WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a notice called: Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Generic Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on June 12 by William N. Parham, Director, Division of Information Collections and Regulatory Impacts, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.

Summary: On May 28, 2010, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) guidance related to the "generic" clearance process. Generally, this is an expedited process by which agencies may obtain OMB's approval of collection of information requests that are "usually voluntary, low...