[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 82 (Wednesday, April 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23469-23470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11346]
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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) will publish periodic summaries of proposed
projects being developed for submission to 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, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1891.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (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.
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Proposed Project: The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and
Native Hawaiian Health (NHH) Scholarship Programs Data Collection
Worksheets (in Use Without Approval)
The NHSC and NHH Scholarship Programs were 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 these programs, allopathic physicians,
osteopathic physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives,
physician assistants, and, if needed by the NHSC or NHH program,
students of other health professions are offered the opportunity to
enter into a contractual agreement with the Secretary under which the
Public Health Service agrees to pay the total school tuition, required
fees, other reasonable costs (ORC) and a stipend for living expenses.
In exchange, the scholarship recipient agrees to provide full-time
clinical services at a site in a federally designated HPSA.
In order to accurately determine the amount of scholarship support
that students will need during their academic training, the Bureau of
Primary Health Care must contact each scholar's school for an estimate
of tuition, fees, and ORC. The Data Collection Worksheet collects these
itemized costs for both resident and nonresident students.
Six hundred schools are expected to submit one report per year. It
is expected to take 30 minutes to complete each form, for a total of
300 hours of burden.
Send comments to Lyman Van Nostrand, HRSA Reports Clearance
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Dated: April 22, 1998.
Jane Harrison,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 98-11346 Filed 4-28-98; 8:45 am]
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