[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 72 (Thursday, April 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19650-19651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8623]


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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 350(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 Public Law 104-13, the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) will publish 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, call HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at 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 of other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students Program (OMB 
No. 0915-0149) Extension

    The Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) Program has as 
its purpose the provision of funds to eligible schools to provide 
scholarships to full-time students with financial need from 
disadvantaged backgrounds enrolled in health professions and nursing 
programs.
    To qualify for participation in the SDS program, a school must be 
carrying out a program for recruiting and retaining students from 
disadvantaged backgrounds, including students who are members of racial 
and ethnic minority groups (section 737(d)(1)(B) of the Public Health 
Service (PHS) Act). A school must meet the eligibility criteria to 
demonstrate that the program has achieved success based on the number 
and/or percentage of disadvantaged students who graduate from the 
school. In awarding SDS funds to eligible schools, funding priorities 
must be given to schools based on the proportion of graduating students 
going into primary care, the proportion of underrepresented minority 
students, and the proportion of graduates working

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in medically underserved communities (section 737(c) of the PHS Act).
    The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Total burden
                      Form                          respondents     respondents      response          hours
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SDS Application.................................             600               1              13           7,800
SDS Report......................................             600               1               1             600
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    Total.......................................             600               1              14           8,400
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    E-mail comments to [email protected] or mail to 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: April 6, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-8623 Filed 4-14-10; 8:45 am]
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