[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64731-64732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26329]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data
collection plans and draft instruments, e-mail: [email protected] or
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.
Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (b) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship
Program Application (OMB No. 0915-0146)--Revision
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program
provides the NHSC with the health professionals it requires to carry
out its mission of providing primary health care to populations
residing in areas of greatest need. Under this program, health
professions students are awarded scholarships in return for service in
a federally designated Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA).
Students are supported who are well qualified to participate in the
NHSC Scholarship Program and who want to assist the NHSC in its
mission, both during and after their period of obligated service. The
NHSC Scholarship Program forms are used to collect relevant information
necessary to make determinations of award. Scholars are selected for
these competitive awards based on the
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information provided in the application, forms, and supporting
documentation. Awards are made to applicants who demonstrate a high
potential for providing quality primary health care services in HPSAs.
The program forms include the following: The NHSC Scholarship
Program Application, Letter of Recommendation, the Authorization to
Release Information, the Verification of Acceptance/Good Standing
Report, the Receipt of Exceptional Financial Need Scholarship, and the
Verification Regarding Disadvantaged Background.
The annual estimate of burden is as follows:
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Number of Responses/ Total Hours per Total burden
Instrument respondents respondent responses response hours
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NHSC Scholarship Program 1800 1 1800 2.0 3600
Application....................
Letter of Recommendation........ 1800 2 3600 .50 1800
Authorization to Release 1800 1 1800 .10 180
Information....................
Verification of Acceptance/Good 1800 1 1800 .25 450
Standing Report................
Receipt of Exceptional Financial 100 1 100 .25 25
Need Scholarship...............
Verification Regarding 300 1 300 .25 75
Disadvantaged Background.......
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Total....................... .............. .............. 9400 .............. 6130
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E-mail comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA Reports
Clearance Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Dated: October 14, 2010.
Robert Hendricks,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-26329 Filed 10-19-10; 8:45 am]
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