43542 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 157 / Thursday, August 14, 1997 / Notices

Planning, Mail Stop C3–21–06, 7500

Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

Maryland 21244–1850.

2. Pending, Approved, Disapproved,

and Withdrawn Proposals

No proposals approved, disapproved,

or withdrawn during the month of June.

Pending proposals for the month of

May 1997 referenced in the Federal

Register of July 17, 1997 (62 FR 38314)

remain unchanged.

III. Requests for Copies of a Proposal

Requests for copies of a specific

Medicaid proposal should be made to

the State contact listed for the specific

proposal. If further help or information

is needed, inquiries should be directed

to HCFA at the address above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program, No. 93.779; Health Financing

Research, Demonstrations, and Experiments)

Dated: August 6, 1997.

Barbara Cooper,

Acting Director, Office of Research and

Demonstrations.

[FR Doc. 97–21439 Filed 8–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P

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, 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:

Application Form—0915–0038—

Extension, No Change

The Health Education Assistance

Loan (HEAL) program provides

federally-insured loans to students in

schools of allopathic medicine,

osteopathic medicine, dentistry,

veterinary medicine, optometry,

podiatric medicine, pharmacy, public

health, allied health, or chiropractic,

and graduate students in health

administration or clinical psychology.

Eligible lenders, such as banks, savings

and loan associations, credit unions,

pension funds, State agencies, HEAL

schools, and insurance companies,

make HEAL loans which are insured by

the Federal Government against loss due

to borrowers’ death, disability,

bankruptcy, and default. The basic

purpose of the program is to assure the

availability of funds for loans to eligible

students who need to borrow money to

pay for their educational costs.

The HEAL program is being phased

out and no new loans will be made after

September 30, 1998 unless

reauthorization is enacted. We are,

however, requesting a 3-year extension

of the OMB approval of the HEAL

Application Form HRSA–700 because

lenders will continue to use this form

for consolidation loans through FY

2000. Students use the application to

apply for HEAL loans (through FY 98)

and consolidation of loans, schools use

the application to determine a student’s

eligibility and maximum approval

amount of each loan (through FY 98

only), and lenders use the application to

determine student eligibility and the

amount of the installment or

disbursement to be given to the

borrower, and to process consolidation

loans.

The estimate of burden for the application form for FY 98 is as follows:

Type of respondent Number of

respondents

Responses

per respondent

Total number of responsesBurden per

response

(minutes)

Total burden (hours)

Applicants ................................................................................................. 8,230 1 8,230 25 3,429

Schools ..................................................................................................... 190 41 7,730 32 4,123

Lenders ..................................................................................................... 11 748 8,230 35 4,801

Total ............................................................................................... 8,431 .................... 24,190 .................... 12,353

The estimate of burden for the application form for FY 1999 and 2000 (for consolidation loans only) is as follows:

Type of respondent Nunber of

respondents

Responses

per respondent

Total number of responses

Burden per

hour response

(minutes)

Total burden (hours)

Applicants ................................................................................................. 500 1 500 25 208

Lenders ..................................................................................................... 11 45 500 35 292

Total ............................................................................................... 511 .................... 1,000 .................... 500

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.
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Dated: August 8, 1997.

Jane Harrison,

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review

and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 97–21564 Filed 8–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–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:

The Health Education Assistance

Loan (HEAL) Program: Forms— 0915–

0043—Extension, No Change. This

clearance request is for extension of

approval for 3 HEAL forms: The

Repayment Schedule is used by lenders

to inform the borrower of the cost of a

HEAL loan, the number and amount of

payments, and the Truth-in-Lending

requirements; the Promissory Note is

used by the lender to provide the

borrower with the legally binding terms

of the loan; and the Lender’s Report

(also known as the Call Report) is used

by the lender to provide the Department

with information on the status of all

loans outstanding. The forms are needed

to provide borrowers with information

on their responsibilities and to

determine which lenders may have

excessive delinquencies and defaulted

loans. The estimates of burden for the

forms are as follows:

Form and number Number of

respondents

Responses

per respond.

Number of

responses

Burden per

response

(hours)

Total burden hours

Disclosure:

Repayment Schedule HRSA 501–1,2 ............................................. 11 1,090 12,000 .5 6,000

Promissory Note, HRSA 500–1&2 .................................................. 9 758 6,818 .5 3,409

Promissory Note, HRSA 500–3 ....................................................... 11 455 5,000 .5 2,500

Disclosure Subtotal .......................................................................... 11 2,165 23,818 .5 11,909

Reporting:

Call Report, HRSA 512 ................................................................... 32 4 128 .75 96

Total Reporting and Disclosure ................................................... 32 748 23,946 .5 12,005

Written comments and

recommendations concerning the

proposed information collection should

be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Laura Oliven, Human Resources and

Housing Branch, Office of Management

and Budget, New Executive Office

Building, Room 10235, Washington,

D.C. 20503.

Dated: August 8, 1997.

Jane Harrison,

Acting Director, Division of

Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 97–21565 Filed 8–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

HIV Early Intervention Services Grants;

Notice of Pre-Application Technical

Assistance Workshops

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services

Administration.

ACTION: Notice of Pre-Application

Technical Assistance Workshops.

SUMMARY: The Health Resources and

Services Administration will hold two

pre-application technical assistance

workshops for organizations which will

compete for HIV Early Intervention

Services grants under sections 2651–5 of

the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C.

300 ff–51–5, commonly referred to as

Title III of the Ryan White

Comprehensive AIDS Resources

Emergency Act of 1990, Public Law

101–381, as amended by Public Law

104–146.

Eligible applicants are public entities

and nonprofit private entities that are:

migrant health centers under Section

330(g) of the Public Health Service

(PHS) Act; community health centers

under Section 330 of the PHS Act;

health care for the homeless grantees

under Section 330(h) of the PHS Act;

family planning grantees under Section

1001 of the PHS Act other than States;

comprehensive hemophilia diagnostic

and treatment centers; federallyqualified health centers under section

1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act;

or public and private nonprofit entities

that currently provide comprehensive

primary care services to populations at

risk of HIV disease.

PURPOSE: The purpose of the technical

assistance workshops is to provide

information about the Ryan White CARE

Act Early Intervention Services program

and application procedures. Eligible

entities will have an opportunity to

review the program guidance and to

receive technical assistance pertaining

to all aspects of writing a grant

application.

If you would like to receive an

application kit prior to the meeting,

please contact the HRSA Grants

Application Center at 1–888–300–4772.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anyone interested in attending the

meetings should contact Ms. Elina

Gross, Professional and Scientific

Associates, Inc., 8180 Greensboro Drive,

Suite 1050, McLean, VA 22102. Her

telephone number is 703–442–9824.

Room reservations should be made

directly with the hotels. Costs of

attending the workshop are the sole

responsibility of the attendee. For

information about the Ryan White Title