[Federal Register: October 11, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 195)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Proposed Collection: Indian Health Service Loan Repayment
Program; Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Notice
AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.
ACTION: Request for Public Comment: 30-day Proposed Information
Collection: Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed
information collection projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to
review and approve the information collection list below. This proposed
information collection project was published in the August 3, 2005,
Federal Register (70 FR 44662) and allowed 60 days for public comment.
No public comment was received in response to the notice. The purpose
of this notice is to allow 30 days for public comment to be submitted
to OMB.
Proposed Collection: Title: 0917-0014, ``Indian Health Service Loan
Repayment Program''. Type of Information Collection Request: Extention
of a currently approved collection which expires December 31, 2005.
Form Number: No reporting forms required. Need and Use of Information
Collection: The IHS Loan Payment Program (LRP) identifies health
professionals with pre-existing financial obligations for education
expenses that meet program criteria and who are qualified and willing
to serve at, often remote, IHS health care facilities. Under the
program, eligible health professionals sign a contract under which the
IHS agrees to repay part or all of their indebtedness for professional
training education. In exchange, the health professionals agree to
serve for a specified period of time in IHS health care facilities.
Eligible health professionals that wish to apply must submit an
application to participate in the program. The application requests
personal, demographic and educational training information, including
information on the educational loans of the individual for which
repayment is being requested (i.e., date, amount, account number,
purpose of each loan, interest rate, the current balance, etc). The
data collected is needed and used to evaluate applicant eligibility;
rank and prioritize applicants by specialty; assign applicants to IHS
health care facilities; determine payment amounts and schedules for
paying the lending institutions; and to provide data and statistics for
program management review and analysis. Affected Public: Individual and
households. Type of Respondents: Individuals. Table 1 below provides
the following: 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
hour.
Table 1.--Estimated Burden Hours
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Estimated
Data collection instrument number of Responses per Average burden hour per Total annual
respondents respondent response* burden hours
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Section I.......................... 425 1 0.25 (15 min).............. 106.25
Section II......................... 425 1 0.25 (30 min).............. 212.5
Section III........................ 425 4 0.25 (15 min).............. 425
Contract........................... 425 1 0.334 (20 min)............. 141.95
Affidavit.......................... 425 1 0.167 (10 min)............. 70.97
Lender's Certification............. 1,700 1 .025 (15 min............... 425
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*For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.
There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance
Costs to report.
Request 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 IHS 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 estimate 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.
Direct Comments to OMB: Send your written 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.
To request more information on the proposed collection or to obtain
a copy of the data collection instrument(s) and/or instruction(s),
contact: Mrs. Christina Rouleau, IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 801
Thompson Avenue, TMP Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852-1601, or call non-
toll free (301) 443-5938 or send via facsimile to (301) 443-2316, or
send your E-mail requests, comments, and return address to:
crouleau@hqe.ihs.gov.
Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having their full effect if received on or before
November 10, 2005.
Dated: September 4, 2005.
Robert G. McSwain,
Deputy Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 05-20331 Filed 10-7-05; 8:45 am]
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