[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6854-6856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3973]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
Health Resources and Services Administration


Privacy Act of 1974; Annual Publication of Systems of Records

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS); Public Health 
Service (PHS); Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

ACTION: Publication of minor changes to system-of-records notices.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Office of Management and Budget Circular 
No. A-130, Appendix I, ``Federal Agency Responsibilities for 
Maintaining Records About Individuals,'' HRSA is publishing minor 
changes to its notices of systems of records.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HRSA has completed the annual review of its 
systems of records and is publishing below those minor changes which 
affect the public's right or need to know, such as system deletions, 
title changes, and changes in the system location of records, or the 
addresses of systems managers.
    1. HRSA has deleted the following systems of records since the last 
annual review due to the reassignment of the Division of Fiscal 
Services, Office of Operations and Management, Office of the 
Administrator, from HRSA to the Program Support Center, DHHS (60 FR 
51480, 10/2/95):

09-15-0022  Accounts Receivable, HHS/HRSA/OA.
09-15-0026  Medical Fellowships and Educational Loans, HHS/HRSA/OA.
09-15-0043  Cuban Loan Program, HHS/HRSA/OA.
09-15-0045  Health Resources and Services Administration Loan 
Repayment/Debt Management Records Systems, HHS/HRSA/OA.

    2. The following are no longer active systems and have also been 
deleted:

09-15-0040  Health Professions Student Loan Repayment Program, HHS/
HRSA/BHPr.
09-15-0041  Health Professions Student Loan Cancellation, HHS/HRSA/
BHPr.
09-15-0052  Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Midwifery Traineeship, HHS/
HRSA/BHPr.

    3. Other minor system-notice changes affecting individual 
categories are published below.

    Dated: February 9, 1996.
Thomas G. Morford,
Associate Administrator for Operations and Management.

Table of Contents

    The following table of contents lists all currently active Privacy 
Act systems 

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of records maintained by the Health Resources and Services 
Administration:

09-15-0001  Division of Federal Occupational Health Medical and 
Counseling Records, HHS/HRSA/BPHC.
09-15-0002  Record of Patients' Personal Valuables and Monies, HHS/
HRSA/BPHC.
09-15-0003  Contract Physicians and Consultants, HHS/HRSA/BPHC.
09-15-0004  Federal Employee Occupational Health Data System, HHS/
HRSA/BPHC.
09-15-0007  Patients Medical Records System PHS Hospitals/Clinics, 
HHS/HRSA/BPHC.
09-15-0028  PHS Clinical Affiliation Trainee Records, HHS/HRSA/BPHC.
09-15-0037  Public Health Service (PHS) and National Health Service 
Corps (NHSC) Scholarship/Loan Repayment Participant Records System, 
HHS/HRSA/BPHC.
09-15-0038  Disability Claims of the Nursing Student Loan Program, 
HHS/HRSA/BHPr.
09-15-0039  Disability Claims in the Health Professions Student Loan 
Program, HHS/HRSA/BHPr.
09-15-0042  Physician Shortage Area Scholarship Program, HRSA/HRSA/
BPHC.
09-15-0044  Health Educational Assistance Loan Program (HEAL) Loan 
Control Master File, HHS/HRSA/BHPr.
09-15-0046  Health Professions Planning and Evaluation, HHS/HRSA/OA.
09-15-0054  National Practitioner Data Bank for Adverse Information 
on Physicians and Other Health Care Practitioners, HHS/HRSA/BHPr.
09-15-0055  Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) 
Data System, HHS/HRSA/BHRD.
09-15-0056  National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, HHS/HRSA/
BHPr.
09-15-0057  Scholarships for the Undergraduate Education of 
Professional Nurses Grant Programs, HHS/HRSA/BHPr.
09-15-0058  Disadvantaged Health Profession Faculty Loan Repayment 
Program, HHS/HRSA/BHPr.
09-15-0059  Health Resources and Services Administration 
Correspondence Control System, HHS/HRSA/OA.

