[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 151 (Friday, August 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48004-48006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19305]


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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) 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) 443-1129.
    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: The Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL)
    Program: Regulatory Requirements--00915-0108--Extension--This 
clearance request is for extension of approval for the notification, 
reporting and recordkeeping requirements in the HEAL program to insure 
that the lenders, holders and schools participating in the HEAL program 
follow sound management procedures in the administration of federally-
insured student loans. While the regulatory requirements are approved 
under this OMB number, much of the burden associated with the 
regulations is cleared under the OMB numbers for the HEAL forms used to 
report required information (listed below). The table listed at the end 
of this notice contains the estimate of burden for the remaining 
regulations.
    Annual Response Burden for the following regulations is cleared by 
OMB when the reporting forms are cleared:
OMB Approval No. 0915-0034, Lender's Application, Borrower Status, Loan 
Transfer, Contract for Loan Insurance:
Reporting

    42 CFR 60.31(a), Lender annual application
    42 CFR 60.38(a), Loan Reassignment

Notification

    42 CFR 60.12(c)(1), Borrower deferment

OMB Approval No. 0915-0036, Lender's Application for Insurance Claim:
Reporting
    42 CFR 60.35(a)(2), Lender skip-tracing activities
    42 CFR 60.40(a), Lender documentation to litigate a default
    42 CFR 60.40(c)(i), (ii), and (iii), Lender default claim
    42 CFR 60.40(c)(2), Lender death claim
    42 CFR 60.40(c)(3), Lender disability claim
    42 CFR 60.40(c)(4), Lender report of student bankruptcy
OMB Approval No. 0915-0043, Repayment Schedule, Call Report
Notification
    42 CFR 60.11(e), Establishment of repayment terms-borrower
    42 CFR 60.11(f)(5), Borrower notice of supplemental repayment 
agreement
    42 CFR 60.34(b)(1), Establishment of repayment terms-lender
OMB Approval No. 0915-0204, Physicians Certification of Permanent and 
Total Disability
Reporting
    42 CFR 60.39(b)(2), Holder request to Secretary to determine 
borrower disability
OMB Approval No. 0915-227, Refinancing Application/Promissory Note
    42 CFR 60.33(e), Executed application and note to borrower

    The estimate of burden for the regulatory requirements of this 
clearance are as follows:

