[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7522-7525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4475]
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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 (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
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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
1. National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Professional Training and
Information Questions (PTIQs)--The mission of the National Health
Service Corps (NHSC) is to provide health professionals to those
communities and populations located in federally designated health
professional shortage areas (HPSAs) of greatest need. Through the NHSC
Scholarship Program, health professions students receive scholarship
support in return for a commitment to serve in a HPSA for a specified
period of time. The NHSC will utilize the Professional Training and
Information Questionnaire (PTIQ) to collect information from NHSC
scholarship recipients on individual interests, family concerns, and
assignment preferences which will be used in matching scholars to HPSAs
with the greatest need for providers.
Burden estimates are as follows:
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Responses Total
Type of respondent Number of per Hours per burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Physicians.................................................. 200 1 0.50 100
Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Certified
Nurse Midwives............................................. 50 1 0.50 25
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Estimated Total Annual Burden: 125 hours.
2. Annual Administrative Report for Titles I and II of the Ryan
White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act of 1990--
Extension and Revision--The Uniform Reporting System provides for
reports by grantees under Titles I and II of the Ryan White CARE Act of
aggregate information about disbursal of funds, number of clients
served and services provided, demographic information about clients
served, and costs of provided services.
Title I grantees include local governments that meet legislative
criteria for disproportionate impact of AIDS. Title II grantees include
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and a small number of
territories. Grantees obtain the information for the AAR from
individual service providers. Automated reporting alternatives are
available to grantees and to providers at the grantee's option. This
information is used to determine whether the purposes of the Act and
the grants made pursuant to it are being fulfilled. The information is
also used locally for planning and priority setting. Respondents
include state and local governments, individuals, non-profit
institutions, businesses and other for-profit organizations, and small
businesses and entities. HRSA proposes to make some changes in the data
elements, to improve their value and/or reduce the burden of data
collection and reporting. To allow adequate lead time, the changes
would be effective for data collection by service providers beginning
in January, 1998. In addition to minor technical changes, the proposed
changes include:
In all reports, deleting elements concerning total
expenditures and expenditures by accounting categories, because of the
difficulty these elements posed for respondents;
In all reports, adding several age breakouts for adult
clients (currently a single figure is reported for all adults), to
increase the local and national usefulness of the data;
Eliminating the Modified AAR, which was used by fewer than
2% of providers, so that lead or fiscal agents for fee-for-service
arrangements would instead submit a Standard AAR covering all of their
subcontractors;
In the Standard AAR, deleting elements concerning staffing
levels and whether staff were added with CARE funds (useful in initial
reports, these elements would be deleted now to reduce reporting
burden);
In the Standard AAR, adding elements for the number of
clients receiving office-based health services, case management
services, and home health care services (currently only the number of
service encounters in these areas is reported), because of the
importance of knowing how many people are receiving these services;
Also in the Standard AAR, refining the list of ``Other
Health and Social Support Services'' to add several services that have
been cited frequently as important omissions (e.g., alternative
therapy, medications, referrals and translation) and to delete or
consolidate some existing categories (e.g., foster care/adoption and
the two current categories for hospice care); and
In the AIDS Drug Assistance Program AAR, adding some
recently emerging drugs to the list of those to be reported on and
deleting other drugs no longer widely used.
HRSA invites comment on another possible change, which has been
suggested by numerous respondents: deleting the elements in the
Standard AAR that deal with clients' primary HIV exposure categories.
The annual burden estimates are as follows:
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Annual
Type of respondent No. of responses per Hours/response Total burden
respondents respondent hours
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State Grantees.................................. 52 1 63 3,276
Local Grantees.................................. 49 1 25 1,225
Providers....................................... 2,500 1 23 57,500
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Estimated total annual burden: 62,001 hours.
