[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 42581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16776]


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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, e-mail 
[email protected] or 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: National Health Service Corps Recruitment and 
Retention Assistance Application (OMB No. 0915-0230)--Extension

    The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) of the Bureau of Clinician 
Recruitment and Service (BCRS), HRSA, is committed to improving the 
health of the Nation's underserved by uniting communities in need with 
caring health professionals and by supporting community's efforts to 
build better systems of care.
    The Application for NHSC Recruitment and Retention Assistance, 
submitted by sites, 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 the NHSC. The information on the application is used 
for determining the eligibility of sites and to verify the need for 
NHSC providers. Sites must apply once every three years.
    The estimated burden is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
         Type of report             respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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 NHSC Multi-year Site                       2900               1            2900             0.5            1450
 Application....................
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to 
the desk officer for HRSA, either by e-mail to [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974. Please direct all 
correspondence to the ``attention of the desk officer for HRSA.''

    Dated: July 16, 2008.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
 [FR Doc. E8-16776 Filed 7-21-08; 8:45 am]
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