[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 210 (Friday, October 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 58399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29112]


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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: Application for NHSC Recruitment and Retention 
Assistance (in Use Without Approval)

    The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) of the HRSA's Bureau of 
Primary Health Care assists underserved communities through the 
development, recruitment, and retention of primary health care 
clinicians dedicated to serving people in health professional shortage 
areas.
    The Application for NHSC Recruitment and Retention Assistance 
submitted by sites or clinicians requests information on the practice 
site, sponsoring agency, recruitment contact, staffing levels, service 
users, site's 5-year infant mortality or low birth rate averages, and 
next nearest site. The information on the application is used for 
determining eligibility of sites and to verify the need for NHSC 
providers. Sites must submit applications annually or when they need a 
provider.
    Estimates of annualized reporting burden are as follows:

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                                                 Number of      Responses per      Hours per       Total burden
               Type of report                   respondents       respondent        response           hour
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Application.................................           1,000                1              .75              750
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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, DC 20503.

    Dated: October 23, 1998.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 98-29112 Filed 10-29-98; 8:45 am]
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