[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 25740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10930]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

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 
maldistribution of physicians 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     respondents       reponse          hours
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Application.....................................           2,000               1               1           2,000
Interview.......................................           1,100               1               1           1,100
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    Total.......................................           3,100  ..............  ..............           3,100
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Wendy A. Taylor, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: April 26, 2000.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 00-10930 Filed 5-2-00; 8:45 am]
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