[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68938-68939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27121]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Information Collection: 
Application for Participation in the IHS Scholarship Program

AGENCY: Indian Health Service.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments. Request for extension of 
approval.

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SUMMARY: In compliance the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Indian 
Health Service (IHS) invites the general public to comment on the 
information collection titled, ``Application for Participation in the 
IHS Scholarship Program,'' Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
Control No. 0917-0006. IHS is requesting OMB to approve an extension 
for this collection, which expires on March 31, 2020.

DATES: Comment Due Date: February 18, 2020. Your comments regarding 
this information collection are best assured of having full effect if 
received within 60 days of the date of this publication.

ADDRESSES: Send your written comments, requests for more information on 
the collection, or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection 
instrument and instructions to Ms. Reta Brewer by one of the following 
methods:
     Mail: Reta Brewer, Branch Chief, Scholarship Programs, 
Division of Health Professions Support, Indian Health Service, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Mail Stop: OHR 11E53A, Rockville, MD 20857.
     Phone: (301) 443-2349.
     Email: [email protected].
     Fax: 301-443-6048.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This previously approved information 
collection project was last published in the Federal Register (81 FR 
60368), on September 1, 2016 and allowed 30 days for public comment. No 
public comment was received in response to the notice. The purpose of 
this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment. A copy of the 
supporting statement is available at www.regulations.gov (see Docket ID 
IHS-2020-01).
    Information Collection: Title: ``Application for Participation in 
the IHS Scholarship Program,'' OMB Control No. 0917-0006. Type of 
Information Collection Request: Extension of the currently approved 
information collection ``Application for Participation in the IHS 
Scholarship Program,'' OMB Control No. 0917-0006. Form Number(s): IHS-
856-07 through 856-16, IHS-856-19 through 856-23, IHS-817, and IHS-818 
are retained for use by the IHS Scholarship Program (IHSSP) as part of 
this current Information Collection Request. Reporting forms are found 
on the IHS website at www.ihs.gov/scholarship. Forms IHS-856-03, IHS-
856-05, and IHS-856-06 have been moved to the online application 
process and can be found at www.ihs.gov/scholarship/applynow/. Need and 
Use of Information Collection: The IHS Scholarship Branch needs this 
information for program administration and uses the information to: 
Solicit, process, and award IHS Pre-graduate, Preparatory, and/or 
Health Professions Scholarship recipients; monitor the academic 
performance of recipients; and to place recipients at payback sites. 
The IHSSP application is electronically available on the internet at 
the IHS website at: http://www.ihs.gov/scholarship/applynow/.

    Affected Public: Individuals, not-for-profit institutions and 
State, local or Tribal Governments. Type of Respondents: Students 
pursuing health care professions.
    The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments, 
Estimated number of respondents, Number of responses per respondent, 
Annual number of responses, Average burden hour per response, and Total 
annual burden hours.

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                                                  Number of     Responses per   Total annual                                               Annual burden
        Data collection instrument(s)            respondents     respondent       response             Burden hour per response *              hours
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Scholarship Online Application...............             850               1             850  1.00 (60 min)............................             850
Verification of Acceptance or Decline of                  300               1             300  0.13 (8 min).............................              39
 Award (IHS-856-7).
Recipient's Initial Program Progress Report               800               1             800  0.13 (8 min).............................             104
 (IHS-856-8).
Notification of Academic Problem (IHS-856-9).              20               1              20  0.13 (8 min).............................               3
Change of Status (IHS-856-10)................              50               1              50  .045 (25 min)............................              21

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Request for Approval of Deferment (IHS-856-                60               1              60  0.13 (8 min).............................               8
 11).
Preferred Placement (IHS-856-12).............             150               1             150  0.50 (30 min)............................              75
Notice of Impending Graduation (IHS-856-13)..             170               1             170  0.17 (10 min)............................              28
Notification of Deferment Program (IHS-856-                60               1              60  0.13 (8 min).............................               8
 14).
Placement Update (IHS-856-15)................             170               1             170  0.18 (11 min)............................              31
Annual Status Report (IHS-856-16)............             200               1             200  0.25 (15 min)............................              50
Lost Stipend Payment (IHS-856-19)............              10               1              10  0.13 (8 min).............................               2
Summer School Request (IHS-856-21)...........             100               1             100  0.10 (6 min).............................              10
Change of Name or Address (IHS-856-22).......              20               1              20  0.13 (8 min).............................               3
Request for Credit Validation (IHS-856-23)...              30               1              30  0.10 (6 min).............................               3
Scholarship Program Agreement (IHS-817)......              60               1              60  0.16 (10 min)............................              10
Health Professions Contract (IHS-818)........             225               1             225  0.16 (10 min)............................              38
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    Total....................................  ..............  ..............           3,275  .........................................           1,283
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.

    There are no direct costs to respondents other than their time to 
voluntarily complete the forms and submit them for consideration. The 
estimated cost for the federal government is $145,223.00 (contractor) 
to work on the program with IHS program staff.
    Requests for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are 
invited on one or more of the following points:
    (a) Whether the information collection activity is necessary to 
carry out an agency function;
    (b) whether the agency processes the information collected in a 
useful and timely fashion;
    (c) the accuracy of the public burden estimate (the estimated 
amount of time needed for individual respondents to provide the 
requested information);
    (d) whether the methodology and assumptions used to determine the 
estimates are logical;
    (e) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information being collected; and
    (f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use of 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

Chris Buchanan,
Assistant Surgeon General, USPHS, Deputy Director, Indian Health 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-27121 Filed 12-16-19; 8:45 am]
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