[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 46 (Thursday, March 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16585-16586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04842]


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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; National Health Service 
Corps Scholar/Students to Service Travel Worksheet, OMB No. 0915-0278--
Revision

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 April 8, 
2024.

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 Joella Roland, the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at [email protected] or call 
(301) 443-3983.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Information Collection Request Title: National Health Service Corps 
Scholar/Students to Service Travel Worksheet, OMB No. 0915-0278--
Revision.
    Abstract: Clinicians participating in the HRSA National Health 
Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program and the Students to Service 
(S2S) Loan Repayment Program 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 an 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 
NHSC 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 on December 29, 
2023, 88 FR 90190-91. 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 Loan Repayment Program.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain,

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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........             800               2           1,600          0.0667          106.72
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    Total.......................             800  ..............           1,600  ..............          106.72
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-04842 Filed 3-6-24; 8:45 am]
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