[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 82 (Wednesday, April 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23469-23470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11346]


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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 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.

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Proposed Project: The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and 
Native Hawaiian Health (NHH) Scholarship Programs Data Collection 
Worksheets (in Use Without Approval)

    The NHSC and NHH Scholarship Programs were established to assure an 
adequate supply of trained primary care health professionals to the 
neediest communities in the Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) 
of the United States. Under these programs, allopathic physicians, 
osteopathic physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, 
physician assistants, and, if needed by the NHSC or NHH program, 
students of other health professions are offered the opportunity to 
enter into a contractual agreement with the Secretary under which the 
Public Health Service agrees to pay the total school tuition, required 
fees, other reasonable costs (ORC) and a stipend for living expenses. 
In exchange, the scholarship recipient agrees to provide full-time 
clinical services at a site in a federally designated HPSA.
    In order to accurately determine the amount of scholarship support 
that students will need during their academic training, the Bureau of 
Primary Health Care must contact each scholar's school for an estimate 
of tuition, fees, and ORC. The Data Collection Worksheet collects these 
itemized costs for both resident and nonresident students.
    Six hundred schools are expected to submit one report per year. It 
is expected to take 30 minutes to complete each form, for a total of 
300 hours of burden.
    Send comments to Lyman Van Nostrand, 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: April 22, 1998.
Jane Harrison,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 98-11346 Filed 4-28-98; 8:45 am]
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