[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 222 (Thursday, November 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 63048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30083]
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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, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) publishes 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.
Proposed Project: Application for the National Health Service Corps
(NHSC) Scholarship Program (OMB No. 0915-0146): Extension
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program was
established to help alleviate the geographic and specialty and other
health practitioners in the United States. Under this program, health
professions students are offered scholarships in return for service in
a federally designated Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA). The
Scholarship Program provides the NHSC with the health professionals it
requires to carry out its mission of providing primary health care to
HPSA populations in areas of greatest need. Students are supported who
are well qualified to participate in the NHSC Scholarship Program and
who want to assist the NHSC in its mission, both during and after their
period of obligated service. Scholars are selected for these
competitive awards based on the information provided in the application
and during the semistructured personal interview that is conducted by a
team of two interviewers who use a structured scoring procedure. Awards
are made to applicants that demonstrate a high potential for providing
quality primary health care services.
The estimated response burden is as follows:
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Number of Responses per Hours per Total burden
Form respondents respondent response hours
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Application..................................... 3,000 1 1 3,000
Interview....................................... 900 1 1.67 1,503
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Total....................................... 3,900 .............. .............. 4,503
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Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., 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: November 10, 1999.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 99-30083 Filed 11-17-99; 8:45 am]
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