[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 125 (Thursday, June 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37084-37085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10236]


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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 
(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: 
Forms (OMB No. 0915-0043)--Extension

    The Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) program continues to 
administer and monitor outstanding loans which were provided to 
eligible students to pay for educational costs in

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a number of health professions. HEAL forms collect information that is 
required for responsible program management. The HEAL Repayment 
Schedule, Fixed and Variable, provides the borrower with the cost of a 
HEAL loan, the number and amount of payments, and the Truth-in-Lending 
disclosures. The Lender's Report on HEAL Student Loans Outstanding 
(Call Report) provides information on the status of loans outstanding 
by the number of borrowers and total number of loans whose loan 
payments are in various stages of the loan cycle, such as student 
education and repayment, and the corresponding dollar amounts. These 
forms are needed to provide borrowers with information on the cost of 
their loan(s) and to determine which lenders may have excessive 
delinquencies and defaulted loans.
    The estimate of burden for the forms is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
              Form                  respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Repayment Schedule HRSA 502.....               8             666           5,328              .5           2,664
Call Report HRSA-512............              20               4              80             .75              60
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    Total.......................              28  ..............           5,408  ..............           2,724
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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: June 22, 2006.
Cheryl R. Dammons,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
 [FR Doc. E6-10236 Filed 6-28-06; 8:45 am]
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