[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 218 (Thursday, November 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63326-63327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30221]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301)-443-1129.
The following request has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995.
Proposed Project: The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan
Repayment Program (OMB No. 0915-0127)--Extension and Revision. The NHSC
Loan Repayment Program (LRP) was established to assure an adequate
supply of trained primary care health professionals to the neediest
communities in the 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.
This request for extension of OMB approval will include the NHSC
LRP application and loan verification form, as well as two new forms: a
Site Information Form and Request for Method of Advanced Loan Repayment
Form. In an effort to improve the procedure for recruiting NHSC
applicants and to alleviate some of the burden and delay in the
application process, the following changes are proposed:
(1) The applicant will submit a ``Site Information Form'' rather
than a copy of the signed employment contact. This form provides
information about the proposed employment site, requiring only a
signature and date from the Site Administrator/Executive Officer. This
change will allow HRSA to begin consideration of the application at an
earlier stage, since a signed employment contract generally takes more
time to negotiate.
(2) A new one page form, ``The Request for Method of Advanced Loan
Repayment'' form, will be included with the application. It provides a
description of three methods of payment (quarterly, annually, and
biennially), and asks applicants to select the method they prefer.
(3) Applicants now obtain a self-report from the National
Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), which must be submitted with the
application form. To obtain that form, applicants must submit a written
request to the NPDB. To expedite that process, HRSA proposes to send
the NPDB request form with the LRP application.
The estimate of burden is as follows:
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Number of Responses per Total hour
Respondent respondents respondent Hours per response burden
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Applicants........................... 800 1 1.5...................... 1200
Lenders.............................. 45 1 15 minutes............... 11
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Total............................ 845 ....................... 1211
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:
Wendy A. Taylor, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of
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Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: November 4, 1998.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 98-30221 Filed 11-10-98; 8:45 am]
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