[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41976-41977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16597]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request Information Collection Request Title: National 
Health Service Corps Scholar/Students To Service Travel Worksheet, OMB 
No. 0915-0278--Extension

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection 
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the 
public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the 
ICR.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than October 4, 
2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
draft instruments, email [email protected] or call Lisa Wright-
Solomon, the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 
443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information request collection title 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: National Health Service Corps 
Scholar/Students to Service Travel Worksheet, OMB No. 0915-0278--
Extension.
    Abstract: Clinicians participating in the HRSA National Health 
Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program (SP) and the Students to 
Service (S2S) Loan Repayment Program (LRP) use the online Travel 
Request Worksheet to request and receive travel funds from the federal 
government to visit eligible NHSC sites to which they may be assigned 
in accordance with the Public Health Service Act, section 331(c)(1).
    The travel approval process is initiated when an NHSC scholar or 
S2S participant notifies the NHSC of an impending interview at one or 
more NHSC-approved practice sites. The Travel Request Worksheet is also 
used to initiate the relocation process after a NHSC scholar or S2S 
participant has successfully been matched to an approved practice site 
in accordance with the Public Health Service Act, section 331(c)(3). 
Upon receipt of a completed Travel Request Worksheet, the NHSC will 
review and approve or disapprove the request and promptly notify the 
scholar or S2S participant and the NHSC logistics contractor regarding 
travel arrangements and authorization of the funding for the site visit 
or relocation.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: This information will 
facilitate NHSC scholar and S2S participants' receipt of federal travel 
funds that are used to visit high-need NHSC-approved practice sites. 
The Travel Request Worksheet is also used to initiate the relocation 
process after a NHSC scholar or S2S participant has

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successfully been matched to an approved practice site.
    Likely Respondents: Clinicians participating in the NHSC SP and the 
S2S LRP.
    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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                                                     Number of                    Average burden
            Form name                Number of     responses per       Total       per response    Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)         hours
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Travel Request Worksheet........             300               2             600           .0667           40.02
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    Total.......................             300  ..............             600  ..............           40.02
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    HRSA specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and 
utility of the proposed information collection for the proper 
performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the 
estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology to 
minimize the information collection burden.

Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2021-16597 Filed 8-3-21; 8:45 am]
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