99-18123. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 136 (Friday, July 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38446-38447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18123]


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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.

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    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

Proposed Project: National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Professional 
Training and Information Questionnaire (PRIQ) OMB No. 0915-0208: 
Revision

    The Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary 
Health Care, NHSC, assists medically underserved communities through 
the placement of primary health care professionals in health 
professional shortage areas.
    The PTIQ is used to collect data related to professional issues, 
family concerns, and assignment preferences from NHSC obligated 
Scholarship Program Recipients including physicians, physician 
assistants (PAs), nurse practitioners (NPs), certified nurse midwives 
(CNMs), and other disciplines in the current year's placement cycle. 
These data are used to match an individual health care professional 
with the most appropriate clinical practice setting.
    The PTIQ will be mailed twelve months in advance of the intended 
service availability date.
    The burden estimate is as follows:

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                                                                                     Hours per
               Type of respondent                    Number of     Responses per     response       Total  hour
                                                    respondents     respondent       (minutes)        burden
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Health care professionals.......................             339               1              12              68
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    Total.......................................             339  ..............  ..............              68
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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 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 12, 1999.
James J. Corrigan,
Associate Administrator for Management and Program Support.
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