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                               Table of Regulatory Sections and Respondent Burden
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                                                                                                      Annual re-
                                                Transactions                                            sponse
                Type of burden                    per year        Estimated time per transaction        burden
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                                                    REPORTING
                                   Subpart D: Lender--22 Participating Lenders
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60.40(c)(1)(iv) Bankruptcy Report to the                 139  12 min...............................           28
 Secretary.
60.42(d) Audit................................            22  240 min. (4 hrs.)....................           88
60.42(e) Evidence of Fraud....................             0  120 min. (2 hrs.)....................            0
60.43(b) Evidence of Cause for Administrative              0  180 min. (3 hrs.)....................            0
 Hearing.
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    Subtotal..................................           161  .....................................          116
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                                  Subpart E: School--200 Participating Schools
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60.56(c) Biennial Audit.......................             0  240 min. (4 hrs.)....................            0
60.60(b) Evidence of Cause for Administrative              0  180 min. (3 hrs.)....................            0
 Hearing.
60.61(d) Bankruptcy Documentation.............           139  10 min...............................           23
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    Subtotal..................................           139  .....................................           23
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      Total Reporting.........................           300  .....................................          139
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                                                  NOTIFICATION
                                      Subpart B: Borrower--20,639 Borrowers
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60.8(a)(5) Sale or Transfer of Loan...........                      Burden included in 60.38a
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60.8(b)(3) Status Change......................        20,500  10 min...............................        3,417
60.61(d)* Bankruptcy..........................           139  10 min...............................           23
    Subtotal..................................        20,639  .....................................        3,440
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                                Subpart C: Loan/Lender--9 Participating Lenders
60.18 Loan Consolidation......................         3,000  40 min...............................        2,000
60.21(b)(2) Refund Check Transfer.............             0  30 min...............................            0
60.21(b)(2) Refund Check Notification.........             0  15 min...............................            0
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                                   Subpart D: Lender--22 Participating Lenders
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60.33(g) Denial of Loan.......................             0  14 min...............................            0
60.33(h) Borrower Indebtedness................         3,000  1 min................................           50
60.34(c) Biannual Debt Status.................       202,126  10 min...............................       33,688
60.35(a)(1) Delinquent Payment Notice to              11,713  30 min...............................        5,857
 Borrower.
60.35(c)(2) Delinquent Notice to Credit               11,713  15 min...............................        2,928
 Reporting Agency.
60.35(e) Demand Letter........................         2,047  10 min...............................          341
60.37(a) Right to Forbearance.................         4,480  5 min................................          373
60.37(c)(3) Reminder of Obligation to Pay.....         2,240  10 min...............................          373
60.38(a) Notification to Borrower of Loan              7,500  5 min................................          625
 Reassignment.
60.40(c)(1)(iv) and (c)(4) Default                       139  25 min...............................           58
 Notification to Courts.
    Subtotal..................................       247,958  .....................................       46,293
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                                  Subpart E: School--200 Participating Schools
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60.53 Change in Student Status Burden included                  Burden included with 60.61(a)(7)
 with.
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60.54 Notice of Refund Payment................             0  25 min...............................            0
60.57 Borrower Identifying Information........         1,439  8 min................................          192
60.61(a)(1) Entrance Interview................             0  35 min...............................            0
60.61(a)(2) Exit Interview....................         1,439  50 min...............................        1,199
60.61(a)(2) Student Departure Notification to            200  35 min...............................          117
 Lender.
60.61(a)(3) Unresolved Discrepancies to Lender             0  12 min...............................            0
60.61(a)(7) Change in Student Address to               2,878  10 min...............................          480
 Lender.
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    Subtotal..................................         5,956  .....................................        1,988
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      Total Notification......................       274,553  .....................................       51,721
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                                                  RECORDKEEPING
                                               Subpart B: Borrower
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60.7(a)(2) Student Signed Stmt.--Gov. Debt              Burden included in 60.34(b)(2) and 60.61(a)(1)&(2)
 Collection Procedures.
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60.7(c)(2) Non-Student Signed Stmt.--Gov. Debt          0.00  .....................................         0.00
 Collection.
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                                   Subpart D: Lender--22 Participating Lenders
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60.31(c) Procedures for Servicing & Collecting            22  240 min. (4 hrs).....................           88
 Loans.
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60.33(e) Promissory Note......................                    Burden included in 60.42(a)(2)
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60.34(b)(2) Terms of Repayment Schedules......        10,000  5 min................................          833
60.35(a)(1) Attempts to Collect Delinquent            10,000  5 min................................          833
 Payment.
60.35(a)(2) Documentation of Skip-tracing.....         2,500  10 min...............................          417
60.37(a)(1) Documentation of Borrower's                2,500  15 min...............................          625
 Inability to Pay.
60.37(c) Renewals of Forbearance..............         1,200  10 min...............................          200
60.37(c)(1) Basis for Belief of Borrower                 300  10 min...............................           50
 Intent to Default.
60.40(a) Documentation of Insurance Claims....           584  70 min...............................          681
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60.42(a)(1) Loan Records......................                    Burden included in 60.42(a)(2)
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60.42(a)(2) Borrower's Payment History........       101,063  15 min...............................       25,266
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    Subtotal..................................       128,169  .....................................       28,993
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                                  Subpart E: School--200 Participating Schools
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60.51(f)(1) Documentation of Needs Analysis                      Burden included in 60.61(a)(5)
 Adjustment.
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60.51(f)(2) Documentation of Standard Student                     Burden included in 60.61(a)(5)
 Budget Adjustments.
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60.56(a) Required Retention of HEAL Borrower                      Burden included in 60.61(a)(5)
 Records.
60.56(b) Five Year Retention of Student
 Records.
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60.57 Retention of Reports to the Secretary...           200  45 min...............................          150
60.61(a)(1) Entrance Interview................
60.61(a)(2) Exit Interview....................         1,439  5 min................................          120
60.61(a)(4) HEAL Check Receipt................             0  300 min..............................            0
60.61(a)(5) Complete Records of HEAL Borrowers        50,000  15 min...............................       12,500
60.61(a)(6) Criteria for Student Budgets......        50,000  2 min................................        1,667
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    Subtotal..................................       101,639  .....................................       14,437
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      Total Recordkeeping.....................       229,808  .....................................       43,430
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        Total Annual Burden...................       504,661  .....................................       95,290
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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: July 25, 2000.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 00-19305 Filed 8-3-00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4160-15-P