4312 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 19 / Wednesday, January 29, 1997 / Notices

The Montana Mental Health Access

Plan Section 1115 Demonstration

Proposal was disapproved on September

13, 1995 for the following reasons:

• It would not have provided a

comprehensive range of services to the

expansion population, that is, the

expansion population would not be

eligible to receive physical health

benefits under the demonstration; and

• It would have shifted the costs of

state-funded mental health services to

the Federal Government.’’

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program, No. 93.779; Health Financing

Research, Demonstrations, and Experiments)

Dated: January 23, 1997.

Barbara Cooper,

Acting Director, Office of Research and

Demonstrations.

[FR Doc. 97–2086 Filed 1–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P

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 35, United

States Code, as amended by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 104–13), the Health Resources and

Services Administration (HRSA) will

publish 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, call the HRSA Reports Clearance

Officer on (301) 443–1129.

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: The Health

Education Assistance Loan (HEAL)

Program: Forms—0915–0034—

Extension, no change—This clearance

request is for extension of approval for

four HEAL forms: the Lender’s

Application for Contract of Federal Loan

Insurance (used by lenders to make

application to the HEAL insurance

program); the Lender’s Manifest (used

by the lender to report recent HEAL

loan activity); the Loan Transfer

Statement (used by the lender to report

the transfer of a HEAL loan); and the

Borrower Status Request (completed by

the borrower and the borrower’s

employer and used by the lender to

determine eligibility for deferment). The

reports assist the Department in

protecting its investment in this loan

insurance program. No changes to the

forms are proposed.

The estimate of burden for the forms

are as follows:

HRSA form

Number

of respondents

Responses

per

respondent

Total responsesHours per

response

Total burden

hours

Lender’s Application for Contract of Federal Loan Insurance ................................. 32 1 32 8 min ........ 4

Lender’s Manifest ..................................................................................................... 9 331 2,975 5 min ........ 248

Loan Transfer Statement ......................................................................................... 32 265 8,480 10 min ...... 1,413

Borrower Status Request:

Borrowers .......................................................................................................... 12,180 1 12,180 10 min ...... 2,030

Employers ......................................................................................................... 7,550 1.613 12,180 5 min ........ 1,015

Total .............................................................................................................. 19,762 1.81 35,847 8 min ........ 4,710

Send comments to Patricia Royston,

HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room

14–36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Written

comments should be received within 60

days of this notice.

Dated: January 23, 1997

J. Henry Montes,

Director, Office of Policy and Information

Coordination.

[FR Doc. 97–2139 Filed 1–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–P

Program Announcement for Contracts

for the Disadvantaged Health

Professions Faculty Loan Repayment

Program for Fiscal Year 1997

The Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA) announces that

applications for contracts for fiscal year

(FY) 1997, for the Disadvantaged Health

Professions Faculty Loan Repayment

Program (FLRP) are now being accepted

under section 738(a) of the Public

Health Service Act (The Act).

In FY 1997, approximately $800,000

is available for competing applications

for the Disadvantaged Health

Professions Faculty Loan Repayment

Program. It is expected that 25 contracts

averaging $32,000 ($15,000 per year for

two years) will be supported with these

funds.

Purpose

The purpose of the Disadvantaged

Health Professions Faculty Loan

Repayment Program (FLRP), authorized

by section 738(a), is to attract

disadvantaged health professionals into

faculty positions in accredited health

professions schools. The program

provides a financial incentive for

degree-trained health professions

personnel from disadvantaged

backgrounds who will serve as members

of the faculties of those schools. The

FLRP is directed at those individuals

available to serve immediately or within

a short time as ‘‘new’’ full-time faculty

members. Loan repayment may be

provided only for an individual who has

not been a member of the faculty of any

school at any time during the 18-month

period preceding the date on which the

Secretary receives the request of the

individual for a repayment contract (i.e.,

‘‘new’’ faculty).

Section 738(b) makes available grants

and contracts with schools of medicine,

osteopathic medicine, dentistry,

veterinary medicine, optometry,

podiatric medicine, pharmacy, public

health, health administration, clinical