[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 157 (Thursday, August 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43542-43543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21564]
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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, call the HRSA
Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
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 Project: The Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program:
Application Form--0915-0038--Extension, No Change
The Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) program provides
federally-insured loans to students in schools of allopathic medicine,
osteopathic medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry,
podiatric medicine, pharmacy, public health, allied health, or
chiropractic, and graduate students in health administration or
clinical psychology. Eligible lenders, such as banks, savings and loan
associations, credit unions, pension funds, State agencies, HEAL
schools, and insurance companies, make HEAL loans which are insured by
the Federal Government against loss due to borrowers' death,
disability, bankruptcy, and default. The basic purpose of the program
is to assure the availability of funds for loans to eligible students
who need to borrow money to pay for their educational costs.
The HEAL program is being phased out and no new loans will be made
after September 30, 1998 unless reauthorization is enacted. We are,
however, requesting a 3-year extension of the OMB approval of the HEAL
Application Form HRSA-700 because lenders will continue to use this
form for consolidation loans through FY 2000. Students use the
application to apply for HEAL loans (through FY 98) and consolidation
of loans, schools use the application to determine a student's
eligibility and maximum approval amount of each loan (through FY 98
only), and lenders use the application to determine student eligibility
and the amount of the installment or disbursement to be given to the
borrower, and to process consolidation loans.
The estimate of burden for the application form for FY 98 is as
follows:
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Responses Total Burden per Total
Type of respondent Number of per number of response burden
respondents respondent responses (minutes) (hours)
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Applicants..................................... 8,230 1 8,230 25 3,429
Schools........................................ 190 41 7,730 32 4,123
Lenders........................................ 11 748 8,230 35 4,801
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Total.................................... 8,431 ........... 24,190 ........... 12,353
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The estimate of burden for the application form for FY 1999 and
2000 (for consolidation loans only) is as follows:
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Burden per
Nunber of Responses Total hour Total
Type of respondent respondents per number of response burden
respondent responses (minutes) (hours)
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Applicants..................................... 500 1 500 25 208
Lenders........................................ 11 45 500 35 292
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Total.................................... 511 ........... 1,000 ........... 500
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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.
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Dated: August 8, 1997.
Jane Harrison,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 97-21564 Filed 8-13-97; 8:45 am]
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