[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 192 (Thursday, October 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61369-61370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24306]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments 
submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided 
to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the 
review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received within 30 days of this 
notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the Information Collection 
Request Title, to the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance 
requests submitted to OMB for review, email the HRSA Information 
Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or call (301) 443-
1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Information Collection Request Title: Scholarships for 
Disadvantaged Students Application Program Specific Form.
    OMB No.: 0915-0149--Revision.
    Abstract: The purpose of the Scholarships for Disadvantaged 
Students (SDS) Program is to promote diversity among health profession 
students and practitioners by providing funds to eligible schools to 
provide scholarships to full-time, financially needy students 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 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

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schools, funding points must be given to schools based on the 
proportion of graduate students practicing in primary care, the 
proportion of underrepresented minority students, and the proportion of 
graduates working in medically underserved communities (section 737(c) 
of the Public Health Service Act).
    Need and Proposed Use of Information: Information collected for the 
SDS application is needed by the Department to determine whether 
applicant schools meet the statutory and regulatory requirements, to 
determine eligibility for program participation, and to establish 
priority points for funding. Applicant schools are requested to 
complete an application for each discipline or program. Data are 
provided on the applicant school's number of full-time student 
enrollment and its racial/ethnicity data, disadvantaged full-time 
enrollment by class year, full-time students graduated, full-time 
disadvantaged students graduated, and full-time graduates serving in 
Medically Underserved Communities. Numbers of full-time graduates 
serving primary care must be provided only for schools of medicine, 
osteopathic medicine, dentistry, nursing (graduate degree program), 
physician assistants, dental hygiene, and mental and behavioral health. 
Each school will determine the eligibility of students based on 
financial need and whether a student is from a disadvantaged 
background.
    Likely Respondents: Schools that participate in the SDS program. 
Students must be from a disadvantaged background as defined by the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services and must be a citizen, 
national, or a lawful permanent resident of the United States (see 
definition at http://www.hrsa.gov/loanscholarships/scholarships/disadvantaged.html).
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and 
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this ICR are summarized in the table below.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                     Number of       Number of         Total        burden per     Total burden
            Form name               respondents    responses per     responses     response  (in       hours
                                                    respondent                        hours)
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Application--Program Specific                400               1             400              22           8,800
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    Total.......................             400               1             400              22           8,800
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    Dated: September 26, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-24306 Filed 10-2-13; 8:45 am]
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