Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

摘要

This notice announces the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research's (AHCPR) intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reinstate two expired information collection projects as one: Formerly the 1987 Health Insurance Plans Survey (HIPS) and the 1994 National Employer Health Insurance Survey (NEHIS), now to be combined in the 1997 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey--Insurance Component (MEPS-IC). In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D)), AHCPR invites the public to comment on this reinstatement. In further compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507(j)(1)(A)(i)), AHCPR has submitted to the OMB a request for Emergency Review. This review is requested because collection of this information is needed prior to the expiration of the normal time limits under OMB's regulations at 5 CFR 1320.13, in order to allow for the information collection project: Pretest for the 1997 Medical Expenditure Survey--Insurance Component (MEPS-IC). The pretest was somewhat delayed as the Department worked to achieve efficiencies by consolidating the two previous surveys under DHHS's Survey Integration Pl