Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 150 (Thursday, August 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 42702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20098]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-205 & HCFA-R-206]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration.

ACTION: Comment request; notice.

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    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.
    (1) Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection;
    Title of Information Collection: Information Collection 
Requirements Referenced in HIPAA for the Individual Market and 
Supporting Regulations in 45 CFR section 148;
    Form No.: HCFA-R-205 (OMB# 0938-0703);
    Use: These information collection requirements help ensure access 
to the individual insurance market for certain individuals and allows 
the States to implement their own program to meet the HIPAA 
requirements for access to the individual market. The information 
collection requirements outlined in this document are necessary for 
issuers and States to ensure individuals receive protection under 
section 111 of HIPAA.
    Frequency: On occasion;
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Individuals or 
Households, Not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government, and State, 
Local or Tribal Government;
    Number of Respondents: 1,040;
    Total Annual Responses: 3,230,000;
    Total Annual Hours: 921,000.

    (2) Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a 
currently approved collection;
    Title of Information Collection: Information Collection 
Requirements Referenced in HIPAA for the Group Market and Supporting 
Regulations in 45 CFR Section 146;
    Form No.: HCFA-R-206 (OMB# 0938-0702);
    Use: This regulation and related information collection 
requirements will ensure that group health plans provide individuals 
with documentation necessary to demonstrate prior creditable coverage, 
and the group health plans notify individuals of their special 
enrollment rights in the group health insurance market.
    Frequency: On occasion;
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Individuals or 
Households, Not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government, and State, 
Local or Tribal Government;
    Number of Respondents: 2,030;
    Total Annual Responses: 43,000,000;
    Total Annual Hours: 2,700,000.
    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: Dawn Willinghan, Room N2-14-26, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: July 29, 1999.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-20098 Filed 8-4-99; 8:45 am]
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