[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 67 (Thursday, April 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 17923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7934]
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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 Loan Repayment
Program (OMB No. 0915-0127)--Extension
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program
(LRP) was established to assure an adequate supply of trained primary
care health care professionals to provide services in the neediest
Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) of the United States. Under
this program, the Department of Health and Human Services agrees to
repay the educational loans of the primary care health professionals.
In return, the health professionals agree to serve for a specified
period of time in a federally designated HPSA approved by the Secretary
for LRP participants. The NHSC LRP forms provide information that is
needed for select, award, and monitor participants. The LRP forms
include the following: the NHSC LRP Application, the Employment
Verification and Community Site Information form, the Loan Information
and Verification form, the Authorization to Release Information form,
the Applicant Checklist, and the Self-Certification form.
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 LRP Application............ 5,175 1 5,175 0.30 1,553
Employment Verification-- 5,175 1 5,175 0.75 3,881
Community Site Information Form
Loan Information and 5,175 3 15,525 0.30 4,658
Verification Form..............
Authorization To Release 5,175 1 5,175 0.10 518
Information....................
Applicant Checklist............. 5,175 1 5,175 0.25 1,294
Self-Certification Form......... 5,175 1 5,175 0.10 518
Lenders......................... 65 1 65 0.30 20
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Total....................... 5,240 .............. 41,465 .............. 12,442
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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: March 31, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-7934 Filed 4-7-10; 8:45 am]
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