[Federal Register: November 18, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 222)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1891.
    Comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Application for the National Health Service Corps 
(NHSC) Scholarship Program (OMB No. 0915-0146): Extension

    The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program was 
established to help alleviate the geographic and specialty and other 
health practitioners in the United States. Under this program, health 
professions students are offered scholarships in return for service in 
a federally designated Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA). The 
Scholarship Program provides the NHSC with the health professionals it 
requires to carry out its mission of providing primary health care to 
HPSA populations in areas of greatest need. Students are supported who 
are well qualified to participate in the NHSC Scholarship Program and 
who want to assist the NHSC in its mission, both during and after their 
period of obligated service. Scholars are selected for these 
competitive awards based on the information provided in the application 
and during the semistructured personal interview that is conducted by a 
team of two interviewers who use a structured scoring procedure. Awards 
are made to applicants that demonstrate a high potential for providing 
quality primary health care services.
    The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Total burden
                      Form                          respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Application.....................................           3,000               1               1           3,000
Interview.......................................             900               1            1.67           1,503
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    Total.......................................           3,900  ..............  ..............           4,503
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: November 10, 1999.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 99-30083 Filed 11-17-99; 8:45 am]
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