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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

Overview: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 significantly changes many aspects of Information Collection by the Federal government. The act,which went into effect October 1, 1995 requires agencies to plan for the development of new collections of information and the extension of ongoing collections well in advance of sending proposals to OMB. Agencies must:

• seek public comment on proposed collections of information through "60-day notices" in the Federal Register;
• certify to OMB that efforts have been made to reduce the burden of the collection on small businesses, local government and other small entities, and
• have in place a process for independent review of information collection requests prior to submission to OMB.

Each HHS Operating Division (OPDIV) has a Reports Clearance Officer charged with coordinating the information collection activities within their respective OPDIV. More information about this Act is available from DHHS at http://www.hhs.gov/oirm/infocollect/.

CMS Paperwork Reduction Act Submissions for Public Comments

Note: Due to the fact that not all collections are completely electronic, the public should contact CMS for a hard copy of items not referenced on the web. Downloaded files may be in any of the following formats: Wordperfect 6.1 (.WPD), Excel (.XLS), Word (.DOC) and Adobe PDFs (Please see note at the bottom of this page.) -- in compressed, self-extracting format (.EXEs). In March of 2001, the WinZip format (.ZIP) became the standard. For more information see note at the bottom of this page.

We suggest that you create a folder (directory for you DOS fans) corresponding to the filename (e.g., CMSR107) that you are downloading -- prior to executing the download. Then, download the file into the like-named folder. A click (double or single, depending on your system) on the filename of the file you downloaded, will cause WinZIP (Again, please see note at the bottom of this page.) to extract the files, following your directions.

Supporting statements for 1932 State Plan Amendment Template, State Plan Requirements /CMS-10120
CMS-10120.ZIP 46 KB - 233 KB when unzipped

Supporting statements for NEMB-HHA/CMS-10111
CMS-10111.ZIP 424 KB - 525 KB when unzipped

Supporting statements for Survey Tool for www.Medicare.gov/CMSR-268
CMSR-268.ZIP 50 KB - 206 KB when unzipped

Supporting statements for Health Insurance Benefit Agreement/CMS-1561
CMS-1561.ZIP 14 KB - 71 KB when unzipped

Supporting statements for CLIA Budget/Expenditure Report,
CLIA Planned Workload Report/CMS-102-105
CMS-102-105.ZIP 27 KB - 110 KB when unzipped

Supporting statements for Physicians' Referrals to Health Care Entities
With Which They Have Financial Relationships and Supporting Regulations/CMS-10047
CMS-10047.ZIP 22 KB - 107 KB when unzipped

Supporting statements for Instrument/Tool for Refinement of a
Prospective Payment System for Patients in Inpatient
Psychiatric Hospitals, and Units: A Pilot Test/CMS-10107
CMS-10107.ZIP 179 KB - 470 KB when unzipped

Supporting statements for Medicare Authorization to Disclose Health Information/CMS-10106
CMS-10106.ZIP 23 KB - 118 KB when unzipped

Supporting statements for National Implementation of
Hospital CAHPS (HCAHPS)/CMS-10102
CMS-10102.ZIP 63 KB - 185 KB when unzipped