[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 33 (Friday, February 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8389-8390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4109]


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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) publishes 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.

Proposed Project: National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Professional 
Training and Information Questionnaire (PTIQ) OMB No. 0915-0208: 
Revision

    The Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary 
Health Care, NHSC assists medically underserved communities through the 
placement of primary health care professionals in health professional 
shortage areas.
    The PTIQ is used to collect data related to professional issues, 
family concerns, and assignment preferences from NHSC obligated 
Scholarship Program Recipients including physicians, physician 
assistants (PAs), nurse practitioners (NPs), certified nurse midwives 
(CNMs), and other disciplines in the current year's placement cycle. 
These data are used to match an individual health care professional 
with the most appropriate clinical practice setting.
    The PTIQ will be mailed twelve months in advance of the intended 
service availability date.
    The burden estimate is as follows:

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                                       Number of      Responses per                                 Total hour
        Type of respondent            respondents       respondent        Hours per response          burden
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Health care professionals.........             377                1   12 minutes                             76
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    Total.........................             377                                                           76
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., 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: February 12, 1999.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 99-4109 Filed 2-18-99; 8:45 am]
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