3. Health Professions Student Loan (HPSL) Program and Nursing
Student Loan (NSL) Program Administrative Requirements (Regulations and
Policy) (0915-0047)--Extension, No Change--The regulations for the
Health Professions Student Loan (HPSL) Program and Nursing Student Loan
(NSL) Program contain a number of reporting and recordkeeping
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requirements for schools and loan applicants. The requirements are
essential for assuring that borrowers are aware of their rights and
responsibilities, that schools know the history and status of each loan
account, that schools pursue aggressive collection efforts to reduce
default rates, and that they maintain adequate records for audit and
assessment purposes. Schools are free to use information technology to
manage the information required by the regulations. The estimated
burden is as follows:
Recordkeeping Requirements:
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Total
Reg./section requirement Number of Hours per burden
recordkeepers year hours
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HPSL Program:
57.206(b)(2) Documentation of Cost of Attendance.................. 290 1.17 339
57.208(a) Promissory Note......................................... 290 1.25 363
57.210(b)(1)(i) Documentation of Entrance Interview............... 290 1.25 363
57.210(b)(1)(ii) Documentation of Exit Interview.................. 313 .33 103
57.215 (a) & (d) Program Records.................................. 313 10 3,130
57.215(b) Student Records......................................... 313 10 3,130
57.215(c) Repayment Records....................................... 313 18.75 5,869
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HPSL subtotal................................................. 313 42.48 13,297
NSL Program:
57.306(b)(2)(ii) Documentation of Cost of Attendance.............. 435 .3 131
57.308(a) Promissory Note......................................... 435 .5 218
57.310(b)(1)(i) Documentation of Entrance Interview............... 435 .5 218
57.310(b)(1)(ii) Documentation of Exit Interview.................. 909 .17 155
57.315 (a)(1) & (a)(4) Program Records............................ 909 5.0 4,545
57.315(a)(2) Student Records...................................... 909 1.0 909
57.315(a)(3) Repayment Records.................................... 909 2.5 2,273
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NSL subtotal.................................................. 909 10.56 8,449
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Reporting Requirements:
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Responses Total
Req./Sect. Requirement No. of Per Annual House Per Total Hour
Respondents Respondent Responses Response Burden
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HPSL Program:
57.205(a)(2) Excess Case.................
(4) [Burden included under 0915-0044 and 0915-
0046]
57.206(a)(3) Student Financial Aid
Transcrip............................... 5,000 1 5,000 0.25 1,250
57.208(c) Loan Information Disclosure.... 290 72.41 21,000 .083 1,743
57.210(a)(3) Deferment Eligibility.......
(4) [Burden included under 0915-0044]
57.210(b)(1)(i) Entrance Interview....... 290 72.41 21,000 .167 3,507
57.210(b)(1)(ii) Exit Interview.......... 313 15.97 5,000 .483 2,415
57.210(b)(1)(iii) Notification of
Repayment............................... 313 35.14 11,000 .167 1,837
57.210(b)(1)(iv) Notification During
Deferment............................... 313 28.75 9,000 .083 747
57.210(b)(1)(vi) Notification of
Delinquent Accounts..................... 313 15.97 5,000 .167 835
57.210(b)(1)(x) Credit Bureau
Notification............................ 313 12.78 4,000 .6 2,400
57.210(b)(4)(i) Write-off of
Uncollectible Loans..................... 26 1.8 48 .5 24
57.211(a) Disability Cancellation........ 16 1 16 .75 12
57.215(a) Reports........................
(4) [Burden included under 0915-0044]
57.215(a)(2) Admin. Hearings............. 0 0 0 0 0
57.216a(d) Admin. Hearings............... 0 0 0 0 0
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HPSL Subtotal........................ 5,313 15.26 81,064 .182 14,770
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NSL Program:
57.305(a)(2) Excess Cash.................
(4) [Burden included under 0915-0044 and 0915-
0046]
57.306(a)(2) Student Financial Aid
Transcript.............................. 3,000 1 3,000 .25 750
57.310(b)(1)(i) Entrance Interview....... 435 27.59 12,000 .167 2,004
57.310(b)(1)(ii) Exit Interview.......... 909 4.4 4,000 .483 1,932
57.310(b)(1)(iii) Notification of
Repayment............................... 909 7.37 6,700 .167 1,119
57.310(b)(1)(iv) Notification During
Deferment............................... 909 .77 700 .083 58
57.310(b)(1)(vi) Notification of
Delinquent Accounts..................... 909 5.5 5,000 .167 835
57.310(b)(1)(x) Credit Bureau
Notification............................ 909 9.9 9,000 .6 5,400
57.310(b)(4)(i) Write-off of
Uncollectible Loans..................... 45 2.13 96 .5 48
57.311(a) Disability Cancellation........ 14 1 14 .75 11
57.312(a)(3) Evidence of Educational
Loans...................................
(4) [Inactive provision]
57.315(a)(1) Reports.....................
(4) [Burden included under 0915-0044]
57.315(a)(1)(ii) Admin. Hearings......... 0 0 0 0 0
57.316a(d) Admin. Hearings............... 0 0 0 0 0
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NSL Subtotal......................... 3,909 10.36 40,510 .30 12,157
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Estimated total annual burden: 48,673 hours.
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: February 28, 1996.
J. Henry Montes,
Associate Administrator for Policy Coordination.
[FR Doc. 96-4475 Filed 2-27-96; 8:45 am]
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