[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 238 (Monday, December 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77648-77649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31238]


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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 
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: Retention Survey of NHSC Clinicians and Alumni/NHSC 
Site Administrators--

    [NEW] The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment and 
Scholarship Programs were 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 these programs, the Department of Health and Human 
Services agrees to repay the educational loans of, or provide 
scholarships to, primary care health professionals. In return, the 
professionals agree to serve for a specified period of time in a 
Federally designated HPSA approved by the Secretary. The last survey 
conducted to analyze retention of NHSC clinicians is more than ten 
years old. There is a need to distribute a survey to reevaluate the 
personal/professional development of NHSC clinicians in an effort to 
retain the clinicians in service providing care for individuals 
residing in underserved areas. The survey will ask current and former 
NHSC clinicians questions regarding professional satisfaction, 
expectations of service in the NHSC, and their experiences at NHSC 
sites. The survey will also ask questions of NHSC site administrators 
about their locations and the attributes of current and former NHSC 
clinicians at these sites.
    The estimated response burden for the survey is as follows:

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                                                     Survey
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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
           Instrument               respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Survey of Site Administrator....           2,000               1           2,000             .15             300
Survey of NHSC Clinicians in               6,500               1           6,500             .13             845
 Service........................
Survey of NHSC..................           3,000               1           3,000             .20             600
Alumni (Recent).................
Survey of NHSC..................           1,143               1           1,143             .15             171
Alumni (Remote).................
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    Total.......................          12,643               4          12,643             .63           1,916
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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: December 8, 2010.
Robert Hendricks,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-31238 Filed 12-10-10; 8:45 am]
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