Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 18657 [E7-7003]

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• Office of the Secretary
• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 71 (Friday, April 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 18657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7003]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-0162] [60-Day Notice]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of a proposed collection 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: Reinstatement with change 
of a previously approved collection.
    Title of Information Collection: State Medicaid Fraud Control 
Units' Reports.
    Form/OMB No.: 0990-0162.
    Use: We are requesting Office of Management and Budget approval for 
the collection of information to specifically comply with the 
requirements in Title 19 of the Social Security Act at 1903(q) and 42 
CFR1007.15 and 1007.17. (see attached), in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act. The particular information collected consists 
of forty-eight annual reports and forty-eight application requests for 
federal certification/recertification. This information is submitted 
yearly to the Office of Inspector General (OIG) by the forty-eight 
established State Medicaid Fraud Control Units (Units). The OIG uses 
this collection to assess and determine the Units' eligibility for 
continued participation in the federal Medicaid fraud control grant 
program.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Annual Number of Respondents: 98.
    Total Annual Responses: 98.
    Average Burden per Response: 2790 hours.
    Total Annual Hours: 4557.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your 
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS 
document identifier, to Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call the 
Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be 
received within 60 days, and directed to the OS Paperwork Clearance 
Officer at the following address:
    Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, 
Assistant Secretary for Resources and Technology, Office of Resources 
Management, Attention: Sherrette Funn-Coleman (0990-0162), Room 537-H, 
200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.

    Dated: April 5, 2007.
Mary Oliver-Anderson,
Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the 
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-7003 Filed 4-12-07; 8:45 am]
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