[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 183 (Tuesday, September 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 50576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25273]


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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: Refinancing Loan Application/Promissory Note; New--

    The HEAL program provides federally-insured loans to students in 
schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, 
veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatric medicine, pharmacy, public 
health, chiropractic, or allied health, and graduate students in health 
administration or clinical psychology. Eligible lenders, such as banks, 
State agencies, and HEAL schools, make HEAL loans which are insured by 
the Federal Government against loss due to the borrower's 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.
    A new combined HEAL refinancing loan application/promissory note 
has been developed for lenders. Previously, the standard HEAL student 
application form (HRSA-700) and promissory note (HRSA 500-3) were used 
by lenders to process the loan refinancing. The application contained 
items that were not needed for refinancing loans, and the Department 
has since developed an official combined form.
    Estimates of annualized reporting burden are as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden 
       Type of respondent           respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours    
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Applicants......................           2,800               1           2,800              12             560
Lenders.........................               9             311           2,800              30           1,400
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    Total.......................           2,809  ..............           5,600  ..............           1,960
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Wendy A. Taylor, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: September 16, 1998.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 98-25273 Filed 9-21-98; 8:45 am]
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