[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 220 (Friday, November 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61132-61133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30027]
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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.
The following request has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995:
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 fiscal year (FY) 2000. Students
use the application to apply for HEAL loans (through FY 1998) and
consolidation of loans, schools use the application to determine a
student's eligibility and maximum approval amount of each loan (through
FY 1998 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 1998 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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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..................................... 500 1 500 25 208
Lenders........................................ 11 45 500 35 292
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Total.................................... 511 ........... 1,000 ........... 500
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:
Laura Oliven, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503.
Dated: November 7, 1997.
Jane M. Harrison,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 97-30027 Filed 11-13-97; 8:45 am]
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