Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 98 (Friday, May 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 27798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12808]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0107]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, HHS.
    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 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: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Determining Third 
Party Liability (TPL) State Plan Preprint and Supporting Regulations in 
42 CFR 433.138; Form No.: HCFA-R-0107 (OMB# 0938-0502); Use: In the 
past, many third party resources were not diligently pursued by State 
governments. In an effort to improve program efficiencies and reduce 
Medicaid expenditures HCFA implemented TPL procedures. The collection 
of TPL information results in significant program savings to the extent 
that liable third parties can be identified and payments can be made 
for services that would otherwise be paid for by the Medicaid program.; 
Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public: Individuals or households, 
Federal Government, and State, Local, or Tribal Government; Number of 
Respondents: 1,900,000; Total Annual Responses: 1,900,000; Total Annual 
Hours: 329,965.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access HCFA's 
Web Site address at www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or E-mail 
your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and 
HCFA 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 HCFA Paperwork Clearance 
Officer designated at the following address: HCFA, Office of 
Information Services, Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA 
Enterprise Standards, Attention: Louis Blank, Room N2-14-26, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: May 13, 1999.
John Parmigiani,
Manager, HCFA Office of Information Services, Security and Standards 
Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-12808 Filed 5-20-99; 8:45 am]
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