[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 115 (Monday, June 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36220-36221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12840]


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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; Application and Other 
Forms Used by the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship 
Program (SP), the NHSC Students to Service Loan Repayment Program (S2S 
LRP), and the Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program (NHHSP), OMB 
No. 0915-0146--Revision

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
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. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30 
day comment period for this notice has closed.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than July 15, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Information Collection Request Title: Application and Other Forms 
Used by the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program 
(SP), the NHSC Students to Service Loan Repayment Program (S2S LRP), 
and the Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program (NHHSP).

OMB No. 0915-0146--Revision

    Abstract: Administered by HRSA's Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW), 
the NHSC SP, NHSC S2S LRP, and the NHHSP provide scholarships or loan 
repayment to qualified students who are pursuing primary care health 
professions education and training. In return, students agree to 
provide primary health care services in underserved communities located 
in federally designated Health Professional Shortage Areas once they 
are fully trained and licensed health professionals. Awards are made to 
applicants who demonstrate the greatest potential for successful 
completion of their education and training as well as commitment to 
provide primary health care services to communities of greatest need. 
The information from program applications, forms, and supporting 
documentation is used to select the best qualified candidates for these 
competitive awards, and to monitor program participants' enrollment in 
school, postgraduate training, and compliance with program 
requirements.
    Although some program forms vary from program to program (see 
program-specific burden charts below), required forms generally 
include: A program application, academic and non-academic letters of 
recommendation, the authorization to release information, and the 
acceptance/verification of good standing report. Additional forms for 
the NHSC SP include the data collection worksheet, which is completed 
by the educational institutions of program participants; the post-
graduate training verification form (applicable for NHSC S2S LRP 
participants), which is completed by program participants and their 
residency director; and the enrollment verification form, which is 
completed by program participants and the educational institution for 
each academic term. The NHHSP program will add 3 new forms including 
the scholar enrollment verification, change in program curriculum and 
graduation documentation forms. These forms are completed by the 
grantee on behalf of the participant and the educational institution to 
verify the participant's enrollment status for each academic term, to 
provide notice of any change in the participant's program curriculum 
and to verify that NHHSP has met its financial obligation to pay 
tuition and related fees or to hold additional funds to cover any 
tuition balance or fees on the participant's student account.
    Upon review of the 60-day notice, it was determined that The ``Post 
Graduate Training Form'' was accidentally included as a duplicate entry 
since it is already captured in the ``NHSC awardees/schools/post 
graduate training programs/sites'' section, which is the proper program 
for which it is used. Therefore, it was removed from the NHSC Students 
to Service Loan Repayment Program Application'' section of the 
Estimated Burden Table.
    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on March 9, 2020, 
vol. 85, No. 46; pp. 13662-13664. There was one public comment.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The NHSC SP, S2S LRP, and 
NHHSP applications, forms, and supporting documentation are used to 
collect necessary information from applicants that enable HRSA to make 
selection determinations for the competitive awards and monitor 
compliance with program requirements.
    Likely Respondents: Qualified students who are pursuing education 
and training in primary care health professions and are interested in 
working in health professional shortage areas.
    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.

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                                    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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NHSC Scholarship Program
 Application
    NHSC Scholarship Program               1,889               1           1,889            2.00        3,778.00
     Application................
    Letters of Recommendation...           1,889               2           3,778            1.00        3,778.00
    Authorization to Release               1,889               1           1,889             .10          188.90
     Information................
    Acceptance/Verification of             1,889               1           1,889             .25          472.25
     Good Standing Report.......
    Verification of                          547               1             547             .25          136.75
     Disadvantaged Background
     Status.....................
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        Total...................         * 1,889  ..............           9,992  ..............         8,353.9
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NHSC awardees/schools/post
 graduate training programs/
 sites
    Data Collection Worksheet...             400               1             400            1.00             400
    Post Graduate Training                   100               1             100             .50              50
     Verification Form..........
    Enrollment Verification Form             600               2           1,200             .50             600
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        Total...................           * 600  ..............           1,700  ..............           1,050
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NHSC Students to Service Loan
 Repayment Program Application
    NHSC Students to Service                 200               1             200            2.00           400.0
     Loan Repayment Program
     Application................
    Letters of Recommendation...             200               2             400            1.00           400.0
    Authorization to Release                 200               1             200             .10            20.0
     Information................
    Acceptance/Verification of               200               1             200             .25            50.0
     Good Standing Report.......
    Verification of                           70               1              70             .25            17.5
     Disadvantaged Background
     Status.....................
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        Total...................           * 150  ..............           1,070  ..............          887.50
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Native Hawaiian Health
 Scholarship Program Application
    Native Hawaiian Health                   310               1             310            2.00           620.0
     Scholarship Program
     Application................
    Letters of Recommendation...             310               2             620             .25           155.0
    Authorization to Release                 310               1             310             .25            77.5
     Information................
    Acceptance/Verification of                30               1              30             .25             7.5
     Good Standing Report.......
    Scholar Enrollment                        30             7.5             225            0.50           112.5
     Verification Form..........
    Change in Program Curriculum              30               2              60             .25            15.0
     Form.......................
    NHHSP Graduation                          30               1              30            0.25             7.5
     Documentation Form.........
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        Total...................           * 310  ..............           1,585  ..............             995
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* Please note that the same group of respondents may complete each form as necessary.
* Certain documents are submitted by a subset of respondents consistent with program requirements.


Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2020-12840 Filed 6-12-20; 8:45 am]
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