Changes

09-15-0037
System name:
    Public Health Service (PHS) and National Health Service Corps 
(NHSC) Scholarship/Loan Repayment Participant Records System, HHS/HRSA/
BPHC.
    A minor change has been made to this system-of-records notice. The 
following category should be revised:
* * * * *
System manager(s) and address:
    Policy Coordinating Official: Director, Bureau of Primary Health 
Care (BPHC), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), 4350 
East West Highway, 11th Floor, Bethesda, MD 20814.
    System Manager (Scholarship Applicants/Recipients): Director, 
Division of Scholarships and Loan Repayment, BPHC, HRSA, 4350 East West 
Highway, 10th Floor, Bethesda, MD 20814.
    System Manager (Placement/Assignment): Director, Division of 
National Health Service Corps, BPHC, HRSA, 4350 East West Highway, 8th 
Floor, Bethesda, MD 20814.
* * * * *
09-15-0038
System name:
    Disability Claims of the Nursing Student Loan Program, HHS/HRSA/
BHPr.
    A minor change has been made to this system-of-records notice. The 
following category should be revised:
* * * * *
System manager(s) and address:
    Associate Director, Office for Campus Based Programs, Division of 
Student Assistance, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 8-34, Rockville, MD 
20857.
* * * * *
09-15-0039
System name:
    Disability Claims in the Health Professions Student Loan Program, 
HHS/HRSA/BHPr.
    A minor change has been made to this system-of-records notice. The 
following category should be revised:
* * * * *
System manager(s) and address:
    Associate Director, Office for Campus Based Programs, Division of 
Student Assistance, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and 
Service Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 8-34, Rockville, MD 
20857.
* * * * *
09-15-0044
System name:
    Health Education Assistance Loan Program (HEAL) Loan Control Master 
File, HHS/HRSA/BHPr.
    Minor changes have been made to this system-of-records notice. The 
following categories should be revised:
* * * * *
System location:
    Division of Student Assistance, Bureau of Health Professions, 
Health Resources and Service Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 8-
37, Rockville, MD 20857.
    Records are also located at contractor sites. A list of contractor 
sites where individually-identifiable data are currently located is 
available upon request to the System Manager.
    Washington National Records Center, 4205 Suitland Road, Suitland, 
MD 20409.
* * * * *
Authority for maintenance of the system:
    Sections 701 and 702 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, 
(42 U.S.C. 292) which authorize the establishment of a Federal program 
of student loan insurance.
    Section 715 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, (42 
U.S.C. 292n) which directs the Secretary to require institutions to 
provide information for each student who has a loan.
    Debt Collection Act of 1982 (5 U.S.C. 5514 note)
    Section 222 of the Health Professions Training Assistant Act of 
1985 (50 U.S.C. App. 462 note) which provides for a study on compliance 
with the Selective Service Act.
    Section 709 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, (42 
U.S.C. 292h) which authorizes disclosure and publication of HEAL 
defaulters.
* * * * *
09-15-0046
System name:
    Health Professions Planning and Evaluation, HHS/HRSA/OA. Minor 
changes have been made to this system-of-records notice.
    The following categories should be revised:
* * * * *
Authority for maintenance of the system:
    Authority is found in the following sections of the Public Health 
Service Act: Title III, Part D, Primary Health Care (42 U.S.C. 254b); 
Title VII, Health Research and Training Facilities and Training of 
Professional Health Personnel (42 U.S.C. 292a); Title VIII, Nurse 
Education (42 U.S.C. 296K); and Title XXVI, Section 241, Evaluation of 
Programs (42 U.S.C. 238j). Authority is also found in section 401 of 
the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11101 note).
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Record access procedures:
    Requests must be made to the System Manager and should contain, if 
possible, information about the specific project. You may also request 
a list of accountable disclosures that have been made of your record.
    Requests in person: An individual who appears in person seeking 
access or disclosure of records relating to him/her shall provide his/
her current address and at least one piece of tangible identification, 
such as drivers license, passport, or similar forms of identification, 
sufficient to verify the identify of the requester.
    Requests by mail: Requests for access to records received by mail 
must contain the name and address of the requester and sufficient 
additional information to verify that the requester is the person he/
she claims to be.
    Requests by phone: Since positive identification of the caller 
