[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74499-74500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23996]


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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 revision to a 
collection.

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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

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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 October 31, 
2023.

DATES: Comment Due Date: November 30, 2023. Your comments regarding 
this information collection are best assured of having full effect if 
received within 30 days of the date of this publication.

ADDRESSES: 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information, 
please contact Evonne Bennett, Information Collection Clearance Officer 
by email at: [email protected] or telephone at 240-472-1996.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This previously approved information 
collection project was last published in the Federal Register (88 FR 
59929), on August 30, 2023 and allowed 60 days for public comment. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow 30 days for public comment. A copy 
of the supporting statement is available at www.regulations.gov (see 
Docket ID IHS-2023-0001).
    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-856-21 through 856-22, 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. 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
          Forms            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
1.......................  Verification of Acceptance or              300               1             300  0.13 ( 8 min).................              40
                           Decline of Award (IHS-856-7).
2.......................  Scholarship Program Agreement               60               1              60  0.16 (10 min).................              10
                           (IHS-817).
3.......................  Health Professions Contract                225               1             225  0.16 (10min)..................              38
                           (IHS-818).
4.......................  Recipient's Initial Program                800               1             800  0.13 (8 min)..................             107
                           Progress Report (IHS-856-8).
5.......................  Notification of Academic                    20               1              20  0.13 (8 min)..................               3
                           Problem (IHS-856-9).
6.......................  Change of Status (IHS-856-10).              50               1              50  .045 (25 min).................              21
7.......................  Notification of Deferment                   60               1              60  0.13 (8 min)..................               8
                           Intent (IHS-856-11).
8.......................  Preferred Placement (IHS-856-              150               1             150  0.50 (30 min).................              75
                           12).
9.......................  Notification of Impending                  170               1             170  0.17 (10 min).................              28
                           Graduation (IHS-856-13).
10......................  Deferment Approval Request                  60               1              60  0.13 (8 min)..................               8
                           (IHS-856-14).
11......................  Placement Update (IHS-856-15).             170               1             170  0.18 (11 min).................              31
12......................  Annual Status Report (IHS-856-             200               1             200  0.25 (15 min).................              50
                           16).
13......................  Summer School Request (IHS-856-            100               1             100  0.10 (6 min)..................              10
                           21).
14......................  Change of Name or Address (IHS-             20               1              20  0.13 (8 min)..................               3
                           856-22).
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    Total...............  ..............................  ..............  ..............           3,235  225...........................           1,281
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours per response are also provided in 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.
    There are no capital costs, operating costs and/or maintenance 
costs to respondents.
    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.

Roselyn Tso,
Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-23996 Filed 10-30-23; 8:45 am]
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