In order to participate in the Medicare
program, a hospice must meet certain Federal health and safety
conditions of participation. This form is used by State surveyors to
record data about a hospice's compliance with these conditions of
participation in order to initiate the certification or recertification
process; Form Number: CMS-643 (OMB: 0938-0379); Frequency:
Reporting--Annually; Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions and
Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 2,293; Total
Annual Responses: 475; Total Annual Hours: 238.
4. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: External Quality
Review for Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs); Form Number:
CMS-R-305 (OMB: 0938-0786); Use: The results of Medicare
reviews, Medicare accreditation surveys, and Medicaid external quality
reviews will be used by States in assessing the quality of care
provided to Medicaid beneficiaries provided by MCOs and to provide
information on the quality of the care provided to the general public
upon request; Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business or other
for-profit, State, Local and or Tribal Government; Number of
Respondents: 542; Total Annual Responses: 14,266; Total Annual Hours:
648,877.
5. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension Collection;
Title of Information Collection: Collection of Prescription Drug Data
from MA-PD, PDP and Fallout Plans/Sponsors for Medicare Part D
Payments; Use: The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and
Modernization Act (MMA) requires Medicare payment to Medicare Advantage
(MA) organizations, prescription drug plans (PDP) sponsors, Fallbacks,
and other plan sponsors offering coverage of outpatient prescription
drugs under the new Medicare Part D benefit. The MMA provided four
summary mechanisms for paying plans: Direct subsidies, subsidized
coverage for qualifying low-income individuals, Federal reinsurance
subsidies, and risk corridor payments. In order to make payment in
accordance with these provisions, CMS has determined it needs to
collect a limited set of data elements for 100 percent of prescription
drug claims or events from plans offering Part D coverage. The
transmission of the statutorily required data will be in an electronic
format. The information users will be Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM),
third party administrators and pharmacies, and the PDPs, MA-PDs,
Fallbacks, and other plan sponsors that offer coverage of outpatient
prescription drugs under the new Medicare Part D benefit to Medicare
beneficiaries. The statutorily required data will be used primarily for
payment, claims validation, quality monitoring, and program integrity
and oversight; Form Number: CMS-10174 (OMB: 0938-0982);
Frequency: Monthly, Quarterly and Annually; Affected Public: Business
or other for-profit, and Not-for-profit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 455; Total Annual Responses: 2,418,000,000; Total Annual
Hours: 4,836.
6. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare
Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey (MCPSS); Form No.: CMS-10097
(OMB 0938-0915); Use: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services will obtain feedback from over 30,000 Medicare providers via a
survey about satisfaction, attitudes and perceptions regarding the
services provided by Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Carriers, Fiscal
Intermediaries, Durable Medical Equipment Suppliers, and Regional Home
Health Intermediaries and Medicare Administrative Contractors. The
survey focuses on basic business functions provided by the Medicare
Contractors such as inquiries, provider communications, claims
processing, appeals, provider enrollment, medical review and provider
audit & reimbursement. Providers will receive a notice requesting they
use a specially constructed Web site to respond to a set of questions
customized for their contractor's responsibilities. The survey will be
conducted yearly and annual reports of the survey results will be
available via an online reporting system for use by CMS, Medicare
Contractors, and the general public; Frequency: Reporting--Anually;
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions; Number of Respondents: 20,514; Total Annual Responses:
20,514; Total Annual Hours: 7209.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS Web
site address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995, or
e-mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number,
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and CMS document identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collections must be mailed or faxed within 30 days of this notice
directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB Human Resources and Housing
Branch, Attention: Carolyn Lovett, New Executive Office Building, Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974.
Dated: April 12, 2006.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E6-5832 Filed 4-20-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4120-01-P