cannot be established, telephone requests are not honored.
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09-15-0054
System name:
    National Practitioner Data Bank for Adverse Information on 
Physicians and Other Health Care Practitioners, HHS/HRSA/BHPr.
    A minor change has been made to this system-of-records notice. The 
following category should be revised:
* * * * *
System location:
    The SRA Corporation (the contractor) operates the National 
Practitioner Data Bank (the Bank) under contract with the Bureau of 
Health Professions (BHPr), Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA). Records are located at SRA Corporation, 4350 Fairlakes Court, 
Suite 400, Fairfax, VA 22033.
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09-15-0055
System name:
    Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Data System, 
HHS/HRSA/BHRD.
    A minor change has been made to this system-of-records notice. The 
following category should be revised:
* * * * *
System manager(s) and address:
    Chief, Operations and Analysis Branch, Division of Transplantation, 
Bureau of Health Resources Development, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, Room 7-18, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
* * * * *
09-15-0057
System name:
    Scholarships for the Undergraduate Education of Professional Nurses 
Grant Programs, HHS/HRSA/BHPr.
    A minor change has been made to this system-of-records notice. The 
following category should be revised:
* * * * *
System manager(s) and address:
    Associate Director, Office for Campus Based Programs, Division of 
Student Assistance, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 8-34, Rockville, MD 
20857.
* * * * *
09-15-0058
System name:
    Disadvantaged Health Profession Faculty Loan Repayment Program, 
HHS/HRSA/BHPr.
    Minor changes have been made to this system-of-record notice. The 
system name and the following category should be revised:
* * * * *
Authority for maintenance of the system:
    Public Health Service Act, as amended by the Health Professions 
Education Extension Amendments of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 293G) which 
authorizes the establishment of a program for entering into contract 
with individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds for payment of 
educational loans in exchange for teaching services.
* * * * *
09-15-0059
System name:
    Health Resources and Services Administration Correspondence Control 
System, HHS/HRSA/OA.
    Minor changes have been made to this system-of-records notice. The 
following categories should be revised.
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System location
    1. Executive Secretariat, Office of Policy Coordination, Office of 
the Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), 
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 14A-08, Rockville, MD 20857.
    2. Office of Program Support, Bureau of Health Professions, HRSA, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 8-15, Rockville, MD 20857.
    3. Office of the Director, Bureau of Health Resources Development, 
HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 7-68, Rockville, MD 20857.
    4. Office of Program and Policy Development, Bureau of Primary 
Health Care, HRSA, 4350 East West Highway, Room 7-2B3, Rockville, MD 
20857.
    5. Office of the Director, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Room 18-05, Rockville, MD 20857.
    6. Washington National Records Center, 4205 Suitland Road, 
Suitland, MD 20409.
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Retrievability
    Hard-copy records are indexed by date signed; or name of addressee 
and date of outgoing correspondence; or by name of sender and date of 
incoming correspondence; or by subject. Records may also be cross-
referenced.
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System manager(s) and address:
    Policy Coordinator: Associate Administrator for Policy 
Coordination, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), 5600 
Fishers Lane, Room 14A-08, Rockville, MD 20857.
    System Manager: Chief, Executive Secretariat, Office of the 
Administrator, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 14A-08, Rockville, MD 
20857.
    Systems Manager: Information Management Specialist, Office of the 
Director, Bureau of Health Resources Development, HRSA, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Room 6-78, Rockville, MD 20857.
    Systems Manager: Information Systems Specialist, Office of Program 
and Policy Development, Bureau of Primary Health Care, HRSA, 4350 East 
West Highway, Room 7-2B3, Rockville, MD 20857.
    Systems Manager: Correspondence Coordinator, Office of the 
Director, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Room 18-05, Rockville, MD 20857.
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[FR Doc. 96-3973 Filed 2-21-96; 8:45 am]
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