25740 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 86 / Wednesday, May 3, 2000 / Notices

furnished by an ambulatory surgical

center:

Manufacturer: Allergan

Lens and Model Number: AMO Array

Multifocal Model SA40N

Characteristic: Multifocal

Procedure Code: Q1001—NTIOL

Category 1

Manufacturer: STAAR Surgical

Company

Lens and Model Numbers: Elastic

Ultraviolet-Absorbing Silicone

Posterior Chamber

Intraocular Lens with Toric Optic

Models AA4203T, AA4203TF, and

AA4203TL

Characteristic: Reduction in Preexisting

Astigmatism

Procedure Code: Q1002— NTIOL

Category 2

Payment Adjustments made to ASCs

Payment adjustments made to ASCs

that provide these lenses will be

effective on May 18, 2000 and continue

until May 18, 2005.

Authority: Sections 1832 (a)(2)(F)(i) and

1833(i)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42

U.S.C. 1395k(a)(2)(F)(i) and 1395l(i)(2)(A))

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.778, Medical Assistance

Program; No. 93.773 Medicare—Hospital

Insurance Program; and No. 93.774,

Medicare—Supplementary Medical

Insurance Program)

Dated: April 11, 2000.

Nancy-Ann Min DeParle,

Administrator, Health Care Financing

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–10970 Filed 5–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P

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:

Form Number of respondents

Responses

per respondents

Hours per

reponse

Total burden

hours

Application ....................................................................................................... 2,000 1 1 2,000

Interview ........................................................................................................... 1,100 1 1 1,100

Total .......................................................................................................... 3,100 ........................ ........................ 3,100

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]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Federal Set-Aside Program; Special

Projects of Regional and National

Significance; Data Utilization and

Enhancement: Cooperative

Agreements for State Information

Systems

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services

Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.

SUMMARY: The Health Resources and

Services Administration (HRSA)

announces that approximately $428,000

in fiscal year (FY) 2000 funds is

available for 6 to 10 cooperative

agreements to improve maternal and

child health State information systems.

All awards will be made under the

program authority of section 502(a) of

the Social Security Act, the Maternal

and Child Health (MCH) Federal SetAside Program (42 U.S.C. 702(a)). This

Data Utilization and Enhancement

(DUE) Cooperative Agreement Program

(CFDA #93.110 U) will be administered

by the Maternal and Child Health

Bureau (MCHB), HRSA. Projects will be

approved for a 3-year period, with

awards at average yearly amounts

ranging from $30,000 to $80,000. Funds

for DUE cooperative agreements are

appropriated by Public Law 106–113.

The DUE competition announced in

this notice is a successor to a similar