Notices. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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BILLING CODE 4160-01-F DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Care Financing Administration [Document Identifier: HCFA-R-250] 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: * Skilled Nursing Facility

(SNF)Resident Assessment MDS Data and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 413.343 and 424.32; *Form No.: * HCFA-R-250 (OMB# 0938-0739); *Use: * Skilled Nursing Facilities

(SNFs)are required to submit Resident Assessment Data as described at 42 CFR 483.20 in the manner necessary to administer the payment rate methodology described in 42 CFR 413.337. The current requirements related to the submission and retention of resident assessment data for specified days following admission, necessary to administer the payment rate methodology described in 413.337, are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act; *Frequency: * Monthly; *Affected Public: * Business or other for-profit, and Not-for-profit; *Number of Respondents: * 17,000; *Total Annual Responses: * 204,000; *Total Annual Hours: * 5,551,298. 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 http://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: Julie Brown, Room N2-14-26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850. Dated: October 13, 2000. John P. Burke, III, Reports Clearance Officer, Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards. [FR Doc. 00-30182 Filed 11-27-00; 8:45 am]

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