[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 67 (Thursday, April 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 17923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7934]


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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, e-mail [email protected] or 
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) The proposed collection of information 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (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 National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment 
Program (OMB No. 0915-0127)--Extension

    The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program 
(LRP) was established to assure an adequate supply of trained primary 
care health care professionals to provide services in the neediest 
Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) of the United States. Under 
this program, the Department of Health and Human Services agrees to 
repay the educational loans of the primary care health professionals. 
In return, the health professionals agree to serve for a specified 
period of time in a federally designated HPSA approved by the Secretary 
for LRP participants. The NHSC LRP forms provide information that is 
needed for select, award, and monitor participants. The LRP forms 
include the following: the NHSC LRP Application, the Employment 
Verification and Community Site Information form, the Loan Information 
and Verification form, the Authorization to Release Information form, 
the Applicant Checklist, and the Self-Certification form.
    The annual estimate of burden is as follows:

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                                     Number of      Responses/         Total         Hours per     Total burden
           Instrument               respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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NHSC LRP Application............           5,175               1           5,175            0.30           1,553
Employment Verification--                  5,175               1           5,175            0.75           3,881
 Community Site Information Form
Loan Information and                       5,175               3          15,525            0.30           4,658
 Verification Form..............
Authorization To Release                   5,175               1           5,175            0.10             518
 Information....................
Applicant Checklist.............           5,175               1           5,175            0.25           1,294
Self-Certification Form.........           5,175               1           5,175            0.10             518
Lenders.........................              65               1              65            0.30              20
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    Total.......................           5,240  ..............          41,465  ..............          12,442
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    E-mail comments to [email protected] or mail the 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: March 31, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-7934 Filed 4-7-10; 8:45 am]
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