[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48931-48932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13847]


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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

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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: Outcome Study of National Health Service Corps (NHSC) 
Chiropractor and Pharmacist Loan Repayment Demonstration Project--New

    In 2002, Congress authorized a demonstration project to provide for 
the participation of chiropractors and pharmacists in the NHSC Loan 
Repayment Program. This study provides for an evaluation of the 
demonstration project to determine (1) The manner in which the 
demonstration project has affected access to primary care services, 
patient satisfaction, quality of care, and health care services 
provided for traditionally underserved populations, (2) how the 
participation of chiropractors and pharmacists in the Loan Repayment 
Program might affect the designation of health professional shortage 
areas, and (3) whether adding chiropractors and pharmacists as 
permanent members of the NHSC would be feasible and would enhance the 
effectiveness of the NHSC.
    The burden estimate is as follows:

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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
                   Respondents                      respondents     responses/     response (in     (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Clinic Users....................................           2,000               1             .25             500
Chiropractors & Pharmacists.....................              60               1             .50              30
NHSC Site Administrative Personnel..............              30               1             .50              15
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    Total.......................................           2,090  ..............  ..............             545
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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, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: August 15, 2006.
Cheryl R. Dammons,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E6-13847 Filed 8-21-06; 8:45 am]
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