[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 152 (Monday, August 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48171-48172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20077]


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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) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary 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: National Health Service Corps Site Application (OMB 
No. 0915-0230)--Revision

    The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) of the Bureau of Clinician 
Recruitment and Service (BCRS), Health Resources and Services 
Administration, is committed to improving the health of the Nation's 
underserved by uniting communities in need with caring health 
professionals, and by supporting their efforts to build better systems 
of care. The NHSC Site Application, which renames and revises the 
previous Recruitment and Retention Assistance Application, requests 
information on the clinical service 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 for assignment of NHSC-obligated 
health professionals and to verify the need for NHSC clinicians. 
Approval as an NHSC service site is good for 3 years; sites wishing to 
remain eligible for assignment of NHSC providers must submit a new Site 
Application every 3 years.
    The annual estimate of burden is as follows:

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                                                                        Number of      Responses per                       Hours per       Total burden
                             Instrument                                respondents       respondent    Total responses      response          hours
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NHSC Site Application..............................................            3000                1             3000              0.5             1500
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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 30 days 
of this notice.

    Dated: August 2, 2011.
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2011-20077 Filed 8-5-11; 8:45 am]
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