[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16636-16637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06140]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Information Collection: 
Application for Participation in the IHS Scholarship Program

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

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

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SUMMARY: In compliance the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 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. This proposed 
information collection project was previously published in the Federal 
Register on December 17, 2019, and allowed 60 days for public comment, 
as required by the PRA. The IHS received no comments regarding this 
collection. The purpose of this notice is to allow 30 days for public 
comment to be submitted directly to OMB.

DATES: Comment Due Date: April 23, 2020. Your comments regarding this

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information collection are best assured of having full effect if 
received within 30 days of the date of this publication.

ADDRESSES: Direct Your Comments to OMB: Send your comments and 
suggestions regarding the proposed information collection contained in 
this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and 
associated response time to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of 
Regulatory Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for IHS.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 Award              300               1             300  0.13 ( 8 min)..........................              39
 (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
Request for Approval of Deferment (IHS-856-11).              60               1              60  0.13 ( 8 min)..........................               8
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-856-14).              60               1              60  0.13 (8 min)...........................               8
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: The IHS requests your comments on this 
collection concerning: (a) The necessity of this information collection 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden (hours and cost) of the 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (c) ways we could enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways we could 
minimize the burden of the collection of the information on the 
respondents.

Michael D. Weahkee,
Assistant Surgeon General, RADM, U.S. Public Health Service, Principal 
Deputy Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-06140 Filed 3-23-20; 8:45 am]
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