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however, the provider response to the

project was far greater than the

expectation of the IHS. As a result of the

response, preferred provider lists

needed to be developed as well as the

need to develop complex analyses of

reimbursement methodologies for

facilities, outpatient and professional

providers. Therefore, the pilot

termination date was extended to March

31, 1993 (57 FR 10671 on March 27,

1992).

The IHS published notification on

June 18, 1992 (57 FR 27262) that

additional IHS Areas (Alaska, Nashville

and Billings) were added to the pilot

project to provide more information

from a wide geographic area.

The IHS extended the termination

dates for this project on March 1, 1993,

58 FR 11864, and again on October 1,

1996, 61 FR 51298, because additional

time was required to complete an

evaluation of the pilot and provide IHS

the necessary time to assess the results.

The last termination date was

September 30, 1997.

The IHS review and analyses of the

pilot project utilizing the rate quotation

methodology has been completed. The

overall result show that the rate

quotation is a streamlined approach for

communicating and establishing

favorable rates with providers.

Therefore, the IHS has adopted the rate

quotation as an alternate approach to

contracting for health care services to

increase the number of formal

agreements IHS has with health care

providers.

This policy will apply only to

contract health services programs

administered by the IHS, and will not

apply to services rendered by traditional

Indian medicine men and women under

Pub. L. 95–341, Joint Resolution on

American Indian Religious Freedom.

Dated: October 1, 1997.

Michael H. Trujillo,

Assistant Surgeon General, Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

Request for Public Comment: 60-day;

Proposed Collection: Application for

Participation in the IHS Scholarship

Program

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, to provide a 60-

day advance opportunity for public

comment on proposed data collection

projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS)

is publishing for comment a summary of

a proposed information collection

project to be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: 09–17–

0006, ‘‘Application for Participation in

the IHS Scholarship Program’’. Type of

Information Collection Request: 3-year

reinstatement, with change, of

previously approved information

collection, 09–17–0006, ‘‘Application

for Participation in the IHS Scholarship

Program’’ which expires 12/31/97. Form

Numbers(s): IHS–856, 856–2, through

856–8, IHS–815, IHS–816, IHS–818, D–

02, F–02, F–04, G–02, G–04, H–07, H–

08, J–06, J–07, K–03, K–04, and L–03.

Need and Use of Information Collection:

The IHS Scholarship Branch needs this

information for program administration

and uses the information to solicit,

process and award IHS Pregraduate,

Preparatory and/or Health Professions

Scholarship grantees and monitor the

academic performance of awardees, to

place awardees at payback sites, and for

awardees to request additional program.

Affected Public: Individuals, not-forprofit institutions and State, local or

Tribal Government. Type of

Respondents: Students pursuing health

care professions.

Table 1 below provides: Type(s) of

Data Collection Instruments, Estimated

Number of Respondents, Number of

Responses per Respondent, Average

Burden Hour per Response, and Total

Annual Burden Hour.

TABLE 1

Data collection instrument

Estimated

number of

respondents

Responses

per respondent

Annual

number of

responses

Average

burden

Hour per response *

Total annual

burden

hours

Scholarship Application ............................................................................ 875 1 875 1.50 1,312

Checklist ................................................................................................... 875 1 875 0.13 114

Course Verification ................................................................................... 875 1 875 0.70 613

Faculty/Employer Application ................................................................... 1,750 1 1,1750 0.83 1,453

Justification ............................................................................................... 875 1 875 0.75 656

Federal Debt ............................................................................................. 875 1 875 0.13 114

MPH only .................................................................................................. 50 1 50 0.83 42

Accept/Decline .......................................................................................... 875 1 875 0.13 114

Stipend Checks ......................................................................................... 100 1 100 0.13 13

Enrollment ................................................................................................. 1,400 1 1,400 0.13 182

Academic Problem/Change ...................................................................... 100 1 100 0.13 13

Request Assistance .................................................................................. 217 1 217 0.13 28

Summer School ........................................................................................ 193 1 193 0.10 19

Contract .................................................................................................... 1,400 1 1,400 0.27 378

Placement ................................................................................................. 250 1 250 0.18 45

Graduation ................................................................................................ 250 1 250 0.17 43

Site Preference ......................................................................................... 150 1 150 0.13 20

Travel Reimb ............................................................................................ 150 1 150 0.10 15

Status Report ............................................................................................ 250 1 250 0.25 63

Preferred Assignment ............................................................................... 200 1 200 0.75 150

Deferment ................................................................................................. 20 1 20 0.13 3

Total ................................................................................................... 11,730 .................... .................... .................... 5,395

* 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.
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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

agency processes the information

collected in a useful and timely fashion;

(c) the accuracy of 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.

