[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 139 (Monday, July 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 43135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18356]


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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 the National Health Service Corps 
(NHSC) Scholarship Program (OMB No. 0915-0146): Extension

    The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program was 
established to help alleviate the geographic and specialty and other 
health practitioners in the United States. Under this program, health 
professions students are offered scholarships in return for service in 
a federally designated Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA). The 
Scholarship Program provides the NHSC with the health professionals it 
requires to carry out its mission of providing primary health care to 
HPSA populations in areas of greatest need. Students are supported who 
are well qualified to participate in the NHSC Scholarship Program and 
who want to assist the NHSC in its mission, both during and after their 
period of obligated service. Scholars are selected for these 
competitive awards based on the information provided in the application 
and during the semistructured personal interview that is conducted by a 
team of two interviewers who use a structured scoring procedure. Awards 
are made to applicants that demonstrate a high potential for providing 
quality primary health care services.
    The estimated response burden is as follows:

 
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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Total burden
                      Form                          respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Application.....................................           2,000               1               1           2,000
Interview.......................................           1,100               1               1           1,100
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    Total.......................................           3,100  ..............  ..............           3,100
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Allison Eydt, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Fax Number 202-395-6974.

    Dated: July 11, 2003.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-18356 Filed 7-18-03; 8:45 am]
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