[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 81 (Thursday, April 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 22056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8509]


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

    The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) of 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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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
John Kraemer, Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office 
of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: April 22, 2005.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 05-8509 Filed 4-27-05; 8:45 am]
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