Send Comments and Requests For

Further Information: Send your written

comments, requests for more

information on the proposed project, or

requests to obtain a copy of the data

collection instrument and instructions

to: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen, Sr., M.P.H.,

IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 12300

Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450,

Rockville, MD 20852–1601, or call nontoll free (301) 443–0461, fax (301) 443–

1522, or send your E-mail requests,

comments, and return address to:

1hodahkw@smtp.ihs.gov.

Comment Due Date: Your comments

regarding this information collection are

best assured of having their full effect if

received on or before December 8, 1997.

Dated: October 19, 1997.

Michael H. Trujillo,

Assistant Surgeon General, Director.

[FR Doc. 97–26710 Filed 10–8–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Diabetes and

Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice

of Meeting of the Board of Scientific

Counselors

Pursuant to Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given of a meeting of

the Board of Scientific Counselors,

National Institute of Diabetes and

Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK),

November 19–21, 1997, National

Institutes of Health, Building 5, Room

127, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

In accordance with the provisions set

forth in sections 552b(c)(6), Title 5

U.S.C. and section 10(d) of Public Law

92–463, the meeting will be closed to

the public on November 19 from 6:30

p.m. to adjournment on November 21

for the review, discussion and

evaluation of individual intramural

programs and projects conducted by the

NIDDK, including consideration of

personnel qualifications and

performance, the competence of

individual investigators, and similar

items, disclosure of which would

constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy.

A summary of the meeting and roster

of members will be provided, upon

request by the Committee Management

Office, National Institute of Diabetes

and Digestive and Kidney Diseases,

National Institutes of Health, Natcher

Building, Room 6AS–37J, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892, (301) 594–8892. For

any further information, please contact

Dr. Allen Spiegel, Scientific Review

Administrator, Board of Scientific

Counselors, National Institute of

Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney

Diseases, National Institutes of Health,

Building 10, Room 9N–222, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892, (301) 496–4128, at

least two weeks prior to the meeting

date.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.847–849, Diabetes, Endocrine

and Metabolic Diseases; Digestive Diseases

and Nutrition; and Kidney Diseases, Urology

and Hematology Research, National Institutes

of Health)

Dated: October 2, 1997.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 97–26729 Filed 10–8–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Allergy and

Infectious Diseases; Notice of Meeting:

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Research Review Committee

Pursuant to Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given of the meeting of

the Acquired Immunodeficiency

Syndrome Research Review Committee,

National Institute of Allergy and

Infectious Diseases, in November 6–7,

1997 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 14th

and K Streets, NW, Washington, D.C.

The meeting will be open to the

public from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on

November 6 to discuss administrative

details relating to committee business

and program review, and for a report

from the Director, Division of

Extramural Activities, which will

include a discussion of budgetary

matters. Attendance by the public will

be limited to space available.

In accordance with the provisions set

forth in secs. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6),

Title 5, U.S.C. and sec. 10(d) of Public

Law 92–463, the meeting will be closed

to the public for the review, discussion,

and evaluation of individual grant

applications and contract proposals

from 9:30 a.m. until recess on November

6, and from 8:30 a.m. until adjournment

on November 7. These applications,

proposals, and discussions could reveal

confidential trade secrets or commercial

property such as patentable material

and personal information concerning

individuals associated with the

applications and proposals, the

disclosure of which would constitute a

clearly unwarranted invasion of

personal privacy.

Ms. Claudia Goad, Committee

Management Officer, National Institute

of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Solar

Building, Room 3C26, National

Institutes of Health, Bethesda,

Maryland, 301–496–7601, will provide a

summary of the meeting and a roster of

committee members upon request.

Individuals who plan to attend and

need special assistance, such as sign

language interpretation or other

reasonable accommodations, should

contract Ms. Goad in advance of the

meeting.

Dr. Paula Strickland, Scientific

Review Administrator, Acquired

Immunnodieficency Syndrome Research

Review Committee, NIAID, NIH, Solar

Building, Room 4C02, Rockville,

Maryland 20892, telephone 301–402–

0643, will provide substantive program

information.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 93.855, Immunology, Allergy

and Immunologic Diseases Research; 93.856,

Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Research, National Institutes of Health.)

Dated: October 2, 1997.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Dental Research;

Notice of Closed Meeting

Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following

National Institute of Dental Research

Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) meetings: