96-10617. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 84 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19078-19079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10617]



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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 of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, 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 
instruments, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on [phone].
    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.

Proposed Projects

Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources and Emergency Act of 1990 
Women's Initiatives (WIN)--New

    The Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and 
Child Health Bureau proposes to collect information about HIV-related 
services provided to women of child-bearing age and their children. 
Information will be collected annually from eight sites funded by HRSA 
under cooperative agreements and their 320 local service providers that 
are funded under Sections 2618(a) and 2671 of the Public Health Service 
Act. The eight funded sites will collect the information by telephone 
from their providers, and forward the data collection forms to a HRSA 
contractor. There are no plans to collect or transmit the data 
electronically.
    The purpose is to document current care system characteristics and 
facilitate planning for services to women with HIV and their children. 
The information will be used within and outside HRSA to inform the 
administration and Congress about HIV counseling and testing services 
for pregnant women, services and referral resources for pregnant women 
with HIV, antiretroviral therapies, and outreach related to perinatal 
HIV transmission reduction. Annual burden estimates are as follows:

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                                                        Burden          
                               Number of    Responses    hours    Total 
     Type of respondent       respondents      per        per     burden
                                           respondent  response   hours 
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Providers...................        320            1        .33      106
Funded Sites................          8           40       1.0       320
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      Total.................        328    ..........  ........      426
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Faculty Loan Repayment Program (FLRP) Application (0915-0150)--
Extension and Revision

    Under the HRSA FLRP program, disadvantaged graduates from certain 
health professions schools may enter into a contract under which HRSA 
with the Department of Health and Human Services will make payments on 
eligible graduate educational loans in exchange for a minimum of two 
years of service as a full-time faculty member of a health professions 
school. Applicants must complete an application and provide information 
on all eligible education loans. Once HRSA has selected the 
participants, HRSA will request verification from their lenders of loan 
balances and terms of their outstanding educational loans.
    Estimated annual response burden is as follows:

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                                                                  Total 
                               Number of    Responses    Hours    annual
     Type of respondent       respondents      per        per      hour 
                                           respondent  response   burden
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Applicants..................         75            1        1         75

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    Send comments to Patricia Royston, HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 14-36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. 
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: April 24, 1996.
J. Henry Montes,
Associate Administrator for Policy Coordination.
[FR Doc. 96-10617 Filed 4-29-96; 8:45 am]
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