[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 114 (Monday, June 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32674-32675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15764]


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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) 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) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including 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: Disadvantaged Assistance Tracking and Outcome 
Report (New)

    The Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) and the Centers of 
Excellence (COE) Program (sections 740 and 739 of the Public Health 
Service (PHS) Act, respectively) provide opportunities for under-
represented minorities and disadvantaged individuals to enter and 
graduate from health professions schools. The Disadvantaged Assistance 
Tracking and Outcome Report (DATOR) will be used to track program 
participants through the health professions pathway to a health 
professions practice outcome. The current inability to track students' 
education progression in the health professions is a major impediment 
in assessing the outcome of these programs. There is no identifier used 
that transcends the various education levels, professional disciplines, 
and educational institutions.
    The DATOR, to be completed annually by HCOP and COE grantees, 
includes basic data on student participants (name, social security 
number, gender, race/ethnicity; targeted health professions, their 
status in the educational pipeline from pre-professional through 
professional training; financial assistance received through the grants 
funded under sections 739 and 740 of the PHS Act in the form of 
stipends, fellowships or per diem; and their employment or practice 
setting following their entry into the health care work force).
    The proposed reporting instrument is not expected to add 
significantly to the grantees reporting burden. This reporting 
instrument complements the grantees internal automated reporting 
mechanisms of using name and social security number in tracking 
students. Estimates of annualized burden are as follows:

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                                                 Number of      Responses per      Hours per       Total burden 
               Type of report                   respondents       respondent        response          hours     
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Disadvantaged Assistance Tracking Outcome                                                                       
 Report (DATOR).............................             200                1               10            2,000 
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    Send comments to the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 14-36, 
Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857; telephone 
number (301) 443-1129. Written comments should be received within 60 
days of this Notice.

    Dated: June 5, 1998.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 98-15764 Filed 6-12-98; 8:45 am]
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