[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15169-15170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7782]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Proposed Collection: Indian
Health Service, Scholarship and Loan Repayment Program
SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, to provide a 60-day advance opportunity for
public comment on proposed information collection projects, the Indian
Health Service (IHS) is publishing for comment a summary of proposed
information collection to be submitted to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review.
Proposed Collections
Title: 09-17-0014, ``Indian Health Service, Scholarship and Loan
Repayment Program'' Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of
a currently approved collection. Form Number: None. Need and Use of
Information Collection: The IHS Loan Repayment Program (LRP) identifies
health professionals with pre-existing financial obligations for
education expenses that meet program criteria and who are qualified and
willing to serve at, often remote, IHS health care facilities. Under
the program, eligible health professionals sign a contract under which
the IHS agrees to repay part or all of their indebtedness for
professional training education. In exchange, the health professionals
agree to serve for a specified period of time in IHS health care
facilities. Eligible health professionals must submit an application to
participate in the program. The application requests personal,
demographic and educational training information, including information
on the educational loans of the individual for which repayment is being
requested (i.e., date, amount, account number, purpose of each loan,
interest rate, the current balance, etc.). The data collected is needed
and used to evaluate applicant eligibility; rank and prioritize
applicants by speciality; assign applicants to IHS health care
facilities; determine payment amounts and schedules for paying the
lending institutions; and to provide data and statistics for program
management review and analysis. Affected Public: Individuals and
households. Type of Respondents: Individuals. Table 1 below provides
the following: types of data collection instruments, estimated number
of respondents, number of responses per respondent, annual number of
responses, average burden hour per response, and total annual burden
hour.
Table 1.--Estimated Burden Hours
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Estimated
Data collection instrument number of Responses per Average burden hour per Total annual
respondents respondent response * burden hrs
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Section I.......................... 350 1 0.25 (15 mins).
Section II......................... 350 1 0.50 (30 mins).
Section III........................ 350 4 0.25 (15 mins).
Contract........................... 350 1 0.334 (20 mins).
Affidavit.......................... 350 1 0.167 (10 mins).
Lender Certificate................. 1400 1 0.25 (15 mins).
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.
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There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance
Costs to report.
Request for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are
invited on one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the
information collection activity is necessary to carry out the treatment
outcome evaluation; (b) whether the agency processes the information
collected in a useful and timely fashion; (c) the accuracy of public
burden estimate (the estimated amount of time needed for individual
respondents to provide the requested information); (d) whether the
methodology and assumptions used to determine the estimate are logical;
(e) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information being collected; and (f) ways to minimize the public burden
through the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
SEND COMMENTS AND REQUESTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Send your written
comments, requests for more information on the proposed collection or
requests to obtain a copy of the data collection instrument(s) and
instructions to: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen, Sr., M.P.H., IHS Reports
Clearance Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD
20852-1601, call non-toll free (301) 443-5938, send via fax to (301)
443-21316, or send your e-mail requests, comments, and return address
to: Ihodahkw@hqe.ihs.gov.
COMMENT DUE DATE: Your comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having their full effect if received on or before
June 1, 1999.
Dated: March 18, 1999.
Michael H. Trujillo,
Assistant Surgeon General Director.
[FR Doc. 99-7782 Filed 3-29-99; 8:45 am]
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