[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57837-57838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22735]


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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 Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA 
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 November 
18, 2021.

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 Samantha Miller, the acting 
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or 
call (301) 443-9094.

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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 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.
    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register, 86 FR 41976 
(August 4, 2021). There were no public comments.
    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 successfully been 
matched to an approved practice site.
    Likely Respondents: Clinicians participating in the NHSC 
Scholarship Program 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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                                                                                      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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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. 2021-22735 Filed 10-18-21; 8:45 am]
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