[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51270-51273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21752]


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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) 443-1129.
    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

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or other forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: The Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program: 
Forms--0915-0108--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 and electronic submissions 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 Contract Application and Borrower 
Deferment Forms, and Borrower Loan Status and Loan Transfers/Purchases 
and Consolidation Tape Specification and Submission

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)(1), Lender due-diligence activities
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, Promissory Note, 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 60.33(e), Executed note to borrower
42 CFR 60.34(b)(1), Establishment of repayment terms--lender
42 CFR 60.42(b), Lender Quarterly Report on HEAL Loans Outstanding 
(Call Report)

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. 0915-0227, Federal Health Education Assistance Loan 
Refinancing Application/Promissory Note

Reporting

42 CFR 60.7, Application for loan
42 CFR 60.18 Consolidation of a HEAL loan

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

                                                   Table of Regulatory Sections and Respondent Burden
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                                                                                                                                              Annual
                  Type of burden                    Transactions                       Estimated time per transaction                        response
                                                      per year                                                                            burden (hours)
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                                                                        REPORTING
 
                                                       Subpart D: Lender--28 Participating Lenders
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60.32(b) & (c) Application for lender contract...  ..............  0.00.................................................................               0
60.40(c)(1)(iv) Bankruptcy Report to the                       78  12 min...............................................................              15
 Secretary.
60.42(d) Audit...................................               8  240 min. (4 hrs.)....................................................              32
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.....................................              86  .....................................................................              47
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                                                      Subpart E: School--190 Participating Schools
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60.56(c) Biennial Audit..........................               0  0.00.................................................................               0
60.60(b) Evidence of Cause for Administrative                   0  0.00.................................................................               0
 Hearing.
60.61(b) Evidence of Fraud.......................               0  0.00.................................................................               0
60.61(d) Bankruptcy Documentation................              78  10 min...............................................................              13
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    Subtotal.....................................              78  .....................................................................              13
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    Total Reporting..............................  ..............  .....................................................................              60
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                                                                      NOTIFICATION
 
                                                          Subpart B: Borrower--7,930 Borrowers
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60.0(a)(5) Sale or Transfer of Loan..............                                        Burden included in 60.38a
60.8(b)(3) Status Change.........................           7,852  10 min...............................................................           1,309

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60.61(d)* Bankruptcy.............................              78  10 min...............................................................              13
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    Subtotal.....................................           7,930  .....................................................................           1,322
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                                                       Subpart D: Lender--28 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....................         133,178  10 min...............................................................          22,196
60.35(a)(1) Delinquent Payment Notice to Borrower          34,648  10 min...............................................................           5,775
60.35(c)(2) Delinquent Notice to Credit Reporting           8,662  10 min...............................................................           1,443
 Agency.
60.35(e) Final Demand Letter.....................             695  10 min...............................................................             116
60.37(a) Right to Forbearance....................           3,000  5 min................................................................             250
60.37(c)(3) Reminder of obligation to pay........           1,200  10 min...............................................................             200
60.38(a) Notification to Borrower of Loan                   7,500  5 min................................................................             625
 Reassignment.
60.40(c)(1)(iv) and (c)(4) Default Notification                78  25 min...............................................................              32
 to Courts.
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    Subtotal.....................................         191,961  .....................................................................          30,687
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                                                      Subpart E: School--190 Participating Schools
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60.53 Change in Student Status...................                                     Burden included with 60.61(a)(7)
60.54 Notice of Refund Payment...................               0  25 min...............................................................               0
60.57 Borrower Identifying Information...........              73  8 min................................................................              10
60.61(a)(1) Entrance Interview...................               0  35 min...............................................................               0
60.61(a)(2) Exit Interview.......................              73  50 min...............................................................              61
60.61(a)(2) Student Departure Notification to                 190  35 min...............................................................             111
 Lender.
60.61(a)(3) Unresolved Discrepancies to Lender...               0  12 min...............................................................               0
60.61(a)(7) Change in Student Address to Lender..              73  10 min...............................................................              12
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    Subtotal.....................................             409  .....................................................................             194
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    Total Notification...........................  ..............  .....................................................................          32,203
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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.
60.7(c)(2) Non-Student signed Stmt.-Gov. Debt                0.00  .....................................................................            0.00
 Collection.
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                                                       Subpart D: Lender--28 Participating Lenders
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60.31(c) Procedures for Servicing & Collecting                 28  240 min (4 hrs.).....................................................             112
 Loans.
60.33(e) Promissory Note.........................                                      Burden included in 60.42(a)(2)
60.34(b)(2) Terms of Repayment Schedules.........           8,130  5 min................................................................             667
60.35(a)(1) Attempts to Collect Delinquent                  8,662  5 min................................................................             722
 Payment.
60.35(a)(2) Documentation of Skip-tracing........             131  10 min...............................................................              22
60.37(a)(1) Documentation of Borrower's Inability           2,065  15 min...............................................................             516
 to Pay.
60.37(c) Renewals of Forbearance.................           2,065  10 min...............................................................             344
60.37(c)(1) Basis for Belief of Borrower Intent               800  10 min...............................................................             133
 to Default.
60.40(a) Documentation of Insurance Claims.......             695  70 min...............................................................             811
60.42(a)(1) Loan Records.........................                                      Burden included in 60.42(a)(2)
60.42(a)(2) Borrower's Payment History...........          66,589  15 min...............................................................          16,647
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    Subtotal.....................................          89,165  .....................................................................          19,974
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                                                      Subpart E: School--190 Participating Schools
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60.51(f)(1) Documentation of Needs Analysis                                            Burden included in 60.61(a)(5)
 Adjustment.
60.51(f)(2) Documentation of Standard Student                                          Burden included in 60.61(a)(5)
 Budget Adjustments.
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..
60.57 Retention of Reports to the Secretary......             190  45 min...............................................................             143
60.61(a)(1) Entrance Interview...................  ..............  .....................................................................  ..............
60.61(a)(2) Exit Interview.......................              73  5 min................................................................               6
60.61(a)(4) HEAL Check Receipt...................               0  300 min..............................................................               0
60.61(a)(5) Complete Records of HEAL Borrowers...          90,000  15 min...............................................................          22,500
60.61(a)(6) Criteria for Student Budgets.........             190  10 min...............................................................              32

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    Subtotal.....................................          90,453  .....................................................................          22,681
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    Total Recordkeeping..........................  ..............  .....................................................................          42,655
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    Total Annual Burden..........................  ..............  .....................................................................          74,918
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 16C-17, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: August 19, 2003.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-21752 Filed 8-26-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-15-P