[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 32 (Thursday, February 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8105-8106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3023]


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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 the Office of Management and Budget 
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 the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

Proposed Project: The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Recruitment 
and Retention Assistance Application (OMB No. 0915-0230)--Revision

    The National Health Service Corps (NHSC), managed by the Bureau of 
Health Professions (BHPr), HRSA, is committed to improving the health 
of the Nation's underserved by uniting communities in need with caring 
health professionals and by supporting communities' efforts to build 
better systems of care.
    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, charges for services, employment policies, and fiscal management 
capabilities. Assistance in completing the application may be obtained 
through the appropriate State Primary Care Offices, State Primary Care 
Associations and NHSC contractors. The information on the application 
is used for determining eligibility of sites and to verify the need for 
NHSC providers. Sites must apply once every three years.
    Estimates of annualized reporting burden are as follows:

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                                                 Number of       Response per      Hours per       Total burden
               Type of report                   respondents      respondents        response          hours
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Application.................................            2900                1               .5             1450
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: February 10, 2005.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 05-3023 Filed 2-16-05; 8:45 am]
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